Leo לאו
In Hebrew letters the first name Leo is written לאו — male given name. Leo appears 1,890,087 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% more than chance alone would give (about 1,885,832; probability 0.00098).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,890,087
- Chance alone
- 1,885,832
- P (≥ found)
- 0.00098
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, לאו appears 1,890,087 times in the Torah — 0.2% more than the 1,885,832 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,890,087 or more by chance alone is 0.00098.
The shortest skip at which לאו appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:22, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), לאו is found 28,688,004 times; chance alone would give about 29,229,587.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,885,832 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 537,289
- Exodus 349,064
- Leviticus 282,756
- Numbers 380,120
- Deuteronomy 340,858
The shortest skips
וְצִלָּה גַם־הִוא יָֽלְדָה אֶת־תּוּבַל קַיִן לֹטֵשׁ כָּל־חֹרֵשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל וַֽאֲחוֹת תּֽוּבַל־קַיִן נַֽעֲמָֽה
And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,198Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי קֵינָן שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל
And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,918Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָם כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֵלָיו יְהוָה וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתּוֹ לוֹט וְאַבְרָם בֶּן־חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה בְּצֵאתוֹ מֵחָרָֽן
So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,298Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתוֹ יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מֵאֵת בֶּן־נֵכָר נִמֹּלוּ אִתּֽוֹ
And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,475Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּמִדְבַּר פָּארָן וַתִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ אִמּוֹ אִשָּׁה מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 26,351Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
7,599,817 sequences of לאו at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 7,608,726 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 537,289
- Exodus 349,064
- Leviticus 282,756
- Numbers 380,120
- Deuteronomy 355,327
- Joshua 236,728
- Judges 292,575
- Samuel 858,506
- Kings 696,818
- Isaiah 371,551
- Jeremiah 557,810
- Ezekiel 428,113
- The Twelve 328,359
- Psalms 397,250
- Proverbs 109,942
- Job 186,764
- Song of Songs 21,321
- Ruth 28,801
- Lamentations 28,272
- Ecclesiastes 63,835
- Esther 65,355
- Daniel 171,571
- Ezra–Nehemiah 209,673
- Chronicles 642,017
Outside the Torah
הֲלוֹא צִוִּיתִיךָ חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ אַֽל־תַּעֲרֹץ וְאַל־תֵּחָת כִּי עִמְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵֽךְ
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,365Open 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 314,271Open in the laboratory →
עוֹדֶנִּי הַיּוֹם חָזָק כַּֽאֲשֶׁר בְּיוֹם שְׁלֹחַ אוֹתִי מֹשֶׁה כְּכֹחִי אָז וּכְכֹחִי עָתָּה לַמִּלְחָמָה וְלָצֵאת וְלָבֽוֹא
As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me; as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 327,404Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לאו — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as לאו, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 37.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Leo appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, לאו appears 1,890,087 times in the Torah — 0.2% more than the 1,885,832 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,890,087 or more by chance alone is 0.00098.
What is the shortest skip for Leo in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:22 — the shortest of 1,890,087 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,885,832.
What is the gematria of Leo in Hebrew?
Leo is spelled לאו — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 37.
How many times is Leo found in the whole Tanakh?
7,599,817 sequences of לאו at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 7,608,726 that chance alone would produce.
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