Mesech משך
Mesech (משך) is a person named in the Tanakh — Meshech. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 489,675 sequences of Mesech, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 4:25); chance alone would give about 495,522.
- Found in the Torah
- 489,675
- Chance alone
- 495,522
- 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
489,675 sequences of משך at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 495,522 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:25, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 7,974,460 sequences of משך, against about 7,680,383 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 495,522 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 95,920
- Exodus 107,841
- Leviticus 71,144
- Numbers 101,619
- Deuteronomy 113,151
The shortest skips
וַיֵּדַע אָדָם עוֹד אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵׁת כִּי שָֽׁת־לִי אֱלֹהִים זֶרַע אַחֵר תַּחַת הֶבֶל כִּי הֲרָגוֹ קָֽיִן
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ‘for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,342Open in the laboratory →
חָלִלָה לְּךָ מֵעֲשֹׂת כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה לְהָמִית צַדִּיק עִם־רָשָׁע וְהָיָה כַצַּדִּיק כָּרָשָׁע חָלִלָה לָּךְ הֲשֹׁפֵט כָּל־הָאָרֶץ לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה מִשְׁפָּֽט
That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the judge of all the earth do justly?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,642Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן יִצְחָק אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הִנֵּה מִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ יִהְיֶה מֽוֹשָׁבֶךָ וּמִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם מֵעָֽל
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him: Behold, of the fat places of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,185Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מַה־שְּׁמֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹֽב
And he said unto him: ‘What is thy name?’ And he said: ‘Jacob.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,907Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא יוֹסֵף אֶת־שֵׁם הַבְּכוֹר מְנַשֶּׁה כִּֽי־נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל־בֵּית אָבִֽי
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: ‘for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,644Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,884,939 sequences of משך at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,898,928).
- Genesis 95,920
- Exodus 107,841
- Leviticus 71,144
- Numbers 101,619
- Deuteronomy 117,810
- Joshua 54,252
- Judges 51,485
- Samuel 140,401
- Kings 175,150
- Isaiah 105,807
- Jeremiah 134,692
- Ezekiel 114,702
- The Twelve 84,473
- Psalms 128,156
- Proverbs 47,804
- Job 46,623
- Song of Songs 9,120
- Ruth 8,056
- Lamentations 9,163
- Ecclesiastes 25,871
- Esther 31,182
- Daniel 30,025
- Ezra–Nehemiah 54,989
- Chronicles 138,654
Outside the Torah
כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַעְנוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן נִשְׁמַע אֵלֶיךָ רַק יִֽהְיֶה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עִמָּךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־מֹשֶֽׁה
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee; only the LORD thy God be with thee, as He was with Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,959Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וּבְנֵי־גָד וַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה חֲמֻשִׁים לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם מֹשֶֽׁה
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed on armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke unto them;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,680Open in the laboratory →
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.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 330,384Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
משך — the Tanakh's own spelling: Meshech. Searched as משך, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 360.
As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 22:34. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Mesech appear in the Torah codes?
489,675 sequences of משך at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 495,522 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Mesech in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:25 — the shortest of 489,675 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 495,522.
How is Mesech spelled in Hebrew?
Mesech is spelled משך — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 360.
Is Mesech in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,884,939 sequences of משך at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,898,928).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 495,522 here) beside the count.