Mordechai (Mordecai · מרדכי)
Mordechai (Mordecai · מרדכי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,400 sequences of Mordechai (Mordecai), the shortest at skip 4 (Deuteronomy 2:23); chance alone would give about 1,352.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,400
- Chance alone
- 1,352
- P (≥ found)
- 0.10
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 1,400 sequences of מרדכי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,352).
The shortest skip at which מרדכי appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Deuteronomy 2:23, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), מרדכי is found 10,009 times; chance alone would give about 10,657.
- Genesis 342
- Exodus 317
- Leviticus 164
- Numbers 268
- Deuteronomy 309
The shortest skips
וְהָֽעַוִּים הַיֹּשְׁבִים בַּחֲצֵרִים עַד־עַזָּה כַּפְתֹּרִים הַיֹּצְאִים מִכַּפְתּוֹר הִשְׁמִידֻם וַיֵּשְׁבוּ תַחְתָּֽם
and the Avvim, that dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, that came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.—
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 253,700Open in the laboratory →
פְּקֻדֵיהֶם לְמַטֵּה אָשֵׁר אֶחָד וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֽוֹת
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 188,155Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה מִלְאוּ יֶדְכֶם הַיּוֹם לַֽיהוָה כִּי אִישׁ בִּבְנוֹ וּבְאָחִיו וְלָתֵת עֲלֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם בְּרָכָֽה
And Moses said: ‘Consecrate yourselves to-day to the LORD, for every man hath been against his son and against his brother; that He may also bestow upon you a blessing this day.’
skip 22, width 22 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 127,419Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם רְאוּבֵן אַל־תִּשְׁפְּכוּ־דָם הַשְׁלִיכוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל־הַבּוֹר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּדְבָּר וְיָד אַל־תִּשְׁלְחוּ־בוֹ לְמַעַן הַצִּיל אֹתוֹ מִיָּדָם לַהֲשִׁיבוֹ אֶל־אָבִֽיו
And Reuben said unto them: ‘Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him’—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
skip 27, width 27 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 55,239Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אַמְרָפֶל מֶֽלֶךְ־שִׁנְעָר אַרְיוֹךְ מֶלֶךְ אֶלָּסָר כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר מֶלֶךְ עֵילָם וְתִדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֹיִֽם
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
skip 30, width 30 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 16,075Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 6,893 sequences of מרדכי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 6,888).
- Genesis 342
- Exodus 317
- Leviticus 164
- Numbers 268
- Deuteronomy 329
- Joshua 203
- Judges 163
- Samuel 560
- Kings 551
- Isaiah 388
- Jeremiah 519
- Ezekiel 491
- The Twelve 347
- Psalms 655
- Proverbs 214
- Job 222
- Song of Songs 37
- Ruth 31
- Lamentations 33
- Ecclesiastes 76
- Esther 145
- Daniel 183
- Ezra–Nehemiah 208
- Chronicles 447
Outside the Torah
הֶֽהָרִים תִּרְקְדוּ כְאֵילִים גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן
Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye hills, like young sheep?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 920,678Open in the laboratory →
אֲדֹנָי כְּכָל־צִדְקֹתֶךָ יָֽשָׁב־נָא אַפְּךָ וַחֲמָתְךָ מֵעִֽירְךָ יְרוּשָׁלִַם הַר־קָדְשֶׁךָ כִּי בַחֲטָאֵינוּ וּבַעֲוֺנוֹת אֲבֹתֵינוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְעַמְּךָ לְחֶרְפָּה לְכָל־סְבִיבֹתֵֽינוּ
O Lord, according to all Thy righteousness, let Thine anger and Thy fury, I pray Thee, be turned away from Thy city Jerusalem, Thy holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,053,801Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בָּעֵת הַהִיא וַיַּכְרֵת אֶת־הָֽעֲנָקִים מִן־הָהָר מִן־חֶבְרוֹן מִן־דְּבִר מִן־עֲנָב וּמִכֹּל הַר יְהוּדָה וּמִכֹּל הַר יִשְׂרָאֵל עִם־עָרֵיהֶם הֶחֱרִימָם יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ
And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,727Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מרדכי — the Tanakh's own spelling: Mordecai. Searched as מרדכי, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 274.
As a plain word it stands 43 times in the Tanakh, first at Esther 2:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Mordecai, Mordechaj.
Questions
Is Mordechai (Mordecai) in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 1,400 sequences of מרדכי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,352).
What is the shortest skip for Mordechai (Mordecai) in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Deuteronomy 2:23 — the shortest of 1,400 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,352.
What is the gematria of Mordechai (Mordecai) in Hebrew?
Mordechai is spelled מרדכי — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 274.
How many times is Mordechai (Mordecai) found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 6,893 sequences of מרדכי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 6,888).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,352 here) beside the count.