Meribah מריבה
Meribah (מריבה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 7,336 sequences of Meribah, the shortest at skip 5 (Exodus 6:28); chance alone would give about 7,368.
- Found in the Torah
- 7,336
- Chance alone
- 7,368
- P (≥ found)
- 0.65
- Shortest skip
- 5
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, מריבה appears 7,336 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 7,368, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which מריבה appears in the Torah is 5 — the first at Exodus 6:28, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), מריבה is found 55,537 times; chance alone would give about 58,066.
- Genesis 1,879
- Exodus 1,672
- Leviticus 899
- Numbers 1,604
- Deuteronomy 1,282
The shortest skips
וַיְהִי בְּיוֹם דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt,
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 86,228Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁמַע אָבִיהָ אֶת־נִדְרָהּ וֶֽאֱסָרָהּ אֲשֶׁר אָֽסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ וְהֶחֱרִישׁ לָהּ אָבִיהָ וְקָמוּ כָּל־נְדָרֶיהָ וְכָל־אִסָּר אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ יָקֽוּם
and her father heareth her vow, or her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 238,664Open in the laboratory →
מֵהָעוֹף לְמִינֵהוּ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ מִכֹּל רֶמֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל יָבֹאוּ אֵלֶיךָ לְהַֽחֲיֽוֹת
Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 7,824Open in the laboratory →
רְאוּבֵן שִׁמְעוֹן לֵוִי וִיהוּדָֽה
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 78,120Open in the laboratory →
עַד אֲשֶׁר־יָנִיחַ יְהוָה לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם כָּכֶם וְיָרְשׁוּ גַם־הֵם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָהֶם בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן וְשַׁבְתֶּם אִישׁ לִֽירֻשָּׁתוֹ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָכֶֽם
until the LORD give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God giveth them beyond the Jordan; then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 255,782Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, מריבה appears 29,780 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 29,808, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 1,879
- Exodus 1,672
- Leviticus 899
- Numbers 1,604
- Deuteronomy 1,427
- Joshua 1,186
- Judges 983
- Samuel 1,874
- Kings 2,885
- Isaiah 1,586
- Jeremiah 2,499
- Ezekiel 1,914
- The Twelve 1,579
- Psalms 1,638
- Proverbs 493
- Job 555
- Song of Songs 106
- Ruth 84
- Lamentations 127
- Ecclesiastes 264
- Esther 304
- Daniel 426
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,101
- Chronicles 2,695
Outside the Torah
יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּֽים
Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 991,961Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּתֵּן לַמֶּלֶךְ מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים כִּכַּר זָהָב וּבְשָׂמִים הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד וְאֶבֶן יְקָרָה לֹא־בָא כַבֹּשֶׂם הַהוּא עוֹד לָרֹב אֲשֶׁר־נָתְנָה מַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָא לַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones; there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 499,807Open in the laboratory →
חִשַּׁבְתִּי יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם שְׁנוֹת עוֹלָמִֽים
I have pondered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 898,238Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מריבה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מריבה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 257.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 13:8. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Meribah in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, מריבה appears 7,336 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 7,368, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Meribah in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading forward from Exodus 6:28 — the shortest of 7,336 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 7,368.
What is the gematria of Meribah in Hebrew?
Meribah is spelled מריבה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 257.
How many times is Meribah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, מריבה appears 29,780 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 29,808, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 7,368 here) beside the count.