Mashal משל
Mashal (משל) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Mashal appears 14,369,503 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), 3.8% more than chance alone would give (about 13,842,402; probability below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 14,369,503
- Chance alone · every skip
- 13,842,402
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,339
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: 899,910 found · chance alone about 893,083 (probability of 899,910 or more by chance alone: 2.7 × 10⁻¹³).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), משל appears 14,369,503 times in the Torah — 3.8% more than the 13,842,402 chance alone would give; the probability of 14,369,503 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
The shortest skip at which משל appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 11:7, reading forward.
The longest skip at which משל was found in the Torah is 152,339 — at Genesis 1:1, reading forward; 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 13,842,402 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 3,307,344
- Exodus 3,147,693
- Leviticus 2,040,904
- Numbers 3,400,035
- Deuteronomy 2,473,527
Examples across the range
5 of the 14,369,503 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 ש לGenesis 11:7
הָבָה נֵֽרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵֽהוּ
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,010 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ש לGenesis 11:7
Letter by letter
- ם ש לGenesis 20:9
… עָלַי וְעַל־מַמְלַכְתִּי חֲטָאָה גְדֹלָה מַעֲשִׂים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יֵֽעָשׂוּ עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִֽי …
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: ‘What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,886 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ש לGenesis 20:9
- םExodus 1:1
וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים מִצְרָיְמָה אֵת יַעֲקֹב אִישׁ וּבֵיתוֹ בָּֽאוּ
NOW THESE are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; every man came with his household:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שExodus 1:5
וַֽיְהִי כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ יֹצְאֵי יֶֽרֶךְ־יַעֲקֹב שִׁבְעִים נָפֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵף הָיָה בְמִצְרָֽיִם
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.
- לExodus 1:8
וַיָּקָם מֶֽלֶךְ־חָדָשׁ עַל־מִצְרָיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָדַע אֶת־יוֹסֵֽף
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
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 78,090 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- םExodus 1:1
- מGenesis 4:11
וְעַתָּה אָרוּר אָתָּה מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר פָּצְתָה אֶת־פִּיהָ לָקַחַת אֶת־דְּמֵי אָחִיךָ מִיָּדֶֽךָ
And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שGenesis 5:7
וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁת אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־אֱנוֹשׁ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
- לGenesis 5:30
וַֽיְחִי־לֶמֶךְ אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־נֹחַ חָמֵשׁ וְתִשְׁעִים שָׁנָה …
And Lamech lived after he begot Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot sons and daughters.
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 4,698 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- מGenesis 4:11
- םGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שLeviticus 8:28
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֹתָם מֵעַל כַּפֵּיהֶם וַיַּקְטֵר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה …
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.
- לDeuteronomy 34:10
וְלֹֽא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר יְדָעוֹ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
skip 152,339, width 152,339 — one row is 152,339 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 21 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,339 in the laboratory →
- םGenesis 1:1
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–598,520), משל appears 209,591,977 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 212,354,104, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 3,549,518 found · chance alone about 3,532,466 (probability of 3,549,518 or more by chance alone: 6.2 × 10⁻²⁰).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 13,732,115
- Exodus 12,332,261
- Leviticus 7,709,424
- Numbers 12,697,430
- Deuteronomy 9,476,943
- Joshua 7,057,397
- Judges 6,884,761
- Samuel 15,589,928
- Kings 17,022,815
- Isaiah 11,335,862
- Jeremiah 15,025,464
- Ezekiel 13,148,330
- The Twelve 9,925,404
- Psalms 13,121,462
- Proverbs 4,468,113
- Job 5,217,938
- Song of Songs 905,825
- Ruth 779,222
- Lamentations 932,576
- Ecclesiastes 2,054,955
- Esther 2,332,380
- Daniel 3,636,758
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,173,562
- Chronicles 17,031,052
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ם ש לJoshua 5:6
… כָּל־הַגּוֹי אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה הַיֹּצְאִים מִמִּצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע …
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD…
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,759 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ש לJoshua 5:6
- םJudges 2:18
… יְהוָה עִם־הַשֹּׁפֵט וְהֽוֹשִׁיעָם מִיַּד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶם כֹּל יְמֵי הַשּׁוֹפֵט כִּֽי־יִנָּחֵם …
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repented the LORD because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and crushed them.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שJudges 2:19
… לָלֶכֶת אַֽחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים לְעָבְדָם וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לָהֶם לֹא הִפִּילוּ מִמַּעַלְלֵיהֶם וּמִדַּרְכָּם …
But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to worship them; they left nothing undone of their practices, nor of their stubborn way.
- לJudges 2:20
… צִוִּיתִי אֶת־אֲבוֹתָם וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ לְקוֹלִֽי
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel; and He said: ‘Because this nation have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto My voice;
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 347,820 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- םJudges 2:18
- מ2 Chronicles 36:21
לְמַלֹּאות דְּבַר־יְהוָה בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ עַד־רָצְתָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ …
to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שIsaiah 25:1
יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי אַתָּה אֲרֽוֹמִמְךָ אוֹדֶה שִׁמְךָ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ פֶּלֶא עֵצוֹת מֵֽרָחוֹק אֱמוּנָה אֹֽמֶן
O LORD, Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy name, For Thou hast done wonderful things; Even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.
- לGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 598,391, width 598,391 — one row is 598,391 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,793 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,391 in the laboratory →
- מ2 Chronicles 36:21
The spelling
משל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as משל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 370.
As a plain word it stands 24 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 45:26. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Mashal in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–152,424), משל appears 14,369,503 times in the Torah — 3.8% more than the 13,842,402 chance alone would give; the probability of 14,369,503 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
What is the shortest skip for Mashal in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 11:7 — the shortest of 14,369,503 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 13,842,402.
What is the gematria of Mashal in Hebrew?
Mashal is spelled משל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 370.
How many times is Mashal found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–598,520), משל appears 209,591,977 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 212,354,104, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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