Merajah מריה
Merajah (מריה) is a person named in the Tanakh — Meraiah. Merajah appears 136,546 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 138,581 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 136,546
- Chance alone
- 138,581
- 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
136,546 sequences of מריה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 138,581 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which מריה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:17, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), מריה is found 1,380,332 times; chance alone would give about 1,443,991.
- Genesis 33,135
- Exodus 32,916
- Leviticus 17,070
- Numbers 29,353
- Deuteronomy 24,072
The shortest skips
וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָיִם לְהָאִיר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 808Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בַיָּמִים הָֽרַבִּים הָהֵם וַיָּמָת מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם וַיֵּאָנְחוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן־הָעֲבֹדָה וַיִּזְעָקוּ וַתַּעַל שַׁוְעָתָם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים מִן־הָעֲבֹדָֽה
And it came to pass in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 80,167Open in the laboratory →
וְעָשִׂיתָ חֲמִשִּׁים קַרְסֵי זָהָב וְחִבַּרְתָּ אֶת־הַיְרִיעֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחֹתָהּ בַּקְּרָסִים וְהָיָה הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶחָֽד
And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps, that the tabernacle may be one whole.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 115,535Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ חֲמִשִּׁים קַרְסֵי זָהָב וַיְחַבֵּר אֶת־הַיְרִעֹת אַחַת אֶל־אַחַת בַּקְּרָסִים וַֽיְהִי הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶחָֽד
And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps; so the tabernacle was one.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 133,509Open in the laboratory →
וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ אֹתָהּ הַכֹּהֵן וְאָמַר אֶל־הָֽאִשָּׁה אִם־לֹא שָׁכַב אִישׁ אֹתָךְ וְאִם־לֹא שָׂטִית טֻמְאָה תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ הִנָּקִי מִמֵּי הַמָּרִים הַֽמְאָרֲרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה
And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman: ‘If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 196,307Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, מריה appears 543,058 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 548,285, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 33,135
- Exodus 32,916
- Leviticus 17,070
- Numbers 29,353
- Deuteronomy 26,364
- Joshua 21,950
- Judges 17,861
- Samuel 34,839
- Kings 50,367
- Isaiah 30,950
- Jeremiah 45,645
- Ezekiel 34,141
- The Twelve 30,400
- Psalms 31,297
- Proverbs 9,022
- Job 9,568
- Song of Songs 1,971
- Ruth 1,879
- Lamentations 2,395
- Ecclesiastes 4,906
- Esther 5,774
- Daniel 7,639
- Ezra–Nehemiah 17,835
- Chronicles 45,781
Outside the Torah
קֻם קַדֵּשׁ אֶת־הָעָם וְאָמַרְתָּ הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ לְמָחָר כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל חֵרֶם בְּקִרְבְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא תוּכַל לָקוּם לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֶיךָ עַד־הֲסִירְכֶם הַחֵרֶם מִֽקִּרְבְּכֶֽם
Up, sanctify the people, and say: Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow; for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: There is a curse in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,236Open in the laboratory →
חוֹמָה הָיוּ עָלֵינוּ גַּם־לַיְלָה גַּם־יוֹמָם כָּל־יְמֵי הֱיוֹתֵנוּ עִמָּם רֹעִים הַצֹּֽאן
they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 425,317Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹאוּ הַֽמְצֹרָעִים הָאֵלֶּה עַד־קְצֵה הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־אֹהֶל אֶחָד וַיֹּאכְלוּ וַיִּשְׁתּוּ וַיִּשְׂאוּ מִשָּׁם כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב וּבְגָדִים וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיַּטְמִנוּ וַיָּשֻׁבוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־אֹהֶל אַחֵר וַיִּשְׂאוּ מִשָּׁם וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיַּטְמִֽנוּ
And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 539,612Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מריה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Meraiah. Searched as מריה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 255.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 12:12. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Maria, Mariya.
Questions
Is Merajah in the Torah codes?
136,546 sequences of מריה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 138,581 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Merajah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:17 — the shortest of 136,546 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 138,581.
What is the gematria of Merajah in Hebrew?
Merajah is spelled מריה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 255.
How many times is Merajah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, מריה appears 543,058 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 548,285, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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