Laish ליש
Laish (ליש) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Laish appears 1,114,502 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,123,242 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,114,502
- Chance alone
- 1,123,242
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 1,114,502 sequences of ליש at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,123,242).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:5, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 16,682,477 sequences of ליש, against about 17,409,758 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,123,242 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 267,281
- Exodus 237,956
- Leviticus 148,658
- Numbers 265,559
- Deuteronomy 195,048
The shortest skips
וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי אָדָם אֲשֶׁר־חַי תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,635Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־יֶרֶד שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,080Open in the laboratory →
וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד חַי חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־שָֽׁלַח
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,235Open in the laboratory →
וְשֶׁלַח חַי שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר
And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,317Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַרְבַּע וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־פָּֽלֶג
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,402Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ליש appears 4,912,444 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 4,922,972, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 267,281
- Exodus 237,956
- Leviticus 148,658
- Numbers 265,559
- Deuteronomy 205,065
- Joshua 156,069
- Judges 180,843
- Samuel 462,337
- Kings 471,727
- Isaiah 245,759
- Jeremiah 319,673
- Ezekiel 249,903
- The Twelve 202,373
- Psalms 333,282
- Proverbs 99,131
- Job 135,760
- Song of Songs 18,861
- Ruth 22,792
- Lamentations 25,174
- Ecclesiastes 53,447
- Esther 49,373
- Daniel 98,966
- Ezra–Nehemiah 171,030
- Chronicles 491,425
Outside the Torah
וַיַּחֲנוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּגִּלְגָּל וַיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־הַפֶּסַח בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעֶרֶב בְּעַֽרְבוֹת יְרִיחֽוֹ
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,026Open in the laboratory →
קֻם קַדֵּשׁ אֶת־הָעָם וְאָמַרְתָּ הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ לְמָחָר כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל חֵרֶם בְּקִרְבְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא תוּכַל לָקוּם לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֶיךָ עַד־הֲסִירְכֶם הַחֵרֶם מִֽקִּרְבְּכֶֽם
Up, sanctify the people, and say: Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow; for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: There is a curse in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,251Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־עָכָן בְּנִי שִֽׂים־נָא כָבוֹד לַֽיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְתֶן־לוֹ תוֹדָה וְהַגֶּד־נָא לִי מֶה עָשִׂיתָ אַל־תְּכַחֵד מִמֶּֽנִּי
And Joshua said unto Achan: ‘My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make confession unto Him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide nothing from me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,675Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ליש — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ליש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 340.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 18:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Laish appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 1,114,502 sequences of ליש at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,123,242).
What is the shortest skip for Laish in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:5 — the shortest of 1,114,502 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,123,242.
How is Laish spelled in Hebrew?
Laish is spelled ליש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 340.
Is Laish in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ליש appears 4,912,444 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 4,922,972, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,123,242 here) beside the count.