Biblical names

Mahlon מחלון

Mahlon (מחלון) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Mahlon is found 1,952 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Leviticus 13:2) — 3.9% above the 1,879 chance alone would give (probability of 1,952 or more by chance alone: 0.05).

Found in the Torah
1,952
Chance alone
1,879
P (≥ found)
0.05
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 1,952 sequences of מחלון at skips 2–5,000, 3.9% above what chance alone gives (about 1,879); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.05 by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 13:2, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 15,017 sequences of מחלון, against about 14,807 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 526
  • Exodus 358
  • Leviticus 276
  • Numbers 565
  • Deuteronomy 227

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 13:2ויקרא יג:בskip 2, backward

    אָדָם כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ שְׂאֵת אֽוֹ־סַפַּחַת אוֹ בַהֶרֶת וְהָיָה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ לְנֶגַע צָרָעַת וְהוּבָא אֶל־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן אוֹ אֶל־אַחַד מִבָּנָיו הַכֹּהֲנִֽים

    When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests.

    מחלון at skip 2, backward from Leviticus 13:2הרןהכהאאאדבניוהכהמחלון
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 158,114Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 21:31במדבר כא:לאskip 7, forward

    וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ הָאֱמֹרִֽי

    Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

    מחלון at skip 7, forward from Numbers 21:31שרעדמידבאוישבישראלבארץהאריוישלמשהלרגאתיעזרילכדובתיהויירשאתהאמריאשרשםויפנמחלונ
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 225,009Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 10:28שמות י:כחskip 15, backward

    וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לוֹ פַרְעֹה לֵךְ מֵעָלָי הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ אֶל־תֹּסֶף רְאוֹת פָּנַי כִּי בְּיוֹם רְאֹתְךָ פָנַי תָּמֽוּת

    And Pharaoh said unto him: ‘Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die.’

    מחלון at skip 15, backward from Exodus 10:28עמנולאתשארפרסהכיממנונקחלעבדאתיקוקאלהינוואנחנולאנדעמהעבדאתיקוקעדבאנשמהויחזקיקוקאתבפרעהולאאבהלשלםויאמרלופרעהלךעליהשמרלךאלתסףראותפניכיביוםראתךפניתמותויאמרמשהכןדברתמחלונ
    skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 93,258Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 2:35דברים ב:להskip 23, forward

    רַק הַבְּהֵמָה בָּזַזְנוּ לָנוּ וּשְׁלַל הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר לָכָֽדְנוּ

    only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

    מחלון at skip 23, forward from Deuteronomy 2:35נלכדאתכלעריובעתההואונםאתכלעירמתםוהנשיםוהטףהשארנושרידרקהבהמהבזזננוושללהעריאשרלכדנומעראשרעלשפתנלארנןוהעיררבנחלועדהגעדלאהיתהקראשרשגבהממנאתהכלנתןיקאלהינולפניורקאלארץבנמוןלאקרבתכלידנחליבקועההרוכלאשרצוהיקוקאלהיננפןונעלדרךהבשןויצאעוגםחלונ
    skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 254,394Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 27:18שמות כז:יחskip 26, forward

    אֹרֶךְ הֶֽחָצֵר מֵאָה בָֽאַמָּה וְרֹחַב חֲמִשִּׁים בַּחֲמִשִּׁים וְקֹמָה חָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר וְאַדְנֵיהֶם נְחֹֽשֶׁת

    The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

    מחלון at skip 26, forward from Exodus 27:18יוששמשזרמעשהרקםעמדיהםואדניהםארבעהכלעמודיהחבמחשקיםכסףוויהםכסףואדחשתארךהחצראהבאמהורחבבחמשיםוקמהמשאמותששמשניהםנחשתלככליהמשכןבכווכליתדתיוכליתדתהחצראתהתצוהאתביישראלויקחשמןזיתזךכתיתלמאורלהעלידבאהלמועדמחוץלפרכתאשדתיערךאתואהרןובניומערמחלונ
    skip 26, width 26 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 118,043Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 8,285 sequences of מחלון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 8,312).

  • Genesis 526
  • Exodus 358
  • Leviticus 276
  • Numbers 565
  • Deuteronomy 245
  • Joshua 361
  • Judges 304
  • Samuel 649
  • Kings 518
  • Isaiah 434
  • Jeremiah 428
  • Ezekiel 476
  • The Twelve 305
  • Psalms 707
  • Proverbs 243
  • Job 246
  • Song of Songs 39
  • Ruth 28
  • Lamentations 47
  • Ecclesiastes 99
  • Esther 94
  • Daniel 195
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 390
  • Chronicles 752

Outside the Torah

  1. Jeremiah 9:16ירמיהו ט:טזskip 2, backward

    כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת הִתְבּֽוֹנְנוּ וְקִרְאוּ לַמְקוֹנְנוֹת וּתְבוֹאֶינָה וְאֶל־הַחֲכָמוֹת שִׁלְחוּ וְתָבֽוֹאנָה

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the wise women, that they may come;

    מחלון at skip 2, backward from Jeremiah 9:16ותבואיהאהכותשלחוומחלונ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 656,344Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 12:22יהושע יב:כבskip 3, forward

    מֶלֶךְ קֶדֶשׁ אֶחָד מֶֽלֶךְ־יָקְנֳעָם לַכַּרְמֶל אֶחָֽד

    the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

    מחלון at skip 3, forward from Joshua 12:22לךיקנעםלכרלאדמךדרלפתדוראחדמלמחלונ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 324,796Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Kings 25:1מלכים ב כה:אskip 3, forward

    וַיְהִי בִשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁיעִית לְמָלְכוֹ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּא נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל הוּא וְכָל־חֵילוֹ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם וַיִּחַן עָלֶיהָ וַיִּבְנוּ עָלֶיהָ דָּיֵק סָבִֽיב

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

    מחלון at skip 3, forward from 2 Kings 25:1ילועלירושלויןעיהיבועליהדיקסבםחלונ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 573,645Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

מחלון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מחלון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 134.

As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Ruth 1:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Mahlon appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 1,952 sequences of מחלון at skips 2–5,000, 3.9% above what chance alone gives (about 1,879); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.05 by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Mahlon in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Leviticus 13:2 — the shortest of 1,952 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,879.

How is Mahlon spelled in Hebrew?

Mahlon is spelled מחלון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 134.

Is Mahlon in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 8,285 sequences of מחלון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 8,312).

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,879 here) beside the count.

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