Mattithjah מתתיה
Mattithjah (מתתיה) is a person named in the Tanakh — Mattithiah. Mattithjah appears 65,251 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), 3.3% more than chance alone would give (about 63,152; probability 4.9 × 10⁻¹⁷).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 65,251
- Chance alone · every skip
- 63,152
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 4.9 × 10⁻¹⁷
- Shortest skip
- 3
- Longest skip found
- 75,851
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 8,218 found · chance alone about 8,013 (probability of 8,218 or more by chance alone: 0.01).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–76,212), מתתיה appears 65,251 times in the Torah — 3.3% more than the 63,152 chance alone would give; the probability of 65,251 or more by chance alone is 4.9 × 10⁻¹⁷.
The shortest skip at which מתתיה appears in the Torah is 3 — at Numbers 17:6, reading forward.
The longest skip at which מתתיה was found in the Torah is 75,851 — at Genesis 1:26, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 14,222
- Exodus 15,735
- Leviticus 10,164
- Numbers 14,791
- Deuteronomy 10,339
Examples across the range
5 of the 65,251 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 ת י הNumbers 17:6
… עַל־מֹשֶׁה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר אַתֶּם הֲמִתֶּם אֶת־עַם יְהוָֽה
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying: ‘Ye have killed the people of the LORD.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 217,534 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ם ת ת י הNumbers 17:6
Letter by letter
- מ ת ת י הLeviticus 7:32
וְאֵת שׁוֹק הַיָּמִין תִּתְּנוּ תְרוּמָה לַכֹּהֵן מִזִּבְחֵי שַׁלְמֵיכֶֽם
And the right thigh shall ye give unto the priest for a heave-offering out of your sacrifices of peace-offerings.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 150,467 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- מ ת ת י הLeviticus 7:32
- מDeuteronomy 24:20
כִּי תַחְבֹּט זֵֽיתְךָ לֹא תְפָאֵר אַחֲרֶיךָ לַגֵּר לַיָּתוֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה יִהְיֶֽה
When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- תDeuteronomy 24:19
כִּי תִקְצֹר קְצִֽירְךָ בְשָׂדֶךָ וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ עֹמֶר בַּשָּׂדֶה לֹא תָשׁוּב לְקַחְתּוֹ …
When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go back to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.
- תDeuteronomy 24:17
לֹא תַטֶּה מִשְׁפַּט גֵּר יָתוֹם וְלֹא תַחֲבֹל בֶּגֶד אַלְמָנָֽה
Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge.
- יDeuteronomy 24:15
… עָלָיו הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כִּי עָנִי הוּא וְאֵלָיו הוּא נֹשֵׂא אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ וְלֹֽא …
In the same day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin in thee.
- הDeuteronomy 24:13
… הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְשָׁכַב בְּשַׂלְמָתוֹ וּבֵֽרֲכֶךָּ וּלְךָ תִּהְיֶה צְדָקָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ
thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy 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 up the middle column. letter 287,927 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מDeuteronomy 24:20
- מExodus 15:23
… יָֽכְלוּ לִשְׁתֹּת מַיִם מִמָּרָה כִּי מָרִים הֵם עַל־כֵּן קָרָֽא־שְׁמָהּ …
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- תExodus 16:12
שָׁמַעְתִּי אֶת־תְּלוּנֹּת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דַּבֵּר אֲלֵהֶם …
’I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak unto them, saying: At dusk ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.’
- תExodus 16:31
וַיִּקְרְאוּ בֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־שְׁמוֹ מָן וְהוּא כְּזֶרַע גַּד לָבָן וְטַעְמוֹ כְּצַפִּיחִת בִּדְבָֽשׁ
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
- יExodus 17:12
וִידֵי מֹשֶׁה כְּבֵדִים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶבֶן וַיָּשִׂימוּ …
But Moses’hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
- הExodus 18:14
… עֹשֶׂה לָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר מָֽה־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹשֶׂה לָעָם מַדּוּעַ …
And when Moses’father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said: ‘What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even?’
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 100,860 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- מExodus 15:23
- מGenesis 1:26
… וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָאָרֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God said: ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- תGenesis 50:10
… וְכָבֵד מְאֹד וַיַּעַשׂ לְאָבִיו אֵבֶל שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים
And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they wailed with a very great and sore wailing; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
- תLeviticus 9:3
וְאֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּדַבֵּר לֵאמֹר קְחוּ שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים לְחַטָּאת …
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying: Take ye a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt-offering;
- יNumbers 23:27
… אֶקָּחֲךָ אֶל־מָקוֹם אַחֵר אוּלַי יִישַׁר בְּעֵינֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וְקַבֹּתוֹ לִי מִשָּֽׁם …
And Balak said unto Balaam: ‘Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.’
