Avimelech (Abimelech · אבימלך)
Avimelech (Abimelech · אבימלך) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 336 sequences of Avimelech (Abimelech), the shortest at skip 23 (Numbers 19:2); chance alone would give about 329.
- Found in the Torah
- 336
- Chance alone
- 329
- P (≥ found)
- 0.36
- Shortest skip
- 23
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, אבימלך appears 336 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 329, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which אבימלך appears in the Torah is 23 — the first at Numbers 19:2, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), אבימלך is found 2,040 times; chance alone would give about 2,093.
- Genesis 84
- Exodus 55
- Leviticus 52
- Numbers 79
- Deuteronomy 66
The shortest skips
זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה לֵאמֹר דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה אֲשֶׁר אֵֽין־בָּהּ מוּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹֽל
This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.
skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 220,651Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּרַח יְהוָה אֶת־רֵיחַ הַנִּיחֹחַ וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־לִבּוֹ לֹֽא־אֹסִף לְקַלֵּל עוֹד אֶת־הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּעֲבוּר הָֽאָדָם כִּי יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם רַע מִנְּעֻרָיו וְלֹֽא־אֹסִף עוֹד לְהַכּוֹת אֶת־כָּל־חַי כַּֽאֲשֶׁר עָשִֽׂיתִי
And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: ‘I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
skip 39, width 39 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 10,151Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁכֶם אֶל־חֲמוֹר אָבִיו לֵאמֹר קַֽח־לִי אֶת־הַיַּלְדָּה הַזֹּאת לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: ‘Get me this damsel to wife.’
skip 52, width 52 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 49,331Open in the laboratory →
שְׂאוּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת כָּל־זָכָר לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם
’Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their polls;
skip 86, width 86 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 186,485Open in the laboratory →
וּמִי גּוֹי גָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִים צַדִּיקִם כְּכֹל הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם הַיּֽוֹם
And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
skip 96, width 96 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 256,825Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,487 sequences of אבימלך at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,436 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 84
- Exodus 55
- Leviticus 52
- Numbers 79
- Deuteronomy 77
- Joshua 37
- Judges 44
- Samuel 134
- Kings 164
- Isaiah 76
- Jeremiah 167
- Ezekiel 73
- The Twelve 58
- Psalms 92
- Proverbs 25
- Job 33
- Song of Songs 8
- Ruth 11
- Lamentations 9
- Ecclesiastes 22
- Esther 18
- Daniel 31
- Ezra–Nehemiah 30
- Chronicles 108
Outside the Torah
וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיהָ כִּֽי־אֲדַבֵּר אֶל־נָבוֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִי וָאֹמַר לוֹ תְּנָה־לִּי אֶֽת־כַּרְמְךָ בְּכֶסֶף אוֹ אִם־חָפֵץ אַתָּה אֶתְּנָה־לְךָ כֶרֶם תַּחְתָּיו וַיֹּאמֶר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּן לְךָ אֶת־כַּרְמִֽי
And he said unto her: ‘Because I spoke unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him: Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it; and he answered: I will not give thee my vineyard.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 523,145Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה אֶל־מָנוֹחַ אִם־תַּעְצְרֵנִי לֹא־אֹכַל בְּלַחְמֶךָ וְאִם־תַּעֲשֶׂה עֹלָה לַיהוָה תַּעֲלֶנָּה כִּי לֹא־יָדַע מָנוֹחַ כִּֽי־מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה הֽוּא
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah: ‘Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD.’ For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of the LORD.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 368,735Open in the laboratory →
וְאִשָּׁה אַחַת מִנְּשֵׁי בְנֵֽי־הַנְּבִיאִים צָעֲקָה אֶל־אֱלִישָׁע לֵאמֹר עַבְדְּךָ אִישִׁי מֵת וְאַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ כִּי עַבְדְּךָ הָיָה יָרֵא אֶת־יְהוָה וְהַנֹּשֶׁה בָּא לָקַחַת אֶת־שְׁנֵי יְלָדַי לוֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying: ‘Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD; and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.’
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 532,588Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אבימלך — the Tanakh's own spelling: Abimelech. Searched as אבימלך, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 103.
As a plain word it stands 53 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 20:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Abimelech.
Questions
Is Avimelech (Abimelech) in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אבימלך appears 336 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 329, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Avimelech (Abimelech) in the Torah?
Skip 23, reading backward from Numbers 19:2 — the shortest of 336 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 329.
What is the gematria of Avimelech (Abimelech) in Hebrew?
Avimelech is spelled אבימלך — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 103.
How many times is Avimelech (Abimelech) found in the whole Tanakh?
1,487 sequences of אבימלך at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,436 that chance alone would produce.
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