King מלך
King is written מלך in Hebrew. King appears 686,242 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 685,375 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 686,242
- Chance alone
- 685,375
- P (≥ found)
- 0.15
- 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 686,242 sequences of מלך at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 685,375).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 10,555,299 sequences of מלך, against about 10,623,011 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 685,375 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 140,895
- Exodus 137,544
- Leviticus 94,047
- Numbers 137,922
- Deuteronomy 175,834
The shortest skips
אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁה אָמַר הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה עִצְּבוֹנֵךְ וְהֵֽרֹנֵךְ בְּעֶצֶב תֵּֽלְדִי בָנִים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ וְהוּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּֽךְ
Unto the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,773Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לֶמֶךְ לְנָשָׁיו עָדָה וְצִלָּה שְׁמַעַן קוֹלִי נְשֵׁי לֶמֶךְ הַאְזֵנָּה אִמְרָתִי כִּי אִישׁ הָרַגְתִּי לְפִצְעִי וְיֶלֶד לְחַבֻּרָתִֽי
And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,218Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי כָּל־יְמֵי־לֶמֶךְ שֶׁבַע וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,749Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲבָֽרֲכָה מְבָרְכֶיךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ אָאֹר וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת הָאֲדָמָֽה
And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,245Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּסַּע אַבְרָם הָלוֹךְ וְנָסוֹעַ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,616Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
2,879,810 sequences of מלך at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,881,183 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 140,895
- Exodus 137,544
- Leviticus 94,047
- Numbers 137,922
- Deuteronomy 181,422
- Joshua 78,265
- Judges 77,854
- Samuel 231,811
- Kings 251,170
- Isaiah 159,881
- Jeremiah 231,373
- Ezekiel 178,093
- The Twelve 128,426
- Psalms 220,196
- Proverbs 67,819
- Job 76,376
- Song of Songs 12,610
- Ruth 12,003
- Lamentations 15,256
- Ecclesiastes 38,991
- Esther 45,863
- Daniel 60,013
- Ezra–Nehemiah 78,487
- Chronicles 223,493
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁלַח מֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ אֶל־רָחָב לֵאמֹר הוֹצִיאִי הָאֲנָשִׁים הַבָּאִים אֵלַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ לְבֵיתֵךְ כִּי לַחְפֹּר אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בָּֽאוּ
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: ‘Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,212Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הַיּוֹם גַּלּוֹתִי אֶת־חֶרְפַּת מִצְרַיִם מֵעֲלֵיכֶם וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא גִּלְגָּל עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
And the LORD said unto Joshua: ‘This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you.’ Wherefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,974Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא כִּי אֲנִי שַׂר־צְבָֽא־יְהוָה עַתָּה בָאתִי וַיִּפֹּל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־פָּנָיו אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה אֲדֹנִי מְדַבֵּר אֶל־עַבְדּֽוֹ
And he said: ‘Nay, but I am captain of the host of the LORD; I am now come.’ And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said unto him: ‘What saith my lord unto his servant?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,287Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מלך — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מלך, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 90.
As a plain word it stands 1,030 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 14:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Molek, Melech.
Questions
Is King in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 686,242 sequences of מלך at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 685,375).
What is the shortest skip for King in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:16 — the shortest of 686,242 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 685,375.
How is King spelled in Hebrew?
King is spelled מלך — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 90.
Is King in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
2,879,810 sequences of מלך at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,881,183 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 685,375 here) beside the count.