Mekonah מכנה
Mekonah (מכנה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Meconah. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 39,779 sequences of Mekonah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 27:21); chance alone would give about 40,962.
- Found in the Torah
- 39,779
- Chance alone
- 40,962
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 39,779 sequences of מכנה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 40,962).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 27:21, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 405,710 sequences of מכנה, against about 426,820 from chance alone.
- Genesis 8,156
- Exodus 7,893
- Leviticus 6,175
- Numbers 8,560
- Deuteronomy 8,995
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יִצְחָק אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב גְּשָׁה־נָּא וַאֲמֻֽשְׁךָ בְּנִי הַֽאַתָּה זֶה בְּנִי עֵשָׂו אִם־לֹֽא
And Isaac said unto Jacob: ‘Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,190Open in the laboratory →
וַיְבָרֲכֵם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמוֹר בְּךָ יְבָרֵךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר יְשִֽׂמְךָ אֱלֹהִים כְּאֶפְרַיִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁה וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־אֶפְרַיִם לִפְנֵי מְנַשֶּֽׁה
And he blessed them that day, saying: ‘By thee shall Israel bless, saying: God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’ And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 75,107Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֱמֹר אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן קַח מַטְּךָ וּנְטֵֽה־יָדְךָ עַל־מֵימֵי מִצְרַיִם עַֽל־נַהֲרֹתָם עַל־יְאֹרֵיהֶם וְעַל־אַגְמֵיהֶם וְעַל כָּל־מִקְוֵה מֵימֵיהֶם וְיִֽהְיוּ־דָם וְהָיָה דָם בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּבָעֵצִים וּבָאֲבָנִֽים
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 87,314Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה הָרֵם אֶֽת־מַטְּךָ וּנְטֵה אֶת־יָדְךָ עַל־הַיָּם וּבְקָעֵהוּ וְיָבֹאוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּם בַּיַּבָּשָֽׁה
And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 98,918Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה הַשָּׂדֶה בְּצֵאתוֹ בַיֹּבֵל קֹדֶשׁ לַֽיהוָה כִּשְׂדֵה הַחֵרֶם לַכֹּהֵן תִּהְיֶה אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 185,764Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, מכנה appears 149,407 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 152,797, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 8,156
- Exodus 7,893
- Leviticus 6,175
- Numbers 8,560
- Deuteronomy 9,652
- Joshua 5,018
- Judges 4,095
- Samuel 9,598
- Kings 11,233
- Isaiah 8,284
- Jeremiah 12,783
- Ezekiel 10,444
- The Twelve 7,417
- Psalms 9,965
- Proverbs 2,727
- Job 3,012
- Song of Songs 688
- Ruth 636
- Lamentations 749
- Ecclesiastes 1,675
- Esther 2,095
- Daniel 3,329
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,520
- Chronicles 9,703
Outside the Torah
וְאֵלֶּה בָּאוּ בֵּית מִיכָה וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־פֶּסֶל הָאֵפוֹד וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִים וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם הַכֹּהֵן מָה אַתֶּם עֹשִֽׂים
And when these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the graven image of the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them: ‘What do ye?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 376,170Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵיפֹה הוּא וַיֹּאמֶר צִיבָא אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ הִנֵּה־הוּא בֵּית מָכִיר בֶּן־עַמִּיאֵל בְּלוֹ דְבָֽר
And the king said unto him: ‘Where is he?’ And Ziba said unto the king: ‘Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 447,590Open in the laboratory →
כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה יְהוָה עִם־אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ כֵּן יהי עִם־שְׁלֹמֹה וִֽיגַדֵּל אֶת־כִּסְאוֹ מִכִּסֵּא אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִֽד
As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be He with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 479,251Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מכנה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Meconah. Searched as מכנה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 115.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Mekonah in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 39,779 sequences of מכנה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 40,962).
What is the shortest skip for Mekonah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 27:21 — the shortest of 39,779 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 40,962.
How is Mekonah spelled in Hebrew?
Mekonah is spelled מכנה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 115.
Is Mekonah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, מכנה appears 149,407 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 152,797, 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 40,962 here) beside the count.