Levi לוי
Levi (לוי) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Levi is found 2,194,348 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:5) — about what chance alone gives (about 2,199,162).
- Found in the Torah
- 2,194,348
- Chance alone
- 2,199,162
- 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
2,194,348 sequences of לוי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 2,199,162 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which לוי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:5, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), לוי is found 33,683,580 times; chance alone would give about 34,086,062.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 2,199,162 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 635,615
- Exodus 435,269
- Leviticus 276,808
- Numbers 455,228
- Deuteronomy 391,428
The shortest skips
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 159Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי מְאֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִֽים
And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 652Open in the laboratory →
הֲלוֹא אִם־תֵּיטִיב שְׂאֵת וְאִם לֹא תֵיטִיב לַפֶּתַח חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ וְאֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּֽוֹ
If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,522Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר קַיִן אֶל־יְהוָה גָּדוֹל עֲוֺנִי מִנְּשֹֽׂא
And Cain said unto the LORD: ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,763Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי אָדָם שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בִּדְמוּתוֹ כְּצַלְמוֹ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵֽׁת
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,541Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, לוי appears 11,019,943 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 10,963,293 chance alone would give; the probability of 11,019,943 or more by chance alone is 8.2 × 10⁻⁶⁶.
- Genesis 635,615
- Exodus 435,269
- Leviticus 276,808
- Numbers 455,228
- Deuteronomy 410,644
- Joshua 357,318
- Judges 414,081
- Samuel 1,078,649
- Kings 940,882
- Isaiah 627,358
- Jeremiah 782,295
- Ezekiel 594,913
- The Twelve 520,413
- Psalms 845,128
- Proverbs 217,988
- Job 335,191
- Song of Songs 40,331
- Ruth 47,353
- Lamentations 51,975
- Ecclesiastes 95,517
- Esther 98,794
- Daniel 226,090
- Ezra–Nehemiah 365,873
- Chronicles 1,166,230
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ־בִּן־נוּן מִֽן־הַשִּׁטִּים שְׁנַֽיִם־אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים חֶרֶשׁ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ רְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־יְרִיחוֹ וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית־אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וּשְׁמָהּ רָחָב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־שָֽׁמָּה
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: ‘Go view the land, and Jericho.’ And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,084Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ הָהָרָה וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים עַד־שָׁבוּ הָרֹדְפִים וַיְבַקְשׁוּ הָרֹדְפִים בְּכָל־הַדֶּרֶךְ וְלֹא מָצָֽאוּ
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned; and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,417Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בִּֽהְיוֹת יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּירִיחוֹ וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ עֹמֵד לְנֶגְדּוֹ וְחַרְבּוֹ שְׁלוּפָה בְּיָדוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הֲלָנוּ אַתָּה אִם־לְצָרֵֽינוּ
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand; and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him: ‘Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?’ .
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,259Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לוי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as לוי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 46.
As a plain word it stands 52 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 29:34. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Leviite.
Questions
Does Levi appear in the Torah codes?
2,194,348 sequences of לוי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 2,199,162 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Levi in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:5 — the shortest of 2,194,348 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,199,162.
What is the gematria of Levi in Hebrew?
Levi is spelled לוי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 46.
How many times is Levi found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, לוי appears 11,019,943 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 10,963,293 chance alone would give; the probability of 11,019,943 or more by chance alone is 8.2 × 10⁻⁶⁶.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,199,162 here) beside the count.