Menahem מנחם
Menahem (מנחם) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Menahem is found 241,239 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 28:63) — 5.2% above the 229,289 chance alone would give (probability of 241,239 or more by chance alone: 1.8 × 10⁻¹³⁵).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 241,239
- Chance alone · every skip
- 229,289
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.8 × 10⁻¹³⁵
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,417
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 23,015 found · chance alone about 22,005 (probability of 23,015 or more by chance alone: 7.1 × 10⁻¹²).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 241,239 sequences of מנחם across every skip (2–101,616), 5.2% above what chance alone gives (about 229,289); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻¹³⁵ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Deuteronomy 28:63, reading forward.
The longest skip at which מנחם was found in the Torah is 101,417 — at Genesis 1:9, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 56,000
- Exodus 49,943
- Leviticus 33,743
- Numbers 57,981
- Deuteronomy 43,572
Examples across the range
5 of the 241,239 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 נ ח םDeuteronomy 28:63
… יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם לְהַאֲבִיד אֶתְכֶם וּלְהַשְׁמִיד אֶתְכֶם וְנִסַּחְתֶּם מֵעַל הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה בָא …
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.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 294,944 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם נ ח םDeuteronomy 28:63
Letter by letter
- מ נ ח םGenesis 37:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם שִׁמְעוּ־נָא הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָֽמְתִּי
And he said unto them: ‘Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 54,333 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- מ נ ח םGenesis 37:6
- מLeviticus 7:9
… נַעֲשָׂה בַמַּרְחֶשֶׁת וְעַֽל־מַחֲבַת לַכֹּהֵן הַמַּקְרִיב אֹתָהּ לוֹ תִֽהְיֶֽה
And every meal-offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the stewing-pan, and on the griddle, shall be the priest’s that offereth it.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נLeviticus 7:12
אִם עַל־תּוֹדָה יַקְרִיבֶנּוּ וְהִקְרִיב עַל־זֶבַח הַתּוֹדָה חַלּוֹת …
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour soaked.
- חLeviticus 7:13
עַל־חַלֹּת לֶחֶם חָמֵץ יַקְרִיב קָרְבָּנוֹ עַל־זֶבַח תּוֹדַת שְׁלָמָֽיו
With cakes of leavened bread he shall present his offering with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving.
- מLeviticus 7:15
וּבְשַׂר זֶבַח תּוֹדַת שְׁלָמָיו בְּיוֹם קָרְבָּנוֹ יֵאָכֵל לֹֽא־יַנִּיחַ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
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 149,357 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מLeviticus 7:9
- םNumbers 26:65
… מוֹת יָמֻתוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר וְלֹא־נוֹתַר מֵהֶם אִישׁ כִּי אִם־כָּלֵב בֶּן …
For the LORD had said of them: ‘They shall surely die in the wilderness.’ And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נNumbers 27:19
וְהַֽעֲמַדְתָּ אֹתוֹ לִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְלִפְנֵי כָּל־הָעֵדָה וְצִוִּיתָה אֹתוֹ לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם
and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
- חNumbers 28:16
וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ פֶּסַח לַיהוָֽה
And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD’S passover.
- םNumbers 29:8
וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם עֹלָה לַֽיהוָה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ פַּר …
but ye shall present a burnt-offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish;
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 233,981 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- םNumbers 26:65
- םGenesis 1:9
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נExodus 16:9
… לִפְנֵי יְהוָה כִּי שָׁמַע אֵת תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶֽם
And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel: Come near before the LORD; for He hath heard your murmurings.’
- חNumbers 8:16
… רֶחֶם בְּכוֹר כֹּל מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָקַחְתִּי אֹתָם לִֽי
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
- מDeuteronomy 34:8
וַיִּבְכּוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־מֹשֶׁה בְּעַֽרְבֹת מוֹאָב שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם וַֽיִּתְּמוּ יְמֵי בְכִי אֵבֶל מֹשֶֽׁה
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
skip 101,417, width 101,417 — one row is 101,417 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 355 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,417 in the laboratory →
- םGenesis 1:9
Across the Tanakh
3,350,225 sequences of מנחם across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,461,609 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 87,117 found · chance alone about 86,194 (probability of 87,117 or more by chance alone: 0.00085).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 209,225
- Exodus 184,706
- Leviticus 115,865
- Numbers 188,866
- Deuteronomy 141,573
- Joshua 104,215
- Judges 101,598
- Samuel 229,978
- Kings 259,164
- Isaiah 173,870
- Jeremiah 232,033
- Ezekiel 209,035
- The Twelve 164,271
- Psalms 224,255
- Proverbs 77,808
- Job 92,497
- Song of Songs 16,264
- Ruth 14,265
- Lamentations 16,868
- Ecclesiastes 37,312
- Esther 42,632
- Daniel 67,057
- Ezra–Nehemiah 133,319
- Chronicles 313,549
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ם ן ח םJoshua 6:18
… שִׁמְרוּ מִן־הַחֵרֶם פֶּֽן־תַּחֲרִימוּ וּלְקַחְתֶּם מִן־הַחֵרֶם וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֶת־מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל לְחֵרֶם …
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.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,637 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ן ח םJoshua 6:18
- מ1 Samuel 2:33
וְאִישׁ לֹֽא־אַכְרִית לְךָ מֵעִם מִזְבְּחִי לְכַלּוֹת אֶת־עֵינֶיךָ וְלַאֲדִיב אֶת …
Yet will I not cut off every man of thine from Mine altar, to make thine eyes to fail, and thy heart to languish; and all the increase of thy house shall die young men.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נ1 Samuel 2:34
… חָפְנִי וּפִֽינְחָס בְּיוֹם אֶחָד יָמוּתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם
And this shall be the sign unto thee, that which shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.
- ח1 Samuel 2:36
וְהָיָה כָּל־הַנּוֹתָר בְּבֵיתְךָ יָבוֹא לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לוֹ לַאֲגוֹרַת כֶּסֶף וְכִכַּר־לָחֶם …
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say: Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.’
- ם1 Samuel 3:1
… וּדְבַר־יְהוָה הָיָה יָקָר בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין חָזוֹן נִפְרָֽץ
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
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 387,038 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מ1 Samuel 2:33
- מ2 Chronicles 36:23
… אֲשֶׁר בִּֽיהוּדָה מִֽי־בָכֶם מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וְיָֽעַל
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נEzekiel 46:21
וַיּוֹצִיאֵנִי אֶל־הֶֽחָצֵר הַחִיצֹנָה וַיַּעֲבִירֵנִי אֶל־אַרְבַּעַת מִקְצוֹעֵי הֶחָצֵר …
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
- ח1 Samuel 11:14
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־הָעָם לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה הַגִּלְגָּל וּנְחַדֵּשׁ שָׁם הַמְּלוּכָֽה
Then said Samuel to the people: ‘Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.’
- מGenesis 1:10
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.
skip 398,865, width 398,865 — one row is 398,865 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,025 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,865 in the laboratory →
- מ2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
מנחם — the Tanakh's own spelling. 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 →
The same letters also spell: Menachem.
Questions
Is Menahem in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 241,239 sequences of מנחם across every skip (2–101,616), 5.2% above what chance alone gives (about 229,289); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻¹³⁵ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Menahem in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 28:63 — the shortest of 241,239 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 229,289.
How is Menahem spelled in Hebrew?
Menahem is spelled מנחם — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 138.
Is Menahem in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
3,350,225 sequences of מנחם across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,461,609 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 229,289 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.