Meriybah מריבות
Meriybah (מריבות) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — strife, quarrel, Meribah. Counted across every skip (2–60,969), the Torah holds 2,700 sequences of Meriybah, the shortest at skip 5 (Leviticus 26:26); chance alone would give about 2,977.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 2,700
- Chance alone · every skip
- 2,977
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 5
- Longest skip found
- 59,410
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 6 letters (2–60,969), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 436 found · chance alone about 468 (probability of 436 or more by chance alone: 0.94).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 2,700 sequences of מריבות across every skip (2–60,969) — about what chance alone gives (about 2,977).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 5 — at Leviticus 26:26, reading backward.
The longest skip at which מריבות was found in the Torah is 59,410 — at Genesis 5:8, reading forward; a spelling of 6 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 60,969.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 748
- Exodus 595
- Leviticus 340
- Numbers 556
- Deuteronomy 461
Examples across the range
5 of the 2,700 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
- מ רLeviticus 26:26
בְּשִׁבְרִי לָכֶם מַטֵּה־לֶחֶם וְאָפוּ עֶשֶׂר נָשִׁים לַחְמְכֶם …
When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
- י ב ו תLeviticus 26:25
… וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי דֶבֶר בְּתוֹכְכֶם וְנִתַּתֶּם בְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities; and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 183,557 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →
- מ רLeviticus 26:26
- םLeviticus 11:35
וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִפֹּל מִנִּבְלָתָם עָלָיו יִטְמָא תַּנּוּר וְכִירַיִם יֻתָּץ טְמֵאִים הֵם וּטְמֵאִים יִהְיוּ לָכֶֽם
And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- ר י בLeviticus 11:36
אַךְ מַעְיָן וּבוֹר מִקְוֵה־מַיִם יִהְיֶה טָהוֹר וְנֹגֵעַ בְּנִבְלָתָם יִטְמָֽא
Nevertheless a fountain or a cistern wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean; but he who toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.
- ו תLeviticus 11:37
וְכִי יִפֹּל מִנִּבְלָתָם עַל־כָּל־זֶרַע זֵרוּעַ אֲשֶׁר יִזָּרֵעַ טָהוֹר הֽוּא
And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 156,977 of the TorahOpen at skip 10 in the laboratory →
- םLeviticus 11:35
- םExodus 27:18
אֹרֶךְ הֶֽחָצֵר מֵאָה בָֽאַמָּה וְרֹחַב חֲמִשִּׁים בַּחֲמִשִּׁים וְקֹמָה חָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר וְאַדְנֵיהֶם נְחֹֽשֶׁת
The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- רExodus 27:21
… אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָעֵדֻת יַעֲרֹךְ אֹתוֹ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו מֵעֶרֶב עַד־בֹּקֶר לִפְנֵי …
In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
- יExodus 28:2
וְעָשִׂיתָ בִגְדֵי־קֹדֶשׁ לְאַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ לְכָבוֹד וּלְתִפְאָֽרֶת
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for splendour and for beauty.
- בExodus 28:4
… וּכְתֹנֶת תַּשְׁבֵּץ מִצְנֶפֶת וְאַבְנֵט וְעָשׂוּ בִגְדֵי־קֹדֶשׁ לְאַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ וּלְבָנָיו לְכַהֲנוֹ …
And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a tunic of chequer work, a mitre, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto Me in the priest’s office.
- וExodus 28:7
שְׁתֵּי כְתֵפֹת חֹֽבְרֹת יִֽהְיֶה־לּוֹ אֶל־שְׁנֵי קְצוֹתָיו וְחֻבָּֽר
It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together.
