Biblical names

Naharai נחרי

Naharai (נחרי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Naharai appears 19,883 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 19,993 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
19,883
Chance alone
19,993
P (≥ found)
0.78
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, נחרי appears 19,883 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 19,993, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which נחרי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 29:5, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), נחרי is found 212,029 times; chance alone would give about 208,325.

  • Genesis 5,872
  • Exodus 3,809
  • Leviticus 2,449
  • Numbers 5,247
  • Deuteronomy 2,506

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 29:5בראשית כט:הskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הַיְדַעְתֶּם אֶת־לָבָן בֶּן־נָחוֹר וַיֹּאמְרוּ יָדָֽעְנוּ

    And he said unto them: ‘Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?’ And they said: ‘We know him.’

    נחרי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 29:5אתלבןבנוואמרוידעןחרי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 40,053Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 3:1שמות ג:אskip 2, backward

    וּמֹשֶׁה הָיָה רֹעֶה אֶת־צֹאן יִתְרוֹ חֹתְנוֹ כֹּהֵן מִדְיָן וַיִּנְהַג אֶת־הַצֹּאן אַחַר הַמִּדְבָּר וַיָּבֹא אֶל־הַר הָאֱלֹהִים חֹרֵֽבָה

    Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the farthest end of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.

    נחרי at skip 2, backward from Exodus 3:1האתצאןתותוכהןמדינחרי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 80,342Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 18:2שמות יח:בskip 2, backward

    וַיִּקַּח יִתְרוֹ חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה אֶת־צִפֹּרָה אֵשֶׁת מֹשֶׁה אַחַר שִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ

    And Jethro, Moses’father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’wife, after he had sent her away,

    נחרי at skip 2, backward from Exodus 18:2יםויקחתותמשהאתצפןחרי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 104,194Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 18:5שמות יח:הskip 2, backward

    וַיָּבֹא יִתְרוֹ חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה וּבָנָיו וְאִשְׁתּוֹ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר־הוּא חֹנֶה שָׁם הַר הָאֱלֹהִֽים

    And Jethro, Moses’father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God;

    נחרי at skip 2, backward from Exodus 18:5עהויבאתותמשהובניןחרי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 104,314Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 18:12שמות יח:יבskip 2, backward

    וַיִּקַּח יִתְרוֹ חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה עֹלָה וּזְבָחִים לֵֽאלֹהִים וַיָּבֹא אַהֲרֹן וְכֹל זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֶאֱכָל־לֶחֶם עִם־חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִֽים

    And Jethro, Moses’father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’father-in-law before God.

    נחרי at skip 2, backward from Exodus 18:12הםויקחתותמשהעלהוןחרי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 104,709Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

82,903 sequences of נחרי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 82,645 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 5,872
  • Exodus 3,809
  • Leviticus 2,449
  • Numbers 5,247
  • Deuteronomy 2,755
  • Joshua 3,393
  • Judges 2,711
  • Samuel 4,856
  • Kings 5,812
  • Isaiah 5,240
  • Jeremiah 4,473
  • Ezekiel 5,251
  • The Twelve 3,424
  • Psalms 7,001
  • Proverbs 2,792
  • Job 3,394
  • Song of Songs 574
  • Ruth 322
  • Lamentations 601
  • Ecclesiastes 736
  • Esther 494
  • Daniel 2,178
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 3,262
  • Chronicles 6,257

Outside the Torah

  1. Esther 2:11אסתר ב:יאskip 2, forward

    וּבְכָל־יוֹם וָיוֹם מָרְדֳּכַי מִתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵי חֲצַר בֵּית־הַנָּשִׁים לָדַעַת אֶת־שְׁלוֹם אֶסְתֵּר וּמַה־יֵּעָשֶׂה בָּֽהּ

    And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

    נחרי at skip 2, forward from Esther 2:11תהלךלפיצבתהנשיםלנחרי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,025,150Open in the laboratory →

  2. Judges 9:28שופטים ט:כחskip 3, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר גַּעַל בֶּן־עֶבֶד מִֽי־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּמִֽי־שְׁכֶם כִּי נַעַבְדֶנּוּ הֲלֹא בֶן־יְרֻבַּעַל וּזְבֻל פְּקִידוֹ עִבְדוּ אֶת־אַנְשֵׁי חֲמוֹר אֲבִי שְׁכֶם וּמַדּוּעַ נַעַבְדֶנּוּ אֲנָֽחְנוּ

    And Gaal the son of Ebed said: ‘Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?

    נחרי at skip 3, forward from Judges 9:28ידועבדואתאשימואבשכםומדוענענחרי
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 361,533Open in the laboratory →

  3. Isaiah 30:20ישעיהו ל:כskip 3, forward

    וְנָתַן לָכֶם אֲדֹנָי לֶחֶם צָר וּמַיִם לָחַץ וְלֹֽא־יִכָּנֵף עוֹד מוֹרֶיךָ וְהָיוּ עֵינֶיךָ רֹאוֹת אֶת־מוֹרֶֽיךָ

    And though the Lord give you sparing bread and scant water, Yet shall not thy Teacher hide Himself any more, But thine eyes shall see thy Teacher;

    נחרי at skip 3, forward from Isaiah 30:20ךונתןלכםאדילםצומםלחץולאיכננחרי
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 604,396Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

נחרי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נחרי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 268.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 23:37. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Naharai appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, נחרי appears 19,883 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 19,993, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Naharai in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 29:5 — the shortest of 19,883 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 19,993.

What is the gematria of Naharai in Hebrew?

Naharai is spelled נחרי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 268.

How many times is Naharai found in the whole Tanakh?

82,903 sequences of נחרי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 82,645 that chance alone would produce.

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