Maaleh-accrabim עקרבים
Maaleh-accrabim (עקרבים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — ascent of Akrabbim. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 51 sequences of Maaleh-accrabim, the shortest at skip 72 (Numbers 33:26); chance alone would give about 45.1.
- Found in the Torah
- 51
- Chance alone
- 45.1
- P (≥ found)
- 0.21
- Shortest skip
- 72
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
51 sequences of עקרבים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 45.1 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 72 — the first at Numbers 33:26, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 261 sequences of עקרבים, against about 287 from chance alone.
- Genesis 16
- Exodus 10
- Leviticus 5
- Numbers 12
- Deuteronomy 8
The shortest skips
וַיִּסְעוּ מִמַּקְהֵלֹת וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּתָֽחַת
And they journeyed from Makheloth, and pitched in Tahath.
skip 72, width 72 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 245,007Open in the laboratory →
בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם פֶּסַח לַיהוָֽה
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD’S passover.
skip 89, width 89 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 176,364Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם הַעְלֵם יַעְלִימֽוּ עַם הָאָרֶץ אֶת־עֵֽינֵיהֶם מִן־הָאִישׁ הַהוּא בְּתִתּוֹ מִזַּרְעוֹ לַמֹּלֶךְ לְבִלְתִּי הָמִית אֹתֽוֹ
And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;
skip 178, width 178 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 172,118Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּשִּׁטִּים וַיָּחֶל הָעָם לִזְנוֹת אֶל־בְּנוֹת מוֹאָֽב
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
skip 357, width 357 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 230,213Open in the laboratory →
חָלִלָה לְּךָ מֵעֲשֹׂת כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה לְהָמִית צַדִּיק עִם־רָשָׁע וְהָיָה כַצַּדִּיק כָּרָשָׁע חָלִלָה לָּךְ הֲשֹׁפֵט כָּל־הָאָרֶץ לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה מִשְׁפָּֽט
That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the judge of all the earth do justly?’
skip 572, width 572 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 21,643Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, עקרבים appears 187 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 178, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 16
- Exodus 10
- Leviticus 5
- Numbers 12
- Deuteronomy 9
- Joshua 6
- Judges 1
- Samuel 12
- Kings 19
- Isaiah 11
- Jeremiah 13
- Ezekiel 7
- The Twelve 13
- Psalms 10
- Proverbs 7
- Job 5
- Song of Songs 1
- Ruth 1
- Lamentations 3
- Esther 1
- Daniel 4
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6
- Chronicles 15
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי בְּאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ עָלָה סַנְחֵרִיב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר עַל כָּל־עָרֵי יְהוּדָה הַבְּצֻרוֹת וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
skip 135, width 135 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 609,078Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ בְּבֵֽית־קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים כְּרוּבִים שְׁנַיִם מַעֲשֵׂה צַעֲצֻעִים וַיְצַפּוּ אֹתָם זָהָֽב
And in the most holy place he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
skip 139, width 139 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 1,145,130Open in the laboratory →
שִׁמְעוּ הָרִים אֶת־רִיב יְהוָה וְהָאֵתָנִים מֹסְדֵי אָרֶץ כִּי רִיב לַֽיהוָה עִם־עַמּוֹ וְעִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל יִתְוַכָּֽח
Hear, O ye mountains, the LORD’S controversy, And ye enduring rocks, the foundations of the earth; For the LORD hath a controversy with His people, And He will plead with Israel.
skip 177, width 177 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 830,913Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עקרבים — the Tanakh's own spelling: ascent of Akrabbim. Searched as עקרבים, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 422.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 34:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Maaleh-accrabim in the Bible code?
51 sequences of עקרבים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 45.1 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Maaleh-accrabim in the Torah?
Skip 72, reading backward from Numbers 33:26 — the shortest of 51 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 45.1.
How is Maaleh-accrabim spelled in Hebrew?
Maaleh-accrabim is spelled עקרבים — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 422.
Is Maaleh-accrabim in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, עקרבים appears 187 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 178, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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