First names

Ma'ayan מעיין

Ma'ayan is a first name, written מעיין in Hebrew (given name). In the Torah codes, Ma'ayan is found 4,550 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Numbers 7:87) — about what chance alone gives (about 4,445).

Found in the Torah
4,550
Chance alone
4,445
P (≥ found)
0.06
Shortest skip
3

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

4,550 sequences of מעיין at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 4,445 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Numbers 7:87, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 34,015 sequences of מעיין, against about 35,035 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 1,306
  • Exodus 1,031
  • Leviticus 421
  • Numbers 1,170
  • Deuteronomy 622

The shortest skips

  1. Numbers 7:87במדבר ז:פזskip 3, forward

    כָּל־הַבָּקָר לָעֹלָה שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר פָּרִים אֵילִם שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵֽי־שָׁנָה שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר וּמִנְחָתָם וּשְׂעִירֵי עִזִּים שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר לְחַטָּֽאת

    all the oxen for the burnt-offering twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the he-lambs of the first year twelve, and their meal-offering; and the males of the goats for a sin-offering twelve;

    מעיין at skip 3, forward from Numbers 7:87יםעשרומנחתושירעזםשיםעשרלחטאתםעיינ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 202,230Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 7:8במדבר ז:חskip 4, backward

    וְאֵת אַרְבַּע הָעֲגָלֹת וְאֵת שְׁמֹנַת הַבָּקָר נָתַן לִבְנֵי מְרָרִי כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתָם בְּיַד אִֽיתָמָר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵֽן

    And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

    מעיין at skip 4, backward from Numbers 7:8ואתשמנתהבקרנתלבנמררכפיבדתבידאיתמרבןאהרןםעיין
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 198,718Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 2:8ויקרא ב:חskip 8, forward

    וְהֵבֵאתָ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה אֲשֶׁר יֵעָשֶׂה מֵאֵלֶּה לַיהוָה וְהִקְרִיבָהּ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְהִגִּישָׁהּ אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ

    And thou shalt bring the meal-offering that is made of these things unto the LORD; and it shall be presented unto the priest, and he shall bring it unto the altar.

    מעיין at skip 8, forward from Leviticus 2:8חשתקרבנךסלתבשמןתעשהוהבאתאתהנחהאשרישהמאלהלקוקוהקרבהאלהכהוהגישהאלהמזבחוהריםהכהןמןהמנחמעיין
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 142,911Open in the laboratory →

  4. Leviticus 23:28ויקרא כג:כחskip 8, forward

    וְכָל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי יוֹם כִּפֻּרִים הוּא לְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם

    And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.

    מעיין at skip 8, forward from Leviticus 23:28הלאתעשובעצםהיוםהזהכייוםכפריהואלכפרליכםלפניקוקאלהכםכיכלהפשאשרלאתענהבעצםהיוםהזהונכרתהםעיינ
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 177,631Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 26:24בראשית כו:כדskip 8, backward

    וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו יְהוָה בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם אָבִיךָ אַל־תִּירָא כִּֽי־אִתְּךָ אָנֹכִי וּבֵֽרַכְתִּיךָ וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ בַּעֲבוּר אַבְרָהָם עַבְדִּֽי

    And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said: ‘I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for My servant Abraham’s sake.’

    מעיין at skip 8, backward from Genesis 26:24כיאלהיאברהםאביךאלתיראכיאתךאכיוברכתךוהרביתאתזרעךבבוראברהעבדיויבןשםמזבחויקראבשםיקוקויםעיינ
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 35,698Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 22,784 sequences of מעיין at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% above what chance alone gives (about 22,417); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0073 by chance alone.

  • Genesis 1,306
  • Exodus 1,031
  • Leviticus 421
  • Numbers 1,170
  • Deuteronomy 689
  • Joshua 759
  • Judges 917
  • Samuel 1,539
  • Kings 1,571
  • Isaiah 1,403
  • Jeremiah 1,446
  • Ezekiel 1,301
  • The Twelve 1,131
  • Psalms 2,080
  • Proverbs 570
  • Job 986
  • Song of Songs 151
  • Ruth 121
  • Lamentations 115
  • Ecclesiastes 210
  • Esther 241
  • Daniel 517
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,260
  • Chronicles 1,849

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:13דברי הימים ב לב:יגskip 2, forward

    הֲלֹא תֵדְעוּ מֶה עָשִׂיתִי אֲנִי וַאֲבוֹתַי לְכֹל עַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֹת הֲיָכוֹל יָֽכְלוּ אֱלֹהֵי גּוֹיֵ הָאֲרָצוֹת לְהַצִּיל אֶת־אַרְצָם מִיָּדִֽי

    Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?

    מעיין at skip 2, forward from 2 Chronicles 32:13לאתדעוהשתאיואבותימעיינ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,188,003Open in the laboratory →

  2. Nehemiah 7:28נחמיה ז:כחskip 2, backward

    אַנְשֵׁי בֵית־עַזְמָוֶת אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁנָֽיִם

    The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two.

    מעיין at skip 2, backward from Nehemiah 7:28ושמנהאשבתזותארבעימעיינ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,084,341Open in the laboratory →

  3. Daniel 2:21דניאל ב:כאskip 3, forward

    וְהוּא מְהַשְׁנֵא עִדָּנַיָּא וְזִמְנַיָּא מְהַעְדֵּה מַלְכִין וּמְהָקֵים מַלְכִין יָהֵב חָכְמְתָא לְחַכִּימִין וּמַנְדְּעָא לְיָדְעֵי בִינָֽה

    And He changeth the times and the seasons; He removeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom unto the wise, And knowledge to them that know understanding;

    מעיין at skip 3, forward from Daniel 2:21תאלחכימיןונדאלדעביההואגלאעמימעיינ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,037,601Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

מעיין — the name in Hebrew letters: given name. Searched as מעיין, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 180.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

  • מעין — the name in Hebrew letters found 43,218 in the Torah (chance 43,310)

Questions

Is Ma'ayan in the Torah codes?

4,550 sequences of מעיין at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 4,445 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Ma'ayan in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading forward from Numbers 7:87 — the shortest of 4,550 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,445.

How is Ma'ayan spelled in Hebrew?

Ma'ayan is spelled מעיין — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 180; one other spelling is counted on this page.

Is Ma'ayan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 22,784 sequences of מעיין at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% above what chance alone gives (about 22,417); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0073 by chance alone.

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