Lorelei לורליי
In Hebrew letters the first name Lorelei is written לורליי — female given name. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 940 sequences of Lorelei, the shortest at skip 7 (Numbers 17:27); chance alone would give about 934.
- Found in the Torah
- 940
- Chance alone
- 934
- P (≥ found)
- 0.42
- Shortest skip
- 7
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, לורליי appears 940 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 934, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which לורליי appears in the Torah is 7 — the first at Numbers 17:27, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), לורליי is found 5,622 times; chance alone would give about 5,937.
- Genesis 280
- Exodus 178
- Leviticus 80
- Numbers 214
- Deuteronomy 188
The shortest skips
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹר הֵן גָּוַעְנוּ אָבַדְנוּ כֻּלָּנוּ אָבָֽדְנוּ
And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying: ‘Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 218,596Open in the laboratory →
מַהֵר הִמָּלֵט שָׁמָּה כִּי לֹא אוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת דָּבָר עַד־בֹּאֲךָ שָׁמָּה עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שֵׁם־הָעִיר צֽוֹעַר
Hasten thou, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.’—Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.—
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,481Open in the laboratory →
וְהַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־בַּיְאֹר מֵתָה וַיִּבְאַשׁ הַיְאֹר וְלֹא־יָכְלוּ מִצְרַיִם לִשְׁתּוֹת מַיִם מִן־הַיְאֹר וַיְהִי הַדָּם בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 87,532Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי רְאֵה הַֽחִלֹּתִי תֵּת לְפָנֶיךָ אֶת־סִיחֹן וְאֶת־אַרְצוֹ הָחֵל רָשׁ לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־אַרְצֽוֹ
And the LORD said unto me: ‘Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee; begin to possess his land.’
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 254,228Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת אֶת־פַּרְעֹה וַיַּעַשׂ מִשְׁתֶּה לְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת־רֹאשׁ שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים וְאֶת־רֹאשׁ שַׂר הָאֹפִים בְּתוֹךְ עֲבָדָֽיו
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
skip 22, width 22 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 59,888Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, לורליי appears 5,397 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.5% more than the 5,263 chance alone would give; the probability of 5,397 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
- Genesis 280
- Exodus 178
- Leviticus 80
- Numbers 214
- Deuteronomy 213
- Joshua 213
- Judges 211
- Samuel 544
- Kings 494
- Isaiah 322
- Jeremiah 407
- Ezekiel 243
- The Twelve 223
- Psalms 463
- Proverbs 118
- Job 170
- Song of Songs 23
- Ruth 20
- Lamentations 24
- Ecclesiastes 47
- Esther 42
- Daniel 112
- Ezra–Nehemiah 161
- Chronicles 595
Outside the Torah
וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ וַיִּקְרְאוּ־לוֹ וַיָּבֹא יָרָבְעָם וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ אֶל־רְחַבְעָם לֵאמֹֽר
And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying:
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,155,593Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּכָּנַע יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ בְּגֹבַהּ לִבּוֹ הוּא וְיֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְלֹא־בָא עֲלֵיהֶם קֶצֶף יְהוָה בִּימֵי יְחִזְקִיָּֽהוּ
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,188,921Open in the laboratory →
חֲמָסִי וּשְׁאֵרִי עַל־בָּבֶל תֹּאמַר יֹשֶׁבֶת צִיּוֹן וְדָמִי אֶל־יֹשְׁבֵי כַשְׂדִּים תֹּאמַר יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
’The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon’, Shall the inhabitant of Zion say; And: ‘My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea’, Shall Jerusalem say.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 723,530Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לורליי — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as לורליי, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 286.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Lorelei in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, לורליי appears 940 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 934, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Lorelei in the Torah?
Skip 7, reading backward from Numbers 17:27 — the shortest of 940 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 934.
What is the gematria of Lorelei in Hebrew?
Lorelei is spelled לורליי — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 286.
How many times is Lorelei found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, לורליי appears 5,397 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.5% more than the 5,263 chance alone would give; the probability of 5,397 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
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