Biblical names

Nechemyah (Nehemiah · נחמיה)

Nechemyah (Nehemiah · נחמיה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 2,442 sequences of Nechemyah (Nehemiah), the shortest at skip 3 (Leviticus 1:15); chance alone would give about 2,526.

Found in the Torah
2,442
Chance alone
2,526
P (≥ found)
0.95
Shortest skip
3

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

In the Torah

The Torah holds 2,442 sequences of נחמיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,526).

The shortest skip at which נחמיה appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Leviticus 1:15, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), נחמיה is found 20,118 times; chance alone would give about 19,904.

  • Genesis 598
  • Exodus 502
  • Leviticus 326
  • Numbers 722
  • Deuteronomy 294

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 1:15ויקרא א:טוskip 3, backward

    וְהִקְרִיבוֹ הַכֹּהֵן אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּמָלַק אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ וְהִקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה וְנִמְצָה דָמוֹ עַל קִיר הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ

    And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its head, and make it smoke on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar.

    נחמיה at skip 3, backward from Leviticus 1:15מלקאתראשווקטרהזבהומצהדמועלקינחמיה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 142,412Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 37:25בראשית לז:כהskip 4, forward

    וַיֵּשְׁבוּ לֶֽאֱכָל־לֶחֶם וַיִּשְׂאוּ עֵֽינֵיהֶם וַיִּרְאוּ וְהִנֵּה אֹרְחַת יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים בָּאָה מִגִּלְעָד וּגְמַלֵּיהֶם נֹֽשְׂאִים נְכֹאת וּצְרִי וָלֹט הוֹלְכִים לְהוֹרִיד מִצְרָֽיְמָה

    And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.

    נחמיה at skip 4, forward from Genesis 37:25עיניהםויראווההארתישעאלםבאמגלעדוגמליהםנשנחמיה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 55,374Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 29:9שמות כט:טskip 7, forward

    וְחָגַרְתָּ אֹתָם אַבְנֵט אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו וְחָבַשְׁתָּ לָהֶם מִגְבָּעֹת וְהָיְתָה לָהֶם כְּהֻנָּה לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם וּמִלֵּאתָ יַֽד־אַהֲרֹן וְיַד־בָּנָֽיו

    And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-tires on them; and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

    נחמיה at skip 7, forward from Exodus 29:9לבשתםכתנתוחגרתאתםאבנטאהרובניוובשתלהםגבעתוהתהלהםכנהלחקתעולםומלאתידאהרןוידןחמיה
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 120,957Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 5:32בראשית ה:לבskip 8, forward

    וַֽיְהִי־נֹחַ בֶּן־חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ אֶת־שֵׁם אֶת־חָם וְאֶת־יָֽפֶת

    And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

    נחמיה at skip 8, forward from Genesis 5:32מאותשנהוימתויהינחבןחמשמאותשהויולדנאתשםאתחואתיפתוהיכיהחלאדםלרבעלפניהאדמהובנותילדולהםנחםיה
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 6,797Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 9:11שמות ט:יאskip 8, forward

    וְלֹֽא־יָכְלוּ הַֽחַרְטֻמִּים לַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה מִפְּנֵי הַשְּׁחִין כִּֽי־הָיָה הַשְּׁחִין בַּֽחֲרְטֻמִּם וּבְכָל־מִצְרָֽיִם

    And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

    נחמיה at skip 8, forward from Exodus 9:11והחרטמיםלעמדלפנימשהמפניהשחיכיהיההשיןבחרטמובכלמצרםויחזקיוקאתלבפרעהולאשמעאלהםכאשרדבריןחםיק
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 90,193Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, נחמיה appears 9,858 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 10,210, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 598
  • Exodus 502
  • Leviticus 326
  • Numbers 722
  • Deuteronomy 323
  • Joshua 377
  • Judges 314
  • Samuel 599
  • Kings 670
  • Isaiah 550
  • Jeremiah 650
  • Ezekiel 643
  • The Twelve 435
  • Psalms 711
  • Proverbs 226
  • Job 274
  • Song of Songs 64
  • Ruth 25
  • Lamentations 73
  • Ecclesiastes 77
  • Esther 73
  • Daniel 251
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 468
  • Chronicles 907

Outside the Torah

  1. Isaiah 9:20ישעיהו ט:כskip 4, forward

    מְנַשֶּׁה אֶת־אֶפְרַיִם וְאֶפְרַיִם אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה יַחְדָּו הֵמָּה עַל־יְהוּדָה בְּכָל־זֹאת לֹא־שָׁב אַפּוֹ וְעוֹד יָדוֹ נְטוּיָֽה

    Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together are against Judah. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

    נחמיה at skip 4, forward from Isaiah 9:20פריםואפריםאתמשהידוההעלהודבכלזאתלאשבאפוונחמיה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 585,207Open in the laboratory →

  2. Ezekiel 29:4יחזקאל כט:דskip 4, forward

    וְנָתַתִּי חחיים בִּלְחָיֶיךָ וְהִדְבַּקְתִּי דְגַת־יְאֹרֶיךָ בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶיךָ וְהַעֲלִיתִיךָ מִתּוֹךְ יְאֹרֶיךָ וְאֵת כָּל־דְּגַת יְאֹרֶיךָ בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶיךָ תִּדְבָּֽק

    And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

    נחמיה at skip 4, forward from Ezekiel 29:4ריואניעשיתניותתיחייבלחיךודבקתידגתיאריךבנחםיה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 768,434Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Chronicles 11:35דברי הימים א יא:להskip 4, forward

    אֲחִיאָם בֶּן־שָׂכָר הַהֲרָרִי אֱלִיפַל בֶּן־אֽוּר

    Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur;

    נחמיה at skip 4, forward from 1 Chronicles 11:35כרההרריאליפלבאורפרהכרתאחיהפלניחצרוהכרמלןחמיה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,116,298Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

נחמיה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Nehemiah. Searched as נחמיה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 113.

As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Nehemiah, Nechemia, Nehemia.

Questions

Does Nechemyah (Nehemiah) appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 2,442 sequences of נחמיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,526).

What is the shortest skip for Nechemyah (Nehemiah) in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading backward from Leviticus 1:15 — the shortest of 2,442 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,526.

What is the gematria of Nechemyah (Nehemiah) in Hebrew?

Nechemyah is spelled נחמיה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 113.

How many times is Nechemyah (Nehemiah) found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, נחמיה appears 9,858 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 10,210, so the count is in line with chance.

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,526 here) beside the count.

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