Leah לאה
Leah (לאה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Leah appears 1,727,629 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,732,782 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,727,629
- Chance alone
- 1,732,782
- 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
1,727,629 sequences of לאה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,732,782 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which לאה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:27, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), לאה is found 26,294,126 times; chance alone would give about 26,857,369.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,732,782 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 401,430
- Exodus 340,424
- Leviticus 286,486
- Numbers 359,261
- Deuteronomy 340,028
The shortest skips
וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אֹתָֽם
And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,355Open in the laboratory →
וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אַף כִּֽי־אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹֽאכְלוּ מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּֽן
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: ‘Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,950Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הַנָּחָשׁ אֶל־הָֽאִשָּׁה לֹֽא־מוֹת תְּמֻתֽוּן
And the serpent said unto the woman: ‘Ye shall not surely die;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,073Open in the laboratory →
אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁה אָמַר הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה עִצְּבוֹנֵךְ וְהֵֽרֹנֵךְ בְּעֶצֶב תֵּֽלְדִי בָנִים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ וְהוּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּֽךְ
Unto the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,716Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּדַע אָדָם עוֹד אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵׁת כִּי שָֽׁת־לִי אֱלֹהִים זֶרַע אַחֵר תַּחַת הֶבֶל כִּי הֲרָגוֹ קָֽיִן
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ‘for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,350Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, לאה appears 6,017,926 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 5,985,887 chance alone would give; the probability of 6,017,926 or more by chance alone is 2.1 × 10⁻³⁹.
- Genesis 401,430
- Exodus 340,424
- Leviticus 286,486
- Numbers 359,261
- Deuteronomy 353,959
- Joshua 201,496
- Judges 208,507
- Samuel 578,477
- Kings 589,243
- Isaiah 253,034
- Jeremiah 501,582
- Ezekiel 352,153
- The Twelve 268,698
- Psalms 245,438
- Proverbs 59,339
- Job 90,959
- Song of Songs 14,812
- Ruth 21,742
- Lamentations 23,442
- Ecclesiastes 56,941
- Esther 57,631
- Daniel 127,220
- Ezra–Nehemiah 157,411
- Chronicles 468,241
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֲנָשִׁים מִֽירִיחוֹ הָעַי אֲשֶׁר עִם־בֵּית אָוֶן מִקֶּדֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם לֵאמֹר עֲלוּ וְרַגְּלוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיַּעֲלוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וַֽיְרַגְּלוּ אֶת־הָעָֽי
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spoke unto them, saying: ‘Go up and spy out the land.’ And the men went up and spied out Ai.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,495Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֲנָשִׁים מִֽירִיחוֹ הָעַי אֲשֶׁר עִם־בֵּית אָוֶן מִקֶּדֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם לֵאמֹר עֲלוּ וְרַגְּלוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיַּעֲלוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וַֽיְרַגְּלוּ אֶת־הָעָֽי
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spoke unto them, saying: ‘Go up and spy out the land.’ And the men went up and spied out Ai.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,518Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח אֲדֹנִי־צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶל־הוֹהָם מֶֽלֶךְ־חֶבְרוֹן וְאֶל־פִּרְאָם מֶֽלֶךְ־יַרְמוּת וְאֶל־יָפִיעַ מֶֽלֶךְ־לָכִישׁ וְאֶל־דְּבִיר מֶֽלֶךְ־עֶגְלוֹן לֵאמֹֽר
Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,568Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לאה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as לאה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 36.
As a plain word it stands 28 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 29:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Leah in the Bible code?
1,727,629 sequences of לאה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,732,782 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Leah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:27 — the shortest of 1,727,629 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,732,782.
What is the gematria of Leah in Hebrew?
Leah is spelled לאה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 36.
How many times is Leah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, לאה appears 6,017,926 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 5,985,887 chance alone would give; the probability of 6,017,926 or more by chance alone is 2.1 × 10⁻³⁹.
Search it yourself
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