Egypt מצור
Egypt (מצור) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Egypt appears 19,281 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.8% more than chance alone would give (about 18,936; probability 0.0063).
- Found in the Torah
- 19,281
- Chance alone
- 18,936
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0063
- 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, מצור appears 19,281 times in the Torah — 1.8% more than the 18,936 chance alone would give; the probability of 19,281 or more by chance alone is 0.0063.
The shortest skip at which מצור appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 1:9, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), מצור is found 187,228 times; chance alone would give about 197,313.
- Genesis 5,421
- Exodus 4,922
- Leviticus 2,072
- Numbers 3,429
- Deuteronomy 3,437
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־עַמּוֹ הִנֵּה עַם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רַב וְעָצוּם מִמֶּֽנּוּ
And he said unto his people: ‘Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 78,339Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וַיְצַוֵּם אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶל־פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם לְהוֹצִיא אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 85,458Open in the laboratory →
וַיְסַפֵּר מֹשֶׁה לְחֹתְנוֹ אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה לְפַרְעֹה וּלְמִצְרַיִם עַל אוֹדֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל־הַתְּלָאָה אֲשֶׁר מְצָאָתַם בַּדֶּרֶךְ וַיַּצִּלֵם יְהוָֽה
And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 104,534Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתְנוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן אֵשׁ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְעָרְכוּ עֵצִים עַל־הָאֵֽשׁ
And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 141,945Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת
And the man said: ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,791Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, מצור appears 76,590 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.2% more than the 75,708 chance alone would give; the probability of 76,590 or more by chance alone is 0.00069.
- Genesis 5,421
- Exodus 4,922
- Leviticus 2,072
- Numbers 3,429
- Deuteronomy 3,786
- Joshua 2,954
- Judges 1,887
- Samuel 3,933
- Kings 4,893
- Isaiah 7,154
- Jeremiah 6,225
- Ezekiel 4,665
- The Twelve 4,677
- Psalms 6,095
- Proverbs 2,508
- Job 2,134
- Song of Songs 325
- Ruth 253
- Lamentations 285
- Ecclesiastes 538
- Esther 503
- Daniel 1,009
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,836
- Chronicles 5,086
Outside the Torah
וּמַֽעֲשֵׂה הָאוֹפַנִּים כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אוֹפַן הַמֶּרְכָּבָה יְדוֹתָם וְגַבֵּיהֶם וְחִשֻּׁקֵיהֶם וְחִשֻּׁרֵיהֶם הַכֹּל מוּצָֽק
And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel; their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 491,919Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֱמֶת הֽוּא־אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים וּמֶלֶךְ עוֹלָם מִקִּצְפּוֹ תִּרְעַשׁ הָאָרֶץ וְלֹֽא־יָכִלוּ גוֹיִם זַעְמֽוֹ
But the LORD God is the true God, He is the living God, and the everlasting King; At His wrath the earth trembleth, And the nations are not able to abide His indignation.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 657,380Open in the laboratory →
וְֽאֹיְבַי חַיִּים עָצֵמוּ וְרַבּוּ שֹׂנְאַי שָֽׁקֶר
But mine enemies are strong in health; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 877,750Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מצור — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מצור, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 336.
As a plain word it stands 18 times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 8:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Matsowr.
Questions
Is Egypt in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, מצור appears 19,281 times in the Torah — 1.8% more than the 18,936 chance alone would give; the probability of 19,281 or more by chance alone is 0.0063.
What is the shortest skip for Egypt in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Exodus 1:9 — the shortest of 19,281 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 18,936.
What is the gematria of Egypt in Hebrew?
Egypt is spelled מצור — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 336.
How many times is Egypt found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, מצור appears 76,590 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.2% more than the 75,708 chance alone would give; the probability of 76,590 or more by chance alone is 0.00069.
Search it yourself
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