Minyan מנין

Minyan — in Hebrew מנין — a quorum of ten for prayer. Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 560,085 sequences of Minyan, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 14:21); chance alone would give about 566,650.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 560,085
Chance alone · every skip: 566,650
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 101,403

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: 55,266 found · chance alone about 54,382 (probability of 55,266 or more by chance alone: 7.8 × 10⁻⁵).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–101,616), מנין appears 560,085 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 566,650, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which מנין appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 14:21, reading forward.

The longest skip at which מנין was found in the Torah is 101,403 — at Genesis 1:6, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 136,797
Exodus 116,953
Leviticus 76,571
Numbers 132,561
Deuteronomy 97,203

Examples across the range

5 of the 560,085 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.

shortest skipGenesis 14:21בראשית יד:כאskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ם ן י נGenesis 14:21
  וַיֹּאמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם אֶל־אַבְרָם תֶּן־לִי הַנֶּפֶשׁ וְהָרְכֻשׁ קַֽח־לָֽךְ
  And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: ‘Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 17,139 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipExodus 22:11שמות כב:יאskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ם נ י נExodus 22:11
  וְאִם־גָּנֹב יִגָּנֵב מֵעִמּוֹ יְשַׁלֵּם לִבְעָלָֽיו
  But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 110,283 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 29:38שמות כט:לחskip 100, forward
1. םExodus 29:38
  וְזֶה אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵֽי־שָׁנָה שְׁנַיִם לַיּוֹם תָּמִֽיד
  Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. ןExodus 29:40
  וְעִשָּׂרֹן סֹלֶת בָּלוּל בְּשֶׁמֶן כָּתִית רֶבַע הַהִין וְנֵסֶךְ רְבִעִית הַהִין יָיִן לַכֶּבֶשׂ הָאֶחָֽד
  And with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering.
2. יExodus 29:42
  … תָּמִיד לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם פֶּתַח אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר אִוָּעֵד לָכֶם שָׁמָּה …
  It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet with you, to speak there unto thee.
3. ןExodus 29:44
  וְקִדַּשְׁתִּי אֶת־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת־בָּנָיו אֲקַדֵּשׁ לְכַהֵן לִֽי
  And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar; Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to Me in the priest’s office.
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 122,649 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 21:16ויקרא כא:טזskip 1,000, forward
1. מLeviticus 21:16
  וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
  And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. נLeviticus 22:13
  וּבַת־כֹּהֵן כִּי תִהְיֶה אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וְזֶרַע אֵין לָהּ וְשָׁבָה …
  But if a priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s bread; but there shall no common man eat thereof.
2. יLeviticus 23:2
  דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם מוֹעֲדֵי יְהוָה …
  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed seasons of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My appointed seasons.
3. ןLeviticus 23:20
  וְהֵנִיף הַכֹּהֵן אֹתָם עַל לֶחֶם הַבִּכּוּרִים תְּנוּפָה …
  And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the LORD, with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
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 174,183 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 1:6בראשית א:וskip 101,403, forward
1. םGenesis 1:6
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
  And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. נExodus 16:7
  … עַל־יְהוָה וְנַחְנוּ מָה כִּי תלונו עָלֵֽינוּ
  and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?’
2. יNumbers 8:13
  וְהַֽעֲמַדְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְלִפְנֵי בָנָיו וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לַֽיהוָֽה
  And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto the LORD.
3. נDeuteronomy 34:4
  … לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה הֶרְאִיתִיךָ בְעֵינֶיךָ וְשָׁמָּה לֹא תַעֲבֹֽר …
  And the LORD said unto him: ‘This is the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying: I will give it unto thy seed; I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.’
skip 101,403, width 101,403 — one row is 101,403 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 207 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,403 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 9,530,693 sequences of מנין across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 9,630,439).

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 244,221 found · chance alone about 239,797 (probability of 244,221 or more by chance alone: 1.1 × 10⁻¹⁹).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 583,716
Exodus 518,343
Leviticus 321,276
Numbers 522,594
Deuteronomy 388,461
Joshua 288,723
Judges 283,134
Samuel 657,045
Kings 735,177
Isaiah 498,088
Jeremiah 666,149
Ezekiel 604,743
The Twelve 475,684
Psalms 646,823
Proverbs 223,128
Job 263,173
Song of Songs 46,700
Ruth 40,258
Lamentations 48,062
Ecclesiastes 108,364
Esther 123,632
Daniel 194,528
Ezra–Nehemiah 386,248
Chronicles 906,644

Open the whole Tanakh in the laboratory

Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJudges 10:17שופטים י:יזskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. מ ן י נJudges 10:17
  וַיִּצָּֽעֲקוּ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בַּגִּלְעָד וַיֵּאָֽסְפוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בַּמִּצְפָּֽה
  Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 364,159 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skip1 Kings 2:4מלכים א ב:דskip 100, forward
1. מ1 Kings 2:4
  … בָנֶיךָ אֶת־דַּרְכָּם לָלֶכֶת לְפָנַי בֶּאֱמֶת בְּכָל־לְבָבָם וּבְכָל־נַפְשָׁם לֵאמֹר …
  that the LORD may establish His word which He spoke concerning me, saying: If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee, said He, a man on the throne of Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. נ1 Kings 2:5
  … עָשָׂה לִשְׁנֵֽי־שָׂרֵי צִבְאוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאַבְנֵר בֶּן־נֵר וְלַעֲמָשָׂא בֶן־יֶתֶר …
  Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace…
2. י1 Kings 2:6
  וְעָשִׂיתָ כְּחָכְמָתֶךָ וְלֹֽא־תוֹרֵד שֵׂיבָתוֹ בְּשָׁלֹם שְׁאֹֽל
  Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
3. נ1 Kings 2:8
  … עִמְּךָ שִֽׁמְעִי בֶן־גֵּרָא בֶן־הַיְמִינִי מִבַּחֻרִים וְהוּא קִֽלְלַנִי קְלָלָה נִמְרֶצֶת …
  And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying: I will not put thee to death with the sword.
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 480,533 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:21דברי הימים ב לו:כאskip 398,811, backward
1. מ2 Chronicles 36:21
  … שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה שָׁבָתָה לְמַלֹּאות שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָֽה
  to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. נEzekiel 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.
2. י1 Samuel 11:12
  וַיֹּאמֶר הָעָם אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל מִי הָאֹמֵר שָׁאוּל יִמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ תְּנוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וּנְמִיתֵֽם
  And the people said unto Samuel: ‘Who is he that said: Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.’
3. ןGenesis 1:9
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
  And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
skip 398,811, width 398,811 — one row is 398,811 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,830 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,811 in the laboratory →

The spelling

מנין — a Hebrew word: a quorum of ten for prayer. Searched as מנין, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 150.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

מניין — a Hebrew word Torah · every skip: 42,503 (chance 43,991)

Questions

Is Minyan in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–101,616), מנין appears 560,085 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 566,650, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Minyan in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:21 — the shortest of 560,085 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 566,650.

What is the gematria of Minyan in Hebrew?

Minyan is spelled מנין — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 150; one other spelling is counted on this page.

How many times is Minyan found in the whole Tanakh?