Merodak-Baladan מרדך בלאדן
Merodak-Baladan (מרדך בלאדן) is a person named in the Tanakh — Merodach-baladan. מרדך (from Merodak-Baladan) appears 13,024 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 13,174 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (מרדך)
- 13,024
- Chance alone
- 13,174
- P (≥ found)
- 0.90
- 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 מרדך, and בלאדן has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, מרדך appears 13,024 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 13,174, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 1:2, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 135,571 sequences of מרדך, against about 137,269 from chance alone.
- Genesis 3,064
- Exodus 2,843
- Leviticus 1,558
- Numbers 2,670
- Deuteronomy 2,889
The shortest skips
אַחַד עָשָׂר יוֹם מֵֽחֹרֵב דֶּרֶךְ הַר־שֵׂעִיר עַד קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵֽעַ
It is eleven days journey from Horeb unto Kadesh-barnea by the way of mount Seir.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 250,031Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיְתָה נִבְלָֽתְךָ לְמַאֲכָל לְכָל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ וְאֵין מַחֲרִֽיד
And thy carcasses shall be food unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to frighten them away.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 292,886Open in the laboratory →
יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדִי לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמָּכֶם רָע וֵֽאלֹהֵי אֲבִיכֶם אֶמֶשׁ אָמַר אֵלַי לֵאמֹר הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ מִדַּבֵּר עִֽם־יַעֲקֹב מִטּוֹב עַד־רָֽע
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke unto me yesternight, saying: Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 45,059Open in the laboratory →
אוֹ נֶפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר תִּגַּע בְּכָל־דָּבָר טָמֵא אוֹ בְנִבְלַת חַיָּה טְמֵאָה אוֹ בְּנִבְלַת בְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה אוֹ בְּנִבְלַת שֶׁרֶץ טָמֵא וְנֶעְלַם מִמֶּנּוּ וְהוּא טָמֵא וְאָשֵֽׁם
or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean swarming things, and be guilty, it being hidden from him that he is unclean;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 146,344Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ אִתְּךָ תִּשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־כְּהֻנַּתְכֶם לְכָל־דְּבַר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּלְמִבֵּית לַפָּרֹכֶת וַעֲבַדְתֶּם עֲבֹדַת מַתָּנָה אֶתֵּן אֶת־כְּהֻנַּתְכֶם וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָֽת
And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood in everything that pertaineth to the altar, and to that within the veil; and ye shall serve; I give you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 219,055Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 59,834 sequences of מרדך at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 59,931).
- Genesis 3,064
- Exodus 2,843
- Leviticus 1,558
- Numbers 2,670
- Deuteronomy 3,075
- Joshua 1,675
- Judges 1,377
- Samuel 5,029
- Kings 4,795
- Isaiah 3,574
- Jeremiah 4,693
- Ezekiel 4,046
- The Twelve 2,754
- Psalms 4,969
- Proverbs 1,822
- Job 1,653
- Song of Songs 299
- Ruth 257
- Lamentations 280
- Ecclesiastes 730
- Esther 1,242
- Daniel 1,840
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,654
- Chronicles 3,935
Outside the Torah
וַיָּקָם הָאִישׁ לָלֶכֶת הוּא וּפִילַגְשׁוֹ וְנַעֲרוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ חֹתְנוֹ אֲבִי הַֽנַּעֲרָה הִנֵּה נָא רָפָה הַיּוֹם לַעֲרֹב לִֽינוּ־נָא הִנֵּה חֲנוֹת הַיּוֹם לִין פֹּה וְיִיטַב לְבָבֶךָ וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּם מָחָר לְדַרְכְּכֶם וְהָלַכְתָּ לְאֹהָלֶֽךָ
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel’s father, said unto him: ‘Behold, now the day draweth toward evening; tarry, I pray you, all night; behold, the day groweth to an end; lodge here, that thy heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 377,619Open in the laboratory →
הֶֽהָרִים תִּרְקְדוּ כְאֵילִים גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן
Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye hills, like young sheep?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 920,678Open in the laboratory →
וְֽיֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִי דַרְכָּם וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹתֵיהֶם יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 938,356Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מרדך בלאדן — the Tanakh's own spelling: Merodach-baladan. Searched as מרדך, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 264.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 25:27. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- בלאדן — the Tanakh's own spelling found 1,032 in the Torah (chance 1,061)
Questions
Is Merodak-Baladan in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, מרדך appears 13,024 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 13,174, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Merodak-Baladan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 1:2 — the shortest of 13,024 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 13,174.
How is Merodak-Baladan spelled in Hebrew?
Merodak-Baladan is spelled מרדך בלאדן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 264; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Merodak-Baladan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 59,834 sequences of מרדך at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 59,931).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 13,174 here) beside the count.