First names

Lia ליה

In Hebrew letters the first name Lia is written ליה — female given name. In the Torah codes, Lia is found 1,993,761 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:7) — about what chance alone gives (about 2,020,682).

Found in the Torah
1,993,761
Chance alone
2,020,682
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

At skips 2–5,000, ליה appears 1,993,761 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,020,682, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which ליה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:7, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), ליה is found 30,030,594 times; chance alone would give about 31,319,702.

A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 2,020,682 of it, so a large count is expected.

  • Genesis 473,005
  • Exodus 422,743
  • Leviticus 277,742
  • Numbers 430,421
  • Deuteronomy 389,850

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 1:7בראשית א:זskip 2, forward

    וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן

    And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.

    ליה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:7יעויבדבןמיםאשרמליה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 262Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 1:12בראשית א:יבskip 2, forward

    וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹֽשֶׂה־פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב

    And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

    ליה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:12ריעזרעמנוועץעשהליה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 539Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 1:12בראשית א:יבskip 2, forward

    וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹֽשֶׂה־פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב

    And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

    ליה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:12זרעובומנוויראאלליה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 563Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 1:14בראשית א:ידskip 2, forward

    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;

    ליה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:14םלהבדיבןיוםוביןליה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 637Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 1:18בראשית א:יחskip 2, forward

    וְלִמְשֹׁל בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה וּֽלֲהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב

    and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

    ליה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:18ולהבדיבןאורוביןליה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 851Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

8,546,055 sequences of ליה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8,624,970 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 473,005
  • Exodus 422,743
  • Leviticus 277,742
  • Numbers 430,421
  • Deuteronomy 407,953
  • Joshua 303,388
  • Judges 297,838
  • Samuel 727,970
  • Kings 798,701
  • Isaiah 423,915
  • Jeremiah 700,994
  • Ezekiel 489,165
  • The Twelve 415,385
  • Psalms 526,574
  • Proverbs 116,976
  • Job 162,157
  • Song of Songs 28,710
  • Ruth 35,291
  • Lamentations 41,673
  • Ecclesiastes 84,083
  • Esther 81,130
  • Daniel 167,453
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 280,676
  • Chronicles 852,112

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 6:13יהושע ו:יגskip 2, forward

    וְשִׁבְעָה הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאִים שִׁבְעָה שׁוֹפְרוֹת הַיֹּבְלִים לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה הֹלְכִים הָלוֹךְ וְתָקְעוּ בַּשּׁוֹפָרוֹת וְהֶחָלוּץ הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם וְהַֽמְאַסֵּף הֹלֵךְ אַֽחֲרֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה הולך וְתָקוֹעַ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת

    And the seven priests bearing the seven rams’horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the horns; and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of the LORD, [the priests] blowing with the horns continually.

    ליה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 6:13ןיקוקהכםלוךותקעליה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 312,252Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 8:11יהושע ח:יאskip 2, forward

    וְכָל־הָעָם הַמִּלְחָמָה אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ עָלוּ וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ נֶגֶד הָעִיר וַֽיַּחֲנוּ מִצְּפוֹן לָעַי וְהַגַּי בינו וּבֵין־הָעָֽי

    And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai—now there was a valley between him and Ai.

    ליה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 8:11ומצפוןעוגיבינווליה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 315,977Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 10:16יהושע י:טזskip 2, forward

    וַיָּנֻסוּ חֲמֵשֶׁת הַמְּלָכִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֵּחָבְאוּ בַמְּעָרָה בְּמַקֵּדָֽה

    And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

    ליה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 10:16חמשתהמכםאלהויחבליה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 320,477Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

ליה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as ליה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 45.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Lia in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, ליה appears 1,993,761 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,020,682, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Lia in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:7 — the shortest of 1,993,761 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,020,682.

What is the gematria of Lia in Hebrew?

Lia is spelled ליה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 45.

How many times is Lia found in the whole Tanakh?

8,546,055 sequences of ליה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8,624,970 that chance alone would produce.

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