Machir מכיר
Machir (מכיר) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 58,944 sequences of Machir, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 21:27); chance alone would give about 59,117.
- Found in the Torah
- 58,944
- Chance alone
- 59,117
- P (≥ found)
- 0.76
- 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 58,944 sequences of מכיר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 59,117).
The shortest skip at which מכיר appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 21:27, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), מכיר is found 568,502 times; chance alone would give about 615,993.
- Genesis 14,607
- Exodus 12,743
- Leviticus 6,813
- Numbers 10,265
- Deuteronomy 14,516
The shortest skips
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם צֹאן וּבָקָר וַיִּתֵּן לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ וַיִּכְרְתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם בְּרִֽית
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 26,669Open in the laboratory →
וְעִשָּׂרֹן סֹלֶת בָּלוּל בְּשֶׁמֶן כָּתִית רֶבַע הַהִין וְנֵסֶךְ רְבִעִית הַהִין יָיִן לַכֶּבֶשׂ הָאֶחָֽד
And with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 122,724Open in the laboratory →
כְּאֶזְרָח מִכֶּם יִהְיֶה לָכֶם הַגֵּר הַגָּר אִתְּכֶם וְאָהַבְתָּ לוֹ כָּמוֹךָ כִּֽי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 171,719Open in the laboratory →
וּבִנְסֹעַ הַמִּשְׁכָּן יוֹרִידוּ אֹתוֹ הַלְוִיִּם וּבַחֲנֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן יָקִימוּ אֹתוֹ הַלְוִיִּם וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָֽת
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 188,612Open in the laboratory →
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מַיִם קְדֹשִׁים בִּכְלִי־חָרֶשׂ וּמִן־הֶֽעָפָר אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בְּקַרְקַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן יִקַּח הַכֹּהֵן וְנָתַן אֶל־הַמָּֽיִם
And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 196,093Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 255,524 sequences of מכיר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 255,252).
- Genesis 14,607
- Exodus 12,743
- Leviticus 6,813
- Numbers 10,265
- Deuteronomy 15,602
- Joshua 7,874
- Judges 6,945
- Samuel 16,414
- Kings 23,054
- Isaiah 16,564
- Jeremiah 20,974
- Ezekiel 16,579
- The Twelve 13,337
- Psalms 21,418
- Proverbs 6,899
- Job 7,516
- Song of Songs 1,375
- Ruth 1,146
- Lamentations 1,214
- Ecclesiastes 2,878
- Esther 3,377
- Daniel 4,161
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,588
- Chronicles 17,181
Outside the Torah
וַיַּחַץ אֶת־שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת הָאִישׁ שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים וַיִּתֵּן שׁוֹפָרוֹת בְּיַד־כֻּלָּם וְכַדִּים רֵקִים וְלַפִּדִים בְּתוֹךְ הַכַּדִּֽים
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them horns, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 356,969Open in the laboratory →
בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו יַעֲשֶֽׂה
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 374,511Open in the laboratory →
בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וּבַיָּמִים הָהֵם שֵׁבֶט הַדָּנִי מְבַקֶּשׁ־לוֹ נַֽחֲלָה לָשֶׁבֶת כִּי לֹֽא־נָפְלָה לּוֹ עַד־הַיּוֹם הַהוּא בְּתוֹךְ־שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנַחֲלָֽה
In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day there had nothing been allotted unto them among the tribes of Israel for an inheritance.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 374,929Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מכיר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מכיר, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 270.
As a plain word it stands 16 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 50:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Machir in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 58,944 sequences of מכיר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 59,117).
What is the shortest skip for Machir in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 21:27 — the shortest of 58,944 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 59,117.
What is the gematria of Machir in Hebrew?
Machir is spelled מכיר — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 270.
How many times is Machir found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 255,524 sequences of מכיר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 255,252).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 59,117 here) beside the count.