First names

Mey מיי

Mey is a first name, written מיי in Hebrew (female given name). In the Torah codes, Mey is found 2,666,077 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:6) — 0.8% above the 2,643,749 chance alone would give (probability of 2,666,077 or more by chance alone: 4.3 × 10⁻⁴³).

Found in the Torah
2,666,077
Chance alone
2,643,749
P (≥ found)
4.3 × 10⁻⁴³
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

The Torah holds 2,666,077 sequences of מיי at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 2,643,749); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.3 × 10⁻⁴³ by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:6, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 39,465,149 sequences of מיי, against about 40,976,967 from chance alone.

A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 2,643,749 of it, so a large count is expected.

  • Genesis 781,332
  • Exodus 605,051
  • Leviticus 283,062
  • Numbers 565,483
  • Deuteronomy 431,149

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 1:6בראשית א:וskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם

    And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’

    מיי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:6תוךהמיוהמבדילביםיי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 222Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 1:8בראשית א:חskip 2, forward

    וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָֽרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שֵׁנִֽי

    And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

    מיי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:8קיעשמיוהערבויהיםיי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 325Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 1:22בראשית א:כבskip 2, forward

    וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים לֵאמֹר פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הַמַּיִם בַּיַּמִּים וְהָעוֹף יִרֶב בָּאָֽרֶץ

    And God blessed them, saying: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.’

    מיי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:22ואתהמיבמםוהעוףיםיי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,083Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 2:5בראשית ב:הskip 2, forward

    וְכֹל שִׂיחַ הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרֶם יִֽהְיֶה בָאָרֶץ וְכָל־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרֶם יִצְמָח כִּי לֹא הִמְטִיר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים עַל־הָאָרֶץ וְאָדָם אַיִן לַֽעֲבֹד אֶת־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה

    No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground;

    מיי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 2:5חכילאהטרקוקאלהימיי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,909Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 2:7בראשית ב:זskip 2, forward

    וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַֽיְהִי הָֽאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּֽה

    Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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

    letter 2,022Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 13,167,619 sequences of מיי at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 13,066,079); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻¹⁷³ by chance alone.

  • Genesis 781,332
  • Exodus 605,051
  • Leviticus 283,062
  • Numbers 565,483
  • Deuteronomy 457,302
  • Joshua 398,929
  • Judges 489,259
  • Samuel 992,555
  • Kings 1,125,540
  • Isaiah 765,154
  • Jeremiah 955,947
  • Ezekiel 812,114
  • The Twelve 700,455
  • Psalms 1,103,216
  • Proverbs 289,934
  • Job 447,799
  • Song of Songs 70,709
  • Ruth 58,848
  • Lamentations 65,149
  • Ecclesiastes 119,844
  • Esther 116,533
  • Daniel 223,394
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 508,886
  • Chronicles 1,231,124

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 1:4יהושע א:דskip 2, forward

    מֵהַמִּדְבָּר וְהַלְּבָנוֹן הַזֶּה וְֽעַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדוֹל נְהַר־פְּרָת כֹּל אֶרֶץ הַֽחִתִּים וְעַד־הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל מְבוֹא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה גְּבוּלְכֶֽם

    From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

    מיי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 1:4מבואהששההגבולכםמיי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 305,078Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 4:24יהושע ד:כדskip 2, forward

    לְמַעַן דַּעַת כָּל־עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ אֶת־יַד יְהוָה כִּי חֲזָקָה הִיא לְמַעַן יְרָאתֶם אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים

    that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty; that ye may fear the LORD your God for ever.’

    מיי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 4:24כלהימיוהכשמעכלמםיי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 310,337Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 6:14יהושע ו:ידskip 2, forward

    וַיָּסֹבּוּ אֶת־הָעִיר בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי פַּעַם אַחַת וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַֽמַּחֲנֶה כֹּה עָשׂוּ שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִֽים

    And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp; so they did six days.

    מיי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 6:14ששתימיוהביוםהשבםיי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 312,370Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

מיי — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as מיי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 60.

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

Questions

Is Mey in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 2,666,077 sequences of מיי at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 2,643,749); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.3 × 10⁻⁴³ by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Mey in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:6 — the shortest of 2,666,077 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,643,749.

How is Mey spelled in Hebrew?

Mey is spelled מיי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 60.

Is Mey in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 13,167,619 sequences of מיי at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 13,066,079); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻¹⁷³ by chance alone.

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,643,749 here) beside the count.

More