First names

Ora אורה

In Hebrew letters the first name Ora is written אורה — female given name. In the Torah codes, Ora is found 144,262 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 42:38) — about what chance alone gives (about 144,616).

Found in the Torah
144,262
Chance alone
144,616
P (≥ found)
0.82
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

144,262 sequences of אורה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 144,616 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which אורה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 42:38, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), אורה is found 1,458,882 times; chance alone would give about 1,506,881.

  • Genesis 39,446
  • Exodus 29,052
  • Leviticus 23,069
  • Numbers 26,246
  • Deuteronomy 26,449

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 42:38בראשית מב:לחskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר לֹֽא־יֵרֵד בְּנִי עִמָּכֶם כִּֽי־אָחִיו מֵת וְהוּא לְבַדּוֹ נִשְׁאָר וּקְרָאָהוּ אָסוֹן בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָהּ וְהוֹרַדְתֶּם אֶת־שֵׂיבָתִי בְּיָגוֹן שְׁאֽוֹלָה

    And he said: ‘My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left; if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

    אורה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 42:38לבדונשרקאואסוןבדאורה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 64,992Open in the laboratory →

  2. Leviticus 13:40ויקרא יג:מskip 2, forward

    וְאִישׁ כִּי יִמָּרֵט רֹאשׁוֹ קֵרֵחַ הוּא טָהוֹר הֽוּא

    And if a man’s hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

    אורה at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 13:40יימרטרשקחואטהורהאורה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 160,149Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 20:17ויקרא כ:יזskip 2, forward

    וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִקַּח אֶת־אֲחֹתוֹ בַּת־אָבִיו אוֹ בַת־אִמּוֹ וְרָאָה אֶת־עֶרְוָתָהּ וְהִֽיא־תִרְאֶה אֶת־עֶרְוָתוֹ חֶסֶד הוּא וְנִכְרְתוּ לְעֵינֵי בְּנֵי עַמָּם עֶרְוַת אֲחֹתוֹ גִּלָּה עֲוֺנוֹ יִשָּֽׂא

    And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness: it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

    אורה at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 20:17יואובתמואאתערותהאורה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 172,785Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 26:65במדבר כו:סהskip 2, forward

    כִּֽי־אָמַר יְהוָה לָהֶם מוֹת יָמֻתוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר וְלֹא־נוֹתַר מֵהֶם אִישׁ כִּי אִם־כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נֽוּן

    For the LORD had said of them: ‘They shall surely die in the wilderness.’ And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

    אורה at skip 2, forward from Numbers 26:65מדברולנתמםאישכיאאורה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 233,974Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 1:2בראשית א:בskip 2, backward

    וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם

    Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.

    אורה at skip 2, backward from Genesis 1:2מיםואתאץהרץהיתהתאורה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 31Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, אורה appears 499,916 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.3% more than the 498,512 chance alone would give; the probability of 499,916 or more by chance alone is 0.02.

  • Genesis 39,446
  • Exodus 29,052
  • Leviticus 23,069
  • Numbers 26,246
  • Deuteronomy 28,953
  • Joshua 20,416
  • Judges 17,733
  • Samuel 42,075
  • Kings 48,113
  • Isaiah 26,046
  • Jeremiah 40,362
  • Ezekiel 30,531
  • The Twelve 26,322
  • Psalms 19,517
  • Proverbs 5,578
  • Job 7,991
  • Song of Songs 1,008
  • Ruth 1,653
  • Lamentations 1,590
  • Ecclesiastes 3,618
  • Esther 4,034
  • Daniel 7,887
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 11,952
  • Chronicles 36,724

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 18:13יהושע יח:יגskip 2, forward

    וְעָבַר מִשָּׁם הַגְּבוּל לוּזָה אֶל־כֶּתֶף לוּזָה נֶגְבָּה הִיא בֵּֽית־אֵל וְיָרַד הַגְּבוּל עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר עַל־הָהָר אֲשֶׁר מִנֶּגֶב לְבֵית־חֹרוֹן תַּחְתּֽוֹן

    And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz—the same is Beth-el—southward; and the border went down to Atroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.

    אורה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 18:13היאביתלידגבולעטראורה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 332,669Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 14:45שמואל א יד:מהskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר הָעָם אֶל־שָׁאוּל הֲֽיוֹנָתָן יָמוּת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הַיְשׁוּעָה הַגְּדוֹלָה הַזֹּאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל חָלִילָה חַי־יְהוָה אִם־יִפֹּל מִשַּׂעֲרַת רֹאשׁוֹ אַרְצָה כִּֽי־עִם־אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיִּפְדּוּ הָעָם אֶת־יוֹנָתָן וְלֹא־מֵֽת

    And the people said unto Saul: ‘Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it; as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day.’ So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

    אורה at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 14:45משערתרשאצכיעםאלהאורה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 405,320Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Samuel 13:30שמואל ב יג:לskip 2, forward

    וַֽיְהִי הֵמָּה בַדֶּרֶךְ וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה בָאָה אֶל־דָּוִד לֵאמֹר הִכָּה אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶת־כָּל־בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹֽא־נוֹתַר מֵהֶם אֶחָֽד

    And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that the tidings came to David, saying: ‘Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.’

    אורה at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 13:30המלךולנתמםאחדויקאורה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 455,026Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אורה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as אורה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 212.

As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 20:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Ora in the Torah codes?

144,262 sequences of אורה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 144,616 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Ora in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 42:38 — the shortest of 144,262 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 144,616.

What is the gematria of Ora in Hebrew?

Ora is spelled אורה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 212.

How many times is Ora found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, אורה appears 499,916 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.3% more than the 498,512 chance alone would give; the probability of 499,916 or more by chance alone is 0.02.

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