Mana מנה
Mana is a first name, written מנה in Hebrew (given name). Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,050,543 sequences of Mana, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 6:3); chance alone would give about 1,052,170.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,050,543
- Chance alone
- 1,052,170
- P (≥ found)
- 0.94
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,050,543 sequences of מנה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,052,170 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:3, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 16,474,123 sequences of מנה, against about 16,308,176 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,052,170 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 233,058
- Exodus 220,973
- Leviticus 156,217
- Numbers 278,584
- Deuteronomy 161,711
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לֹֽא־יָדוֹן רוּחִי בָֽאָדָם לְעֹלָם בְּשַׁגַּם הוּא בָשָׂר וְהָיוּ יָמָיו מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָֽה
And the LORD said: ‘My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,965Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים לְנֹחַ קֵץ כָּל־בָּשָׂר בָּא לְפָנַי כִּֽי־מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ חָמָס מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְהִנְנִי מַשְׁחִיתָם אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God said unto Noah: ‘The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,429Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח שֵׁם וָיֶפֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַל־שְׁכֶם שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ אֲחֹרַנִּית וַיְכַסּוּ אֵת עֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם וּפְנֵיהֶם אֲחֹרַנִּית וְעֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם לֹא רָאֽוּ
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,307Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל־שָׂרַי הִנֵּה שִׁפְחָתֵךְ בְּיָדֵךְ עֲשִׂי־לָהּ הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינָיִךְ וַתְּעַנֶּהָ שָׂרַי וַתִּבְרַח מִפָּנֶֽיהָ
But Abram said unto Sarai: ‘Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes.’ And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,639Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אַבְרָהָם אֶֽת־שֶׁם־בְּנוֹ הַנּֽוֹלַד־לוֹ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָה־לּוֹ שָׂרָה יִצְחָֽק
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,465Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, מנה appears 3,825,349 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,861,306, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 233,058
- Exodus 220,973
- Leviticus 156,217
- Numbers 278,584
- Deuteronomy 171,186
- Joshua 155,477
- Judges 124,145
- Samuel 247,430
- Kings 272,035
- Isaiah 191,653
- Jeremiah 304,079
- Ezekiel 250,639
- The Twelve 187,995
- Psalms 217,183
- Proverbs 59,097
- Job 68,802
- Song of Songs 17,461
- Ruth 13,879
- Lamentations 19,899
- Ecclesiastes 34,427
- Esther 40,674
- Daniel 81,917
- Ezra–Nehemiah 178,027
- Chronicles 300,512
Outside the Torah
לְמַעַן תִּֽהְיֶה זֹאת אוֹת בְּקִרְבְּכֶם כִּֽי־יִשְׁאָלוּן בְּנֵיכֶם מָחָר לֵאמֹר מָה הָאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה לָכֶֽם
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying: What mean ye by these stones?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,130Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה הָלְכוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר עַד־תֹּם כָּל־הַגּוֹי אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה הַיֹּצְאִים מִמִּצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לָהֶם לְבִלְתִּי הַרְאוֹתָם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַֽאֲבוֹתָם לָתֶת לָנוּ אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָֽשׁ
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD; unto whom the LORD swore that He would not let them see the land which the LORD swore unto their fathers that He would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,707Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפְנוּ אַנְשֵׁי הָעַי אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיִּרְאוּ וְהִנֵּה עָלָה עֲשַׁן הָעִיר הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וְלֹא־הָיָה בָהֶם יָדַיִם לָנוּס הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה וְהָעָם הַנָּס הַמִּדְבָּר נֶהְפַּךְ אֶל־הָרוֹדֵֽף
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,596Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מנה — the name in Hebrew letters: given name. Searched as מנה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 95.
As a plain word it stands 10 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 23:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Mana appear in the Torah codes?
1,050,543 sequences of מנה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,052,170 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Mana in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:3 — the shortest of 1,050,543 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,052,170.
How is Mana spelled in Hebrew?
Mana is spelled מנה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 95.
Is Mana in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, מנה appears 3,825,349 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,861,306, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,052,170 here) beside the count.