- תExodus 28:10
שִׁשָּׁה מִשְּׁמֹתָם עַל הָאֶבֶן הָאֶחָת וְאֶת־שְׁמוֹת הַשִּׁשָּׁה הַנּוֹתָרִים עַל־הָאֶבֶן הַשֵּׁנִית כְּתוֹלְדֹתָֽם
six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth.
skip 138, width 138 — one row is 138 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 118,088 of the TorahOpen at skip 138 in the laboratory →
- םExodus 27:18
- מDeuteronomy 21:10
כִּֽי־תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ וּנְתָנוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וְשָׁבִיתָ שִׁבְיֽוֹ
When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- רDeuteronomy 22:4
לֹא־תִרְאֶה אֶת־חֲמוֹר אָחִיךָ אוֹ שׁוֹרוֹ נֹפְלִים בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ מֵהֶם הָקֵם תָּקִים עִמּֽוֹ
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
- יDeuteronomy 22:23
כִּי יִהְיֶה נער בְתוּלָה מְאֹרָשָׂה לְאִישׁ וּמְצָאָהּ אִישׁ בָּעִיר וְשָׁכַב עִמָּֽהּ
If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
- בDeuteronomy 23:14
וְיָתֵד תִּהְיֶה לְךָ עַל־אֲזֵנֶךָ וְהָיָה בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ חוּץ וְחָפַרְתָּה בָהּ וְשַׁבְתָּ וְכִסִּיתָ אֶת־צֵאָתֶֽךָ
And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee.
- וDeuteronomy 24:6
לֹא־יַחֲבֹל רֵחַיִם וָרָכֶב כִּי־נֶפֶשׁ הוּא חֹבֵֽל
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
- תDeuteronomy 25:4
לֹא־תַחְסֹם שׁוֹר בְּדִישֽׁוֹ
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
skip 1,005, width 1,005 — one row is 1,005 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 283,165 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,005 in the laboratory →
- מDeuteronomy 21:10
- םGenesis 5:8
וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי־שֵׁת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- רGenesis 43:3
… הֵעִד בָּנוּ הָאִישׁ לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־תִרְאוּ פָנַי בִּלְתִּי אֲחִיכֶם אִתְּכֶֽם
And Judah spoke unto him, saying: ‘The man did earnestly forewarn us, saying: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
- יExodus 30:33
אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִרְקַח כָּמֹהוּ וַאֲשֶׁר יִתֵּן מִמֶּנּוּ עַל־זָר וְנִכְרַת מֵעַמָּֽיו
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’
- בLeviticus 26:34
… הֳשַׁמָּה וְאַתֶּם בְּאֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיכֶם אָז תִּשְׁבַּת הָאָרֶץ וְהִרְצָת אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתֶֽיהָ
Then shall the land be paid her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies’land; even then shall the land rest, and repay her sabbaths.
- וNumbers 32:27
וַעֲבָדֶיךָ יַֽעַבְרוּ כָּל־חֲלוּץ צָבָא לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לַמִּלְחָמָה כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲדֹנִי דֹּבֵֽר
but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.’
- תDeuteronomy 32:51
… עַל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־קִדַּשְׁתֶּם אוֹתִי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Because ye trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
skip 59,410, width 59,410 — one row is 59,410 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 5,747 of the TorahOpen at skip 59,410 in the laboratory →
- םGenesis 5:8
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 48,070 sequences of מריבות across every skip (2–239,408) — about what chance alone gives (about 48,310).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,004 found · chance alone about 1,996 (probability of 2,004 or more by chance alone: 0.44).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 2,850
- Exodus 2,655
- Leviticus 1,644
- Numbers 2,711
- Deuteronomy 2,026
- Joshua 1,498
- Judges 1,469
- Samuel 3,370
- Kings 3,877
- Isaiah 2,731
- Jeremiah 3,586
- Ezekiel 3,078
- The Twelve 2,375
- Psalms 3,318
- Proverbs 1,116
- Job 1,273
- Song of Songs 209
- Ruth 195
- Lamentations 197
- Ecclesiastes 546
- Esther 555
- Daniel 902
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,772
- Chronicles 4,117
Outside the Torah
- םIsaiah 10:25
כִּי־עוֹד מְעַט מִזְעָר וְכָלָה זַעַם וְאַפִּי עַל־תַּבְלִיתָֽם
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall be accomplished, and Mine anger shall be to their destruction.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- ר י ב ו תIsaiah 10:26
וְעוֹרֵר עָלָיו יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שׁוֹט כְּמַכַּת מִדְיָן בְּצוּר עוֹרֵב וּמַטֵּהוּ עַל …
