Methusael מתושאל
Methusael (מתושאל) is a person named in the Tanakh — Methushael. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 423 sequences of Methusael, the shortest at skip 29 (Genesis 38:12); chance alone would give about 456.
- Found in the Torah
- 423
- Chance alone
- 456
- P (≥ found)
- 0.94
- Shortest skip
- 29
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 423 sequences of מתושאל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 456).
The shortest skip at which מתושאל appears in the Torah is 29 — the first at Genesis 38:12, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), מתושאל is found 2,938 times; chance alone would give about 2,898.
- Genesis 89
- Exodus 94
- Leviticus 56
- Numbers 106
- Deuteronomy 78
The shortest skips
וַיִּרְבּוּ הַיָּמִים וַתָּמָת בַּת־שׁוּעַ אֵֽשֶׁת־יְהוּדָה וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהוּדָה וַיַּעַל עַל־גֹּֽזֲזֵי צֹאנוֹ הוּא וְחִירָה רֵעֵהוּ הָעֲדֻלָּמִי תִּמְנָֽתָה
And in process of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
skip 29, width 29 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 56,550Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אִם־שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע לְקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו תַּעֲשֶׂה וְהַֽאֲזַנְתָּ לְמִצְוֺתָיו וְשָׁמַרְתָּ כָּל־חֻקָּיו כָּֽל־הַמַּֽחֲלָה אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי בְמִצְרַיִם לֹא־אָשִׂים עָלֶיךָ כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה רֹפְאֶֽךָ
and He said: ‘If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His eyes, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD that healeth thee.’
skip 38, width 38 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 101,052Open in the laboratory →
וּמִשָּׁם בְּאֵרָה הִוא הַבְּאֵר אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהוָה לְמֹשֶׁה אֱסֹף אֶת־הָעָם וְאֶתְּנָה לָהֶם מָֽיִם
And from thence to Beer; that is the well whereof the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Gather the people together, and I will give them water.’
skip 57, width 57 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 224,255Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הַשְׁכֵּם בַּבֹּקֶר וְהִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה הִנֵּה יוֹצֵא הַמָּיְמָה וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה שַׁלַּח עַמִּי וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
skip 75, width 75 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 88,825Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה אַלּוּפֵי בְנֵֽי־עֵשָׂו בְּנֵי אֱלִיפַז בְּכוֹר עֵשָׂו אַלּוּף תֵּימָן אַלּוּף אוֹמָר אַלּוּף צְפוֹ אַלּוּף קְנַֽז
These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the first-born of Esau: the chief of Teman, the chief of Omar, the chief of Zepho, the chief of Kenaz,
skip 104, width 104 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 52,884Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,559 sequences of מתושאל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,604 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 89
- Exodus 94
- Leviticus 56
- Numbers 106
- Deuteronomy 88
- Joshua 53
- Judges 63
- Samuel 170
- Kings 146
- Isaiah 53
- Jeremiah 92
- Ezekiel 116
- The Twelve 59
- Psalms 83
- Proverbs 26
- Job 32
- Song of Songs 12
- Ruth 10
- Lamentations 2
- Ecclesiastes 18
- Esther 19
- Daniel 26
- Ezra–Nehemiah 41
- Chronicles 105
Outside the Torah
שֹׂנְאֵי טוֹב וְאֹהֲבֵי רעה גֹּזְלֵי עוֹרָם מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם וּשְׁאֵרָם מֵעַל עַצְמוֹתָֽם
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who rob their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 828,611Open in the laboratory →
וְאַבְשָׁלֹם לָקַח וַיַּצֶּב־לוֹ בחיו אֶת־מַצֶּבֶת אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵֽמֶק־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי אָמַר אֵֽין־לִי בֵן בַּעֲבוּר הַזְכִּיר שְׁמִי וַיִּקְרָא לַמַּצֶּבֶת עַל־שְׁמוֹ וַיִּקָּרֵא לָהּ יַד אַבְשָׁלֹם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said: ‘I have no son to keep my name in remembrance’; and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom’s monument unto this day.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 464,821Open in the laboratory →
וְדָוִד בֶּן־אִישׁ אֶפְרָתִי הַזֶּה מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה וּשְׁמוֹ יִשַׁי וְלוֹ שְׁמֹנָה בָנִים וְהָאִישׁ בִּימֵי שָׁאוּל זָקֵן בָּא בַאֲנָשִֽׁים
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men.
skip 20, width 20 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 409,868Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מתושאל — the Tanakh's own spelling: Methushael. Searched as מתושאל, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 777.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:18. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Methusael in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 423 sequences of מתושאל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 456).
What is the shortest skip for Methusael in the Torah?
Skip 29, reading forward from Genesis 38:12 — the shortest of 423 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 456.
What is the gematria of Methusael in Hebrew?
Methusael is spelled מתושאל — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 777.
How many times is Methusael found in the whole Tanakh?
1,559 sequences of מתושאל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,604 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 456 here) beside the count.