Masorah מסורה
Masorah — in Hebrew מסורה — the tradition of the exact text of the Bible. In the Torah codes, Masorah is found 787 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 4 (Leviticus 7:38) — about what chance alone gives (about 799).
- Found in the Torah
- 787
- Chance alone
- 799
- P (≥ found)
- 0.68
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 787 sequences of מסורה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 799).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Leviticus 7:38, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 6,469 sequences of מסורה, against about 6,301 from chance alone.
- Genesis 176
- Exodus 193
- Leviticus 101
- Numbers 199
- Deuteronomy 118
The shortest skips
אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה בְּהַר סִינָי בְּיוֹם צַוֺּתוֹ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַקְרִיב אֶת־קָרְבְּנֵיהֶם לַיהוָה בְּמִדְבַּר סִינָֽי
which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to present their offerings unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 150,832Open in the laboratory →
זֹאת חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בְּיוֹם הִמָּשַׁח אֹתוֹ מֵאֵת נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קַעֲרֹת כֶּסֶף שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה מִֽזְרְקֵי־כֶסֶף שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר כַּפּוֹת זָהָב שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵֽה
This was the dedication-offering of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hands of the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans;
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 202,011Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ יְמֵי בְכִיתוֹ וַיְדַבֵּר יוֹסֵף אֶל־בֵּית פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֵיכֶם דַּבְּרוּ־נָא בְּאָזְנֵי פַרְעֹה לֵאמֹֽר
And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying: ‘If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying:
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 76,819Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקָם הָעָם כָּל־הַיּוֹם הַהוּא וְכָל־הַלַּיְלָה וְכֹל יוֹם הַֽמָּחֳרָת וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ אֶת־הַשְּׂלָו הַמַּמְעִיט אָסַף עֲשָׂרָה חֳמָרִים וַיִּשְׁטְחוּ לָהֶם שָׁטוֹחַ סְבִיבוֹת הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails; he that gathered least gathered ten heaps; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
skip 27, width 27 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 208,541Open in the laboratory →
רְאוּ עַתָּה כִּי אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים עִמָּדִי אֲנִי אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה מָחַצְתִּי וַאֲנִי אֶרְפָּא וְאֵין מִיָּדִי מַצִּֽיל
See now that I, even I, am He, And there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of My hand.
skip 38, width 38 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 302,115Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,202 sequences of מסורה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,281).
- Genesis 176
- Exodus 193
- Leviticus 101
- Numbers 199
- Deuteronomy 136
- Joshua 105
- Judges 99
- Samuel 120
- Kings 304
- Isaiah 246
- Jeremiah 226
- Ezekiel 180
- The Twelve 187
- Psalms 235
- Proverbs 82
- Job 61
- Song of Songs 16
- Ruth 5
- Lamentations 11
- Ecclesiastes 51
- Esther 52
- Daniel 51
- Ezra–Nehemiah 110
- Chronicles 256
Outside the Torah
וַיֵּלֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶל־הַיְבֻסִי יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ וַיֹּאמֶר לְדָוִד לֵאמֹר לֹא־תָבוֹא הֵנָּה כִּי אִם־הֱסִֽירְךָ הַעִוְרִים וְהַפִּסְחִים לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־יָבוֹא דָוִד הֵֽנָּה
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke unto David, saying: ‘Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither’; thinking: ‘David cannot come in hither.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 442,197Open in the laboratory →
וּתְפִלָּתוֹ וְהֵֽעָתֶר־לוֹ וְכָל־חַטָּאתוֹ וּמַעְלוֹ וְהַמְּקֹמוֹת אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה בָהֶם בָּמוֹת וְהֶעֱמִיד הָאֲשֵׁרִים וְהַפְּסִלִים לִפְנֵי הִכָּנְעוֹ הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל דִּבְרֵי חוֹזָֽי
His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his transgression, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, they are written in the history of the seers.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,190,726Open in the laboratory →
וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶה שָׁנִים לְמָלְכוֹ וְהוּא עוֹדֶנּוּ נַעַר הֵחֵל לִדְרוֹשׁ לֵאלֹהֵי דָּוִיד אָבִיו וּבִשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה הֵחֵל לְטַהֵר אֶת־יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִַם מִן־הַבָּמוֹת וְהָאֲשֵׁרִים וְהַפְּסִלִים וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,191,240Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מסורה — a Hebrew word: the tradition of the exact text of the Bible. Searched as מסורה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 311.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Masorah in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 787 sequences of מסורה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 799).
What is the shortest skip for Masorah in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Leviticus 7:38 — the shortest of 787 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 799.
How is Masorah spelled in Hebrew?
Masorah is spelled מסורה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 311.
Is Masorah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,202 sequences of מסורה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,281).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 799 here) beside the count.