Moriah מוריה
Moriah (מוריה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Moriah appears 13,629 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 13,763 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 13,629
- Chance alone
- 13,763
- P (≥ found)
- 0.87
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 13,629 sequences of מוריה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 13,763).
The shortest skip at which מוריה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 47:29, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), מוריה is found 103,237 times; chance alone would give about 108,469.
- Genesis 3,600
- Exodus 3,193
- Leviticus 1,714
- Numbers 2,817
- Deuteronomy 2,305
The shortest skips
וַיִּקְרְבוּ יְמֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לָמוּת וַיִּקְרָא לִבְנוֹ לְיוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ שִֽׂים־נָא יָדְךָ תַּחַת יְרֵכִי וְעָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת אַל־נָא תִקְבְּרֵנִי בְּמִצְרָֽיִם
And the time drew near that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him: ‘If now I have found favour in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 73,694Open in the laboratory →
עַמִּים הַר־יִקְרָאוּ שָׁם יִזְבְּחוּ זִבְחֵי־צֶדֶק כִּי שֶׁפַע יַמִּים יִינָקוּ וּשְׂפוּנֵי טְמוּנֵי חֽוֹל
They shall call peoples unto the mountain; There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness; For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 303,711Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר בּוֹא בְּרוּךְ יְהוָה לָמָּה תַעֲמֹד בַּחוּץ וְאָנֹכִי פִּנִּיתִי הַבַּיִת וּמָקוֹם לַגְּמַלִּֽים
And he said: ‘Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have cleared the house, and made room for the camels.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 30,935Open in the laboratory →
וַיְמָאֵן אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר יָדַעְתִּֽי בְנִי יָדַעְתִּי גַּם־הוּא יִֽהְיֶה־לְּעָם וְגַם־הוּא יִגְדָּל וְאוּלָם אָחִיו הַקָּטֹן יִגְדַּל מִמֶּנּוּ וְזַרְעוֹ יִהְיֶה מְלֹֽא־הַגּוֹיִֽם
And his father refused, and said: ‘I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 75,038Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה בַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי יְגַלַּח אֶת־כָּל־שְׂעָרוֹ אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ וְאֶת־זְקָנוֹ וְאֵת גַּבֹּת עֵינָיו וְאֶת־כָּל־שְׂעָרוֹ יְגַלֵּחַ וְכִבֶּס אֶת־בְּגָדָיו וְרָחַץ אֶת־בְּשָׂרוֹ בַּמַּיִם וְטָהֵֽר
And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off; and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 161,753Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 58,926 sequences of מוריה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 59,239).
- Genesis 3,600
- Exodus 3,193
- Leviticus 1,714
- Numbers 2,817
- Deuteronomy 2,599
- Joshua 2,506
- Judges 2,049
- Samuel 4,122
- Kings 5,412
- Isaiah 3,599
- Jeremiah 4,841
- Ezekiel 3,570
- The Twelve 3,403
- Psalms 3,475
- Proverbs 1,053
- Job 1,117
- Song of Songs 202
- Ruth 157
- Lamentations 217
- Ecclesiastes 474
- Esther 568
- Daniel 797
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,010
- Chronicles 5,431
Outside the Torah
וַהֲסִרֹתִי אֶת־שְׁמוֹת הַבְּעָלִים מִפִּיהָ וְלֹֽא־יִזָּכְרוּ עוֹד בִּשְׁמָֽם
For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, And they shall no more be mentioned by their name.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 803,453Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרְאוּ שֵׁם־הָעִיר דָּן בְּשֵׁם דָּן אֲבִיהֶם אֲשֶׁר יוּלַּד לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאוּלָם לַיִשׁ שֵׁם־הָעִיר לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel; howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 376,826Open in the laboratory →
עָמַד וַיְמֹדֶד אֶרֶץ רָאָה וַיַּתֵּר גּוֹיִם וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ הַרְרֵי־עַד שַׁחוּ גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם הֲלִיכוֹת עוֹלָם לֽוֹ
He standeth, and shaketh the earth, He beholdeth, and maketh the nations to tremble; And the everlasting mountains are dashed in pieces, The ancient hills do bow; His goings are as of old.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 836,788Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מוריה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מוריה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 261.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Moria.
Questions
Is Moriah in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 13,629 sequences of מוריה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 13,763).
What is the shortest skip for Moriah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 47:29 — the shortest of 13,629 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 13,763.
What is the gematria of Moriah in Hebrew?
Moriah is spelled מוריה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 261.
How many times is Moriah found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 58,926 sequences of מוריה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 59,239).
Search it yourself
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