First names

Nili נילי

In Hebrew letters the first name Nili is written נילי — female given name. Nili appears 105,702 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.2% more than chance alone would give (about 104,440; probability 4.9 × 10⁻⁵).

Found in the Torah
105,702
Chance alone
104,440
P (≥ found)
4.9 × 10⁻⁵
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, נילי appears 105,702 times in the Torah — 1.2% more than the 104,440 chance alone would give; the probability of 105,702 or more by chance alone is 4.9 × 10⁻⁵.

The shortest skip at which נילי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:6, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), נילי is found 1,054,364 times; chance alone would give about 1,088,245.

  • Genesis 33,438
  • Exodus 19,496
  • Leviticus 10,670
  • Numbers 25,861
  • Deuteronomy 16,237

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.’

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

    letter 234Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 26:24בראשית כו:כדskip 2, forward

    וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו יְהוָה בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם אָבִיךָ אַל־תִּירָא כִּֽי־אִתְּךָ אָנֹכִי וּבֵֽרַכְתִּיךָ וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ בַּעֲבוּר אַבְרָהָם עַבְדִּֽי

    And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said: ‘I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for My servant Abraham’s sake.’

    נילי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 26:24ויאמראכאהאברהםאבנילי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 35,638Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 30:6בראשית ל:וskip 2, forward

    וַתֹּאמֶר רָחֵל דָּנַנִּי אֱלֹהִים וְגַם שָׁמַע בְּקֹלִי וַיִּתֶּן־לִי בֵּן עַל־כֵּן קָרְאָה שְׁמוֹ דָּֽן

    And Rachel said: ‘God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son.’ Therefore called she his name Dan.

    נילי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 30:6מררחלדנאהםוגםשמענילי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 41,726Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 33:11בראשית לג:יאskip 2, forward

    קַח־נָא אֶת־בִּרְכָתִי אֲשֶׁר הֻבָאת לָךְ כִּֽי־חַנַּנִי אֱלֹהִים וְכִי יֶשׁ־לִי־כֹל וַיִּפְצַר־בּוֹ וַיִּקָּֽח

    Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.’ And he urged him, and he took it.

    נילי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 33:11תלךכיחנאהםוכיישלנילי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 48,732Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 48:9בראשית מח:טskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־אָבִיו בָּנַי הֵם אֲשֶׁר־נָֽתַן־לִי אֱלֹהִים בָּזֶה וַיֹּאמַר קָֽחֶם־נָא אֵלַי וַאֲבָרֲכֵֽם

    And Joseph said unto his father: ‘They are my sons, whom God hath given me here.’ And he said: ‘Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.’

    נילי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 48:9םאשרנתלאהםבזהויאןילי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 74,374Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, נילי appears 541,298 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.1% more than the 535,633 chance alone would give; the probability of 541,298 or more by chance alone is 5.5 × 10⁻¹⁵.

  • Genesis 33,438
  • Exodus 19,496
  • Leviticus 10,670
  • Numbers 25,861
  • Deuteronomy 17,467
  • Joshua 17,472
  • Judges 21,397
  • Samuel 44,538
  • Kings 39,634
  • Isaiah 29,185
  • Jeremiah 36,808
  • Ezekiel 30,017
  • The Twelve 23,028
  • Psalms 49,843
  • Proverbs 11,783
  • Job 19,944
  • Song of Songs 3,581
  • Ruth 2,287
  • Lamentations 4,037
  • Ecclesiastes 4,101
  • Esther 4,188
  • Daniel 17,303
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 24,138
  • Chronicles 51,082

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 3:10יהושע ג:יskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּזֹאת תֵּֽדְעוּן כִּי אֵל חַי בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וְהוֹרֵשׁ יוֹרִישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶם אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְאֶת־הַחִתִּי וְאֶת־הַחִוִּי וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּי וְאֶת־הַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי

    And Joshua said: ‘Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.

    נילי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 3:10אתתדעוכאחבקרבכםוןילי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 308,211Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 19:27יהושע יט:כזskip 2, forward

    וְשָׁב מִזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בֵּית דָּגֹן וּפָגַע בִּזְבֻלוּן וּבְגֵי יִפְתַּח־אֵל צָפוֹנָה בֵּית הָעֵמֶק וּנְעִיאֵל וְיָצָא אֶל־כָּבוּל מִשְּׂמֹֽאל

    And it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun and to the valley of Iphtahel northward at Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,

    נילי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 19:27תהעמקועאוצאאלכבונילי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 334,472Open in the laboratory →

  3. Judges 6:7שופטים ו:זskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי כִּֽי־זָעֲקוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה עַל אֹדוֹת מִדְיָֽן

    And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of Midian,

    נילי at skip 2, forward from Judges 6:7דותמדיושחקוקאישנןילי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 353,536Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

נילי — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as נילי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 100.

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

Questions

Does Nili appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, נילי appears 105,702 times in the Torah — 1.2% more than the 104,440 chance alone would give; the probability of 105,702 or more by chance alone is 4.9 × 10⁻⁵.

What is the shortest skip for Nili in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:6 — the shortest of 105,702 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 104,440.

What is the gematria of Nili in Hebrew?

Nili is spelled נילי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 100.

How many times is Nili found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, נילי appears 541,298 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.1% more than the 535,633 chance alone would give; the probability of 541,298 or more by chance alone is 5.5 × 10⁻¹⁵.

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