Machaneh מחנה
Machaneh (מחנה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — camp, army. In the Torah codes, Machaneh is found 25,134 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 1:28) — 2.1% above the 24,605 chance alone would give (probability of 25,134 or more by chance alone: 0.0004).
- Found in the Torah
- 25,134
- Chance alone
- 24,605
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0004
- 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 25,134 sequences of מחנה at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% above what chance alone gives (about 24,605); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0004 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 1:28, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 268,383 sequences of מחנה, against about 256,385 from chance alone.
- Genesis 5,546
- Exodus 5,403
- Leviticus 3,937
- Numbers 7,348
- Deuteronomy 2,900
The shortest skips
אָנָה אֲנַחְנוּ עֹלִים אַחֵינוּ הֵמַסּוּ אֶת־לְבָבֵנוּ לֵאמֹר עַם גָּדוֹל וָרָם מִמֶּנּוּ עָרִים גְּדֹלֹת וּבְצוּרֹת בַּשָּׁמָיִם וְגַם־בְּנֵי עֲנָקִים רָאִינוּ שָֽׁם
Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying: The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 251,526Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹֽא־יִדְבַּק בְּיָדְךָ מְאוּמָה מִן־הַחֵרֶם לְמַעַן יָשׁוּב יְהוָה מֵחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְנָֽתַן־לְךָ רַחֲמִים וְרִֽחַמְךָ וְהִרְבֶּךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ
And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of His anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 273,745Open in the laboratory →
אֲשֶׁר יִמָּצֵא אִתּוֹ מֵעֲבָדֶיךָ וָמֵת וְגַם־אֲנַחְנוּ נִֽהְיֶה לַֽאדֹנִי לַעֲבָדִֽים
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 67,475Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּירֶאןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים וְלֹא עָשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶן מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם וַתְּחַיֶּיןָ אֶת־הַיְלָדִֽים
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 78,766Open in the laboratory →
וְהִקְרִיבוֹ הַכֹּהֵן אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּמָלַק אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ וְהִקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה וְנִמְצָה דָמוֹ עַל קִיר הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its head, and make it smoke on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 142,406Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, מחנה appears 88,174 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 88,836, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 5,546
- Exodus 5,403
- Leviticus 3,937
- Numbers 7,348
- Deuteronomy 3,169
- Joshua 3,665
- Judges 2,768
- Samuel 5,160
- Kings 5,971
- Isaiah 4,619
- Jeremiah 5,441
- Ezekiel 5,908
- The Twelve 3,817
- Psalms 5,573
- Proverbs 1,825
- Job 2,182
- Song of Songs 373
- Ruth 373
- Lamentations 456
- Ecclesiastes 1,084
- Esther 781
- Daniel 1,932
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,961
- Chronicles 6,882
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר חֲנַנְיָה לְעֵינֵי כָל־הָעָם לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה כָּכָה אֶשְׁבֹּר אֶת־עֹל נְבֻֽכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל בְּעוֹד שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים מֵעַל צַוַּאר כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם וַיֵּלֶךְ יִרְמְיָה הַנָּבִיא לְדַרְכּֽוֹ
And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying: ‘Thus saith the LORD: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations within two full years.’ And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 683,394Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּמָת חֲנַנְיָה הַנָּבִיא בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִיא בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִֽי
So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 683,840Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי פְדָיָה זְרֻבָּבֶל וְשִׁמְעִי וּבֶן־זְרֻבָּבֶל מְשֻׁלָּם וַחֲנַנְיָה וּשְׁלֹמִית אֲחוֹתָֽם
And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,101,976Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מחנה — the Tanakh's own spelling: camp, army. Searched as מחנה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 103.
As a plain word it stands 38 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 32:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Machaneh appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 25,134 sequences of מחנה at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% above what chance alone gives (about 24,605); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0004 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Machaneh in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 1:28 — the shortest of 25,134 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 24,605.
How is Machaneh spelled in Hebrew?
Machaneh is spelled מחנה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 103.
Is Machaneh in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, מחנה appears 88,174 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 88,836, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 24,605 here) beside the count.