Metushelach (Methuselah · מתושלח)
Metushelach (Methuselah · מתושלח) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Metushelach (Methuselah) is found 115 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 53 (Exodus 26:32) — about what chance alone gives (about 121).
- Found in the Torah
- 115
- Chance alone
- 121
- P (≥ found)
- 0.72
- Shortest skip
- 53
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, מתושלח appears 115 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 121, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 53 — the first at Exodus 26:32, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 732 sequences of מתושלח, against about 770 from chance alone.
- Genesis 24
- Exodus 33
- Leviticus 16
- Numbers 26
- Deuteronomy 16
The shortest skips
וְנָתַתָּה אֹתָהּ עַל־אַרְבָּעָה עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים מְצֻפִּים זָהָב וָוֵיהֶם זָהָב עַל־אַרְבָּעָה אַדְנֵי־כָֽסֶף
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks being of gold, upon four sockets of silver.
skip 53, width 53 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 116,864Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵיכֶם יִהְיוּ רֹעִים בַּמִּדְבָּר אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וְנָשְׂאוּ אֶת־זְנוּתֵיכֶם עַד־תֹּם פִּגְרֵיכֶם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר
And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your strayings, until your carcasses be consumed in the wilderness.
skip 65, width 65 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 212,635Open in the laboratory →
וְכִפֶּר עַל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ מִטֻּמְאֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמִפִּשְׁעֵיהֶם לְכָל־חַטֹּאתָם וְכֵן יַעֲשֶׂה לְאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד הַשֹּׁכֵן אִתָּם בְּתוֹךְ טֻמְאֹתָֽם
And he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
skip 79, width 79 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 166,893Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַזְּבוּלֹנִי לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם שִׁשִּׁים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֽוֹת
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
skip 260, width 260 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 232,252Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽקָּהֲלוּ עַל־מֹשֶׁה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹן וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵהֶם רַב־לָכֶם כִּי כָל־הָֽעֵדָה כֻּלָּם קְדֹשִׁים וּבְתוֹכָם יְהוָה וּמַדּוּעַ תִּֽתְנַשְּׂאוּ עַל־קְהַל יְהוָֽה
and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them: ‘Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?’
skip 266, width 266 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 215,478Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 482 sequences of מתושלח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 463).
- Genesis 24
- Exodus 33
- Leviticus 16
- Numbers 26
- Deuteronomy 20
- Joshua 16
- Judges 14
- Samuel 36
- Kings 45
- Isaiah 27
- Jeremiah 23
- Ezekiel 26
- The Twelve 24
- Psalms 25
- Proverbs 6
- Job 16
- Song of Songs 2
- Ecclesiastes 8
- Esther 10
- Daniel 6
- Ezra–Nehemiah 17
- Chronicles 62
Outside the Torah
וְקוֹל כַּנְפֵי הַחַיּוֹת מַשִּׁיקוֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחוֹתָהּ וְקוֹל הָאוֹפַנִּים לְעֻמָּתָם וְקוֹל רַעַשׁ גָּדֽוֹל
also the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 730,247Open in the laboratory →
לִרְאוֹת בְּטוֹבַת בְּחִירֶיךָ לִשְׂמֹחַ בְּשִׂמְחַת גּוֹיֶךָ לְהִתְהַלֵּל עִם־נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ
That I may behold the prosperity of Thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Thy nation, that I may glory with Thine inheritance.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 915,632Open in the laboratory →
וְֽהָיְתָה הַפְּצִירָה פִים לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת וְלָאֵתִים וְלִשְׁלֹשׁ קִלְּשׁוֹן וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּים וּלְהַצִּיב הַדָּרְבָֽן
And the price of the filing was ba pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 402,320Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מתושלח — the Tanakh's own spelling: Methuselah. Searched as מתושלח, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 784.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 5:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Methuselah.
Questions
Is Metushelach (Methuselah) in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, מתושלח appears 115 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 121, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Metushelach (Methuselah) in the Torah?
Skip 53, reading backward from Exodus 26:32 — the shortest of 115 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 121.
How is Metushelach (Methuselah) spelled in Hebrew?
Metushelach is spelled מתושלח — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 784.
Is Metushelach (Methuselah) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 482 sequences of מתושלח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 463).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 121 here) beside the count.