Mattanah מתנה
Mattanah (מתנה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Mattanah appears 661,331 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 3.3% more than chance alone would give (about 640,159; probability 6.1 × 10⁻¹⁵³).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 661,331
- Chance alone · every skip
- 640,159
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 6.1 × 10⁻¹⁵³
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,551
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 60,881 found · chance alone about 61,437 (probability of 60,881 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), מתנה appears 661,331 times in the Torah — 3.3% more than the 640,159 chance alone would give; the probability of 661,331 or more by chance alone is 6.1 × 10⁻¹⁵³.
The shortest skip at which מתנה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 1:16, reading forward.
The longest skip at which מתנה was found in the Torah is 101,551 — at Deuteronomy 34:10, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 152,959
- Exodus 154,856
- Leviticus 100,420
- Numbers 146,532
- Deuteronomy 106,564
Examples across the range
5 of the 661,331 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 ת נ הGenesis 1:16
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת …
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 726 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ת נ הGenesis 1:16
Letter by letter
- מ ת נ הGenesis 38:12
… גֹּֽזֲזֵי צֹאנוֹ הוּא וְחִירָה רֵעֵהוּ הָעֲדֻלָּמִי תִּמְנָֽתָה
And in process of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 56,547 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ ת נ הGenesis 38:12
- מLeviticus 26:40
… אֶת־עֲוֺנָם וְאֶת־עֲוֺן אֲבֹתָם בְּמַעֲלָם אֲשֶׁר מָֽעֲלוּ־בִי וְאַף אֲשֶׁר …
And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their treachery which they committed against Me, and also that they have walked contrary unto Me.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- תLeviticus 26:42
וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וְאַף אֶת־בְּרִיתִי …
then will I remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
- ןLeviticus 26:43
… מֵהֶם וְהֵם יִרְצוּ אֶת־עֲוֺנָם יַעַן וּבְיַעַן בְּמִשְׁפָּטַי מָאָסוּ וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַי …
For the land shall lie forsaken without them, and shall be paid her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them; and they shall be paid the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected Mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred My statutes.
- הLeviticus 26:44
… בְּרִיתִי אִתָּם כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם
And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
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 184,268 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מLeviticus 26:40
- מNumbers 24:14
וְעַתָּה הִנְנִי הוֹלֵךְ לְעַמִּי לְכָה אִיעָצְךָ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה הָעָם הַזֶּה לְעַמְּךָ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִֽים
And now, behold, I go unto my people; come, and I will announce to thee what this people shall do to thy people in the end of days.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- תNumbers 25:11
… אֶת־קִנְאָתִי בְּתוֹכָם וְלֹא־כִלִּיתִי אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּקִנְאָתִֽי
’Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in My jealousy.
- נNumbers 26:15
בְּנֵי גָד לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לִצְפוֹן מִשְׁפַּחַת הַצְּפוֹנִי לְחַגִּי מִשְׁפַּחַת הַֽחַגִּי לְשׁוּנִי מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשּׁוּנִֽי
The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
- הNumbers 26:38
בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֶלַע מִשְׁפַּחַת הַבַּלְעִי לְאַשְׁבֵּל מִשְׁפַּחַת הָֽאַשְׁבֵּלִי לַאֲחִירָם מִשְׁפַּחַת הָאֲחִירָמִֽי
The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
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 229,745 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- מNumbers 24:14
- מDeuteronomy 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;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- תNumbers 8:16
… לִי מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תַּחַת פִּטְרַת כָּל־רֶחֶם בְּכוֹר כֹּל מִבְּנֵי …
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
- נExodus 16:7
… יְהוָה וְנַחְנוּ מָה כִּי תלונו עָלֵֽינוּ
and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?’
- הGenesis 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 101,551, width 101,551 — one row is 101,551 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,717 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,551 in the laboratory →
- מDeuteronomy 34:10
Across the Tanakh
7,980,116 sequences of מתנה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8,170,966 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 201,883 found · chance alone about 203,456 (probability of 201,883 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 525,133
- Exodus 469,750
- Leviticus 293,460
- Numbers 460,266
- Deuteronomy 337,459
- Joshua 252,634
- Judges 248,404
- Samuel 557,850
- Kings 624,779
- Isaiah 435,580
- Jeremiah 576,134
- Ezekiel 505,890
- The Twelve 394,877
- Psalms 531,501
- Proverbs 186,278
- Job 213,775
- Song of Songs 36,810
- Ruth 31,359
- Lamentations 37,850
- Ecclesiastes 82,838
- Esther 93,325
- Daniel 146,357
- Ezra–Nehemiah 286,713
- Chronicles 651,094
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- מ ת נ הJoshua 21:16
… שֶׁמֶשׁ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ עָרִים תֵּשַׁע מֵאֵת שְׁנֵי הַשְּׁבָטִים הָאֵֽלֶּה
and Ain with the open land about it, and Juttah with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; nine cities out of those two tribes.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 337,011 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ ת נ הJoshua 21:16
- מ1 Kings 9:15
… חוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְאֶת־חָצֹר וְאֶת־מְגִדּוֹ וְאֶת־גָּֽזֶר
And this is the account of the levy which king Solomon raised; to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ת1 Kings 9:17
וַיִּבֶן שְׁלֹמֹה אֶת־גָּזֶר וְאֶת־בֵּית חֹרֹן תַּחְתּֽוֹן
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
- נ1 Kings 9:19
… וְאֵת חֵשֶׁק שְׁלֹמֹה אֲשֶׁר חָשַׁק לִבְנוֹת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם וּבַלְּבָנוֹן וּבְכֹל אֶרֶץ מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ …
and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
- ה1 Kings 9:21
בְּנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר נֹתְרוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָכְלוּ בְּנֵי …
even their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants, unto this day.
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 498,469 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מ1 Kings 9:15
- ם2 Chronicles 36:19
… בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים וַֽיְנַתְּצוּ אֵת חוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְכָל־אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ שָׂרְפוּ בָאֵשׁ וְכָל …
And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- תEzekiel 46:17
… יִתֵּן מַתָּנָה מִנַּחֲלָתוֹ לְאַחַד מֵֽעֲבָדָיו וְהָיְתָה לּוֹ עַד־שְׁנַת הַדְּרוֹר וְשָׁבַת …
But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.
- נ1 Samuel 11:10
וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ מָחָר נֵצֵא אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָּנוּ כְּכָל־הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
And the men of Jabesh said: ‘To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.’
- הGenesis 1:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 398,820, width 398,820 — one row is 398,820 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,685 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,820 in the laboratory →
- ם2 Chronicles 36:19
The spelling
מתנה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מתנה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 495.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 18:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Mattanah in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), מתנה appears 661,331 times in the Torah — 3.3% more than the 640,159 chance alone would give; the probability of 661,331 or more by chance alone is 6.1 × 10⁻¹⁵³.
What is the shortest skip for Mattanah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:16 — the shortest of 661,331 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 640,159.
What is the gematria of Mattanah in Hebrew?
Mattanah is spelled מתנה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 495.
How many times is Mattanah found in the whole Tanakh?
7,980,116 sequences of מתנה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8,170,966 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 640,159 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.