And the LORD of hosts shall stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the Rock of Oreb; and as His rod was over the sea, so shall He lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 586,493 of the TanakhOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →
- םIsaiah 10:25
- מJoshua 16:6
וְיָצָא הַגְּבוּל הַיָּמָּה הַֽמִּכְמְתָת מִצָּפוֹן וְנָסַב הַגְּבוּל מִזְרָחָה תַּאֲנַת שִׁלֹה וְעָבַר אוֹתוֹ מִמִּזְרַח יָנֽוֹחָה
And the border went out westward, Mich-methath being on the north; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- רJoshua 16:9
וְהֶעָרִים הַמִּבְדָּלוֹת לִבְנֵי אֶפְרַיִם בְּתוֹךְ נַחֲלַת בְּנֵֽי־מְנַשֶּׁה כָּֽל־הֶעָרִים וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן
together with the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
- יJoshua 17:1
וַיְהִי הַגּוֹרָל לְמַטֵּה מְנַשֶּׁה כִּי־הוּא …
And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
- בJoshua 17:2
… לִבְנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה הַנּוֹתָרִים לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לִבְנֵי אֲבִיעֶזֶר וְלִבְנֵי־חֵלֶק וְלִבְנֵי אַשְׂרִיאֵל וְלִבְנֵי …
And the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida…
- וJoshua 17:3
… בֶּן־מָכִיר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁה לֹא־הָיוּ לוֹ בָּנִים כִּי אִם־בָּנוֹת …
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- תJoshua 17:4
… לֵאמֹר יְהוָה צִוָּה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה לָֽתֶת־לָנוּ נַחֲלָה בְּתוֹךְ אַחֵינוּ וַיִּתֵּן …
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying: ‘The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren’; therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
skip 113, width 113 — one row is 113 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 330,241 of the TanakhOpen at skip 113 in the laboratory →
- מJoshua 16:6
- מ2 Chronicles 35:19
בִּשְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לְמַלְכוּת יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ נַעֲשָׂה הַפֶּסַח הַזֶּֽה
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- רProverbs 23:34
וְהָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵב בְּלֶב־יָם וּכְשֹׁכֵב בְּרֹאשׁ חִבֵּֽל
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
- יJeremiah 49:34
… יְהוָה אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא אֶל־עֵילָם בְּרֵאשִׁית מַלְכוּת צִדְקִיָּה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה …
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
- ב1 Kings 2:5
… לִשְׁנֵֽי־שָׂרֵי צִבְאוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאַבְנֵר בֶּן־נֵר וְלַעֲמָשָׂא בֶן־יֶתֶר וַיַּהַרְגֵם …
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace…
- וNumbers 32:11
… הָעֹלִים מִמִּצְרַיִם מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה אֵת הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָם …
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed Me;
- תGenesis 4:7
הֲלוֹא אִם־תֵּיטִיב שְׂאֵת וְאִם לֹא תֵיטִיב לַפֶּתַח …
If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.’
skip 238,080, width 238,080 — one row is 238,080 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,194,875 of the TanakhOpen at skip 238,080 in the laboratory →
- מ2 Chronicles 35:19
The spelling
מריבות — the Tanakh's own spelling: strife, quarrel, Meribah. Searched as מריבות, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 658.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 47:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Meriybah appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 2,700 sequences of מריבות across every skip (2–60,969) — about what chance alone gives (about 2,977).
What is the shortest skip for Meriybah in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading backward from Leviticus 26:26 — the shortest of 2,700 sequences across every skip (2–60,969), where chance alone would give about 2,977.
How is Meriybah spelled in Hebrew?
Meriybah is spelled מריבות — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 658.
Is Meriybah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 48,070 sequences of מריבות across every skip (2–239,408) — about what chance alone gives (about 48,310).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,977 across every skip (2–60,969) here) beside the count.