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Martin Luther King Jr. מרטין לותר קינג

Martin Luther King Jr. (מרטין לותר קינג): American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968). מרטין (from Martin Luther King Jr.) appears 388 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 409 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah (מרטין)
388
Chance alone
409
P (≥ found)
0.86
Shortest skip
12

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for מרטין, and לותר, קינג have their own figures under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

At skips 2–5,000, מרטין appears 388 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 409, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 12 — the first at Numbers 26:53, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 3,655 sequences of מרטין, against about 3,227 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 77
  • Exodus 83
  • Leviticus 74
  • Numbers 98
  • Deuteronomy 56

The shortest skips

  1. Numbers 26:53במדבר כו:נגskip 12, forward

    לָאֵלֶּה תֵּחָלֵק הָאָרֶץ בְּנַחֲלָה בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמֽוֹת

    ’Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

    מרטין at skip 12, forward from Numbers 26:53שלשיםוידבריקוקאלמשהלאמרלאלהתחלקהארץבנחלהבספרשמותלרבתבהנחלתוולמעתמעיטנחלתואשלפיפקדיויתנחלתואךבגורליחלקאתהארץלשמותמטותאבתםינחלועלמרטין
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 233,343Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 10:17במדבר י:יזskip 24, backward

    וְהוּרַד הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְנָסְעוּ בְנֵֽי־גֵרְשׁוֹן וּבְנֵי מְרָרִי נֹשְׂאֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן

    And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, set forward.

    מרטין at skip 24, backward from Numbers 10:17יוישכןהענןבמדברפארןויבראשנהעלפייקוקבידמשהודגלמחנהבנייהודהבראשנהאתםועלצבאוחשוןבןעמינעלצבאמטהבניששכרנתנאלוערועלצבאמהבניזבולןאבבןחלוןוהודהמשכןונסעיגרשוןובניררינשאיהמשנסעדגלמחנהראובןלצבאתםצבאואליצורבןשדיאורועלמטהבנישמעוןשלמיאלבןצומרטינ
    skip 24, width 24 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 205,876Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 13:7בראשית יג:זskip 25, forward

    וַֽיְהִי־רִיב בֵּין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵֽה־אַבְרָם וּבֵין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה־לוֹט וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי אָז יֹשֵׁב בָּאָֽרֶץ

    And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.

    מרטין at skip 25, forward from Genesis 13:7םהיהצאןובקרואהליםולאנםהארץלשבתיחדוכיהיהרכוולאיכלולשבתיחדוויהירירעימקנהאברוביןרעימקנוהכנעניוהפזיאזישבבארמראברםאללואלנאתהימריניוביניךובןרעיוביןרעאנשיםאחיםאחנוהלאכלהאניךהפרדנאמעליאםהשמאלוהואםהימיןואשמאילהוישאתעיניוויראאתכלככרהירדםרטינ
    skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 15,429Open in the laboratory →

  4. Leviticus 22:4ויקרא כב:דskip 54, backward

    אִישׁ אִישׁ מִזֶּרַע אַהֲרֹן וְהוּא צָרוּעַ אוֹ זָב בַּקֳּדָשִׁים לֹא יֹאכַל עַד אֲשֶׁר יִטְהָר וְהַנֹּגֵעַ בְּכָל־טְמֵא־נֶפֶשׁ אוֹ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־תֵּצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָֽרַע

    What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any one that is unclean by the dead; or from whomsoever the flow of seed goeth out;

    מרטין at skip 54, backward from Leviticus 22:4םאלהיומקדשיהקדשיםומןהיגשכימוםבוולאיחללאתמקלבניוואלכלבניישראלוידנזרומקדשיביישראלולאימראלהםלדרתכםכלאישאשרשראלליקוקומאתועליוונעאהרןוהואצועאוזבבקדשאישאשרתצאמנושכבתזרעאריטמאלולכלטמאתונפשאשראםרחץבשרובמיםובאהשמשוטרפהלאיאכללטמאהבהאניימרטינ
    skip 54, width 54 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 174,814Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 20:29במדבר כ:כטskip 54, backward

