Biblical names

Uri אורי

Uri (אורי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Uri appears 164,810 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% more than chance alone would give (about 162,663; probability 5.5 × 10⁻⁸).

Found in the Torah
164,810
Chance alone
162,663
P (≥ found)
5.5 × 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, אורי appears 164,810 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 162,663 chance alone would give; the probability of 164,810 or more by chance alone is 5.5 × 10⁻⁸.

The shortest skip at which אורי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 41:18, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), אורי is found 1,653,178 times; chance alone would give about 1,694,926.

  • Genesis 55,619
  • Exodus 32,559
  • Leviticus 19,826
  • Numbers 29,140
  • Deuteronomy 27,666

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 41:18בראשית מא:יחskip 2, forward

    וְהִנֵּה מִן־הַיְאֹר עֹלֹת שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת בְּרִיאוֹת בָּשָׂר וִיפֹת תֹּאַר וַתִּרְעֶינָה בָּאָֽחוּ

    And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in the reedgrass.

    אורי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 41:18רויפתתרתענהבאחוואורי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 60,945Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 20:8בראשית כ:חskip 2, backward

    וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אֲבִימֶלֶךְ בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּקְרָא לְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וַיְדַבֵּר אֶת־כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּאָזְנֵיהֶם וַיִּֽירְאוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים מְאֹֽד

    And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears; and the men were sore afraid.

    אורי at skip 2, backward from Genesis 20:8זניהםויאהנשיםמאדאורי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 24,805Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 28:17בראשית כח:יזskip 2, backward

    וַיִּירָא וַיֹּאמַר מַה־נּוֹרָא הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה אֵין זֶה כִּי אִם־בֵּית אֱלֹהִים וְזֶה שַׁעַר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם

    And he was afraid, and said: ‘How full of awe is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’

    אורי at skip 2, backward from Genesis 28:17ידעתיויאימרמהנוראורי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 39,506Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 38:25בראשית לח:כהskip 2, backward

    הִוא מוּצֵאת וְהִיא שָׁלְחָה אֶל־חָמִיהָ לֵאמֹר לְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אֵלֶּה לּוֹ אָנֹכִי הָרָה וַתֹּאמֶר הַכֶּר־נָא לְמִי הַחֹתֶמֶת וְהַפְּתִילִים וְהַמַּטֶּה הָאֵֽלֶּה

    When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying: ‘By the man, whose these are, am I with child’; and she said: ‘Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.’

    אורי at skip 2, backward from Genesis 38:25הלואנכההתמרהכרנאאורי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 57,276Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 43:18בראשית מג:יחskip 2, backward

    וַיִּֽירְאוּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים כִּי הֽוּבְאוּ בֵּית יוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמְרוּ עַל־דְּבַר הַכֶּסֶף הַשָּׁב בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵינוּ בַּתְּחִלָּה אֲנַחְנוּ מֽוּבָאִים לְהִתְגֹּלֵל עָלֵינוּ וּלְהִתְנַפֵּל עָלֵינוּ וְלָקַחַת אֹתָנוּ לַעֲבָדִים וְאֶת־חֲמֹרֵֽינוּ

    And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said: ‘Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.’

    אורי at skip 2, backward from Genesis 43:18היוסףויאהנשיםכיהאורי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 66,025Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 672,611 sequences of אורי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 674,078).

  • Genesis 55,619
  • Exodus 32,559
  • Leviticus 19,826
  • Numbers 29,140
  • Deuteronomy 30,463
  • Joshua 23,711
  • Judges 26,339
  • Samuel 61,411
  • Kings 64,868
  • Isaiah 39,275
  • Jeremiah 49,679
  • Ezekiel 39,623
  • The Twelve 34,880
  • Psalms 36,816
  • Proverbs 11,481
  • Job 18,724
  • Song of Songs 2,046
  • Ruth 2,844
  • Lamentations 2,333
  • Ecclesiastes 4,592
  • Esther 4,934
  • Daniel 11,882
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 17,346
  • Chronicles 52,220

Outside the Torah

  1. 1 Samuel 29:1שמואל א כט:אskip 2, forward

    וַיִּקְבְּצוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים אֶת־כָּל־מַחֲנֵיהֶם אֲפֵקָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל חֹנִים בַּעַיִן אֲשֶׁר בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל

    Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek; and the Israelites pitched by the fountain which is in Jezreel.

    אורי at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 29:1רביזרעלסנפלשתיםעאורי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 431,453Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Kings 2:12מלכים ב ב:יבskip 2, forward

    וֶאֱלִישָׁע רֹאֶה וְהוּא מְצַעֵק אָבִי אָבִי רֶכֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפָרָשָׁיו וְלֹא רָאָהוּ עוֹד וַֽיַּחֲזֵק בִּבְגָדָיו וַיִּקְרָעֵם לִשְׁנַיִם קְרָעִֽים

    And Elisha saw it, and he cried: ‘My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! ’ And he saw him no more; and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

    אורי at skip 2, forward from 2 Kings 2:12רכבישרלפשוולאראהאורי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 529,968Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Kings 13:14מלכים ב יג:ידskip 2, forward

    וֶֽאֱלִישָׁע חָלָה אֶת־חָלְיוֹ אֲשֶׁר יָמוּת בּוֹ וַיֵּרֶד אֵלָיו יוֹאָשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּבְךְּ עַל־פָּנָיו וַיֹּאמַר אָבִי אָבִי רֶכֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפָרָשָֽׁיו

    Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he was to die; and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over him, and said: ‘My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! ’

    אורי at skip 2, forward from 2 Kings 13:14רכבישרלפשוויאמרלאורי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 551,181Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אורי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אורי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 217.

As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 31:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Ori.

Questions

Is Uri in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, אורי appears 164,810 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 162,663 chance alone would give; the probability of 164,810 or more by chance alone is 5.5 × 10⁻⁸.

What is the shortest skip for Uri in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 41:18 — the shortest of 164,810 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 162,663.

What is the gematria of Uri in Hebrew?

Uri is spelled אורי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 217.

How many times is Uri found in the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 672,611 sequences of אורי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 674,078).

Search it yourself

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