First names

Marculf מרקולף

In Hebrew letters the first name Marculf is written מרקולף — male given name. In the Torah codes, Marculf is found 165 times across every skip (2–60,969), the shortest at skip 382 (Exodus 37:21) — about what chance alone gives (about 156).

Found in the Torah · every skip
165
Chance alone · every skip
156
P (≥ found) · every skip
0.26
Shortest skip
382
Longest skip found
57,815

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 6 letters (2–60,969), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 21 found · chance alone about 24.6 (probability of 21 or more by chance alone: 0.79).

In the Torah

165 sequences of מרקולף across every skip (2–60,969) in the Torah, close to the 156 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which מרקולף appears in the Torah is 382 — at Exodus 37:21, reading forward.

The longest skip at which מרקולף was found in the Torah is 57,815 — at Genesis 6:13, reading forward; a spelling of 6 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 60,969.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 43
  • Exodus 38
  • Leviticus 26
  • Numbers 32
  • Deuteronomy 26

Examples across the range

5 of the 165 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.

  1. shortest skipExodus 37:21שמות לז:כאskip 382, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. מExodus 37:21

      … הַקָּנִים מִמֶּנָּה לְשֵׁשֶׁת הַקָּנִים הַיֹּצְאִים מִמֶּֽנָּה

      and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of …

    2. רExodus 38:1

      … שִׁטִּים חָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת אָרְכּוֹ וְחָֽמֵשׁ־אַמּוֹת רָחְבּוֹ …

      And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof …

    3. קExodus 38:9

      … לִפְאַת נֶגֶב תֵּימָנָה קַלְעֵי הֶֽחָצֵר שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר …

      And he made the court; for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits.

    4. וExodus 38:17

      … הָֽעַמּוּדִים וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶם כֶּסֶף וְצִפּוּי רָאשֵׁיהֶם כָּסֶף וְהֵם …

      And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals …

    5. לExodus 38:24

      כָּל־הַזָּהָב הֶֽעָשׂוּי לַמְּלָאכָה בְּכֹל מְלֶאכֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ …

      All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and …

    6. פExodus 38:30

      … בָּהּ אֶת־אַדְנֵי פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֵת …

      And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the …

    מרקולף at skip 382, forward from Exodus 37:21לתכלתוארגמןותולעתשניוקצותהכפרתכרובאחדמקצהמשלחןויעשאתהכליםאשרעלהקניםהיצאיםמנהכפתריהםיםחמשאמותאכווחמשאמותאתנגבתימנהלעיהחצרששמקיהםכסףוצפיראשיהםכסףלהזהבהעשוימלאכהבכלמלעשבהאתאדניתחאהלמועדולתוארגמןותולעתשניוששמבניישראלהנהשתיםעשרהעלעתהאפדבפתילתכלתלהיתעלמרקולפ
    skip 382, width 382 — one row is 382 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 135,823 of the TorahOpen at skip 382 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skipNumbers 13:3במדבר יג:גskip 607, backward
    1. םNumbers 13:3

      וַיִּשְׁלַח אֹתָם מֹשֶׁה מִמִּדְבַּר פָּארָן …

      And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD; all of them men who were heads of the children …

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. רNumbers 12:5

      … וַֽיַּעֲמֹד פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וַיִּקְרָא אַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָם וַיֵּצְאוּ …

      And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.

    2. קNumbers 11:29

      וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מֹשֶׁה הַֽמְקַנֵּא אַתָּה לִי וּמִי …

      And Moses said unto him: ‘Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all the LORD’S people were prophets, that the LORD would put His spirit …

    3. וNumbers 11:19

      … וְלֹא חֲמִשָּׁה יָמִים וְלֹא עֲשָׂרָה יָמִים וְלֹא …

      Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

    4. לNumbers 11:10

      … לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָיו אִישׁ לְפֶתַח אָהֳלוֹ וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה …

      And Moses heard the people weeping, family by family, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; and …

