Biblical names

Meriyb Baal מריב בעל

Meriyb Baal (מריב בעל) is a person named in the Tanakh — Merib-baal. In the Torah codes, מריב (from Meriyb Baal) is found 80,917 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 27:29) — about what chance alone gives (about 80,738).

Found in the Torah (מריב)
80,917
Chance alone
80,738
P (≥ found)
0.26
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 מריב, and בעל has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

The Torah holds 80,917 sequences of מריב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 80,738).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 27:29, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 807,886 sequences of מריב, against about 841,277 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 22,733
  • Exodus 17,482
  • Leviticus 9,169
  • Numbers 18,000
  • Deuteronomy 13,533

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 27:29בראשית כז:כטskip 2, forward

    יַֽעַבְדוּךָ עַמִּים וישתחו לְךָ לְאֻמִּים הֱוֵה גְבִיר לְאַחֶיךָ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ לְךָ בְּנֵי אִמֶּךָ אֹרְרֶיךָ אָרוּר וּֽמְבָרֲכֶיךָ בָּרֽוּךְ

    Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

    מריב at skip 2, forward from Genesis 27:29ךארורובכךרוךויהימריב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 37,581Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 30:33בראשית ל:לגskip 2, forward

    וְעָֽנְתָה־בִּי צִדְקָתִי בְּיוֹם מָחָר כִּֽי־תָבוֹא עַל־שְׂכָרִי לְפָנֶיךָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־אֵינֶנּוּ נָקֹד וְטָלוּא בָּֽעִזִּים וְחוּם בַּכְּשָׂבִים גָּנוּב הוּא אִתִּֽי

    So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou shalt come to look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found with me shall be counted stolen.’

    מריב at skip 2, forward from Genesis 30:33תיביוםחכתואעלשכרמריב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 42,987Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 24:9במדבר כד:טskip 2, forward

    כָּרַע שָׁכַב כַּאֲרִי וּכְלָבִיא מִי יְקִימֶנּוּ מְבָרֲכֶיךָ בָרוּךְ וְאֹרְרֶיךָ אָרֽוּר

    He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.

    מריב at skip 2, forward from Numbers 24:9יקימנובכךרוךואררמריב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 229,432Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 6:22דברים ו:כבskip 2, forward

    וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה אוֹתֹת וּמֹפְתִים גְּדֹלִים וְרָעִים בְּמִצְרַיִם בְּפַרְעֹה וּבְכָל־בֵּיתוֹ לְעֵינֵֽינוּ

    And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes.

    מריב at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 6:22יםגדליועםמצריםבפםריב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 262,335Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 33:17דברים לג:יזskip 2, forward

    בְּכוֹר שׁוֹרוֹ הָדָר לוֹ וְקַרְנֵי רְאֵם קַרְנָיו בָּהֶם עַמִּים יְנַגַּח יַחְדָּו אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ וְהֵם רִבְבוֹת אֶפְרַיִם וְהֵם אַלְפֵי מְנַשֶּֽׁה

    His firstling bullock, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; With them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.

    מריב at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 33:17קרניראקנוהםעמיםיםריב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 303,612Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, מריב appears 349,145 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 350,689, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 22,733
  • Exodus 17,482
  • Leviticus 9,169
  • Numbers 18,000
  • Deuteronomy 14,664
  • Joshua 12,403
  • Judges 11,611
  • Samuel 23,042
  • Kings 32,224
  • Isaiah 19,400
  • Jeremiah 26,797
  • Ezekiel 21,938
  • The Twelve 17,717
  • Psalms 23,447
  • Proverbs 8,955
  • Job 8,675
  • Song of Songs 1,598
  • Ruth 1,386
  • Lamentations 1,611
  • Ecclesiastes 3,182
  • Esther 3,606
  • Daniel 5,564
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 13,140
  • Chronicles 30,801

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 3:1יהושע ג:אskip 2, forward

    וַיַּשְׁכֵּם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּסְעוּ מֵֽהַשִּׁטִּים וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּן הוּא וְכָל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּלִנוּ שָׁם טֶרֶם יַעֲבֹֽרוּ

    And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.

    מריב at skip 2, forward from Joshua 3:1וילנושטםערוויהימםריב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 307,664Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 3:3שמואל א ג:גskip 2, forward

    וְנֵר אֱלֹהִים טֶרֶם יִכְבֶּה וּשְׁמוּאֵל שֹׁכֵב בְּהֵיכַל יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם אֲרוֹן אֱלֹהִֽים

    and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down to sleep in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was,

    מריב at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 3:3נראלהיטםכהושמואלםריב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 387,405Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Samuel 24:4שמואל א כד:דskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבֹא אֶל־גִּדְרוֹת הַצֹּאן עַל־הַדֶּרֶךְ וְשָׁם מְעָרָה וַיָּבֹא שָׁאוּל לְהָסֵךְ אֶת־רַגְלָיו וְדָוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו בְּיַרְכְּתֵי הַמְּעָרָה יֹשְׁבִֽים

    And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.

    מריב at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 24:4ירכתיהעהשיםויאמרמריב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 423,129Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

מריב בעל — the Tanakh's own spelling: Merib-baal. Searched as מריב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 252.

As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Psalms 31:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

  • בעל — the Tanakh's own spelling found 420,066 in the Torah (chance 419,704)

Questions

Is Meriyb Baal in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 80,917 sequences of מריב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 80,738).

What is the shortest skip for Meriyb Baal in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 27:29 — the shortest of 80,917 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 80,738.

How is Meriyb Baal spelled in Hebrew?

Meriyb Baal is spelled מריב בעל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 252; one other spelling is counted on this page.

Is Meriyb Baal in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, מריב appears 349,145 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 350,689, so the count is in line with chance.

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