Marah מרתה
Marah (מרתה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Marah appears 78,345 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 78,829 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 78,345
- Chance alone
- 78,829
- P (≥ found)
- 0.96
- 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, מרתה appears 78,345 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 78,829, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 33:13, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 826,879 sequences of מרתה, against about 821,385 from chance alone.
- Genesis 15,916
- Exodus 19,539
- Leviticus 12,441
- Numbers 15,684
- Deuteronomy 14,765
The shortest skips
וּלְיוֹסֵף אָמַר מְבֹרֶכֶת יְהֹוָה אַרְצוֹ מִמֶּגֶד שָׁמַיִם מִטָּל וּמִתְּהוֹם רֹבֶצֶת תָּֽחַת
And of Joseph he said: Blessed of the LORD be his land; For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 303,450Open in the laboratory →
עָשׂוּ מִלְחָמָה אֶת־בֶּרַע מֶלֶךְ סְדֹם וְאֶת־בִּרְשַׁע מֶלֶךְ עֲמֹרָה שִׁנְאָב מֶלֶךְ אַדְמָה וְשֶׁמְאֵבֶר מֶלֶךְ צביים וּמֶלֶךְ בֶּלַע הִיא־צֹֽעַר
that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela—the same is Zoar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 16,107Open in the laboratory →
קְחוּ מֵֽאִתְּכֶם תְּרוּמָה לַֽיהוָה כֹּל נְדִיב לִבּוֹ יְבִיאֶהָ אֵת תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה זָהָב וָכֶסֶף וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת
Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD, whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, the LORD’S offering: gold, and silver, and brass;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 131,225Open in the laboratory →
וְהַמַּיִם גָּֽבְרוּ מְאֹד מְאֹד עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיְכֻסּוּ כָּל־הֶֽהָרִים הַגְּבֹהִים אֲשֶׁר־תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,882Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָם בְּמִשְׁמַר בֵּית שַׂר הַטַבָּחִים אֶל־בֵּית הַסֹּהַר מְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יוֹסֵף אָסוּר שָֽׁם
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 58,933Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 253,623 sequences of מרתה at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 251,358); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.2 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
- Genesis 15,916
- Exodus 19,539
- Leviticus 12,441
- Numbers 15,684
- Deuteronomy 15,850
- Joshua 9,826
- Judges 7,237
- Samuel 14,201
- Kings 22,102
- Isaiah 12,007
- Jeremiah 21,110
- Ezekiel 19,576
- The Twelve 12,018
- Psalms 11,699
- Proverbs 4,330
- Job 3,871
- Song of Songs 1,006
- Ruth 957
- Lamentations 1,206
- Ecclesiastes 2,458
- Esther 3,020
- Daniel 3,258
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,976
- Chronicles 17,335
Outside the Torah
וָאָשִׂם שָׁם מָקוֹם לָֽאָרוֹן אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם בְּרִית יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת עִם־אֲבֹתֵינוּ בְּהוֹצִיאוֹ אֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 494,246Open in the laboratory →
מיכיה הַמּוֹרַשְׁתִּי הָיָה נִבָּא בִּימֵי חִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־כָּל־עַם יְהוּדָה לֵאמֹר כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת צִיּוֹן שָׂדֶה תֵֽחָרֵשׁ וִירוּשָׁלַיִם עִיִּים תִּֽהְיֶה וְהַר הַבַּיִת לְבָמוֹת יָֽעַר
’Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, And Jerusalem shall become heaps, And the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 680,521Open in the laboratory →
עָבְשׁוּ פְרֻדוֹת תַּחַת מֶגְרְפֹתֵיהֶם נָשַׁמּוּ אֹֽצָרוֹת נֶהֶרְסוּ מַמְּגֻרוֹת כִּי הֹבִישׁ דָּגָֽן
The grains shrivel under their hoes; The garners are laid desolate, The barns are broken down; For the corn is withered.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 812,021Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מרתה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מרתה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 645.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 15:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Marta, Martha.
Questions
Does Marah appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, מרתה appears 78,345 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 78,829, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Marah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 33:13 — the shortest of 78,345 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 78,829.
How is Marah spelled in Hebrew?
Marah is spelled מרתה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 645.
Is Marah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 253,623 sequences of מרתה at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 251,358); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.2 × 10⁻⁶ 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 78,829 here) beside the count.