Roy רוי
In Hebrew letters the first name Roy is written רוי — male given name. Roy appears 1,855,451 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.4% more than chance alone would give (about 1,847,928; probability 1.6 × 10⁻⁸).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,855,451
- Chance alone
- 1,847,928
- P (≥ found)
- 1.6 × 10⁻⁸
- 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, רוי appears 1,855,451 times in the Torah — 0.4% more than the 1,847,928 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,855,451 or more by chance alone is 1.6 × 10⁻⁸.
The shortest skip at which רוי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:10, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), רוי is found 28,339,964 times; chance alone would give about 28,642,090.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,847,928 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 578,932
- Exodus 384,798
- Leviticus 225,457
- Numbers 340,967
- Deuteronomy 325,297
The shortest skips
וְנָהָרּ יֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת־הַגָּן וּמִשָּׁם יִפָּרֵד וְהָיָה לְאַרְבָּעָה רָאשִֽׁים
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,178Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶל־הָֽאָדָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אַיֶּֽכָּה
And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: ‘Where art thou?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,383Open in the laboratory →
הֵן גֵּרַשְׁתָּ אֹתִי הַיּוֹם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה וּמִפָּנֶיךָ אֶסָּתֵר וְהָיִיתִי נָע וָנָד בָּאָרֶץ וְהָיָה כָל־מֹצְאִי יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי
Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,819Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּוָּלֵד לַֽחֲנוֹךְ אֶת־עִירָד וְעִירָד יָלַד אֶת־מְחֽוּיָאֵל וּמְחִיּיָאֵל יָלַד אֶת־מְתוּשָׁאֵל וּמְתוּשָׁאֵל יָלַד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ
And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,007Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּדַע אָדָם עוֹד אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵׁת כִּי שָֽׁת־לִי אֱלֹהִים זֶרַע אַחֵר תַּחַת הֶבֶל כִּי הֲרָגוֹ קָֽיִן
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ‘for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,372Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, רוי appears 8,456,667 times in the whole Tanakh — less than 0.1% more than the 8,450,608 chance alone would give; the probability of 8,456,667 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
- Genesis 578,932
- Exodus 384,798
- Leviticus 225,457
- Numbers 340,967
- Deuteronomy 345,807
- Joshua 321,916
- Judges 305,706
- Samuel 665,840
- Kings 728,480
- Isaiah 550,949
- Jeremiah 603,559
- Ezekiel 487,567
- The Twelve 449,952
- Psalms 612,154
- Proverbs 201,043
- Job 245,607
- Song of Songs 36,828
- Ruth 32,512
- Lamentations 40,762
- Ecclesiastes 58,926
- Esther 77,464
- Daniel 138,941
- Ezra–Nehemiah 259,284
- Chronicles 763,216
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁלַח מֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ אֶל־רָחָב לֵאמֹר הוֹצִיאִי הָאֲנָשִׁים הַבָּאִים אֵלַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ לְבֵיתֵךְ כִּי לַחְפֹּר אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בָּֽאוּ
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: ‘Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,195Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָאֲנָשִׁים יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי־נָתַן יְהוָה לָכֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְכִֽי־נָפְלָה אֵֽימַתְכֶם עָלֵינוּ וְכִי נָמֹגוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם
and she said unto the men: ‘I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,545Open in the laboratory →
כִּי שָׁמַעְנוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִישׁ יְהוָה אֶת־מֵי יַם־סוּף מִפְּנֵיכֶם בְּצֵאתְכֶם מִמִּצְרָיִם וַאֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם לִשְׁנֵי מַלְכֵי הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן לְסִיחֹן וּלְעוֹג אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱרַמְתֶּם אוֹתָֽם
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,599Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
רוי — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as רוי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 216.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Roy appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, רוי appears 1,855,451 times in the Torah — 0.4% more than the 1,847,928 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,855,451 or more by chance alone is 1.6 × 10⁻⁸.
What is the shortest skip for Roy in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:10 — the shortest of 1,855,451 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,847,928.
What is the gematria of Roy in Hebrew?
Roy is spelled רוי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 216.
How many times is Roy found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, רוי appears 8,456,667 times in the whole Tanakh — less than 0.1% more than the 8,450,608 chance alone would give; the probability of 8,456,667 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
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