Merom מרום
Merom (מרום) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 1,210,782 sequences of Merom, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 2:4); chance alone would give about 1,249,517.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 1,210,782
- Chance alone · every skip
- 1,249,517
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,559
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 119,640 found · chance alone about 119,917 (probability of 119,640 or more by chance alone: 0.79).
In the Torah
1,210,782 sequences of מרום across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 1,249,517 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which מרום appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 2:4, reading forward.
The longest skip at which מרום was found in the Torah is 101,559 — at Deuteronomy 34:10, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 315,735
- Exodus 270,196
- Leviticus 156,183
- Numbers 262,377
- Deuteronomy 206,291
Examples across the range
5 of the 1,210,782 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
- ם ר ו מGenesis 2:4
אֵלֶּה תוֹלְדוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ בְּהִבָּֽרְאָם בְּיוֹם עֲשׂוֹת יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶרֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם
These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,857 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ר ו מGenesis 2:4
Letter by letter
- ם ר ו מGenesis 2:19
… כָּל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיָּבֵא אֶל־הָאָדָם לִרְאוֹת מַה־יִּקְרָא־לוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא …
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,569 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ר ו מGenesis 2:19
- םExodus 15:19
… בְּרִכְבּוֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁיו בַּיָּם וַיָּשֶׁב יְהוָה עֲלֵהֶם אֶת־מֵי הַיָּם וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל …
For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רExodus 15:21
וַתַּעַן לָהֶם מִרְיָם שִׁירוּ לַֽיהוָה כִּֽי־גָאֹה גָּאָה סוּס וְרֹכְבוֹ רָמָה בַיָּֽם
And Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.
- וExodus 15:23
וַיָּבֹאוּ מָרָתָה וְלֹא יָֽכְלוּ לִשְׁתֹּת מַיִם …
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.
- םExodus 15:25
… וַיּוֹרֵהוּ יְהוָה עֵץ וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶל־הַמַּיִם וַֽיִּמְתְּקוּ הַמָּיִם שָׁם שָׂם לוֹ …
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them;
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 100,635 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- םExodus 15:19
- מLeviticus 14:27
וְהִזָּה הַכֹּהֵן בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ הַיְמָנִית מִן־הַשֶּׁמֶן אֲשֶׁר עַל־כַּפּוֹ הַשְּׂמָאלִית שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רLeviticus 14:46
וְהַבָּא אֶל־הַבַּיִת כָּל־יְמֵי הִסְגִּיר אֹתוֹ יִטְמָא עַד־הָעָֽרֶב
Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.
- וLeviticus 15:12
וּכְלִי־חֶרֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־יִגַּע־בּוֹ הַזָּב יִשָּׁבֵר וְכָל־כְּלִי־עֵץ יִשָּׁטֵף בַּמָּֽיִם
And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
- מLeviticus 15:30
… עָלֶיהָ הַכֹּהֵן לִפְנֵי יְהוָה מִזּוֹב טֻמְאָתָֽהּ
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 162,811 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- מLeviticus 14:27
- םDeuteronomy 34:10
וְלֹֽא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר יְדָעוֹ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רNumbers 8:16
… יִשְׂרָאֵל תַּחַת פִּטְרַת כָּל־רֶחֶם בְּכוֹר כֹּל מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָקַחְתִּי אֹתָם …
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
- וExodus 16:7
… יְהוָה וְנַחְנוּ מָה כִּי תלונו עָלֵֽינוּ
and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?’
- םGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 101,559, width 101,559 — one row is 101,559 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,734 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,559 in the laboratory →
- םDeuteronomy 34:10
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), מרום appears 20,188,258 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 20,083,674 chance alone would give; the probability of 20,188,258 or more by chance alone is 1.5 × 10⁻¹²⁰.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 500,256 found · chance alone about 500,081 (probability of 500,256 or more by chance alone: 0.40).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,260,313
- Exodus 1,116,552
- Leviticus 689,057
- Numbers 1,155,267
- Deuteronomy 880,032
- Joshua 668,520
- Judges 657,542
- Samuel 1,490,522
- Kings 1,633,732
- Isaiah 1,112,162
- Jeremiah 1,504,289
- Ezekiel 1,317,470
- The Twelve 997,061
- Psalms 1,310,379
- Proverbs 447,006
- Job 520,044
- Song of Songs 90,542
- Ruth 77,850
- Lamentations 93,038
- Ecclesiastes 204,646
- Esther 232,054
- Daniel 358,908
- Ezra–Nehemiah 701,622
- Chronicles 1,669,650
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- מ ר ו מJoshua 7:5
… לִפְנֵי הַשַּׁעַר עַד־הַשְּׁבָרִים וַיַּכּוּם בַּמּוֹרָד וַיִּמַּס לְבַב־הָעָם וַיְהִי לְמָֽיִם …
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,716 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ ר ו מJoshua 7:5
- מJudges 2:14
… וַֽיִּתְּנֵם בְּיַד־שֹׁסִים וַיָּשֹׁסּוּ אוֹתָם וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם בְּיַד אֽוֹיְבֵיהֶם מִסָּבִיב וְלֹֽא־יָכְלוּ …
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and He gave them over into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רJudges 2:15
… יְהוָה וְכַאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לָהֶם וַיֵּצֶר לָהֶם מְאֹֽד
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken, and as the LORD had sworn unto them; and they were sore distressed.
- וJudges 2:17
… סָרוּ מַהֵר מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר הָלְכוּ אֲבוֹתָם לִשְׁמֹעַ מִצְוֺת־יְהוָה לֹא …
And yet they hearkened not unto their judges, for they went astray after other gods, and worshipped them; they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not so.
- מJudges 2:18
… הַשּׁוֹפֵט כִּֽי־יִנָּחֵם יְהוָה מִנַּֽאֲקָתָם מִפְּנֵי לֹחֲצֵיהֶם וְדֹחֲקֵיהֶֽם
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repented the LORD because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and crushed them.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 347,547 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מJudges 2:14
- מ2 Chronicles 36:21
… רָצְתָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה שָׁבָתָה לְמַלֹּאות שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָֽה …
to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רEzekiel 46:18
… מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ יַנְחִל אֶת־בָּנָיו לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָפֻצוּ עַמִּי אִישׁ מֵאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ …
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that My people be not scattered every man from his possession.’
- ו1 Samuel 11:11
… אֶת־הָעָם שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים וַיָּבֹאוּ בְתוֹךְ־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר וַיַּכּוּ אֶת …
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
- מGenesis 1:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 398,860, width 398,860 — one row is 398,860 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,819 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,860 in the laboratory →
- מ2 Chronicles 36:21
The spelling
מרום — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מרום, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 286.
As a plain word it stands 25 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 11:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Merom appear in the Torah codes?
1,210,782 sequences of מרום across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 1,249,517 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Merom in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:4 — the shortest of 1,210,782 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 1,249,517.
What is the gematria of Merom in Hebrew?
Merom is spelled מרום — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 286.
How many times is Merom found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), מרום appears 20,188,258 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 20,083,674 chance alone would give; the probability of 20,188,258 or more by chance alone is 1.5 × 10⁻¹²⁰.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,249,517 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.