Madai מדי
Madai (מדי) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Media, Medes. Madai appears 590,528 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% more than chance alone would give (about 589,138; probability 0.04).
- Found in the Torah
- 590,528
- Chance alone
- 589,138
- P (≥ found)
- 0.04
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, מדי appears 590,528 times in the Torah — 0.2% more than the 589,138 chance alone would give; the probability of 590,528 or more by chance alone is 0.04.
The shortest skip at which מדי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:31, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), מדי is found 9,073,855 times; chance alone would give about 9,131,387.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 589,138 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 160,872
- Exodus 130,776
- Leviticus 65,603
- Numbers 143,529
- Deuteronomy 89,748
The shortest skips
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וְהִנֵּה־טוֹב מְאֹד וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּֽׁי
And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,648Open in the laboratory →
כִּי יֹדֵעַ אֱלֹהִים כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְכֶם מִמֶּנּוּ וְנִפְקְחוּ עֵֽינֵיכֶם וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּֽאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָֽע
for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,136Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶל־קַיִן וְאֶל־מִנְחָתוֹ לֹא שָׁעָה וַיִּחַר לְקַיִן מְאֹד וַֽיִּפְּלוּ פָּנָֽיו
but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,423Open in the laboratory →
וְאַךְ אֶת־דִּמְכֶם לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם אֶדְרֹשׁ מִיַּד כָּל־חַיָּה אֶדְרְשֶׁנּוּ וּמִיַּד הָֽאָדָם מִיַּד אִישׁ אָחִיו אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ הָֽאָדָֽם
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,508Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְּבוֹא אַבְרָם מִצְרָיְמָה וַיִּרְאוּ הַמִּצְרִים אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה כִּֽי־יָפָה הִוא מְאֹֽד
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,868Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
3,068,210 sequences of מדי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,067,810 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 160,872
- Exodus 130,776
- Leviticus 65,603
- Numbers 143,529
- Deuteronomy 95,441
- Joshua 82,672
- Judges 91,622
- Samuel 297,721
- Kings 235,663
- Isaiah 169,084
- Jeremiah 217,606
- Ezekiel 200,767
- The Twelve 145,342
- Psalms 263,714
- Proverbs 73,334
- Job 92,512
- Song of Songs 16,615
- Ruth 13,987
- Lamentations 13,970
- Ecclesiastes 28,050
- Esther 42,010
- Daniel 90,978
- Ezra–Nehemiah 125,249
- Chronicles 271,093
Outside the Torah
וּשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אֲבָנִים הֵקִים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן תַּחַת מַצַּב רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית וַיִּהְיוּ שָׁם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,463Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה נֹאדוֹת הַיַּיִן אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּאנוּ חֲדָשִׁים וְהִנֵּה הִתְבַּקָּעוּ וְאֵלֶּה שַׂלְמוֹתֵינוּ וּנְעָלֵינוּ בָּלוּ מֵרֹב הַדֶּרֶךְ מְאֹֽד
And these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent. And these our garments and our shoes are worn by reason of the very long journey.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 318,486Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽירְאוּ מְאֹד כִּי עִיר גְּדוֹלָה גִּבְעוֹן כְּאַחַת עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה וְכִי הִיא גְדוֹלָה מִן־הָעַי וְכָל־אֲנָשֶׁיהָ גִּבֹּרִֽים
that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,489Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מדי — the Tanakh's own spelling: Media, Medes. Searched as מדי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 54.
As a plain word it stands 26 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 36:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Mede.
Questions
Does Madai appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, מדי appears 590,528 times in the Torah — 0.2% more than the 589,138 chance alone would give; the probability of 590,528 or more by chance alone is 0.04.
What is the shortest skip for Madai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:31 — the shortest of 590,528 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 589,138.
What is the gematria of Madai in Hebrew?
Madai is spelled מדי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 54.
How many times is Madai found in the whole Tanakh?
3,068,210 sequences of מדי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,067,810 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 589,138 here) beside the count.