Mishlei משלי
Mishlei — in Hebrew משלי — the Book of Proverbs. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 91,631 sequences of Mishlei, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 11:7); chance alone would give about 91,675.
- Found in the Torah
- 91,631
- Chance alone
- 91,675
- P (≥ found)
- 0.56
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
91,631 sequences of משלי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 91,675 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 11:7, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 974,660 sequences of משלי, against about 955,238 from chance alone.
- Genesis 20,572
- Exodus 20,699
- Leviticus 11,572
- Numbers 23,861
- Deuteronomy 14,927
The shortest skips
הָבָה נֵֽרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵֽהוּ
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,010Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְאַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מֶֽה־עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ וּמֶֽה־חָטָאתִי לָךְ כִּֽי־הֵבֵאתָ עָלַי וְעַל־מַמְלַכְתִּי חֲטָאָה גְדֹלָה מַעֲשִׂים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יֵֽעָשׂוּ עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִֽי
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: ‘What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,886Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה אָמַרְתָּ הֵיטֵב אֵיטִיב עִמָּךְ וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ כְּחוֹל הַיָּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִסָּפֵר מֵרֹֽב
And Thou saidst: I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,162Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקָם מֶֽלֶךְ־חָדָשׁ עַל־מִצְרָיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָדַע אֶת־יוֹסֵֽף
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 78,295Open in the laboratory →
לֹא תִשָּׂא שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא אַל־תָּשֶׁת יָֽדְךָ עִם־רָשָׁע לִהְיֹת עֵד חָמָֽס
Thou shalt not utter a false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 110,999Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
405,691 sequences of משלי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 406,003 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 20,572
- Exodus 20,699
- Leviticus 11,572
- Numbers 23,861
- Deuteronomy 15,955
- Joshua 12,839
- Judges 14,748
- Samuel 36,214
- Kings 38,750
- Isaiah 19,733
- Jeremiah 27,271
- Ezekiel 21,942
- The Twelve 17,300
- Psalms 26,659
- Proverbs 8,778
- Job 10,392
- Song of Songs 1,913
- Ruth 1,556
- Lamentations 1,938
- Ecclesiastes 4,852
- Esther 5,371
- Daniel 6,879
- Ezra–Nehemiah 15,407
- Chronicles 40,490
Outside the Torah
וְגַם כָּל־הַדּוֹר הַהוּא נֶאֶסְפוּ אֶל־אֲבוֹתָיו וַיָּקָם דּוֹר אַחֵר אַחֲרֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָֽדְעוּ אֶת־יְהוָה וְגַם אֶת־הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, that knew not the LORD, nor yet the work which He had wrought for Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 347,296Open in the laboratory →
הֲלֹא אֵת אֲשֶׁר יוֹרִֽישְׁךָ כְּמוֹשׁ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אוֹתוֹ תִירָשׁ וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מִפָּנֵינוּ אוֹתוֹ נִירָֽשׁ
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 365,731Open in the laboratory →
אַף כִּי לוּא אָכֹל אָכַל הַיּוֹם הָעָם מִשְּׁלַל אֹיְבָיו אֲשֶׁר מָצָא כִּי עַתָּה לֹֽא־רָבְתָה מַכָּה בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? had there not been then a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 404,322Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
משלי — a Hebrew word: the Book of Proverbs. Searched as משלי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 380.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 28:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Mishlei appear in the Torah codes?
91,631 sequences of משלי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 91,675 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Mishlei in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 11:7 — the shortest of 91,631 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 91,675.
How is Mishlei spelled in Hebrew?
Mishlei is spelled משלי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 380.
Is Mishlei in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
405,691 sequences of משלי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 406,003 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 91,675 here) beside the count.