First names

Melis מליס

In Hebrew letters the first name Melis is written מליס — female given name. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 10,789 sequences of Melis, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 40:12); chance alone would give about 10,775.

Found in the Torah
10,789
Chance alone
10,775
P (≥ found)
0.45
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

10,789 sequences of מליס at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 10,775 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which מליס appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 40:12, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), מליס is found 107,681 times; chance alone would give about 112,276.

  • Genesis 2,404
  • Exodus 2,421
  • Leviticus 1,193
  • Numbers 3,051
  • Deuteronomy 1,720

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 40:12בראשית מ:יבskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יוֹסֵף זֶה פִּתְרֹנוֹ שְׁלֹשֶׁת הַשָּׂרִגִים שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים הֵֽם

    And Joseph said unto him: ‘This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;

    מליס at skip 2, forward from Genesis 40:12רעהויארווףזהפתרנמליס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 59,413Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 7:13במדבר ז:יגskip 2, forward

    וְקָרְבָּנוֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָֽה

    and his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

    מליס at skip 2, forward from Numbers 7:13דששניהמאםלתבלולהםליס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 199,004Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 7:19במדבר ז:יטskip 2, forward

    הִקְרִב אֶת־קָרְבָּנוֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָֽה

    he presented for his offering one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

    מליס at skip 2, forward from Numbers 7:19דששניהמאםלתבלולהםליס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 199,263Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 7:25במדבר ז:כהskip 2, forward

    קָרְבָּנוֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָֽה

    his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

    מליס at skip 2, forward from Numbers 7:25דששניהמאםלתבלולהםליס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 199,514Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 7:31במדבר ז:לאskip 2, forward

    קָרְבָּנוֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָֽה

    his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

    מליס at skip 2, forward from Numbers 7:31דששניהמאםלתבלולהםליס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 199,767Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, מליס appears 53,343 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 53,264, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 2,404
  • Exodus 2,421
  • Leviticus 1,193
  • Numbers 3,051
  • Deuteronomy 1,822
  • Joshua 1,152
  • Judges 1,797
  • Samuel 2,796
  • Kings 4,841
  • Isaiah 3,658
  • Jeremiah 3,298
  • Ezekiel 2,837
  • The Twelve 2,806
  • Psalms 6,155
  • Proverbs 1,748
  • Job 1,667
  • Song of Songs 232
  • Ruth 247
  • Lamentations 297
  • Ecclesiastes 782
  • Esther 863
  • Daniel 1,270
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,716
  • Chronicles 4,290

Outside the Torah

  1. Judges 14:12שופטים יד:יבskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְשׁוֹן אָחֽוּדָה־נָּא לָכֶם חִידָה אִם־הַגֵּד תַּגִּידוּ אוֹתָהּ לִי שִׁבְעַת יְמֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה וּמְצָאתֶם וְנָתַתִּי לָכֶם שְׁלֹשִׁים סְדִינִים וּשְׁלֹשִׁים חֲלִפֹת בְּגָדִֽים

    And Samson said unto them: ‘Let me now put forth a riddle unto you; if ye can declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment;

    מליס at skip 2, forward from Judges 14:12נתתילכששםדיניםושםליס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 369,979Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Samuel 5:6שמואל ב ה:וskip 2, forward

    וַיֵּלֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶל־הַיְבֻסִי יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ וַיֹּאמֶר לְדָוִד לֵאמֹר לֹא־תָבוֹא הֵנָּה כִּי אִם־הֱסִֽירְךָ הַעִוְרִים וְהַפִּסְחִים לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־יָבוֹא דָוִד הֵֽנָּה

    And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke unto David, saying: ‘Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither’; thinking: ‘David cannot come in hither.’

    מליס at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 5:6וירושלאהבייושבהאםליס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 442,138Open in the laboratory →

  3. Jeremiah 38:11ירמיהו לח:יאskip 2, forward

    וַיִּקַּח עֶֽבֶד־מֶלֶךְ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים בְּיָדוֹ וַיָּבֹא בֵית־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־תַּחַת הָאוֹצָר וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם בְּלוֹיֵ הסחבות וּבְלוֹיֵ מְלָחִים וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל־הַבּוֹר בַּחֲבָלִֽים

    So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence worn clouts and worn rags, and let them down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah.

    מליס at skip 2, forward from Jeremiah 38:11ויקחמשבוהחבותובלםליס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 701,883Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

מליס — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as מליס, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 140.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Melis in the Torah codes?

10,789 sequences of מליס at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 10,775 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Melis in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 40:12 — the shortest of 10,789 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 10,775.

What is the gematria of Melis in Hebrew?

Melis is spelled מליס — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 140.

How many times is Melis found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, מליס appears 53,343 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 53,264, so the count is in line with chance.

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