Machpelah מכפלה

Machpelah (מכפלה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Machpelah appears 7,556 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), in line with the 7,704 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 7,556
Chance alone · every skip: 7,704
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.96
Shortest skip: 4
Longest skip found: 75,731

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 885 found · chance alone about 978 (probability of 885 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–76,212), מכפלה appears 7,556 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 7,704, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — at Genesis 1:21, reading forward.

The longest skip at which מכפלה was found in the Torah is 75,731 — at Deuteronomy 33:2, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 1,797
Exodus 1,654
Leviticus 1,067
Numbers 1,609
Deuteronomy 1,429

Examples across the range

5 of the 7,556 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.

Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.

shortest skipGenesis 1:21בראשית א:כאskip 4, forward
Letter by letter
1. ם כ ף ל הGenesis 1:21
  … הַֽחַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
  And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 1,017 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
a short skipDeuteronomy 6:6דברים ו:וskip 10, backward
1. םDeuteronomy 6:6
  וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־לְבָבֶֽךָ
  And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ך פ ל הDeuteronomy 6:5
  וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ
  And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 261,564 of the TorahOpen at skip 10 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 31:28במדבר לא:כחskip 127, forward
1. מNumbers 31:28
  … הַיֹּצְאִים לַצָּבָא אֶחָד נֶפֶשׁ מֵחֲמֵשׁ הַמֵּאוֹת מִן־הָאָדָם וּמִן־הַבָּקָר וּמִן …
  and levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the flocks;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. כNumbers 31:30
  … הַבָּקָר מִן־הַחֲמֹרִים וּמִן־הַצֹּאן מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה וְנָתַתָּה אֹתָם לַלְוִיִּם שֹׁמְרֵי …
  And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.’
2. פNumbers 31:32
  … מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וְשִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵֽשֶׁת־אֲלָפִֽים
  Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
3. לNumbers 31:36
  … מִסְפַּר הַצֹּאן שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף וְשִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֽוֹת …
  And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep.
4. הNumbers 31:39
  וַחֲמֹרִים שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וּמִכְסָם לַֽיהוָה אֶחָד וְשִׁשִּֽׁים
  And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD’S tribute was threescore and one.
skip 127, width 127 — one row is 127 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 240,775 of the TorahOpen at skip 127 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 26:37שמות כו:לזskip 1,014, forward
1. םExodus 26:37
  … לַמָּסָךְ חֲמִשָּׁה עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים וְצִפִּיתָ אֹתָם זָהָב וָוֵיהֶם זָהָב וְיָצַקְתָּ לָהֶם …
  And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold; and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. כExodus 27:20
  … וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית לַמָּאוֹר לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר תָּמִֽיד
  And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
2. פExodus 28:18
  וְהַטּוּר הַשֵּׁנִי נֹפֶךְ סַפִּיר וְיָהֲלֹֽם
  and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;
3. לExodus 28:38
  וְהָיָה עַל־מֵצַח אַהֲרֹן וְנָשָׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת …
  And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity committed in the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow, even in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
4. הExodus 29:13
  … הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶן וְהִקְטַרְתָּ הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה
  And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the lobe above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and make them smoke upon the altar.
skip 1,014, width 1,014 — one row is 1,014 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 117,157 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,014 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 33:2דברים לג:בskip 75,731, backward
1. מDeuteronomy 33:2
  … בָּא וְזָרַח מִשֵּׂעִיר לָמוֹ הוֹפִיעַ מֵהַר פָּארָן וְאָתָה מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ מִֽימִינוֹ …
  And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And He came from the myriads holy, At His right hand was a fiery law unto them.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. כNumbers 22:34
  … יְהוָה חָטָאתִי כִּי לֹא יָדַעְתִּי כִּי אַתָּה נִצָּב לִקְרָאתִי בַּדָּרֶךְ וְעַתָּה …
  And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD: ‘I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back.’
2. פLeviticus 8:14
  וַיַּגֵּשׁ אֵת פַּר הַֽחַטָּאת וַיִּסְמֹךְ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁ פַּר הַֽחַטָּֽאת
  And the bullock of the sin-offering was brought; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin-offering.
3. לGenesis 49:12
  חַכְלִילִי עֵינַיִם מִיָּיִן וּלְבֶן־שִׁנַּיִם מֵחָלָֽב
  His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
4. הGenesis 1:1
  בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 75,731, width 75,731 — one row is 75,731 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 302,936 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,731 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 113,396 sequences of מכפלה across every skip (2–299,260), 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 112,671); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 3,510 found · chance alone about 3,733 (probability of 3,510 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 6,457
Exodus 5,881
Leviticus 3,662
Numbers 5,898
Deuteronomy 4,458
Joshua 3,534
Judges 3,227
Samuel 7,326
Kings 8,716
Isaiah 6,351
Jeremiah 8,574
Ezekiel 7,761
The Twelve 5,995
Psalms 8,158
Proverbs 2,805
Job 3,204
Song of Songs 548
Ruth 483
Lamentations 599
Ecclesiastes 1,331
Esther 1,383
Daniel 2,287
Ezra–Nehemiah 4,568
Chronicles 10,190