    5. פNumbers 10:33

      … בְּרִית־יְהוָה נֹסֵעַ לִפְנֵיהֶם דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים …

      And they set forward from the mount of the LORD three days’journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three …

    מרקולף at skip 607, backward from Numbers 13:3ןיסעובניישרונסעוהמחנותצבאמטהבנישמקנסעלניהםדפתחאהוויחרהימיםלאעשרמשההמנאאתההלויקאאהרןשלחאתמשהממרצןעדרחבלבאאודבתהארץאשרץכילחמנוהםםרקולפ
    skip 607, width 607 — one row is 607 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 209,582 of the TorahOpen at skip 607 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipLeviticus 1:15ויקרא א:טוskip 668, forward
    1. מLeviticus 1:15

      … הַכֹּהֵן אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּמָלַק אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ וְהִקְטִיר …

      And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its head, and make it smoke on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be …

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. רLeviticus 2:11

      כָּל־הַמִּנְחָה אֲשֶׁר תַּקְרִיבוּ לַיהוָה לֹא …

      No meal-offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven; for ye shall make no leaven, nor any honey, smoke as an …

    2. קLeviticus 3:7

      אִם־כֶּשֶׂב הֽוּא־מַקְרִיב אֶת־קָרְבָּנוֹ וְהִקְרִיב …

      If he bring a lamb for his offering, then shall he present it before the LORD.

    3. וLeviticus 4:3

      … יֶחֱטָא לְאַשְׁמַת הָעָם וְהִקְרִיב עַל חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר …

      if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock …

    4. לLeviticus 4:14

      … חָטְאוּ עָלֶיהָ וְהִקְרִיבוּ הַקָּהָל פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר …

      when the sin wherein they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin-offering, and bring it before the …

    5. פLeviticus 4:27

      וְאִם־נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת תֶּחֱטָא בִשְׁגָגָה מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ …

      And if any one of the common people sin through error, in doing any of the things which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and be …

    מרקולף at skip 668, forward from Leviticus 1:15בחקדשקדשיםושהוישםאתמזבלהקרבנומןהבמזבחולקאתרנחהאשתקריבבהואמריבאתמתהעםהקריבבוהקהפרבןבוואםנשאחתתממנווהואטמאוכפרעליוהכהוואתאשמויבימרקולפ
    skip 668, width 668 — one row is 668 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 142,390 of the TorahOpen at skip 668 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipLeviticus 18:7ויקרא יח:זskip 2,668, forward
    1. מLeviticus 18:7

      … אִמְּךָ לֹא תְגַלֵּה אִמְּךָ הִוא לֹא תְגַלֶּה …

      The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her …

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. רLeviticus 20:2

      … מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמִן־הַגֵּר הַגָּר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר …

      Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel: Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel …

    2. קLeviticus 22:2

      … יְחַלְּלוּ אֶת־שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי אֲשֶׁר הֵם מַקְדִּשִׁים …

      Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto Me …

    3. וLeviticus 23:21

      … מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ חֻקַּת עוֹלָם בְּכָל …

      And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no manner of servile work; it …

    4. לLeviticus 25:8

      … שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים וְהָיוּ לְךָ יְמֵי שֶׁבַע שַׁבְּתֹת …

      And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths …

    5. פLeviticus 26:7

      וּרְדַפְתֶּם אֶת־אֹיְבֵיכֶם וְנָפְלוּ לִפְנֵיכֶם לֶחָֽרֶב

      And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

    מרקולף at skip 2,668, forward from Leviticus 18:7רזאתתהיהתורחטאאתהביתשתמלאחפניוקטרתגלהאךהואלומןהגהגרביואתשםדשיאשלאתעשחקתעוםוהיוךימישיכםונלולפנבהמהלפניהכהמטהבנימןחמשלמועדואתמשממרקולפ
    skip 2,668, width 2,668 — one row is 2,668 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 169,281 of the TorahOpen at skip 2,668 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundGenesis 6:13בראשית ו:יגskip 57,815, forward
    1. מGenesis 6:13

      … מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ חָמָס מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְהִנְנִי מַשְׁחִיתָם אֶת …

      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 …

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. רGenesis 43:5

      … אָמַר אֵלֵינוּ לֹֽא־תִרְאוּ פָנַי בִּלְתִּי אֲחִיכֶם …

      but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down, for the man said unto us: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.’

