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Lionel Messi ליונל מסי

Lionel Messi (ליונל מסי): Argentine association football player (born 1987). ליונל (from Lionel Messi) appears 7,071 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 7,090 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah (ליונל)
7,071
Chance alone
7,090
P (≥ found)
0.59
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for ליונל, and מסי has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

The Torah holds 7,071 sequences of ליונל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 7,090).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 29:34, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 54,613 sequences of ליונל, against about 55,877 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 2,033
  • Exodus 1,301
  • Leviticus 826
  • Numbers 1,801
  • Deuteronomy 1,110

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 29:34שמות כט:לדskip 2, forward

    וְֽאִם־יִוָּתֵר מִבְּשַׂר הַמִּלֻּאִים וּמִן־הַלֶּחֶם עַד־הַבֹּקֶר וְשָׂרַפְתָּ אֶת־הַנּוֹתָר בָּאֵשׁ לֹא יֵאָכֵל כִּי־קֹדֶשׁ הֽוּא

    And if aught of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

    ליונל at skip 2, forward from Exodus 29:34מבשרהמאםמהחםעדהבקליוןל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 122,417Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 4:7בראשית ד:זskip 3, backward

    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.’

    ליונל at skip 3, backward from Genesis 4:7ןלמהחרהלךומהפלפנךהואאםתיטיבשליונל
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 4,470Open in the laboratory →

  3. Deuteronomy 6:11דברים ו:יאskip 3, backward

    וּבָתִּים מְלֵאִים כָּל־טוּב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מִלֵּאתָ וּבֹרֹת חֲצוּבִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־חָצַבְתָּ כְּרָמִים וְזֵיתִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָטָעְתָּ וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָֽעְתָּ

    and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou the didst not hew, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou didst not plant, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied—

    ליונל at skip 3, backward from Deuteronomy 6:11דלתוטבתאשראביתבתםמאיםכלטובאשליונל
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 261,784Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 17:20בראשית יז:כskip 4, backward

    וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ הִנֵּה בֵּרַכְתִּי אֹתוֹ וְהִפְרֵיתִי אֹתוֹ וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֹתוֹ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר נְשִׂיאִם יוֹלִיד וּנְתַתִּיו לְגוֹי גָּדֽוֹל

    And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

    ליונל at skip 4, backward from Genesis 17:20ניםעשרנשיאםיוידותתילגוגדוואתבריתיאקיםאתליונל
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 20,159Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 8:14במדבר ח:ידskip 6, forward

    וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהָיוּ לִי הַלְוִיִּֽם

    Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be Mine.

    ליונל at skip 6, forward from Numbers 8:14לתאתהלויםמתוךבניישראוהיולהלויםאחריכיבאוהויםלעבדאתאהלמועדוטהרתליוןל
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 203,069Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 37,591 sequences of ליונל at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 37,065); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0032 by chance alone.

  • Genesis 2,033
  • Exodus 1,301
  • Leviticus 826
  • Numbers 1,801
  • Deuteronomy 1,263
  • Joshua 1,279
  • Judges 1,573
  • Samuel 3,809
  • Kings 2,674
  • Isaiah 1,954
  • Jeremiah 2,576
  • Ezekiel 1,824
  • The Twelve 1,486
  • Psalms 3,144
  • Proverbs 747
  • Job 1,267
  • Song of Songs 157
  • Ruth 202
  • Lamentations 190
  • Ecclesiastes 336
  • Esther 384
  • Daniel 1,161
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,612
  • Chronicles 3,992

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 15:32שמואל ב טו:לבskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי דָוִד בָּא עַד־הָרֹאשׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה שָׁם לֵאלֹהִים וְהִנֵּה לִקְרָאתוֹ חוּשַׁי הָאַרְכִּי קָרוּעַ כֻּתָּנְתּוֹ וַאֲדָמָה עַל־רֹאשֽׁוֹ

    And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the ascent, where God was wont to be worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.

    ליונל at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 15:32והשםלאהםההקראתוחוליונל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 459,796Open in the laboratory →

  2. Isaiah 8:21ישעיהו ח:כאskip 2, forward

    וְעָבַר בָּהּ נִקְשֶׁה וְרָעֵב וְהָיָה כִֽי־יִרְעַב וְהִתְקַצַּף וְקִלֵּל בְּמַלְכּוֹ וּבֵאלֹהָיו וּפָנָה לְמָֽעְלָה

    And they shall pass this way that are sore bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and, whether they turn their faces upward,

    ליונל at skip 2, forward from Isaiah 8:21לכוובאהופהמעלהואלליונל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 584,105Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Chronicles 9:13דברי הימים א ט:יגskip 2, forward

    וַאֲחֵיהֶם רָאשִׁים לְבֵית אֲבוֹתָם אֶלֶף וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת וְשִׁשִּׁים גִּבּוֹרֵי חֵיל מְלֶאכֶת עֲבוֹדַת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִֽים

    and their brethren, heads of their fathers’houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

    ליונל at skip 2, forward from 1 Chronicles 9:13תביתהאהםמהויםשמעיליוןל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,112,230Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

ליונל מסי — the name in Hebrew letters: Argentine association football player (born 1987). Searched as ליונל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 126.

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

Other spellings

  • מסי — the name in Hebrew letters found 154,842 in the Torah (chance 153,568)

Questions

Is Lionel Messi in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 7,071 sequences of ליונל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 7,090).

What is the shortest skip for Lionel Messi in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 29:34 — the shortest of 7,071 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 7,090.

How is Lionel Messi spelled in Hebrew?

Lionel Messi is spelled ליונל מסי — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 126; one other spelling is counted on this page.

Is Lionel Messi in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 37,591 sequences of ליונל at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 37,065); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0032 by chance alone.

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