Merab מרב
Merab (מרב) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 786,467 sequences of Merab, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:14); chance alone would give about 786,537.
- Found in the Torah
- 786,467
- Chance alone
- 786,537
- P (≥ found)
- 0.53
- 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 786,467 sequences of מרב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 786,537).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:14, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 11,897,592 sequences of מרב, against about 12,190,987 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 786,537 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 199,879
- Exodus 167,294
- Leviticus 102,511
- Numbers 180,889
- Deuteronomy 135,894
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי מְאֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִֽים
And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 618Open in the laboratory →
וְזֶה אֲשֶׁר תַּֽעֲשֶׂה אֹתָהּ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אַמָּה אֹרֶךְ הַתֵּבָה חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אַמָּה קוֹמָתָֽהּ
And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,537Open in the laboratory →
וַיְמַהֵר אַבְרָהָם הָאֹהֱלָה אֶל־שָׂרָה וַיֹּאמֶר מַהֲרִי שְׁלֹשׁ סְאִים קֶמַח סֹלֶת לוּשִׁי וַעֲשִׂי עֻגֽוֹת
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: ‘Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,731Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעְתֵּק מִשָּׁם וַיַּחְפֹּר בְּאֵר אַחֶרֶת וְלֹא רָבוּ עָלֶיהָ וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמָהּ רְחֹבוֹת וַיֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־עַתָּה הִרְחִיב יְהוָה לָנוּ וּפָרִינוּ בָאָֽרֶץ
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not. And he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said: ‘For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,559Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקֶן אֶת־חֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר נָֽטָה־שָׁם אָהֳלוֹ מִיַּד בְּנֵֽי־חֲמוֹר אֲבִי שְׁכֶם בְּמֵאָה קְשִׂיטָֽה
And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,146Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,055,103 sequences of מרב at skips 2–5,000, 0.1% above what chance alone gives (about 3,051,203); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.
- Genesis 199,879
- Exodus 167,294
- Leviticus 102,511
- Numbers 180,889
- Deuteronomy 142,534
- Joshua 113,390
- Judges 95,258
- Samuel 198,857
- Kings 270,952
- Isaiah 164,145
- Jeremiah 232,599
- Ezekiel 197,211
- The Twelve 149,560
- Psalms 178,478
- Proverbs 79,175
- Job 66,867
- Song of Songs 12,524
- Ruth 11,319
- Lamentations 13,067
- Ecclesiastes 29,110
- Esther 34,813
- Daniel 49,870
- Ezra–Nehemiah 108,647
- Chronicles 256,154
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ־בִּן־נוּן מִֽן־הַשִּׁטִּים שְׁנַֽיִם־אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים חֶרֶשׁ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ רְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־יְרִיחוֹ וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית־אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וּשְׁמָהּ רָחָב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־שָֽׁמָּה
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: ‘Go view the land, and Jericho.’ And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,104Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁבֹּת הַמָּן מִֽמָּחֳרָת בְּאָכְלָם מֵעֲבוּר הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־הָיָה עוֹד לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מָן וַיֹּאכְלוּ מִתְּבוּאַת אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִֽיא
And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,122Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח כַּחֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ וַיָּשֶׂם אוֹתָם אֹרֵב בֵּין בֵּֽית־אֵל וּבֵין הָעַי מִיָּם לָעִֽיר
And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,019Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מרב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מרב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 242.
As a plain word it stands 24 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 16:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Merab appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 786,467 sequences of מרב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 786,537).
What is the shortest skip for Merab in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:14 — the shortest of 786,467 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 786,537.
How is Merab spelled in Hebrew?
Merab is spelled מרב — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 242.
Is Merab in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,055,103 sequences of מרב at skips 2–5,000, 0.1% above what chance alone gives (about 3,051,203); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.
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