Nelson Mandela נלסון מנדלה

Nelson Mandela (נלסון מנדלה): President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013). נלסון (from Nelson Mandela) appears 2,138 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), in line with the 2,126 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah (נלסון) · every skip: 2,138
Chance alone · every skip: 2,126
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.40
Shortest skip: 4
Longest skip found: 73,697

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 283 found · chance alone about 270 (probability of 283 or more by chance alone: 0.22).

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In the Torah

A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for נלסון, and מנדלה has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

Across every skip (2–76,212), נלסון appears 2,138 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,126, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which נלסון appears in the Torah is 4 — at Numbers 36:7, reading backward.

The longest skip at which נלסון was found in the Torah is 73,697 — at Deuteronomy 33:2, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

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

Genesis 558
Exodus 383
Leviticus 272
Numbers 565
Deuteronomy 360

Examples across the range

5 of the 2,138 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 skipNumbers 36:7במדבר לו:זskip 4, backward
Letter by letter
1. נ ל ס וNumbers 36:7
  וְלֹֽא־תִסֹּב נַחֲלָה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמַּטֶּה אֶל־מַטֶּה כִּי …
  So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave every one to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
2. נNumbers 36:6
  … אַךְ לְמִשְׁפַּחַת מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם תִּהְיֶינָה לְנָשִֽׁים
  This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying: Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 249,571 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
a short skipNumbers 32:16במדבר לב:טזskip 36, backward
1. נ לNumbers 32:16
  וַיִּגְּשׁוּ אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ גִּדְרֹת צֹאן נִבְנֶה לְמִקְנֵנוּ פֹּה וְעָרִים לְטַפֵּֽנוּ
  And they came near unto him, and said: ‘We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. סNumbers 32:15
  כִּי תְשׁוּבֻן מֵֽאַחֲרָיו וְיָסַף עוֹד לְהַנִּיחוֹ בַּמִּדְבָּר וְשִֽׁחַתֶּם לְכָל־הָעָם הַזֶּֽה
  For if ye turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and so ye will destroy all this people.’
2. ו נNumbers 32:14
  וְהִנֵּה קַמְתֶּם תַּחַת אֲבֹתֵיכֶם תַּרְבּוּת אֲנָשִׁים חַטָּאִים לִסְפּוֹת עוֹד עַל חֲרוֹן אַף־יְהוָה אֶל …
  And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
skip 36, width 36 — one row is 36 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 242,855 of the TorahOpen at skip 36 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 13:8בראשית יג:חskip 132, backward
1. נGenesis 13:8
  … לוֹט אַל־נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶיךָ וּבֵין רֹעַי וּבֵין רֹעֶיךָ …
  And Abram said unto Lot: ‘Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. לGenesis 13:6
  וְלֹא־נָשָׂא אֹתָם הָאָרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו כִּֽי־הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב וְלֹא יָֽכְלוּ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּֽו
  And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
2. סGenesis 13:3
  וַיֵּלֶךְ לְמַסָּעָיו מִנֶּגֶב וְעַד־בֵּֽית־אֵל עַד …
  And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai;
3. וGenesis 12:19
  לָמָה אָמַרְתָּ אֲחֹתִי הִוא וָאֶקַּח אֹתָהּ לִי לְאִשָּׁה וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה אִשְׁתְּךָ קַח וָלֵֽךְ
  Why saidst thou: She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife; now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.’
4. נGenesis 12:16
  וּלְאַבְרָם הֵיטִיב בַּעֲבוּרָהּ וַֽיְהִי־לוֹ צֹאן־וּבָקָר וַחֲמֹרִים וַעֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחֹת וַאֲתֹנֹת וּגְמַלִּֽים
  And he dealt well with Abram for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
skip 132, width 132 — one row is 132 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 15,494 of the TorahOpen at skip 132 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 34:15שמות לד:טוskip 1,008, backward
1. נExodus 34:15
  פֶּן־תִּכְרֹת בְּרִית לְיוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ וְזָנוּ אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם וְזָבְחוּ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם וְקָרָא לְךָ וְאָכַלְתָּ מִזִּבְחֽוֹ
  lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go astray after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and they call thee, and thou eat of their sacrifice;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. לExodus 33:20
  וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא תוּכַל לִרְאֹת אֶת־פָּנָי כִּי לֹֽא־יִרְאַנִי הָאָדָם וָחָֽי
  And He said: ‘Thou canst not see My face, for man shall not see Me and live.’
2. סExodus 33:2
  וְשָׁלַחְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ מַלְאָךְ וְגֵֽרַשְׁתִּי אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַֽחִתִּי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
  and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—
3. וExodus 32:20
  וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ וַיִּשְׂרֹף …
  And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
4. נExodus 32:2
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם אַהֲרֹן פָּֽרְקוּ נִזְמֵי הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר בְּאָזְנֵי נְשֵׁיכֶם בְּנֵיכֶם וּבְנֹתֵיכֶם וְהָבִיאוּ אֵלָֽי
  And Aaron said unto them: ‘Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.’
skip 1,008, width 1,008 — one row is 1,008 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 129,889 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,008 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 33:2דברים לג:בskip 73,697, backward
1. נDeuteronomy 33:2
  … מֵהַר פָּארָן וְאָתָה מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ מִֽימִינוֹ אשדת לָֽמוֹ
  And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And He came from the myriads holy, At His right hand was a fiery law unto them.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. לNumbers 24:6
  כִּנְחָלִים נִטָּיוּ כְּגַנֹּת עֲלֵי נָהָר כַּאֲהָלִים נָטַע יְהוָה כַּאֲרָזִים עֲלֵי־מָֽיִם
  As valleys stretched out, As gardens by the river-side; As aloes planted of the LORD, As cedars beside the waters;
2. סLeviticus 11:4
  … לֹא תֹֽאכְלוּ מִֽמַּעֲלֵי הַגֵּרָה וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵי הַפַּרְסָה אֶֽת־הַגָּמָל כִּֽי־מַעֲלֵה גֵרָה …
  Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
3. וExodus 4:1
  וַיַּעַן מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר וְהֵן לֹֽא־יַאֲמִינוּ לִי וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ …
  And Moses answered and said: ‘But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say: The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.’
4. נGenesis 7:4
  … כָּל־הַיְקוּם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
  For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I blot out from off the face of the earth.’
skip 73,697, width 73,697 — one row is 73,697 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 302,959 of the TorahOpen at skip 73,697 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–299,260), נלסון appears 39,046 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 38,655 chance alone would give; the probability of 39,046 or more by chance alone is 0.02.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,295 found · chance alone about 1,281 (probability of 1,295 or more by chance alone: 0.35).