    2. קExodus 30:1

      וְעָשִׂיתָ מִזְבֵּחַ מִקְטַר קְטֹרֶת עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים …

      And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia-wood shalt thou make it.

    3. וLeviticus 25:27

      … אֶת־שְׁנֵי מִמְכָּרוֹ וְהֵשִׁיב אֶת־הָעֹדֵף לָאִישׁ …

      then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his …

    4. לNumbers 30:5

      … וֶֽאֱסָרָהּ אֲשֶׁר אָֽסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ וְהֶחֱרִישׁ לָהּ …

      and her father heareth her vow, or her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her, then all her vows …

    5. פDeuteronomy 29:19

      … כָּל־הָאָלָה הַכְּתוּבָה בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה וּמָחָה יְהוָה …

      the LORD will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy shall be kindled against that man, and all the …

    מרקולף at skip 57,815, forward from Genesis 6:13רץחמספניהםנולאתאופנימזבחמטרקטרממכרוהשיבאאסרהענפשהוובהבסרהזהומרקולפ
    skip 57,815, width 57,815 — one row is 57,815 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 7,429 of the TorahOpen at skip 57,815 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–239,408), מרקולף appears 2,203 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,234, so the count is in line with chance.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 85 found · chance alone about 92.3 (probability of 85 or more by chance alone: 0.79).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 155
  • Exodus 112
  • Leviticus 74
  • Numbers 123
  • Deuteronomy 106
  • Joshua 57
  • Judges 73
  • Samuel 129
  • Kings 175
  • Isaiah 126
  • Jeremiah 165
  • Ezekiel 151
  • The Twelve 131
  • Psalms 145
  • Proverbs 55
  • Job 55
  • Song of Songs 7
  • Ruth 8
  • Lamentations 10
  • Ecclesiastes 25
  • Esther 32
  • Daniel 31
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 69
  • Chronicles 189

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the Torah1 Chronicles 9:32דברי הימים א ט:לבskip 29, backward
    1. מ1 Chronicles 9:32

      וּמִן־בְּנֵי הַקְּהָתִי מִן …

      And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. ר1 Chronicles 9:31

      … מִן־הַלְוִיִּם הוּא הַבְּכוֹר לְשַׁלֻּם הַקָּרְחִי בֶּאֱמוּנָה …

      And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were baked on …

    2. ק1 Chronicles 9:30

      וּמִן־בְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים רֹקְחֵי הַמִּרְקַחַת לַבְּשָׂמִֽים

      And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.

    3. ו ל1 Chronicles 9:29

      … עַל־הַכֵּלִים וְעַל כָּל־כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ וְעַל־הַסֹּלֶת וְהַיַּיִן וְהַשֶּׁמֶן וְהַלְּבוֹנָה וְהַבְּשָׂמִֽים

      Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and …

    4. פ1 Chronicles 9:28

      … כִּֽי־בְמִסְפָּר יְבִיאוּם וּבְמִסְפָּר יוֹצִיאֽוּם

      And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by tale were they brought in and by tale were they taken out.

    מרקולף at skip 29, backward from 1 Chronicles 9:32יתהאלהיםוסבכיעליהםמשמרקרומהםעלכליםובמסריוציםועלככליהקןוהלבנהוהבחיהמרחתלבשאהבכולשלםהבתיםוןבניהערכתלהכיןשביאבותללויםבילהעליהםבמלמרקולפ
    skip 29, width 29 — one row is 29 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,113,097 of the TanakhOpen at skip 29 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skipHosea 10:14הושע י:ידskip 175, forward
    1. מHosea 10:14

      … מִבְצָרֶיךָ יוּשַּׁד כְּשֹׁד שַֽׁלְמַן בֵּית אַֽרְבֵאל בְּיוֹם …

      Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy hosts, And all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, As Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of …

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. רHosea 11:3

      … לְאֶפְרַיִם קָחָם עַל־זְרֽוֹעֹתָיו וְלֹא יָדְעוּ כִּי …

      And I, I taught Ephraim to walk, Taking them by their arms; But they knew not that I healed them.

