Maachah מעכה
Maachah (מעכה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Maacah. In the Torah codes, Maachah is found 32,197 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 11:32) — about what chance alone gives (about 32,622).
- Found in the Torah
- 32,197
- Chance alone
- 32,622
- P (≥ found)
- 0.99
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
32,197 sequences of מעכה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 32,622 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 11:32, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 326,905 sequences of מעכה, against about 339,921 from chance alone.
- Genesis 5,991
- Exodus 7,707
- Leviticus 4,689
- Numbers 6,019
- Deuteronomy 7,791
The shortest skips
וַיָּקָם הָעָם כָּל־הַיּוֹם הַהוּא וְכָל־הַלַּיְלָה וְכֹל יוֹם הַֽמָּחֳרָת וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ אֶת־הַשְּׂלָו הַמַּמְעִיט אָסַף עֲשָׂרָה חֳמָרִים וַיִּשְׁטְחוּ לָהֶם שָׁטוֹחַ סְבִיבוֹת הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails; he that gathered least gathered ten heaps; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 208,532Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־קָרְבַּן מִנְחָתְךָ בַּמֶּלַח תִּמְלָח וְלֹא תַשְׁבִּית מֶלַח בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיךָ מֵעַל מִנְחָתֶךָ עַל כָּל־קָרְבָּנְךָ תַּקְרִיב מֶֽלַח
And every meal-offering of thine shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering; with all thy offerings thou shalt offer salt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 143,200Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶתְכֶם אֱזָרֶה בַגּוֹיִם וַהֲרִיקֹתִי אַחֲרֵיכֶם חָרֶב וְהָיְתָה אַרְצְכֶם שְׁמָמָה וְעָרֵיכֶם יִהְיוּ חָרְבָּֽה
And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 183,916Open in the laboratory →
וָאֹמַר אַעֲלֶה אֶתְכֶם מֵעֳנִי מִצְרַיִם אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי אֶל־אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָֽשׁ
And I have said: I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 81,460Open in the laboratory →
שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים יֵעָשֶׂה מְלָאכָה וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה כָּל־הָעֹשֶׂה מְלָאכָה בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת מוֹת יוּמָֽת
Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD; whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 125,498Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 122,627 sequences of מעכה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 124,280).
- Genesis 5,991
- Exodus 7,707
- Leviticus 4,689
- Numbers 6,019
- Deuteronomy 8,266
- Joshua 4,279
- Judges 3,295
- Samuel 8,083
- Kings 10,470
- Isaiah 7,374
- Jeremiah 10,286
- Ezekiel 7,577
- The Twelve 6,410
- Psalms 7,992
- Proverbs 2,363
- Job 2,585
- Song of Songs 534
- Ruth 448
- Lamentations 574
- Ecclesiastes 1,635
- Esther 1,515
- Daniel 1,907
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,527
- Chronicles 9,101
Outside the Torah
וַיָּנוּסוּ זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע וַיִּרְדֹּף אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיִּלְכֹּד אֶת־שְׁנֵי מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן אֶת־זֶבַח וְאֶת־צַלְמֻנָּע וְכָל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה הֶחֱרִֽיד
And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 358,477Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְשׁוֹן תָּמוֹת נַפְשִׁי עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיֵּט בְּכֹחַ וַיִּפֹּל הַבַּיִת עַל־הַסְּרָנִים וְעַל־כָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ וַיִּהְיוּ הַמֵּתִים אֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּמוֹתוֹ רַבִּים מֵאֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּחַיָּֽיו
And Samson said: ‘Let me die with the Philistines.’ And he bent with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 374,031Open in the laboratory →
וְאִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל שָׁבוּ אֶל־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן וַיַּכּוּם לְפִי־חֶרֶב מֵעִיר מְתֹם עַד־בְּהֵמָה עַד כָּל־הַנִּמְצָא גַּם כָּל־הֶעָרִים הַנִּמְצָאוֹת שִׁלְּחוּ בָאֵֽשׁ
And the men of Israel turned back upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found; moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 382,063Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מעכה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Maacah. Searched as מעכה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 135.
As a plain word it stands 24 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 22:24. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Maachah in the Bible code?
32,197 sequences of מעכה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 32,622 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Maachah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 11:32 — the shortest of 32,197 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 32,622.
How is Maachah spelled in Hebrew?
Maachah is spelled מעכה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 135.
Is Maachah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 122,627 sequences of מעכה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 124,280).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 32,622 here) beside the count.