Biblical names

Jeriel יריאל

Jeriel (יריאל) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Jeriel is found 12,043 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 4:14) — 2.1% above the 11,795 chance alone would give (probability of 12,043 or more by chance alone: 0.01).

Found in the Torah
12,043
Chance alone
11,795
P (≥ found)
0.01
Shortest skip
3

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 12,043 sequences of יריאל at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% above what chance alone gives (about 11,795); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 4:14, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 88,539 sequences of יריאל, against about 92,957 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 4,020
  • Exodus 2,427
  • Leviticus 1,227
  • Numbers 2,320
  • Deuteronomy 2,049

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 4:14בראשית ד:ידskip 3, forward

    הֵן גֵּרַשְׁתָּ אֹתִי הַיּוֹם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה וּמִפָּנֶיךָ אֶסָּתֵר וְהָיִיתִי נָע וָנָד בָּאָרֶץ וְהָיָה כָל־מֹצְאִי יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי

    Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.’

    יריאל at skip 3, forward from Genesis 4:14ץוהיהכלמצאיהגנוימרויקוקלכןכליריאל
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 4,830Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 16:26במדבר טז:כוskip 3, backward

    וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל־הָעֵדָה לֵאמֹר סוּרוּ נָא מֵעַל אָהֳלֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים הָֽרְשָׁעִים הָאֵלֶּה וְאַֽל־תִּגְּעוּ בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם פֶּן־תִּסָּפוּ בְּכָל־חַטֹּאתָֽם

    And he spoke unto the congregation, saying: ‘Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be swept away in all their sins.’

    יריאל at skip 3, backward from Numbers 16:26ורונאמעלאהיהנשםהשעםהאלהואלתגיריאל
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 216,621Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 29:10בראשית כט:יskip 4, forward

    וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאָה יַעֲקֹב אֶת־רָחֵל בַּת־לָבָן אֲחִי אִמּוֹ וְאֶת־צֹאן לָבָן אֲחִי אִמּוֹ וַיִּגַּשׁ יַעֲקֹב וַיָּגֶל אֶת־הָאֶבֶן מֵעַל פִּי הַבְּאֵר וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת־צֹאן לָבָן אֲחִי אִמּֽוֹ

    And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

    יריאל at skip 4, forward from Genesis 29:10יהכירעההואויהכאשראהעקבתרחבתלבןאחיאמוואתיריאל
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 40,264Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 9:11במדבר ט:יאskip 4, forward

    בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם יַעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ עַל־מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ

    in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

    יריאל at skip 4, forward from Numbers 9:11בארבעהעשריוםבןהעביםעשותועמצותומרריםיאכליריאל
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 204,353Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 45:1בראשית מה:אskip 5, forward

    וְלֹֽא־יָכֹל יוֹסֵף לְהִתְאַפֵּק לְכֹל הַנִּצָּבִים עָלָיו וַיִּקְרָא הוֹצִיאוּ כָל־אִישׁ מֵעָלָי וְלֹא־עָמַד אִישׁ אִתּוֹ בְּהִתְוַדַּע יוֹסֵף אֶל־אֶחָֽיו

    Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried: ‘Cause every man to go out from me.’ And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

    יריאל at skip 5, forward from Genesis 45:1להתאפקלכלהנצביםעלוויקאהוצאוכלישמעיולאעמדאישאתובהתויריאל
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 68,773Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 52,909 sequences of יריאל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 52,785).

  • Genesis 4,020
  • Exodus 2,427
  • Leviticus 1,227
  • Numbers 2,320
  • Deuteronomy 2,272
  • Joshua 1,629
  • Judges 2,223
  • Samuel 5,117
  • Kings 5,479
  • Isaiah 2,816
  • Jeremiah 4,017
  • Ezekiel 2,833
  • The Twelve 2,400
  • Psalms 3,298
  • Proverbs 855
  • Job 1,560
  • Song of Songs 194
  • Ruth 196
  • Lamentations 292
  • Ecclesiastes 385
  • Esther 488
  • Daniel 1,160
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,458
  • Chronicles 4,243

Outside the Torah

  1. Job 1:1איוב א:אskip 2, forward

    אִישׁ הָיָה בְאֶֽרֶץ־עוּץ אִיּוֹב שְׁמוֹ וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ הַהוּא תָּם וְיָשָׁר וִירֵא אֱלֹהִים וְסָר מֵרָֽע

    THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was whole-hearted and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil.

    יריאל at skip 2, forward from Job 1:1הואתםושוראהיםוסרמיריאל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 964,011Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Kings 19:24מלכים ב יט:כדskip 2, backward

    אֲנִי קַרְתִּי וְשָׁתִיתִי מַיִם זָרִים וְאַחְרִב בְּכַף־פְּעָמַי כֹּל יְאֹרֵי מָצֽוֹר

    I have digged and drunk Strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up All the rivers of Egypt.

    יריאל at skip 2, backward from 2 Kings 19:24יערכרמונקתושתיתימיריאל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 564,177Open in the laboratory →

  3. Isaiah 37:25ישעיהו לז:כהskip 2, backward

    אֲנִי קַרְתִּי וְשָׁתִיתִי מָיִם וְאַחְרִב בְּכַף־פְּעָמַי כֹּל יְאֹרֵי מָצֽוֹר

    I have digged and drunk water, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up All the rivers of Egypt.

    יריאל at skip 2, backward from Isaiah 37:25יערכרמונקתושתיתימיריאל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 612,015Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

יריאל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as יריאל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 251.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Jeriel in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 12,043 sequences of יריאל at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% above what chance alone gives (about 11,795); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Jeriel in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 4:14 — the shortest of 12,043 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 11,795.

How is Jeriel spelled in Hebrew?

Jeriel is spelled יריאל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 251.

Is Jeriel in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 52,909 sequences of יריאל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 52,785).

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 11,795 here) beside the count.

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