    2. קHosea 11:7

      … לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִי וְאֶל־עַל יִקְרָאֻהוּ יַחַד לֹא יְרוֹמֵם

      And My people are in suspense about returning to Me; And though they call them upwards, None at all will lift himself up.

    3. וHosea 11:10

      … כִּֽי־הוּא יִשְׁאַג וְיֶחֶרְדוּ בָנִים מִיָּֽם

      They shall walk after the LORD, Who shall roar like a lion; For He shall roar, And the children shall come trembling from the west.

    4. לHosea 12:2

      … וּבְרִית עִם־אַשּׁוּר יִכְרֹתוּ וְשֶׁמֶן לְמִצְרַיִם יוּבָֽל

      Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; All the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; And they make a covenant …

    5. פHosea 12:7

      … בֵּאלֹהֶיךָ תָשׁוּב חֶסֶד וּמִשְׁפָּט שְׁמֹר וְקַוֵּה אֶל …

      Therefore turn thou to thy God; Keep mercy and justice, And wait for thy God continually.

    מרקולף at skip 175, forward from Hosea 10:14לתלמישדילעגלקוץודרדריעלטובצוארהארכשדשלןביתאחםעלזועתיואלעליראהויאישאגיחרדווושמןמצריםסדומשטשמרויובידהנביאיחרפתוישיבלומארבהואנכיימרקולפ
    skip 175, width 175 — one row is 175 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 808,935 of the TanakhOpen at skip 175 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 29:4דברי הימים ב כט:דskip 232,996, backward
    1. ם2 Chronicles 29:4

      … אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִים וְאֶת־הַלְוִיִּם וַיַּֽאַסְפֵם לִרְחוֹב הַמִּזְרָֽח

      And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east;

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. רProverbs 14:21

      בָּז־לְרֵעֵהוּ חוֹטֵא וּמְחוֹנֵן עניים אַשְׁרָֽיו

      He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; But he that is gracious unto the humble, happy is he.

    2. קJeremiah 48:24

      וְעַל־קְרִיּוֹת וְעַל־בָּצְרָה וְעַל …

      and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

    3. ו1 Kings 2:34

      … בּוֹ וַיְמִתֵהוּ וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּבֵיתוֹ בַּמִּדְבָּֽר

      Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

    4. לNumbers 36:7

      … מַטֶּה כִּי אִישׁ בְּנַחֲלַת מַטֵּה אֲבֹתָיו יִדְבְּקוּ …

      So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave every one to the …

    5. פGenesis 14:10

      … מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה וַיִּפְּלוּ־שָׁמָּה וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִים הֶרָה …

      Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled …

    מרקולף at skip 232,996, backward from 2 Chronicles 29:4מרהוילושמהישבנחתמטהארבביתבמדברוןועלריותויםבזלעהוחותהלויויאספםרקולפ
    skip 232,996, width 232,996 — one row is 232,996 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,181,579 of the TanakhOpen at skip 232,996 in the laboratory →

The spelling

מרקולף — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as מרקולף, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 456.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Marculf in the Bible code?

165 sequences of מרקולף across every skip (2–60,969) in the Torah, close to the 156 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Marculf in the Torah?

Skip 382, reading forward from Exodus 37:21 — the shortest of 165 sequences across every skip (2–60,969), where chance alone would give about 156.

What is the gematria of Marculf in Hebrew?

Marculf is spelled מרקולף — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 456.

How many times is Marculf found in the whole Tanakh?

Across every skip (2–239,408), מרקולף appears 2,203 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,234, so the count is in line with chance.

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