Mikhail Gorbachev מיכאיל גורבצ׳וב
Mikhail Gorbachev (מיכאיל גורבצ׳וב): leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022). In the Torah codes, מיכאיל (from Mikhail Gorbachev) is found 678 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 9 (Genesis 20:6) — 6.7% above the 636 chance alone would give (probability of 678 or more by chance alone: 0.05).
- Found in the Torah (מיכאיל)
- 678
- Chance alone
- 636
- P (≥ found)
- 0.05
- Shortest skip
- 9
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for מיכאיל, and גורבצוב has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 678 sequences of מיכאיל at skips 2–5,000, 6.7% above what chance alone gives (about 636); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.05 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 9 — the first at Genesis 20:6, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 3,617 sequences of מיכאיל, against about 4,041 from chance alone.
- Genesis 187
- Exodus 123
- Leviticus 82
- Numbers 139
- Deuteronomy 147
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָֽאֱלֹהִים בַּחֲלֹם גַּם אָנֹכִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי בְתָם־לְבָבְךָ עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת וָאֶחְשֹׂךְ גַּם־אָנֹכִי אֽוֹתְךָ מֵחֲטוֹ־לִי עַל־כֵּן לֹא־נְתַתִּיךָ לִנְגֹּעַ אֵלֶֽיהָ
And God said unto him in the dream: ‘Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,608Open in the laboratory →
אֶֽת־חֻקֹּתַי תִּשְׁמֹרוּ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ לֹא־תַרְבִּיעַ כִּלְאַיִם שָׂדְךָ לֹא־תִזְרַע כִּלְאָיִם וּבֶגֶד כִּלְאַיִם שַֽׁעַטְנֵז לֹא יַעֲלֶה עָלֶֽיךָ
Ye shall keep My statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 171,005Open in the laboratory →
וְזֶה־לְּךָ תְּרוּמַת מַתָּנָם לְכָל־תְּנוּפֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְךָ נְתַתִּים וּלְבָנֶיךָ וְלִבְנֹתֶיךָ אִתְּךָ לְחָק־עוֹלָם כָּל־טָהוֹר בְּבֵיתְךָ יֹאכַל אֹתֽוֹ
And this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever; every one that is clean in thy house may eat thereof.
skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 219,322Open in the laboratory →
וְאַבְרָהָם וְשָׂרָה זְקֵנִים בָּאִים בַּיָּמִים חָדַל לִהְיוֹת לְשָׂרָה אֹרַח כַּנָּשִֽׁים
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.—
skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 21,007Open in the laboratory →
הֶֽעָשִׁיר לֹֽא־יַרְבֶּה וְהַדַּל לֹא יַמְעִיט מִֽמַּחֲצִית הַשָּׁקֶל לָתֵת אֶת־תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה לְכַפֵּר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
skip 24, width 24 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 123,781Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, מיכאיל appears 3,038 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,036, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 187
- Exodus 123
- Leviticus 82
- Numbers 139
- Deuteronomy 165
- Joshua 78
- Judges 120
- Samuel 293
- Kings 292
- Isaiah 145
- Jeremiah 236
- Ezekiel 188
- The Twelve 136
- Psalms 242
- Proverbs 55
- Job 84
- Song of Songs 10
- Ruth 10
- Lamentations 16
- Ecclesiastes 30
- Esther 42
- Daniel 56
- Ezra–Nehemiah 92
- Chronicles 217
Outside the Torah
וּסְפָרִים כָּתַב לְחָרֵף לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֵֽאמֹר עָלָיו לֵאמֹר כֵּֽאלֹהֵי גּוֹיֵ הָאֲרָצוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הִצִּילוּ עַמָּם מִיָּדִי כֵּן לֹֽא־יַצִּיל אֱלֹהֵי יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ עַמּוֹ מִיָּדִֽי
He wrote also a letter, to taunt the LORD, the God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying: ‘As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver His people out of my hand.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,188,367Open in the laboratory →
זָכוֹר אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶתְכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מֵנִיחַ לָכֶם וְנָתַן לָכֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּֽאת
’Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, you, saying: The LORD your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 305,634Open in the laboratory →
כִּי שָׁם שְֽׁאֵלוּנוּ שׁוֹבֵינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁיר וְתוֹלָלֵינוּ שִׂמְחָה שִׁירוּ לָנוּ מִשִּׁיר צִיּֽוֹן
For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, And our tormentors asked of us mirth: ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 931,685Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מיכאיל גורבצ׳וב — the name in Hebrew letters: leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022). Searched as מיכאיל, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 111.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- גורבצוב — the name in Hebrew letters found 0 in the Torah (chance 0.45)
Questions
Is Mikhail Gorbachev in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 678 sequences of מיכאיל at skips 2–5,000, 6.7% above what chance alone gives (about 636); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.05 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Mikhail Gorbachev in the Torah?
Skip 9, reading forward from Genesis 20:6 — the shortest of 678 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 636.
How is Mikhail Gorbachev spelled in Hebrew?
Mikhail Gorbachev is spelled מיכאיל גורבצ׳וב — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 111; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Mikhail Gorbachev in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, מיכאיל appears 3,038 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,036, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 636 here) beside the count.