Abel-beth-maachah אבל בית מעכה
Abel-beth-maachah (אבל בית מעכה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Abel-beth-maacah. אבל (from Abel-beth-maachah) appears 1,012,517 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% more than chance alone would give (about 1,009,528; probability 0.0015).
- Found in the Torah (אבל)
- 1,012,517
- Chance alone
- 1,009,528
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0015
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for אבל, and בית, מעכה have their own figures under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, אבל appears 1,012,517 times in the Torah — 0.3% more than the 1,009,528 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,012,517 or more by chance alone is 0.0015.
The shortest skip at which אבל appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 19:8, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אבל is found 15,519,566 times; chance alone would give about 15,647,254.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,009,528 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 279,735
- Exodus 176,540
- Leviticus 148,704
- Numbers 219,506
- Deuteronomy 188,032
The shortest skips
הִנֵּה־נָא לִי שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָדְעוּ אִישׁ אוֹצִֽיאָה־נָּא אֶתְהֶן אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשׂוּ לָהֶן כַּטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם רַק לָֽאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵל אַל־תַּעֲשׂוּ דָבָר כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּן בָּאוּ בְּצֵל קֹרָתִֽי
Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 22,637Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בִּשְׁמֹתָם לְתוֹלְדֹתָם בְּכֹר יִשְׁמָעֵאל נְבָיֹת וְקֵדָר וְאַדְבְּאֵל וּמִבְשָֽׂם
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 33,446Open in the laboratory →
וְהוּא עָבַר לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַרְצָה שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים עַד־גִּשְׁתּוֹ עַד־אָחִֽיו
And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 48,332Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן רְאוּבֵן אֹתָם לֵאמֹר הֲלוֹא אָמַרְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם לֵאמֹר אַל־תֶּחֶטְאוּ בַיֶּלֶד וְלֹא שְׁמַעְתֶּם וְגַם־דָּמוֹ הִנֵּה נִדְרָֽשׁ
And Reuben answered them, saying: ‘Spoke I not unto you, saying: Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 64,080Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּלֶךְ אִישׁ מִבֵּית לֵוִי וַיִּקַּח אֶת־בַּת־לֵוִֽי
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 79,045Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
3,823,200 sequences of אבל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,828,638 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 279,735
- Exodus 176,540
- Leviticus 148,704
- Numbers 219,506
- Deuteronomy 194,583
- Joshua 113,544
- Judges 137,661
- Samuel 382,529
- Kings 371,223
- Isaiah 161,731
- Jeremiah 291,893
- Ezekiel 226,330
- The Twelve 157,682
- Psalms 180,486
- Proverbs 62,586
- Job 84,558
- Song of Songs 10,472
- Ruth 16,237
- Lamentations 15,917
- Ecclesiastes 35,281
- Esther 33,690
- Daniel 89,401
- Ezra–Nehemiah 114,371
- Chronicles 318,540
Outside the Torah
וַיַּחֲנוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּגִּלְגָּל וַיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־הַפֶּסַח בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעֶרֶב בְּעַֽרְבוֹת יְרִיחֽוֹ
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,020Open in the laboratory →
ואראה בַשָּׁלָל אַדֶּרֶת שִׁנְעָר אַחַת טוֹבָה וּמָאתַיִם שְׁקָלִים כֶּסֶף וּלְשׁוֹן זָהָב אֶחָד חֲמִשִּׁים שְׁקָלִים מִשְׁקָלוֹ וָֽאֶחְמְדֵם וָֽאֶקָּחֵם וְהִנָּם טְמוּנִים בָּאָרֶץ בְּתוֹךְ הָאָֽהֳלִי וְהַכֶּסֶף תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ
When I saw among the spoil a goodly Shinar mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,780Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּתֵּן מֹשֶׁה לְמַטֵּה בְנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,708Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אבל בית מעכה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Abel-beth-maacah. Searched as אבל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 33.
As a plain word it stands 38 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 17:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- בית — the Tanakh's own spelling found 968,714 in the Torah (chance 979,686)
- מעכה — the Tanakh's own spelling found 32,197 in the Torah (chance 32,622)
Questions
Does Abel-beth-maachah appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אבל appears 1,012,517 times in the Torah — 0.3% more than the 1,009,528 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,012,517 or more by chance alone is 0.0015.
What is the shortest skip for Abel-beth-maachah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:8 — the shortest of 1,012,517 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,009,528.
What is the gematria of Abel-beth-maachah in Hebrew?
Abel-beth-maachah is spelled אבל בית מעכה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 33; 2 other spellings are counted on this page.
How many times is Abel-beth-maachah found in the whole Tanakh?
3,823,200 sequences of אבל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,828,638 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,009,528 here) beside the count.