First names

Menachem Mendel מנחם מנדל

In Hebrew letters the first name Menachem Mendel is written מנחם מנדל — male given name. מנחם (from Menachem Mendel) appears 23,015 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 4.6% more than chance alone would give (about 22,005; probability 7.1 × 10⁻¹²).

Found in the Torah (מנחם)
23,015
Chance alone
22,005
P (≥ found)
7.1 × 10⁻¹²
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for מנחם, and מנדל has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

At skips 2–5,000, מנחם appears 23,015 times in the Torah — 4.6% more than the 22,005 chance alone would give; the probability of 23,015 or more by chance alone is 7.1 × 10⁻¹².

The shortest skip at which מנחם appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 28:63, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), מנחם is found 241,239 times; chance alone would give about 229,289.

  • Genesis 5,371
  • Exodus 4,853
  • Leviticus 2,892
  • Numbers 7,355
  • Deuteronomy 2,544

The shortest skips

  1. Deuteronomy 28:63דברים כח:סגskip 2, forward

    וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׂשׂ יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם לְהֵיטִיב אֶתְכֶם וּלְהַרְבּוֹת אֶתְכֶם כֵּן יָשִׂישׂ יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם לְהַאֲבִיד אֶתְכֶם וּלְהַשְׁמִיד אֶתְכֶם וְנִסַּחְתֶּם מֵעַל הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה בָא־שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ

    And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

    מנחם at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 28:63מידאתכוסתמעלהאדמםנחם
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 294,944Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 37:6בראשית לז:וskip 3, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם שִׁמְעוּ־נָא הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָֽמְתִּי

    And he said unto them: ‘Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

    מנחם at skip 3, forward from Genesis 37:6יאמראליהםשעואהלוהזהאשרחלמתמנחם
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 54,333Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 44:20בראשית מד:כskip 3, forward

    וַנֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֲדֹנִי יֶשׁ־לָנוּ אָב זָקֵן וְיֶלֶד זְקֻנִים קָטָן וְאָחִיו מֵת וַיִּוָּתֵר הוּא לְבַדּוֹ לְאִמּוֹ וְאָבִיו אֲהֵבֽוֹ

    And we said unto my lord: We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

    מנחם at skip 3, forward from Genesis 44:20קןוילדזקניקטואיותויותרהואלםןחמ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 68,067Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 24:2שמות כד:בskip 3, backward

    וְנִגַּשׁ מֹשֶׁה לְבַדּוֹ אֶל־יְהוָה וְהֵם לֹא יִגָּשׁוּ וְהָעָם לֹא יַעֲלוּ עִמּֽוֹ

    and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.’

    מנחם at skip 3, backward from Exodus 24:2אלוהשתחויתמרקוגששהלבדואליקמנחם
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 112,548Open in the laboratory →

  5. Leviticus 18:24ויקרא יח:כדskip 3, backward

    אַל־תִּֽטַּמְּאוּ בְּכָל־אֵלֶּה כִּי בְכָל־אֵלֶּה נִטְמְאוּ הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי מְשַׁלֵּחַ מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם

    Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out from before you.

    מנחם at skip 3, backward from Leviticus 18:24גויםאשראנישלמפיכותטמאהארץוםנחמ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 169,941Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, מנחם appears 87,117 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.1% more than the 86,194 chance alone would give; the probability of 87,117 or more by chance alone is 0.00085.

  • Genesis 5,371
  • Exodus 4,853
  • Leviticus 2,892
  • Numbers 7,355
  • Deuteronomy 2,788
  • Joshua 3,107
  • Judges 2,650
  • Samuel 4,915
  • Kings 5,606
  • Isaiah 4,640
  • Jeremiah 4,971
  • Ezekiel 5,791
  • The Twelve 3,671
  • Psalms 6,612
  • Proverbs 2,547
  • Job 3,201
  • Song of Songs 522
  • Ruth 410
  • Lamentations 584
  • Ecclesiastes 934
  • Esther 839
  • Daniel 2,058
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 4,364
  • Chronicles 6,436

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 6:18יהושע ו:יחskip 2, forward

    וְרַק־אַתֶּם שִׁמְרוּ מִן־הַחֵרֶם פֶּֽן־תַּחֲרִימוּ וּלְקַחְתֶּם מִן־הַחֵרֶם וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֶת־מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל לְחֵרֶם וַעֲכַרְתֶּם אוֹתֽוֹ

    And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed by taking of the devoted thing, so should ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

    מנחם at skip 2, forward from Joshua 6:18וולקחתמהרושמתםאתםןחם
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 312,637Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Samuel 15:3שמואל ב טו:גskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אַבְשָׁלוֹם רְאֵה דְבָרֶךָ טוֹבִים וּנְכֹחִים וְשֹׁמֵעַ אֵין־לְךָ מֵאֵת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ

    And Absalom said unto him: ‘See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.’

    מנחם at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 15:3רךטוביוכיושמעאיןםנחם
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 457,985Open in the laboratory →

  3. Ezekiel 6:6יחזקאל ו:וskip 2, forward

    בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם הֶעָרִים תֶּחֱרַבְנָה וְהַבָּמוֹת תִּישָׁמְנָה לְמַעַן יֶחֶרְבוּ וְיֶאְשְׁמוּ מִזְבְּחֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְנִשְׁבְּרוּ וְנִשְׁבְּתוּ גִּלּוּלֵיכֶם וְנִגְדְּעוּ חַמָּנֵיכֶם וְנִמְחוּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶֽם

    In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be blotted out.

    מנחם at skip 2, forward from Ezekiel 6:6וחמניכומועשיכםונםנחמ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 733,643Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

מנחם מנדל — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as מנחם, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 138.

As a plain word it stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 15:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

  • מנדל — the name in Hebrew letters found 18,721 in the Torah (chance 18,505)

Questions

Is Menachem Mendel in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, מנחם appears 23,015 times in the Torah — 4.6% more than the 22,005 chance alone would give; the probability of 23,015 or more by chance alone is 7.1 × 10⁻¹².

What is the shortest skip for Menachem Mendel in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 28:63 — the shortest of 23,015 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 22,005.

What is the gematria of Menachem Mendel in Hebrew?

Menachem Mendel is spelled מנחם מנדל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 138; one other spelling is counted on this page.

How many times is Menachem Mendel found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, מנחם appears 87,117 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.1% more than the 86,194 chance alone would give; the probability of 87,117 or more by chance alone is 0.00085.

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 22,005 here) beside the count.

More