Circumcision מילה
Circumcision — in Hebrew מילה — circumcision; brit milah. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 162,763 sequences of Circumcision, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 3:22); chance alone would give about 164,921.
- Found in the Torah
- 162,763
- Chance alone
- 164,921
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 162,763 sequences of מילה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 164,921).
The shortest skip at which מילה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:22, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), מילה is found 1,660,395 times; chance alone would give about 1,718,449.
- Genesis 36,616
- Exodus 36,807
- Leviticus 21,602
- Numbers 37,887
- Deuteronomy 29,851
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים הֵן הָֽאָדָם הָיָה כְּאַחַד מִמֶּנּוּ לָדַעַת טוֹב וָרָע וְעַתָּה פֶּן־יִשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וְלָקַח גַּם מֵעֵץ הַֽחַיִּים וְאָכַל וָחַי לְעֹלָֽם
And the LORD God said: ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,104Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם וַֽאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמָיִם וַיִּכָּלֵא הַגֶּשֶׁם מִן־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,231Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אֲמָתִי בִלְהָה בֹּא אֵלֶיהָ וְתֵלֵד עַל־בִּרְכַּי וְאִבָּנֶה גַם־אָנֹכִי מִמֶּֽנָּה
And she said: ‘Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may be builded up through her.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 41,627Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה בְּתֵת יְהוָה לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר לִשְׂבֹּעַ בִּשְׁמֹעַ יְהוָה אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם 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.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 101,710Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּמֹדּוּ בָעֹמֶר וְלֹא הֶעְדִּיף הַמַּרְבֶּה וְהַמַּמְעִיט לֹא הֶחְסִיר אִישׁ לְפִֽי־אָכְלוֹ לָקָֽטוּ
And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 102,243Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, מילה appears 704,538 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 711,311, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 36,616
- Exodus 36,807
- Leviticus 21,602
- Numbers 37,887
- Deuteronomy 31,977
- Joshua 24,340
- Judges 24,682
- Samuel 57,266
- Kings 65,042
- Isaiah 34,704
- Jeremiah 59,553
- Ezekiel 41,503
- The Twelve 35,243
- Psalms 42,260
- Proverbs 10,001
- Job 13,154
- Song of Songs 2,615
- Ruth 2,601
- Lamentations 3,530
- Ecclesiastes 7,504
- Esther 7,500
- Daniel 12,337
- Ezra–Nehemiah 25,083
- Chronicles 70,731
Outside the Torah
וְאֵהוּד נִמְלַט עַד הִֽתְמַהְמְהָם וְהוּא עָבַר אֶת־הַפְּסִילִים וַיִּמָּלֵט הַשְּׂעִירָֽתָה
And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 349,751Open in the laboratory →
חַכְמוֹת שָׂרוֹתֶיהָ תַּעֲנֶינָּה אַף־הִיא תָּשִׁיב אֲמָרֶיהָ לָֽהּ
The wisest of her princesses answer her, Yea, she returneth answer to herself:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 353,024Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ לֵאמֹר לֹא כִּֽי־אָסֹר נֶֽאֱסָרְךָ וּנְתַנּוּךָ בְיָדָם וְהָמֵת לֹא נְמִיתֶךָ וַיַּאַסְרֻהוּ בִּשְׁנַיִם עֲבֹתִים חֲדָשִׁים וַֽיַּעֲלוּהוּ מִן־הַסָּֽלַע
And they spoke unto him, saying: ‘No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but surely we will not kill thee.’ And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 371,460Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מילה — a Hebrew word: circumcision; brit milah. Searched as מילה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 85.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Mila.
Questions
Is Circumcision in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 162,763 sequences of מילה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 164,921).
What is the shortest skip for Circumcision in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:22 — the shortest of 162,763 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 164,921.
What is the gematria of Circumcision in Hebrew?
Circumcision is spelled מילה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 85.
How many times is Circumcision found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, מילה appears 704,538 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 711,311, so the count is in line with chance.
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