Lemech (Lamech · למך)
Lemech (Lamech · למך) is a person named in the Tanakh. Lemech (Lamech) appears 683,766 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
- 683,766
- Chance alone
- 685,375
- P (≥ found)
- 0.97
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
683,766 sequences of למך at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 685,375 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which למך appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 10:2, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), למך is found 10,685,755 times; chance alone would give about 10,623,011.
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 140,800
- Exodus 136,823
- Leviticus 93,553
- Numbers 139,071
- Deuteronomy 173,519
The shortest skips
בְּנֵי יֶפֶת גֹּמֶר וּמָגוֹג וּמָדַי וְיָוָן וְתֻבָל וּמֶשֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,637Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם אֶל־שָׂרָה אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲחֹתִי הִוא וַיִּשְׁלַח אֲבִימֶלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ גְּרָר וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שָׂרָֽה
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: ‘She is my sister.’ And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,408Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְאַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מֶֽה־עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ וּמֶֽה־חָטָאתִי לָךְ כִּֽי־הֵבֵאתָ עָלַי וְעַל־מַמְלַכְתִּי חֲטָאָה גְדֹלָה מַעֲשִׂים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יֵֽעָשׂוּ עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִֽי
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: ‘What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,867Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אַבְרָהָם אַל־יֵרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עַל־הַנַּעַר וְעַל־אֲמָתֶךָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר אֵלֶיךָ שָׂרָה שְׁמַע בְּקֹלָהּ כִּי בְיִצְחָק יִקָּרֵא לְךָ זָֽרַע
And God said unto Abraham: ‘Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,847Open in the laboratory →
שְׁמָעֵנוּ אֲדֹנִי נְשִׂיא אֱלֹהִים אַתָּה בְּתוֹכֵנוּ בְּמִבְחַר קְבָרֵינוּ קְבֹר אֶת־מֵתֶךָ אִישׁ מִמֶּנּוּ אֶת־קִבְרוֹ לֹֽא־יִכְלֶה מִמְּךָ מִקְּבֹר מֵתֶֽךָ
’Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,604Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
2,875,406 sequences of למך at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,881,183 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 140,800
- Exodus 136,823
- Leviticus 93,553
- Numbers 139,071
- Deuteronomy 179,944
- Joshua 78,546
- Judges 78,549
- Samuel 232,239
- Kings 251,118
- Isaiah 158,249
- Jeremiah 233,576
- Ezekiel 176,116
- The Twelve 128,403
- Psalms 221,492
- Proverbs 65,584
- Job 77,197
- Song of Songs 11,118
- Ruth 12,858
- Lamentations 14,269
- Ecclesiastes 40,307
- Esther 44,206
- Daniel 61,929
- Ezra–Nehemiah 76,277
- Chronicles 223,182
Outside the Torah
וַֽיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹר כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־צִוִּיתָנוּ נַֽעֲשֶׂה וְאֶֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁלָחֵנוּ נֵלֵֽךְ
And they answered Joshua, saying: ‘All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,871Open in the laboratory →
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 306,177Open in the laboratory →
וַיְצַוּוּ אֶת־הָעָם לֵאמֹר כִּרְאֽוֹתְכֶם אֵת אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם נֹשְׂאִים אֹתוֹ וְאַתֶּם תִּסְעוּ מִמְּקוֹמְכֶם וַהֲלַכְתֶּם אַחֲרָֽיו
and they commanded the people, saying: ‘When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,720Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
למך — the Tanakh's own spelling: Lamech. Searched as למך, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 90.
As a plain word it stands 10 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:18. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Lamech.
Questions
Does Lemech (Lamech) appear in the Torah codes?
683,766 sequences of למך at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 685,375 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Lemech (Lamech) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 10:2 — the shortest of 683,766 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 685,375.
What is the gematria of Lemech (Lamech) in Hebrew?
Lemech is spelled למך — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 90.
How many times is Lemech (Lamech) found in the whole Tanakh?
2,875,406 sequences of למך at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,881,183 that chance alone would produce.
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