Mareshah מרשה
Mareshah (מרשה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 67,661 sequences of Mareshah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 13:4); chance alone would give about 68,487.
- Found in the Torah
- 67,661
- Chance alone
- 68,487
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 67,661 sequences of מרשה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 68,487).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 13:4, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 723,300 sequences of מרשה, against about 713,621 from chance alone.
- Genesis 13,362
- Exodus 16,854
- Leviticus 10,033
- Numbers 15,836
- Deuteronomy 11,576
The shortest skips
אֶל־מְקוֹם הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה שָׁם בָּרִאשֹׁנָה וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם אַבְרָם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה
unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,303Open in the laboratory →
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן קָבַר אַבְרָהָם אֶת־שָׂרָה אִשְׁתּוֹ אֶל־מְעָרַת שְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה עַל־פְּנֵי מַמְרֵא הִוא חֶבְרוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָֽעַן
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre—the same is Hebron—in the land of Canaan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,267Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֹתוֹ בָנָיו אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ בִּמְעָרַת שְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה אַבְרָהָם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה לַאֲחֻזַּת־קֶבֶר מֵאֵת עֶפְרֹן הַחִתִּי עַל־פְּנֵי מַמְרֵֽא
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, in front of Mamre.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 77,312Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּפְשֵׁט מֹשֶׁה אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן אֶת־בְּגָדָיו וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתָם אֶת־אֶלְעָזָר בְּנוֹ וַיָּמָת אַהֲרֹן שָׁם בְּרֹאשׁ הָהָר וַיֵּרֶד מֹשֶׁה וְאֶלְעָזָר מִן־הָהָֽר
And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 223,378Open in the laboratory →
וְעֵמֶק הַשִׂדִּים בֶּֽאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר וַיָּנֻסוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה וַיִּפְּלוּ־שָׁמָּה וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִים הֶרָה נָּֽסוּ
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 to the mountain.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 16,612Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 232,669 sequences of מרשה at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 231,442); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0054 by chance alone.
- Genesis 13,362
- Exodus 16,854
- Leviticus 10,033
- Numbers 15,836
- Deuteronomy 12,605
- Joshua 9,969
- Judges 7,143
- Samuel 15,158
- Kings 22,629
- Isaiah 11,728
- Jeremiah 17,240
- Ezekiel 13,540
- The Twelve 11,284
- Psalms 10,474
- Proverbs 3,791
- Job 3,297
- Song of Songs 710
- Ruth 681
- Lamentations 923
- Ecclesiastes 2,449
- Esther 3,135
- Daniel 3,215
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,496
- Chronicles 19,117
Outside the Torah
וְדָוִד עָבַר מְעַט מֵֽהָרֹאשׁ וְהִנֵּה צִיבָא נַעַר מְפִי־בֹשֶׁת לִקְרָאתוֹ וְצֶמֶד חֲמֹרִים חֲבֻשִׁים וַעֲלֵיהֶם מָאתַיִם לֶחֶם וּמֵאָה צִמּוּקִים וּמֵאָה קַיִץ וְנֵבֶל יָֽיִן
And when David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 460,134Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּחְגְּרוּ שַׂקִּים בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם וַחֲבָלִים בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶם וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ עַבְדְּךָ בֶן־הֲדַד אָמַר תְּחִֽי־נָא נַפְשִׁי וַיֹּאמֶר הַעוֹדֶנּוּ חַי אָחִי הֽוּא
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said: ‘Thy servant Ben-hadad saith: I pray thee, let me live.’ And he said: ‘Is he yet alive? he is my brother.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 521,992Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר חֲזָאֵל מַדּוּעַ אֲדֹנִי בֹכֶה וַיֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־יָדַעְתִּי אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תַּעֲשֶׂה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רָעָה מִבְצְרֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּח בָּאֵשׁ וּבַחֻֽרֵיהֶם בַּחֶרֶב תַּהֲרֹג וְעֹלְלֵיהֶם תְּרַטֵּשׁ וְהָרֹתֵיהֶם תְּבַקֵּֽעַ
And Hazael said: ‘Why weepeth my lord?’ And he answered: ‘Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 541,521Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מרשה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מרשה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 545.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Micah 1:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Marsha.
Questions
Is Mareshah in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 67,661 sequences of מרשה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 68,487).
What is the shortest skip for Mareshah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 13:4 — the shortest of 67,661 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 68,487.
How is Mareshah spelled in Hebrew?
Mareshah is spelled מרשה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 545.
Is Mareshah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 232,669 sequences of מרשה at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 231,442); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0054 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 68,487 here) beside the count.