Mara מרא
Mara (מרא) is a person named in the Tanakh — Marah (Naomi's name). Counted across every skip (2–152,424), the Torah holds 19,713,510 sequences of Mara, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:27); chance alone would give about 20,182,814.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 19,713,510
- Chance alone · every skip
- 20,182,814
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,383
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,298,188 found · chance alone about 1,302,153 (probability of 1,298,188 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
19,713,510 sequences of מרא across every skip (2–152,424) in the Torah, close to the 20,182,814 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 1:27, reading forward.
The longest skip at which מרא was found in the Torah is 152,383 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, reading backward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 20,182,814 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 4,933,495
- Exodus 4,326,641
- Leviticus 2,690,110
- Numbers 4,392,908
- Deuteronomy 3,370,356
Examples across the range
5 of the 19,713,510 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ם ר אGenesis 1:27
וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אֹתָֽם
And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,361 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ר אGenesis 1:27
Letter by letter
- ם ר אGenesis 4:25
… שְׁמוֹ שֵׁת כִּי שָֽׁת־לִי אֱלֹהִים זֶרַע אַחֵר תַּחַת הֶבֶל כִּי הֲרָגוֹ קָֽיִן …
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ‘for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,356 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ר אGenesis 4:25
- מGenesis 2:9
… כָּל־עֵץ נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה וְטוֹב לְמַאֲכָל וְעֵץ הַֽחַיִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַגָּן וְעֵץ …
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- רGenesis 2:11
שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישׁוֹן הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב
The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- אGenesis 2:14
וְשֵׁם הַנָּהָר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי חִדֶּקֶל הוּא הַֽהֹלֵךְ קִדְמַת אַשּׁוּר וְהַנָּהָר הָֽרְבִיעִי הוּא פְרָֽת
And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 2,118 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מGenesis 2:9
- מGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- רGenesis 1:22
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים לֵאמֹר פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הַמַּיִם בַּיַּמִּים וְהָעוֹף יִרֶב בָּאָֽרֶץ
And God blessed them, saying: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.’
- אGenesis 2:8
וַיִּטַּע יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים גַּן־בְעֵדֶן מִקֶּדֶם וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁם אֶת־הָֽאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יָצָֽר
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 67 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- מGenesis 1:2
- םDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- רLeviticus 8:28
… הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל־הָעֹלָה מִלֻּאִים הֵם לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִשֶּׁה הוּא לַיהוָֽה
And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- אGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 152,383, width 152,383 — one row is 152,383 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,781 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,383 in the laboratory →
- םDeuteronomy 34:11
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 270,560,531 sequences of מרא across every skip (2–598,520), 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 269,118,397); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 4,475,707 found · chance alone about 4,476,728 (probability of 4,475,707 or more by chance alone: 0.69).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 17,076,868
- Exodus 15,311,799
- Leviticus 9,554,691
- Numbers 15,724,381
- Deuteronomy 11,876,459
- Joshua 8,895,956
- Judges 8,765,344
- Samuel 20,116,706
- Kings 22,199,979
- Isaiah 14,786,654
- Jeremiah 19,526,272
- Ezekiel 17,140,059
- The Twelve 13,143,892
- Psalms 17,481,774
- Proverbs 5,975,532
- Job 6,955,073
- Song of Songs 1,211,831
- Ruth 1,043,267
- Lamentations 1,246,593
- Ecclesiastes 2,748,177
- Esther 3,107,991
- Daniel 4,828,136
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,476,863
- Chronicles 22,366,234
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- מ ר אJoshua 4:6
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 309,162 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ ר אJoshua 4:6
- מJudges 1:14
… מֵעַל הַחֲמוֹר וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לָהּ כָּלֵב מַה־לָּֽךְ
And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field; and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her: ‘What wouldest thou?’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- רJudges 1:16
… קֵינִי חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה עָלוּ מֵעִיר הַתְּמָרִים אֶת־בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה מִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה …
And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.
- אJudges 1:17
… יוֹשֵׁב צְפַת וַיַּחֲרִימוּ אוֹתָהּ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שֵׁם־הָעִיר חָרְמָֽה
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 345,460 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מJudges 1:14
- מ2 Chronicles 36:23
… בָכֶם מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וְיָֽעַל
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- רIsaiah 25:4
… הָיִיתָ מָעוֹז לַדָּל מָעוֹז לָאֶבְיוֹן בַּצַּר־לוֹ מַחְסֶה מִזֶּרֶם צֵל מֵחֹרֶב …
For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, A stronghold to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.
- אGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 598,503, width 598,503 — one row is 598,503 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,037 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,503 in the laboratory →
- מ2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
מרא — the Tanakh's own spelling: Marah (Naomi's name). Searched as מרא, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 241.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Ruth 1:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- מרה — the name in Hebrew letters Torah · every skip: 20,399,908 (chance 20,924,939)
Questions
Does Mara appear in the Torah codes?
19,713,510 sequences of מרא across every skip (2–152,424) in the Torah, close to the 20,182,814 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Mara in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:27 — the shortest of 19,713,510 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 20,182,814.
How is Mara spelled in Hebrew?
Mara is spelled מרא — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 241; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Mara in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 270,560,531 sequences of מרא across every skip (2–598,520), 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 269,118,397); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ 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 20,182,814 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.