First names

Yaniv יניב

Yaniv is a first name, written יניב in Hebrew (male given name). Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 813,745 sequences of Yaniv, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 6:17); chance alone would give about 824,635.

Found in the Torah · every skip
813,745
Chance alone · every skip
824,635
P (≥ found) · every skip
1.00
Shortest skip
2
Longest skip found
101,545

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 80,427 found · chance alone about 79,141 (probability of 80,427 or more by chance alone: 2.6 × 10⁻⁶).

In the Torah

813,745 sequences of יניב across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 824,635 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 6:17, reading forward.

The longest skip at which יניב was found in the Torah is 101,545 — at Genesis 1:5, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 235,048
  • Exodus 160,060
  • Leviticus 103,797
  • Numbers 168,331
  • Deuteronomy 146,509

Examples across the range

5 of the 813,745 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.

Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.

  1. shortest skipGenesis 6:17בראשית ו:יזskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. י נ י בGenesis 6:17

      וַאֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶת־הַמַּבּוּל מַיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ …

      And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish.

    יניב at skip 2, forward from Genesis 6:17עשהואנהנמיאאתהמביניב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 7,623 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  2. also at the shortest skipGenesis 15:10בראשית טו:יskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. י ן י בGenesis 15:10

      … כָּל־אֵלֶּה וַיְבַתֵּר אֹתָם בַּתָּוֶךְ וַיִּתֵּן אִישׁ־בִּתְרוֹ לִקְרַאת רֵעֵהוּ וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּר לֹא …

      And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not.

    יניב at skip 2, forward from Genesis 15:10םבתוךותאשתרולקראיןיב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 17,787 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipExodus 19:22שמות יט:כבskip 100, forward
    1. יExodus 19:22

      וְגַם הַכֹּהֲנִים הַנִּגָּשִׁים אֶל־יְהוָה יִתְקַדָּשׁוּ פֶּן־יִפְרֹץ בָּהֶם יְהוָֽה

      And let the priests also, that come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.’

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. ןExodus 19:24

      … יְהוָה לֶךְ־רֵד וְעָלִיתָ אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן עִמָּךְ וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהָעָם אַל־יֶֽהֶרְסוּ …

      And the LORD said unto him: ‘Go, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest He break forth upon them.’

    2. יExodus 20:2

      אָֽנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִֽים

      I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

    3. בExodus 20:4

      … מִמַּעַל וַאֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת וַאֲשֶׁר בַּמַּיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָֽרֶץ

      Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

    יניב at skip 100, forward from Exodus 19:22רדכלהעםאשרבמחנהויוצאמעשנוכעשןהכבשןויחרדכלהאיקוקלמשהאלראשההרויעלופןיפרץבהםקוקויאמרמשליתאתהואהרעמךוהכהניםנכייקוקאלהךאשרהוצאתירץמתחתואשרמיםמתחתלארחסדלאלפיםלאהביולשמרימםתעבדועשיתכלמלאכתךויויםעשהיקוקאתהשמיםואתהאיןיב
    skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 106,829 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipLeviticus 20:20ויקרא כ:כskip 1,000, forward
    1. יLeviticus 20:20

      וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אֶת־דֹּדָתוֹ עֶרְוַת דֹּדוֹ גִּלָּה חֶטְאָם יִשָּׂאוּ עֲרִירִים יָמֻֽתוּ

      And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife—he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness—they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. נLeviticus 21:11

      וְעַל כָּל־נַפְשֹׁת מֵת לֹא יָבֹא לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ לֹא יִטַּמָּֽא

      neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

    2. יLeviticus 22:8

      נְבֵלָה וּטְרֵפָה לֹא יֹאכַל לְטָמְאָה־בָהּ אֲנִי יְהוָֽה

      That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

    3. בLeviticus 22:29

      וְכִֽי־תִזְבְּחוּ זֶֽבַח־תּוֹדָה לַיהוָה לִֽרְצֹנְכֶם תִּזְבָּֽחוּ

      And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted.

    יניב at skip 1,000, forward from Leviticus 20:20שביהושמרתםאתםאתחקתיואבתלרעךכמוךאנייקוקאתחקותיומתעםהארץירגמהובאבשאוואישאשרשכבאתדדתועאיפרםועלכלפשתמתלאיבאללטמאהבהאניקוקושמרואדוכיתזבחוזחתודהליקוקשבתיכםתביאולחםתנופהשתיבואשהליקוקביוםהשמינישהישראליתוהואבןאישמצריניב
    skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 172,985 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundGenesis 1:5בראשית א:הskip 101,545, forward
    1. יGenesis 1:5

      וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד

      And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. נExodus 16:8

      … מַלִּינִם עָלָיו וְנַחְנוּ מָה לֹא־עָלֵינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם כִּי עַל־יְהוָֽה

      And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’

    2. יNumbers 8:17

      … בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֹתָם לִֽי

      For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.

