Lechi לחי
Lechi (לחי) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Lehi. In the Torah codes, Lechi is found 514,238 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 5:16) — about what chance alone gives (about 517,793).
- Found in the Torah
- 514,238
- Chance alone
- 517,793
- 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
514,238 sequences of לחי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 517,793 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 8,378,051 sequences of לחי, against about 8,025,569 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 517,793 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 140,065
- Exodus 103,869
- Leviticus 68,223
- Numbers 127,366
- Deuteronomy 74,715
The shortest skips
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 6,063Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּחֶל נֹחַ אִישׁ הָֽאֲדָמָה וַיִּטַּע כָּֽרֶם
And Noah, the man of the land, began and planted a vineyard.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,195Open in the laboratory →
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲשֶׁר לְקָחַנִי מִבֵּית אָבִי וּמֵאֶרֶץ מֽוֹלַדְתִּי וַאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־לִי וַאֲשֶׁר נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־לִי לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הוּא יִשְׁלַח מַלְאָכוֹ לְפָנֶיךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִשָּֽׁם
The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying: Unto thy seed will I give this land; He will send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,663Open in the laboratory →
עַד־שׁוּב אַף־אָחִיךָ מִמְּךָ וְשָׁכַח אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתָ לּוֹ וְשָׁלַחְתִּי וּלְקַחְתִּיךָ מִשָּׁם לָמָה אֶשְׁכַּל גַּם־שְׁנֵיכֶם יוֹם אֶחָֽד
until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him; then I will send, and fetch thee from thence; why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,507Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר רִבְקָה אֶל־יִצְחָק קַצְתִּי בְחַיַּי מִפְּנֵי בְּנוֹת חֵת אִם־לֹקֵחַ יַעֲקֹב אִשָּׁה מִבְּנֽוֹת־חֵת כָּאֵלֶּה מִבְּנוֹת הָאָרֶץ לָמָּה לִּי חַיִּֽים
And Rebekah said to Isaac: ‘I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,604Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
2,327,989 sequences of לחי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,334,516 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 140,065
- Exodus 103,869
- Leviticus 68,223
- Numbers 127,366
- Deuteronomy 78,506
- Joshua 75,394
- Judges 79,257
- Samuel 186,579
- Kings 199,540
- Isaiah 129,659
- Jeremiah 131,811
- Ezekiel 132,853
- The Twelve 92,231
- Psalms 196,997
- Proverbs 64,314
- Job 93,103
- Song of Songs 10,322
- Ruth 10,785
- Lamentations 13,199
- Ecclesiastes 29,116
- Esther 19,094
- Daniel 52,627
- Ezra–Nehemiah 76,629
- Chronicles 216,450
Outside the Torah
ויאמרו אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַחִוִּי אוּלַי בְּקִרְבִּי אַתָּה יוֹשֵׁב וְאֵיךְ אכרות־לְךָ בְרִֽית
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites: ‘Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 318,033Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּאָסְפוּ וַֽיַּעֲלוּ חֲמֵשֶׁת מַלְכֵי הָאֱמֹרִי מֶלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם מֶֽלֶךְ־חֶבְרוֹן מֶֽלֶךְ־יַרְמוּת מֶֽלֶךְ־לָכִישׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־עֶגְלוֹן הֵם וְכָל־מַֽחֲנֵיהֶם וַֽיַּחֲנוּ עַל־גִּבְעוֹן וַיִּֽלָּחֲמוּ עָלֶֽיהָ
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,749Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצְאוּ הֵם וְכָל־מַֽחֲנֵיהֶם עִמָּם עַם־רָב כַּחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת־הַיָּם לָרֹב וְסוּס וָרֶכֶב רַב־מְאֹֽד
And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 322,552Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לחי — the Tanakh's own spelling: Lehi. Searched as לחי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 48.
As a plain word it stands 9 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 16:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Lechiy.
Questions
Is Lechi in the Bible code?
514,238 sequences of לחי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 517,793 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Lechi in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:16 — the shortest of 514,238 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 517,793.
How is Lechi spelled in Hebrew?
Lechi is spelled לחי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 48.
Is Lechi in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
2,327,989 sequences of לחי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,334,516 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 517,793 here) beside the count.