Biblical names

Malcham מלכם

Malcham (מלכם) is a name in the Tanakh — Milcom, Malcam. Malcham appears 55,788 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 55,938 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
55,788
Chance alone
55,938
P (≥ found)
0.74
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, מלכם appears 55,788 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 55,938, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 12:34, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 546,925 sequences of מלכם, against about 582,863 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 10,842
  • Exodus 11,957
  • Leviticus 7,372
  • Numbers 12,304
  • Deuteronomy 13,313

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 12:34שמות יב:לדskip 2, forward

    וַיִּשָּׂא הָעָם אֶת־בְּצֵקוֹ טֶרֶם יֶחְמָץ מִשְׁאֲרֹתָם צְרֻרֹת בְּשִׂמְלֹתָם עַל־שִׁכְמָֽם

    And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

    מלכם at skip 2, forward from Exodus 12:34תבשמלתעשמובניישרםלכם
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 96,008Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 1:20במדבר א:כskip 2, forward

    וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵן בְּכֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם כָּל־זָכָר מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כֹּל יֹצֵא צָבָֽא

    And the children of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

    מלכם at skip 2, forward from Numbers 1:20לגלגלתכזרבןעשריםםלכמ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 187,108Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 1:22במדבר א:כבskip 2, forward

    לִבְנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם פְּקֻדָיו בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם כָּל־זָכָר מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כֹּל יֹצֵא צָבָֽא

    Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, those that were numbered thereof, according to the number of names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

    מלכם at skip 2, forward from Numbers 1:22לגלגלתכזרבןעשריםםלכמ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 187,224Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 3:15במדבר ג:טוskip 2, forward

    פְּקֹד אֶת־בְּנֵי לֵוִי לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם כָּל־זָכָר מִבֶּן־חֹדֶשׁ וָמַעְלָה תִּפְקְדֵֽם

    ’Number the children of Levi by their fathers’houses, by their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.’

    מלכם at skip 2, forward from Numbers 3:15למשפחתכזרבןחדשומםלכמ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 190,959Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 3:39במדבר ג:לטskip 2, forward

    כָּל־פְּקוּדֵי הַלְוִיִּם אֲשֶׁר פָּקַד מֹשֶׁה וְׄאַׄהֲׄרֹׄןׄ עַל־פִּי יְהוָה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם כָּל־זָכָר מִבֶּן־חֹדֶשׁ וָמַעְלָה שְׁנַיִם וְעֶשְׂרִים אָֽלֶף

    All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

    מלכם at skip 2, forward from Numbers 3:39למשפחתכזרבןחדשומםלכמ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 192,057Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, מלכם appears 237,336 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 237,615, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 10,842
  • Exodus 11,957
  • Leviticus 7,372
  • Numbers 12,304
  • Deuteronomy 13,981
  • Joshua 6,243
  • Judges 6,433
  • Samuel 18,155
  • Kings 20,595
  • Isaiah 12,919
  • Jeremiah 19,528
  • Ezekiel 15,131
  • The Twelve 11,014
  • Psalms 17,847
  • Proverbs 5,600
  • Job 6,269
  • Song of Songs 985
  • Ruth 1,018
  • Lamentations 1,221
  • Ecclesiastes 3,402
  • Esther 4,099
  • Daniel 4,651
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 6,871
  • Chronicles 18,899

Outside the Torah

  1. Judges 16:9שופטים טז:טskip 2, forward

    וְהָאֹרֵב יֹשֵׁב לָהּ בַּחֶדֶר וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו פְּלִשְׁתִּים עָלֶיךָ שִׁמְשׁוֹן וַיְנַתֵּק אֶת־הַיְתָרִים כַּאֲשֶׁר יִנָּתֵק פְּתִֽיל־הַנְּעֹרֶת בַּהֲרִיחוֹ אֵשׁ וְלֹא נוֹדַע כֹּחֽוֹ

    Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him: ‘The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.’ And he broke the bowstrings as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

    מלכם at skip 2, forward from Judges 16:9ופלשתיעיששוןוינתםלךמ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 372,458Open in the laboratory →

  2. Judges 16:12שופטים טז:יבskip 2, forward

    וַתִּקַּח דְּלִילָה עֲבֹתִים חֲדָשִׁים וַתַּאַסְרֵהוּ בָהֶם וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו פְּלִשְׁתִּים עָלֶיךָ שִׁמְשׁוֹן וְהָאֹרֵב יֹשֵׁב בֶּחָדֶר וַֽיְנַתְּקֵם מֵעַל זְרֹעֹתָיו כַּחֽוּט

    So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him: ‘The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.’ And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.

    מלכם at skip 2, forward from Judges 16:12ופלשתיעיששוןוהארםלךמ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 372,687Open in the laboratory →

  3. Judges 16:14שופטים טז:ידskip 2, forward

    וַתִּתְקַע בַּיָּתֵד וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו פְּלִשְׁתִּים עָלֶיךָ שִׁמְשׁוֹן וַיִּיקַץ מִשְּׁנָתוֹ וַיִּסַּע אֶת־הַיְתַד הָאֶרֶג וְאֶת־הַמַּסָּֽכֶת

    And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him: ‘The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.’ And he awoke out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.

    מלכם at skip 2, forward from Judges 16:14ופלשתיעיששוןוייקםלךמ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 372,844Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

מלכם — the Tanakh's own spelling: Milcom, Malcam. Searched as מלכם, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 130.

As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 12:30. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Malcham appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, מלכם appears 55,788 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 55,938, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Malcham in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 12:34 — the shortest of 55,788 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 55,938.

How is Malcham spelled in Hebrew?

Malcham is spelled מלכם — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 130.

Is Malcham in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, מלכם appears 237,336 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 237,615, so the count is in line with chance.

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