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the Torah2 Kings 12:14מלכים ב יב:ידskip 4, backward
Letter by letter
1. מ כ ף ל ה2 Kings 12:14
  … מְזַמְּרוֹת מִזְרָקוֹת חֲצֹצְרוֹת כָּל־כְּלִי זָהָב וּכְלִי־כָסֶף מִן־הַכֶּסֶף הַמּוּבָא בֵית־יְהוָֽה …
  But there were not made for the house of the LORD cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 549,759 of the TanakhOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipPsalms 51:10תהלים נא:יskip 103, backward
1. מPsalms 51:10
  תַּשְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה תָּגֵלְנָה עֲצָמוֹת דִּכִּֽיתָ
  Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ךPsalms 51:6
  לְךָ לְבַדְּךָ חָטָאתִי וְהָרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עָשִׂיתִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדַּק בְּדָבְרֶךָ תִּזְכֶּה בְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ
  Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in Thy sight; That Thou mayest be justified when Thou speakest, And be in the right when Thou judgest.
2. פPsalms 51:3
  חָנֵּנִי אֱלֹהִים כְּחַסְדֶּךָ כְּרֹב רַחֲמֶיךָ מְחֵה פְשָׁעָֽי
  Be gracious unto me, O God, according to Thy mercy; According to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgressions.
3. לPsalms 50:22
  בִּֽינוּ־נָא זֹאת שֹׁכְחֵי אֱלוֹהַּ פֶּן־אֶטְרֹף וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל
  Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
4. הPsalms 50:19
  פִּיךָ שָׁלַחְתָּ בְרָעָה וּלְשׁוֹנְךָ תַּצְמִיד מִרְמָֽה
  Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. .
skip 103, width 103 — one row is 103 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 884,530 of the TanakhOpen at skip 103 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 35:22דברי הימים ב לה:כבskip 298,343, backward
1. מ2 Chronicles 35:22
  … וְלֹא שָׁמַע אֶל־דִּבְרֵי נְכוֹ מִפִּי אֱלֹהִים וַיָּבֹא לְהִלָּחֵם בְּבִקְעַת מְגִדּֽוֹ …
  Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco, from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. כPsalms 74:6
  ועת פִּתּוּחֶיהָ יָּחַד בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכֵֽילַפֹּת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן
  And now all the carved work thereof together They strike down with hatchet and hammers.
2. פIsaiah 25:2
  כִּי שַׂמְתָּ מֵעִיר לַגָּל קִרְיָה בְצוּרָה לְמַפֵּלָה אַרְמוֹן זָרִים מֵעִיר לְעוֹלָם לֹא יִבָּנֶֽה
  For Thou hast made of a city a heap, Of a fortified city a ruin; A castle of strangers to be no city, It shall never be built. .
3. לDeuteronomy 31:24
  וַיְהִי כְּכַלּוֹת מֹשֶׁה לִכְתֹּב אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָֽה־הַזֹּאת עַל־סֵפֶר עַד תֻּמָּֽם
  And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
4. הGenesis 2:3
  וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ …
  And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
skip 298,343, width 298,343 — one row is 298,343 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,195,134 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,343 in the laboratory →

The spelling

מכפלה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מכפלה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 175.

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

Machpelah in the Tanakh

Questions

Is Machpelah in the Bible code?

Across every skip (2–76,212), מכפלה appears 7,556 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 7,704, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Machpelah in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading forward from Genesis 1:21 — the shortest of 7,556 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 7,704.

How is Machpelah spelled in Hebrew?

Machpelah is spelled מכפלה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 175.

Is Machpelah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

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