Mattathah מתתה
Mattathah (מתתה) is a person named in the Tanakh — Mattattah. Mattathah appears 80,833 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.5% more than chance alone would give (about 78,068; probability 3.9 × 10⁻²³).
- Found in the Torah
- 80,833
- Chance alone
- 78,068
- P (≥ found)
- 3.9 × 10⁻²³
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, מתתה appears 80,833 times in the Torah — 3.5% more than the 78,068 chance alone would give; the probability of 80,833 or more by chance alone is 3.9 × 10⁻²³.
The shortest skip at which מתתה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 18:10, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), מתתה is found 852,202 times; chance alone would give about 813,455.
- Genesis 13,821
- Exodus 22,332
- Leviticus 14,902
- Numbers 14,855
- Deuteronomy 14,923
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר שׁוֹב אָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ כָּעֵת חַיָּה וְהִנֵּה־בֵן לְשָׂרָה אִשְׁתֶּךָ וְשָׂרָה שֹׁמַעַת פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וְהוּא אַחֲרָֽיו
And He said: ‘I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.’ And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,967Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הָעֲגָלֹת וְאֶת־הַבָּקָר וַיִּתֵּן אוֹתָם אֶל־הַלְוִיִּֽם
And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 198,634Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְּכַלֹּתוֹ לְדַבֵּר אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַתִּבָּקַע הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר תַּחְתֵּיהֶֽם
And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground did cleave asunder that was under them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 216,972Open in the laboratory →
וְֽכָל־הַיְתֵדֹת לַמִּשְׁכָּן וְלֶחָצֵר סָבִיב נְחֹֽשֶׁת
And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 137,152Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי־נֹחַ בֶּן־חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ אֶת־שֵׁם אֶת־חָם וְאֶת־יָֽפֶת
And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,813Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, מתתה appears 243,009 times in the whole Tanakh — 4.1% more than the 233,417 chance alone would give; the probability of 243,009 or more by chance alone is 7.4 × 10⁻⁸⁷.
- Genesis 13,821
- Exodus 22,332
- Leviticus 14,902
- Numbers 14,855
- Deuteronomy 15,793
- Joshua 7,354
- Judges 6,594
- Samuel 13,432
- Kings 19,819
- Isaiah 9,368
- Jeremiah 19,364
- Ezekiel 23,056
- The Twelve 9,995
- Psalms 10,671
- Proverbs 3,804
- Job 3,643
- Song of Songs 1,158
- Ruth 1,128
- Lamentations 1,220
- Ecclesiastes 2,438
- Esther 2,786
- Daniel 2,926
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,309
- Chronicles 16,241
Outside the Torah
וַיָּרַע הָעָם וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ בַּשֹּֽׁפָרוֹת וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ הָעָם אֶת־קוֹל הַשּׁוֹפָר וַיָּרִיעוּ הָעָם תְּרוּעָה גְדוֹלָה וַתִּפֹּל הַֽחוֹמָה תַּחְתֶּיהָ וַיַּעַל הָעָם הָעִירָה אִישׁ נֶגְדּוֹ וַֽיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת־הָעִֽיר
So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew with the horns. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,786Open in the laboratory →
וְהַסִּפּוֹת וְהַֽמְזַמְּרוֹת וְהַמִּזְרָקוֹת וְהַכַּפּוֹת וְהַמַּחְתּוֹת זָהָב סָגוּר וְהַפֹּתוֹת לְדַלְתוֹת הַבַּיִת הַפְּנִימִי לְקֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים לְדַלְתֵי הַבַּיִת לַהֵיכָל זָהָֽב
and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the pans, and the fire-pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the temple, of gold.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 492,906Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּהְיוּ יְרֵאִים אֶת־יְהוָה וַיַּעֲשׂוּ לָהֶם מִקְצוֹתָם כֹּהֲנֵי בָמוֹת וַיִּהְיוּ עֹשִׂים לָהֶם בְּבֵית הַבָּמֽוֹת
So they feared the LORD, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 559,561Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מתתה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Mattattah. Searched as מתתה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 845.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:33. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Mattathah appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, מתתה appears 80,833 times in the Torah — 3.5% more than the 78,068 chance alone would give; the probability of 80,833 or more by chance alone is 3.9 × 10⁻²³.
What is the shortest skip for Mattathah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 18:10 — the shortest of 80,833 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 78,068.
What is the gematria of Mattathah in Hebrew?
Mattathah is spelled מתתה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 845.
How many times is Mattathah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, מתתה appears 243,009 times in the whole Tanakh — 4.1% more than the 233,417 chance alone would give; the probability of 243,009 or more by chance alone is 7.4 × 10⁻⁸⁷.
Search it yourself
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