    וַיִּרְאוּ כָּל־הָעֵדָה כִּי גָוַע אַהֲרֹן וַיִּבְכּוּ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם כֹּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

    מרטין at skip 54, backward from Numbers 20:29ויטישראלמעליוויסעומקדקאלמשהואלאהרןבהרההרעליבאאלהארץאשרנתתילבנייןואתאלעזרבווהעלאתםהרזרבנוואהרןאסףומתשםויכלהעדהויפשמשהאתאהרןאםבראשההרוידמשהואלעזרהרןשלשיםיוכלביתישראלדרךהאתריםוילחםבישראלוםנתןתתןאתהעםהזהבידיוהןאתהכנעניויחרםאתהםואתםרטינ
    skip 54, width 54 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 223,442Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

1,576 sequences of מרטין at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,558 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 77
  • Exodus 83
  • Leviticus 74
  • Numbers 98
  • Deuteronomy 60
  • Joshua 51
  • Judges 33
  • Samuel 66
  • Kings 75
  • Isaiah 93
  • Jeremiah 68
  • Ezekiel 118
  • The Twelve 88
  • Psalms 165
  • Proverbs 68
  • Job 67
  • Song of Songs 7
  • Ruth 6
  • Lamentations 7
  • Ecclesiastes 24
  • Esther 33
  • Daniel 36
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 75
  • Chronicles 104

Outside the Torah

  1. Ezekiel 36:31יחזקאל לו:לאskip 3, forward

    וּזְכַרְתֶּם אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶם הָרָעִים וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־טוֹבִים וּנְקֹֽטֹתֶם בִּפְנֵיכֶם עַל עֲוֺנֹתֵיכֶם וְעַל תּוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶֽם

    Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

    מרטין at skip 3, forward from Ezekiel 36:31עיםומעלליכאשלאובםוקטתםבפניכםםרטינ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 780,514Open in the laboratory →

  2. Jeremiah 12:12ירמיהו יב:יבskip 6, forward

    עַֽל־כָּל־שְׁפָיִם בַּמִּדְבָּר בָּאוּ שֹֽׁדְדִים כִּי חֶרֶב לַֽיהוָה אֹֽכְלָה מִקְצֵה־אֶרֶץ וְעַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ אֵין שָׁלוֹם לְכָל־בָּשָֽׂר

    Upon all the high hills in the wilderness spoilers are come; for the sword of the LORD devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land, no flesh hath peace.

    מרטין at skip 6, forward from Jeremiah 12:12הארץועדקצההארץאיןשלולכלבשזרעוחיםוקצםקצרוחלולאיועלוובשומתבואתיםרטינ
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 660,332Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Samuel 19:16שמואל א יט:טזskip 6, backward

    וַיָּבֹאוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים וְהִנֵּה הַתְּרָפִים אֶל־הַמִּטָּה וּכְבִיר הָעִזִּים מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו

    And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the quilt of goats’hair at the head thereof.

    מרטין at skip 6, backward from 1 Samuel 19:16ילהמתוויבאוהמלאכיםוהההתרפםאלהמהוכביהעזיםראשתיוויאמרשאולאלמיכלמרטינ
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 415,498Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

מרטין לותר קינג — the name in Hebrew letters: American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968). Searched as מרטין, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 309.

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

Other spellings

  • לותר — the name in Hebrew letters found 73,158 in the Torah (chance 73,755)
  • קינג — the name in Hebrew letters found 1,522 in the Torah (chance 1,519)

Questions

Does Martin Luther King Jr. appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, מרטין appears 388 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 409, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Martin Luther King Jr. in the Torah?

Skip 12, reading forward from Numbers 26:53 — the shortest of 388 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 409.

How is Martin Luther King Jr. spelled in Hebrew?

Martin Luther King Jr. is spelled מרטין לותר קינג — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 309; 2 other spellings are counted on this page.

Is Martin Luther King Jr. in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

1,576 sequences of מרטין at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,558 that chance alone would produce.

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