Biblical names

Meroz מרוז

Meroz (מרוז) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Meroz is found 10,161 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 32:25) — about what chance alone gives (about 10,505).

Found in the Torah
10,161
Chance alone
10,505
P (≥ found)
1.00
Shortest skip
2

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, מרוז appears 10,161 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 10,505, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 32:25, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 106,203 sequences of מרוז, against about 109,464 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 2,144
  • Exodus 2,666
  • Leviticus 1,723
  • Numbers 2,112
  • Deuteronomy 1,516

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 32:25שמות לב:כהskip 2, backward

    וַיַּרְא מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הָעָם כִּי פָרֻעַ הוּא כִּֽי־פְרָעֹה אַהֲרֹן לְשִׁמְצָה בְּקָמֵיהֶֽם

    And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose—for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies—

    מרוז at skip 2, backward from Exodus 32:25אהעגלההיאשהאתהעםמרוז
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 127,138Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 47:19בראשית מז:יטskip 3, forward

    לָמָּה נָמוּת לְעֵינֶיךָ גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ גַּם אַדְמָתֵנוּ קְנֵֽה־אֹתָנוּ וְאֶת־אַדְמָתֵנוּ בַּלָּחֶם וְנִֽהְיֶה אֲנַחְנוּ וְאַדְמָתֵנוּ עֲבָדִים לְפַרְעֹה וְתֶן־זֶרַע וְנִֽחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמוּת וְהָאֲדָמָה לֹא תֵשָֽׁם

    Wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.’

    מרוז at skip 3, forward from Genesis 47:19אדמתנועבדילפעהתןרעונחיהולאםרוז
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 73,102Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 7:16ויקרא ז:טזskip 3, forward

    וְאִם־נֶדֶר אוֹ נְדָבָה זֶבַח קָרְבָּנוֹ בְּיוֹם הַקְרִיבוֹ אֶת־זִבְחוֹ יֵאָכֵל וּמִֽמָּחֳרָת וְהַנּוֹתָר מִמֶּנּוּ יֵאָכֵֽל

    But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice; and on the morrow that which remaineth of it may be eaten.

    מרוז at skip 3, forward from Leviticus 7:16בחקרבנוביוהקיבאתבחויאכלוממםרוז
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 149,688Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 35:7בראשית לה:זskip 3, backward

    וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וַיִּקְרָא לַמָּקוֹם אֵל בֵּֽית־אֵל כִּי שָׁם נִגְלוּ אֵלָיו הָֽאֱלֹהִים בְּבָרְחוֹ מִפְּנֵי אָחִֽיו

    And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el, because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

    מרוז at skip 3, backward from Genesis 35:7עמוויבןשםמבחיקאלקוםאלביתאלמרוז
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 51,173Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 17:15שמות יז:טוskip 3, backward

    וַיִּבֶן מֹשֶׁה מִזְבֵּחַ וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ יְהוָה נִסִּֽי

    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Adonai-nissi.

    מרוז at skip 3, backward from Exodus 17:15יםויבןמשהמבחיקאשויקוקנסיוימרוז
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 104,065Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 45,763 sequences of מרוז at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 45,995).

  • Genesis 2,144
  • Exodus 2,666
  • Leviticus 1,723
  • Numbers 2,112
  • Deuteronomy 1,679
  • Joshua 1,671
  • Judges 1,446
  • Samuel 2,328
  • Kings 4,096
  • Isaiah 3,659
  • Jeremiah 2,920
  • Ezekiel 2,401
  • The Twelve 2,402
  • Psalms 3,386
  • Proverbs 1,088
  • Job 1,117
  • Song of Songs 198
  • Ruth 144
  • Lamentations 185
  • Ecclesiastes 350
  • Esther 475
  • Daniel 793
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 2,037
  • Chronicles 4,743

Outside the Torah

  1. Judges 6:38שופטים ו:לחskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי־כֵן וַיַּשְׁכֵּם מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיָּזַר אֶת־הַגִּזָּה וַיִּמֶץ טַל מִן־הַגִּזָּה מְלוֹא הַסֵּפֶל מָֽיִם

    And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.

    מרוז at skip 2, forward from Judges 6:38וישכםמחתיראתהגזהמרוז
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 355,587Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 7:25יהושע ז:כהskip 2, backward

    וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מֶה עֲכַרְתָּנוּ יַעְכֳּרְךָ יְהוָה בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיִּרְגְּמוּ אֹתוֹ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶבֶן וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ אֹתָם בָּאֵשׁ וַיִּסְקְלוּ אֹתָם בָּאֲבָנִֽים

    And Joshua said: ‘Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day.’ And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

    מרוז at skip 2, backward from Joshua 7:25קביוםההיגואתוכלימרוז
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 315,150Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Kings 17:6מלכים ב יז:וskip 2, backward

    בִּשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁיעִית לְהוֹשֵׁעַ לָכַד מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר אֶת־שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיֶּגֶל אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל אַשּׁוּרָה וַיֹּשֶׁב אֹתָם בַּחְלַח וּבְחָבוֹר נְהַר גּוֹזָן וְעָרֵי מָדָֽי

    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

    מרוז at skip 2, backward from 2 Kings 17:6רנהרגוןעידיויהיכמרוז
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 557,749Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

מרוז — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מרוז, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 253.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Judges 5:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Meroz appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, מרוז appears 10,161 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 10,505, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Meroz in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Exodus 32:25 — the shortest of 10,161 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 10,505.

How is Meroz spelled in Hebrew?

Meroz is spelled מרוז — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 253.

Is Meroz in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 45,763 sequences of מרוז at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 45,995).

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