- הDeuteronomy 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 75,851, width 75,851 — one row is 75,851 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 1,324 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,851 in the laboratory →
- מGenesis 1:26
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–299,260), מתתיה appears 801,279 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 809,765, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 27,124 found · chance alone about 26,828 (probability of 27,124 or more by chance alone: 0.04).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 55,064
- Exodus 49,774
- Leviticus 30,479
- Numbers 47,827
- Deuteronomy 34,470
- Joshua 25,434
- Judges 24,531
- Samuel 54,386
- Kings 60,398
- Isaiah 41,659
- Jeremiah 58,546
- Ezekiel 52,334
- The Twelve 40,392
- Psalms 53,287
- Proverbs 18,170
- Job 21,278
- Song of Songs 3,612
- Ruth 3,080
- Lamentations 3,770
- Ecclesiastes 7,856
- Esther 9,009
- Daniel 13,649
- Ezra–Nehemiah 27,267
- Chronicles 65,007
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- מ ת ת י ה1 Samuel 12:15
וְאִם־לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה וּמְרִיתֶם אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה וְהָיְתָה יַד־יְהוָה בָּכֶם וּבַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם
but if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, and against your fathers.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 400,396 of the TanakhOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- מ ת ת י ה1 Samuel 12:15
- מPsalms 12:5
אֲשֶׁר אָֽמְרוּ לִלְשֹׁנֵנוּ נַגְבִּיר שְׂפָתֵינוּ אִתָּנוּ מִי אָדוֹן לָֽנוּ
Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; Our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- תPsalms 12:7
אִֽמֲרוֹת יְהוָה אֲמָרוֹת טְהֹרוֹת כֶּסֶף צָרוּף בַּעֲלִיל לָאָרֶץ מְזֻקָּק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם
The words of the LORD are pure words, As silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.
- תPsalms 13:2
עַד־אָנָה יְהוָה תִּשְׁכָּחֵנִי נֶצַח עַד־אָנָה תַּסְתִּיר אֶת־פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי
How long, O LORD, wilt Thou forget me for ever? How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?
- יPsalms 13:5
פֶּן־יֹאמַר אֹיְבִי יְכָלְתִּיו צָרַי יָגִילוּ כִּי אֶמּֽוֹט
Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
- הPsalms 14:1
לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד אָמַר נָבָל בְּלִבּוֹ אֵין אֱלֹהִים הִֽשְׁחִיתוּ הִֽתְעִיבוּ עֲלִילָה אֵין עֹֽשֵׂה־טֽוֹב
For the Leader. [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt corruptly, they have done abominably; there is none that doeth good.
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 863,189 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מPsalms 12:5
- ם2 Chronicles 36:17
… עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת־מֶלֶךְ כשדיים וַיַּהֲרֹג בַּחוּרֵיהֶם בַּחֶרֶב בְּבֵית מִקְדָּשָׁם וְלֹא חָמַל …
Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- תPsalms 75:4
נְֽמֹגִים אֶרֶץ וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶיהָ אָנֹכִי תִכַּנְתִּי עַמּוּדֶיהָ סֶּֽלָה
When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.' Selah
- תIsaiah 24:23
וְחָֽפְרָה הַלְּבָנָה וּבוֹשָׁה הַֽחַמָּה כִּֽי־מָלַךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת בְּהַר צִיּוֹן וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם וְנֶגֶד זְקֵנָיו כָּבֽוֹד
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; For the LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion, And in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory.
- יDeuteronomy 31:13
… לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כָּל־הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם חַיִּים עַל־הָאֲדָמָה …
and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.’
- הGenesis 1:5
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
skip 299,095, width 299,095 — one row is 299,095 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,536 of the TanakhOpen at skip 299,095 in the laboratory →
- ם2 Chronicles 36:17
The spelling
מתתיה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Mattithiah. Searched as מתתיה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 855.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:43. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Mattithjah appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–76,212), מתתיה appears 65,251 times in the Torah — 3.3% more than the 63,152 chance alone would give; the probability of 65,251 or more by chance alone is 4.9 × 10⁻¹⁷.
What is the shortest skip for Mattithjah in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Numbers 17:6 — the shortest of 65,251 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 63,152.
What is the gematria of Mattithjah in Hebrew?
Mattithjah is spelled מתתיה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 855.
How many times is Mattithjah found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–299,260), מתתיה appears 801,279 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 809,765, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 63,152 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.