Mikmas מכמש
Mikmas (מכמש) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Michmas. Mikmas appears 400,897 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 421,407 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 400,897
- Chance alone · every skip
- 421,407
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,516
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 40,031 found · chance alone about 40,443 (probability of 40,031 or more by chance alone: 0.98).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 400,897 sequences of מכמש across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 421,407).
The shortest skip at which מכמש appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 14:5, reading forward.
The longest skip at which מכמש was found in the Torah is 101,516 — at Deuteronomy 34:10, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 94,462
- Exodus 86,207
- Leviticus 54,725
- Numbers 88,695
- Deuteronomy 76,808
Examples across the range
5 of the 400,897 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- מ כ ם שGenesis 14:5
וּבְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בָּא כְדָרְלָעֹמֶר וְהַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־רְפָאִים בְּעַשְׁתְּרֹת …
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,256 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ כ ם שGenesis 14:5
Letter by letter
- מ כ ם שGenesis 14:17
… שׁוּבוֹ מֵֽהַכּוֹת אֶת־כְּדָרלָעֹמֶר וְאֶת־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֶל־עֵמֶק שָׁוֵה הוּא …
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh—the same is the King’s Vale.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,975 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ כ ם שGenesis 14:17
- םExodus 10:22
וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יָדוֹ עַל־הַשָּׁמָיִם וַיְהִי חֹֽשֶׁךְ־אֲפֵלָה בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִֽים
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- כExodus 10:24
… לְכוּ עִבְדוּ אֶת־יְהוָה רַק צֹאנְכֶם וּבְקַרְכֶם יֻצָּג גַּֽם־טַפְּכֶם יֵלֵךְ …
And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said: ‘Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed; let your little ones also go with you.’
- מExodus 10:26
… עִמָּנוּ לֹא תִשָּׁאֵר פַּרְסָה כִּי מִמֶּנּוּ נִקַּח לַעֲבֹד אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ …
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.’
- שExodus 10:28
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לוֹ פַרְעֹה לֵךְ מֵעָלָי הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ אֶל־תֹּסֶף רְאוֹת פָּנַי …
And Pharaoh said unto him: ‘Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 92,963 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- םExodus 10:22
- מLeviticus 4:18
וּמִן־הַדָּם יִתֵּן עַל־קַרְנֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֹהֶל …
And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tent of meeting, and all the remaining blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- כLeviticus 4:35
… אֹתָם הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן עַל־חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר …
And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make them smoke on the altar, upon the offerings of the LORD made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned…
- מLeviticus 5:16
… חָטָא מִן־הַקֹּדֶשׁ יְשַׁלֵּם וְאֶת־חֲמִֽישִׁתוֹ יוֹסֵף עָלָיו וְנָתַן אֹתוֹ לַכֹּהֵן …
And he shall make restitution for that which he hath done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering, and he shall be forgiven.
- שLeviticus 6:8
… הַמִּנְחָה וּמִשַּׁמְנָהּ וְאֵת כָּל־הַלְּבֹנָה אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמִּנְחָה וְהִקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ רֵיחַ …
And he shall take up therefrom his handful, of the fine flour of the meal-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering, and shall make the memorial-part thereof smoke upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 145,241 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- מLeviticus 4:18
- מDeuteronomy 34:10
וְלֹֽא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר יְדָעוֹ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- כNumbers 8:17
כִּי לִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה …
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- םExodus 16:8
… יְהוָה אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם מַלִּינִם עָלָיו וְנַחְנוּ מָה לֹא־עָלֵינוּ …
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- שGenesis 1:5
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
skip 101,516, width 101,516 — one row is 101,516 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,717 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,516 in the laboratory →
- מDeuteronomy 34:10
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), מכמש appears 6,427,605 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.2% more than the 6,289,454 chance alone would give; the probability of 6,427,605 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 156,525 found · chance alone about 156,607 (probability of 156,525 or more by chance alone: 0.58).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 366,579
- Exodus 335,868
- Leviticus 215,319
- Numbers 360,224
- Deuteronomy 271,861
- Joshua 208,729
- Judges 209,922
- Samuel 464,359
- Kings 521,380
- Isaiah 357,426
- Jeremiah 479,877
- Ezekiel 424,077
- The Twelve 331,069
- Psalms 440,788
- Proverbs 151,439
- Job 175,703
- Song of Songs 30,206
- Ruth 25,961
- Lamentations 30,939
- Ecclesiastes 68,194
- Esther 77,593
- Daniel 120,201
- Ezra–Nehemiah 228,415
- Chronicles 531,476
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- מ כ ם שJoshua 9:1
וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ כָּֽל־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן בָּהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבְכֹל …
And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and on all the shore of the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,653 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ כ ם שJoshua 9:1
- ם2 Samuel 22:46
בְּנֵי נֵכָר יִבֹּלוּ וְיַחְגְּרוּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם
The sons of the stranger fade away, And come halting out of their close places.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- כ2 Samuel 22:50
עַל־כֵּן אוֹדְךָ יְהוָה בַּגּוֹיִם וּלְשִׁמְךָ אֲזַמֵּֽר
Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, And will sing praises unto Thy name.
- ם2 Samuel 23:1
… הָאַֽחֲרֹנִים נְאֻם דָּוִד בֶּן־יִשַׁי וּנְאֻם הַגֶּבֶר הֻקַם עָל מְשִׁיחַ אֱלֹהֵי …
Now these are the last words of David: The saying of David the son of Jesse, And the saying of the man raised on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet singer of Israel:
- ש2 Samuel 23:3
אָמַר אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִי דִבֶּר צוּר יִשְׂרָאֵל מוֹשֵׁל בָּאָדָם צַדִּיק מוֹשֵׁל יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִֽים
The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: ‘Ruler over men shall be The righteous, even he that ruleth in the fear of God,
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 473,556 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ם2 Samuel 22:46
- מ2 Chronicles 36:23
… אָמַר כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- כEzekiel 46:19
… הַשַּׁעַר אֶל־הַלִּשְׁכוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַפֹּנוֹת צָפוֹנָה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁם מָקוֹם …
Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north; and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.
- ם1 Samuel 11:11
וַיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁאוּל אֶת־הָעָם שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים וַיָּבֹאוּ בְתוֹךְ־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה …
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
- שGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 398,935, width 398,935 — one row is 398,935 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,952 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,935 in the laboratory →
- מ2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
מכמש — the Tanakh's own spelling: Michmas. Searched as מכמש, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 400.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 13:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Mikmas in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 400,897 sequences of מכמש across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 421,407).
What is the shortest skip for Mikmas in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:5 — the shortest of 400,897 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 421,407.
What is the gematria of Mikmas in Hebrew?
Mikmas is spelled מכמש — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 400.
How many times is Mikmas found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), מכמש appears 6,427,605 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.2% more than the 6,289,454 chance alone would give; the probability of 6,427,605 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 421,407 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.