Massa משא
Massa (משא) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Massa is found 17,977,122 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 5:1) — 3.5% above the 17,365,572 chance alone would give (probability of 17,977,122 or more by chance alone: below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 17,977,122
- Chance alone · every skip
- 17,365,572
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,375
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: 1,107,888 found · chance alone about 1,120,391 (probability of 1,107,888 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 17,977,122 sequences of משא across every skip (2–152,424), 3.5% above what chance alone gives (about 17,365,572); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 5:1, reading forward.
The longest skip at which משא was found in the Torah is 152,375 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, reading backward; 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 17,365,572 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 4,109,878
- Exodus 3,922,578
- Leviticus 2,554,471
- Numbers 4,288,469
- Deuteronomy 3,101,726
Examples across the range
5 of the 17,977,122 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 אGenesis 5:1
זֶה סֵפֶר תּוֹלְדֹת אָדָם בְּיוֹם בְּרֹא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אֹתֽוֹ
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,460 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ש אGenesis 5:1
Letter by letter
- ם ש אGenesis 9:6
שֹׁפֵךְ דַּם הָֽאָדָם בָּֽאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ כִּי בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אֶת־הָאָדָֽם
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,561 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ש אGenesis 9:6
- םGenesis 3:22
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים הֵן הָֽאָדָם הָיָה כְּאַחַד מִמֶּנּוּ …
And the LORD God said: ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שGenesis 3:23
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִגַּן־עֵדֶן לַֽעֲבֹד אֶת־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר לֻקַּח מִשָּֽׁם
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- אGenesis 4:1
וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת־חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת־קַיִן וַתֹּאמֶר קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת־יְהוָֽה
And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore Cain, and said: ‘I have agotten a man with the help of the LORD.’
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 4,039 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- םGenesis 3:22
- מExodus 1:11
… מִסְכְּנוֹת לְפַרְעֹה אֶת־פִּתֹם וְאֶת־רַעַמְסֵֽס
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שExodus 2:9
… וַאֲנִי אֶתֵּן אֶת־שְׂכָרֵךְ וַתִּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה הַיֶּלֶד וַתְּנִיקֵֽהוּ
And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her: ‘Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.’ And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
- אExodus 3:3
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אָסֻֽרָה־נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה אֶת־הַמַּרְאֶה הַגָּדֹל הַזֶּה מַדּוּעַ לֹא־יִבְעַר הַסְּנֶֽה
And Moses said: ‘I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.’
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 78,473 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- מExodus 1:11
- םDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שLeviticus 8:28
… הָעֹלָה מִלֻּאִים הֵם לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִשֶּׁה הוּא לַיהוָֽה
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.
- אGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 152,375, width 152,375 — one row is 152,375 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,781 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,375 in the laboratory →
- םDeuteronomy 34:11
Across the Tanakh
228,015,400 sequences of משא across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 230,109,198 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 3,823,482 found · chance alone about 3,827,818 (probability of 3,823,482 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 14,852,170
- Exodus 13,387,932
- Leviticus 8,406,388
- Numbers 13,887,872
- Deuteronomy 10,349,654
- Joshua 7,738,311
- Judges 7,532,884
- Samuel 17,008,164
- Kings 18,531,529
- Isaiah 12,359,580
- Jeremiah 16,358,844
- Ezekiel 14,328,419
- The Twelve 10,808,271
- Psalms 14,267,413
- Proverbs 4,874,448
- Job 5,664,343
- Song of Songs 980,848
- Ruth 844,743
- Lamentations 1,009,683
- Ecclesiastes 2,222,581
- Esther 2,522,351
- Daniel 3,949,754
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,776,160
- Chronicles 18,353,058
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ם ש אJoshua 1:5
… כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ כַּֽאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי עִם־מֹשֶׁה אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ לֹא אַרְפְּךָ וְלֹא אֶעֶזְבֶֽךָּ …
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,124 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ש אJoshua 1:5
- םJudges 1:16
… קֵינִי חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה עָלוּ מֵעִיר הַתְּמָרִים אֶת־בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה מִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה …
And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שJudges 1:17
… צְפַת וַיַּחֲרִימוּ אוֹתָהּ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שֵׁם־הָעִיר חָרְמָֽה
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
- אJudges 1:19
… אֶת־הָהָר כִּי לֹא לְהוֹרִישׁ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי הָעֵמֶק כִּי־רֶכֶב בַּרְזֶל …
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the hill-country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
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 345,562 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- םJudges 1:16
- ם2 Chronicles 36:21
… כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה שָׁבָתָה לְמַלֹּאות שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָֽה
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 25:2
כִּי שַׂמְתָּ מֵעִיר לַגָּל קִרְיָה בְצוּרָה לְמַפֵּלָה אַרְמוֹן זָרִים מֵעִיר לְעוֹלָם לֹא יִבָּנֶֽה
For Thou hast made of a city a heap, Of a fortified city a ruin; A castle of strangers to be no city, It shall never be built. .
- אGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 598,412, width 598,412 — one row is 598,412 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,839 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,412 in the laboratory →
- ם2 Chronicles 36:21
The spelling
משא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as משא, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 341.
As a plain word it stands 40 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 4:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Mesha.
Questions
Is Massa in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 17,977,122 sequences of משא across every skip (2–152,424), 3.5% above what chance alone gives (about 17,365,572); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Massa in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:1 — the shortest of 17,977,122 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 17,365,572.
How is Massa spelled in Hebrew?
Massa is spelled משא — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 341.
Is Massa in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
228,015,400 sequences of משא across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 230,109,198 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 17,365,572 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.