Maya מאיה
In Hebrew letters the first name Maya is written מאיה — female given name. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 202,400 sequences of Maya, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 19:21); chance alone would give about 206,896.
- Found in the Torah
- 202,400
- Chance alone
- 206,896
- 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, מאיה appears 202,400 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 206,896, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which מאיה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 19:21, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), מאיה is found 2,056,158 times; chance alone would give about 2,155,828.
- Genesis 52,618
- Exodus 44,959
- Leviticus 27,456
- Numbers 41,936
- Deuteronomy 35,431
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הִנֵּה נָשָׂאתִי פָנֶיךָ גַּם לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה לְבִלְתִּי הָפְכִּי אֶת־הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ
And he said unto him: ‘See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,427Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָֽאֱלֹהִים בַּחֲלֹם גַּם אָנֹכִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי בְתָם־לְבָבְךָ עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת וָאֶחְשֹׂךְ גַּם־אָנֹכִי אֽוֹתְךָ מֵחֲטוֹ־לִי עַל־כֵּן לֹא־נְתַתִּיךָ לִנְגֹּעַ אֵלֶֽיהָ
And God said unto him in the dream: ‘Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,591Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָעֶבֶד אוּלַי לֹא־תֹאבֶה הָֽאִשָּׁה לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרַי אֶל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הֶֽהָשֵׁב אָשִׁיב אֶת־בִּנְךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָצָאתָ מִשָּֽׁם
And the servant said unto him: ‘Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs bring thy son back unto the land from whence thou camest?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,542Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה הַֽנַּעֲרָ אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶיהָ הַטִּי־נָא כַדֵּךְ וְאֶשְׁתֶּה וְאָמְרָה שְׁתֵה וְגַם־גְּמַלֶּיךָ אַשְׁקֶה אֹתָהּ הֹכַחְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ לְיִצְחָק וּבָהּ אֵדַע כִּי־עָשִׂיתָ חֶסֶד עִם־אֲדֹנִֽי
So let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant, even for Isaac; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast shown kindness unto my master.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 30,082Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר־הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי לְפָנָיו יִשְׁלַח מַלְאָכוֹ אִתָּךְ וְהִצְלִיחַ דַּרְכֶּךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתִּי וּמִבֵּית אָבִֽי
And he said unto me: The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 31,347Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
763,078 sequences of מאיה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 770,785 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 52,618
- Exodus 44,959
- Leviticus 27,456
- Numbers 41,936
- Deuteronomy 38,503
- Joshua 25,614
- Judges 28,132
- Samuel 63,496
- Kings 73,867
- Isaiah 35,957
- Jeremiah 66,219
- Ezekiel 49,856
- The Twelve 41,093
- Psalms 34,881
- Proverbs 8,327
- Job 13,655
- Song of Songs 2,464
- Ruth 2,582
- Lamentations 2,903
- Ecclesiastes 6,679
- Esther 6,815
- Daniel 12,092
- Ezra–Nehemiah 23,512
- Chronicles 59,462
Outside the Torah
וַתִּשְׁלַח וַתִּקְרָא לְבָרָק בֶּן־אֲבִינֹעַם מִקֶּדֶשׁ נַפְתָּלִי וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הֲלֹא צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵךְ וּמָֽשַׁכְתָּ בְּהַר תָּבוֹר וְלָקַחְתָּ עִמְּךָ עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי נַפְתָּלִי וּמִבְּנֵי זְבֻלֽוּן
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him: ‘Hath not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, saying: Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 350,391Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ הַשְׁקִינִי־נָא מְעַט־מַיִם כִּי צָמֵאתִי וַתִּפְתַּח אֶת־נֹאוד הֶחָלָב וַתַּשְׁקֵהוּ וַתְּכַסֵּֽהוּ
And he said unto her: ‘Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.’ And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 351,262Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם גִּדְעוֹן אֶשְׁאֲלָה מִכֶּם שְׁאֵלָה וּתְנוּ־לִי אִישׁ נֶזֶם שְׁלָלוֹ כִּֽי־נִזְמֵי זָהָב לָהֶם כִּי יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים הֵֽם
And Gideon said unto them: ‘I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil.’—For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,187Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מאיה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as מאיה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 56.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Maya in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, מאיה appears 202,400 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 206,896, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Maya in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:21 — the shortest of 202,400 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 206,896.
What is the gematria of Maya in Hebrew?
Maya is spelled מאיה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 56.
How many times is Maya found in the whole Tanakh?
763,078 sequences of מאיה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 770,785 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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