Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz מהר שלל חש בז
Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz (מהר שלל חש בז) is a person named in the Tanakh — Maher-shalal-hashbaz. מהר (from Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz) appears 1,343,941 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,350,034 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (מהר)
- 1,343,941
- Chance alone
- 1,350,034
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for מהר, and שלל, חש, בז have their own figures under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, מהר appears 1,343,941 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,350,034, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:6, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 21,396,580 sequences of מהר, against about 20,924,939 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,350,034 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 291,606
- Exodus 318,427
- Leviticus 192,416
- Numbers 293,583
- Deuteronomy 247,909
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 207Open in the laboratory →
וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָֽם
And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,681Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה תוֹלְדוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ בְּהִבָּֽרְאָם בְּיוֹם עֲשׂוֹת יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶרֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם
These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,829Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵד יַֽעֲלֶה מִן־הָאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁקָה אֶֽת־כָּל־פְּנֵֽי־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,953Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּמַח אֶֽת־כָּל־הַיְקוּם אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה מֵאָדָם עַד־בְּהֵמָה עַד־רֶמֶשׂ וְעַד־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיִּמָּחוּ מִן־הָאָרֶץ וַיִשָּׁאֶר אַךְ־נֹחַ וַֽאֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ בַּתֵּבָֽה
And He blotted out every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven; and they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,082Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 4,781,737 sequences of מהר at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 4,770,405); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.1 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
- Genesis 291,606
- Exodus 318,427
- Leviticus 192,416
- Numbers 293,583
- Deuteronomy 259,712
- Joshua 201,457
- Judges 143,510
- Samuel 296,982
- Kings 429,789
- Isaiah 255,823
- Jeremiah 399,268
- Ezekiel 307,850
- The Twelve 255,542
- Psalms 233,811
- Proverbs 75,116
- Job 71,367
- Song of Songs 18,263
- Ruth 17,134
- Lamentations 18,341
- Ecclesiastes 47,092
- Esther 59,824
- Daniel 67,770
- Ezra–Nehemiah 152,297
- Chronicles 374,757
Outside the Torah
וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרֽוֹן־הַבְּרִית לֵאמֹר כְּבֹאֲכֶם עַד־קְצֵה מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן בַּיַּרְדֵּן תַּעֲמֹֽדוּ
And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying: When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,129Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּזֹאת תֵּֽדְעוּן כִּי אֵל חַי בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וְהוֹרֵשׁ יוֹרִישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶם אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְאֶת־הַחִתִּי וְאֶת־הַחִוִּי וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּי וְאֶת־הַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
And Joshua said: ‘Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,223Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה כְּנוֹחַ כַּפּוֹת רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה אֲדוֹן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בְּמֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן יִכָּרֵתוּן הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים מִלְמָעְלָה וְיַעַמְדוּ נֵד אֶחָֽד
And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,418Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מהר שלל חש בז — the Tanakh's own spelling: Maher-shalal-hashbaz. Searched as מהר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 245.
As a plain word it stands 54 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 19:22. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- שלל — the Tanakh's own spelling found 776,752 in the Torah (chance 767,788)
Questions
Is Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, מהר appears 1,343,941 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,350,034, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:6 — the shortest of 1,343,941 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,350,034.
How is Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz spelled in Hebrew?
Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz is spelled מהר שלל חש בז — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 245; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 4,781,737 sequences of מהר at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 4,770,405); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.1 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,350,034 here) beside the count.