    3. בDeuteronomy 34:11

      לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ

      in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;

    יניב at skip 101,545, forward from Genesis 1:5שךויקראאלהםלאוריוםולחנומהלאעליותלנתיכםכיכורבארץמצרםהקדשתיאתםלפרעהולכלעדיוולכלארציניב
    skip 101,545, width 101,545 — one row is 101,545 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 157 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,545 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 15,751,724 sequences of יניב across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 15,887,411).

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 400,191 found · chance alone about 395,595 (probability of 400,191 or more by chance alone: 1.5 × 10⁻¹³).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 1,026,095
  • Exodus 729,970
  • Leviticus 443,605
  • Numbers 685,430
  • Deuteronomy 607,192
  • Joshua 461,043
  • Judges 517,003
  • Samuel 1,166,148
  • Kings 1,252,003
  • Isaiah 863,858
  • Jeremiah 1,068,443
  • Ezekiel 942,209
  • The Twelve 789,003
  • Psalms 1,241,205
  • Proverbs 358,868
  • Job 521,835
  • Song of Songs 83,377
  • Ruth 70,987
  • Lamentations 99,500
  • Ecclesiastes 149,994
  • Esther 150,886
  • Daniel 351,899
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 602,602
  • Chronicles 1,568,569

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the TorahJudges 1:21שופטים א:כאskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. י ן י בJudges 1:21

      … יֹשֵׁב יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם לֹא הוֹרִישׁוּ בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן וַיֵּשֶׁב הַיְבוּסִי אֶת־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן בִּירוּשָׁלִַם …

      And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem, unto this day.

    יניב at skip 2, forward from Judges 1:21ובניבנמושהיבוסיאיןיב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 345,862 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skipJoshua 15:46יהושע טו:מוskip 100, forward
    1. יJoshua 15:46

      מֵעֶקְרוֹן וָיָמָּה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־עַל־יַד אַשְׁדּוֹד וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן

      from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. נJoshua 15:49

      וְדַנָּה וְקִרְיַת־סַנָּה הִיא דְבִֽר

      and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah—the same is Debir;

    2. יJoshua 15:54

      וְחֻמְטָה וְקִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִיא חֶבְרוֹן וְצִיעֹר עָרִים תֵּשַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן

      and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba—the same is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

    3. בJoshua 15:58

      חַלְחוּל בֵּֽית־צוּר וּגְדֽוֹר

      Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor;

    יניב at skip 100, forward from Joshua 15:46עשריםותשעוחצריהןבשפלהדרתיםעריםארבעעשרהוחצרונעמהומקדהעריםששעשרהוריהמעקרוןומהכלאשרעליתירושוכהודהוקריתסנההקהוחמטהוקרתארבעהיאחבצריהןחלחוליתצורוגדורהערבהמדיןוסככהוהנבשןואתבנייהודהבירושלםעדהיזהועבראלגבולהארכיעטרויניב
    skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 329,434 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:23דברי הימים ב לו:כגskip 398,948, backward
    1. י2 Chronicles 36:23

      … כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי …

      ’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. נEzekiel 46:19

      … הַשַּׁעַר אֶל־הַלִּשְׁכוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַפֹּנוֹת צָפוֹנָה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁם מָקוֹם …

      Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north; and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.

    2. י1 Samuel 11:11

      וַיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁאוּל אֶת־הָעָם שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים …

      And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

    3. בGenesis 1:4

      וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ

      And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

    יניב at skip 398,948, backward from 2 Chronicles 36:23אתהאורכיטוויבדלאלהיםויהיממחרתושםשאולאתהעתהקדשאלהכהיםהפנותצפותהארץנתןליקוקאלהיהשמיניב
    skip 398,948, width 398,948 — one row is 398,948 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,196,967 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,948 in the laboratory →

The spelling

יניב — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as יניב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 72.

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

Questions

Is Yaniv in the Bible code?

813,745 sequences of יניב across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 824,635 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Yaniv in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:17 — the shortest of 813,745 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 824,635.

How is Yaniv spelled in Hebrew?

Yaniv is spelled יניב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 72.

Is Yaniv in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 15,751,724 sequences of יניב across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 15,887,411).

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 824,635 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.

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