Michri מכרי
Michri (מכרי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Michri appears 59,567 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% more than chance alone would give (about 59,117; probability 0.03).
- Found in the Torah
- 59,567
- Chance alone
- 59,117
- P (≥ found)
- 0.03
- 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, מכרי appears 59,567 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 59,117 chance alone would give; the probability of 59,567 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
The shortest skip at which מכרי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 41:9, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), מכרי is found 574,471 times; chance alone would give about 615,993.
- Genesis 14,982
- Exodus 13,083
- Leviticus 6,889
- Numbers 10,198
- Deuteronomy 14,415
The shortest skips
וַיְדַבֵּר שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים אֶת־פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר אֶת־חֲטָאַי אֲנִי מַזְכִּיר הַיּֽוֹם
Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying: ‘I make mention of my faults this day:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 60,507Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמַע הַכְּנַעֲנִי מֶֽלֶךְ־עֲרָד יֹשֵׁב הַנֶּגֶב כִּי בָּא יִשְׂרָאֵל דֶּרֶךְ הָאֲתָרִים וַיִּלָּחֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּשְׁבְּ מִמֶּנּוּ שֶֽׁבִי
And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 223,464Open in the laboratory →
הֶן־עָם כְּלָבִיא יָקוּם וְכַאֲרִי יִתְנַשָּׂא לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד־יֹאכַל טֶרֶף וְדַם־חֲלָלִים יִשְׁתֶּֽה
Behold a people that riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up; He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 228,711Open in the laboratory →
לְבִלְתִּי רוּם־לְבָבוֹ מֵֽאֶחָיו וּלְבִלְתִּי סוּר מִן־הַמִּצְוָה יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול לְמַעַן יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים עַל־מַמְלַכְתּוֹ הוּא וּבָנָיו בְּקֶרֶב יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left; to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 279,123Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁלַחְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ מַלְאָךְ וְגֵֽרַשְׁתִּי אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַֽחִתִּי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 127,830Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
255,311 sequences of מכרי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 255,252 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 14,982
- Exodus 13,083
- Leviticus 6,889
- Numbers 10,198
- Deuteronomy 15,462
- Joshua 7,837
- Judges 7,054
- Samuel 16,472
- Kings 23,347
- Isaiah 16,552
- Jeremiah 20,514
- Ezekiel 16,304
- The Twelve 13,385
- Psalms 20,727
- Proverbs 7,031
- Job 7,342
- Song of Songs 1,350
- Ruth 1,128
- Lamentations 1,204
- Ecclesiastes 2,842
- Esther 3,584
- Daniel 4,228
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,715
- Chronicles 17,081
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל עַד־מָתַי אַתָּה מִתְאַבֵּל אֶל־שָׁאוּל וַאֲנִי מְאַסְתִּיו מִמְּלֹךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלֵּא קַרְנְךָ שֶׁמֶן וְלֵךְ אֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ אֶל־יִשַׁי בֵּֽית־הַלַּחְמִי כִּֽי־רָאִיתִי בְּבָנָיו לִי מֶֽלֶךְ
And the LORD said unto Samuel: ‘How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided Me a king among his sons.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 407,852Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לָרָצִים הַנִּצָּבִים עָלָיו סֹבּוּ וְהָמִיתוּ כֹּהֲנֵי יְהוָה כִּי גַם־יָדָם עִם־דָּוִד וְכִי יָֽדְעוּ כִּֽי־בֹרֵחַ הוּא וְלֹא גָלוּ אֶת־אזנו וְלֹֽא־אָבוּ עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ לִשְׁלֹחַ אֶת־יָדָם לִפְגֹעַ בְּכֹהֲנֵי יְהוָֽה
And the king said unto the guard that stood about him: ‘Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me.’ But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 420,710Open in the laboratory →
שַׁלּוּם בֶּן־יָבֵישׁ מָלַךְ בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה לְעֻזִיָּה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ יֶֽרַח־יָמִים בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 554,448Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מכרי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מכרי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 270.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 4:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Michri in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, מכרי appears 59,567 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 59,117 chance alone would give; the probability of 59,567 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
What is the shortest skip for Michri in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 41:9 — the shortest of 59,567 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 59,117.
What is the gematria of Michri in Hebrew?
Michri is spelled מכרי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 270.
How many times is Michri found in the whole Tanakh?
255,311 sequences of מכרי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 255,252 that chance alone would produce.
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