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

Genesis 2,365
Exodus 1,714
Leviticus 1,270
Numbers 2,395
Deuteronomy 1,517
Joshua 1,368
Judges 1,270
Samuel 2,632
Kings 2,471
Isaiah 2,029
Jeremiah 2,530
Ezekiel 2,438
The Twelve 1,803
Psalms 3,056
Proverbs 956
Job 1,297
Song of Songs 262
Ruth 194
Lamentations 271
Ecclesiastes 372
Esther 348
Daniel 1,314
Ezra–Nehemiah 1,783
Chronicles 3,391

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJob 29:2איוב כט:בskip 11, backward
1. נJob 29:2
  מִֽי־יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי
  Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ל סJob 29:1
  וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר
  And Job again took up his parable, and said:
2. ו נJob 28:28
  וַיֹּאמֶר לָֽאָדָם הֵן יִרְאַת אֲדֹנָי הִיא חָכְמָה וְסוּר מֵרָע בִּינָֽה
  And unto man He said: ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.’
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 983,935 of the TanakhOpen at skip 11 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skip1 Kings 22:39מלכים א כב:לטskip 103, forward
1. נ1 Kings 22:39
  … אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וּבֵית הַשֵּׁן אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה וְכָל־הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה הֲלֽוֹא …
  Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ל1 Kings 22:41
  וִיהֽוֹשָׁפָט בֶּן־אָסָא מָלַךְ עַל־יְהוּדָה בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְאַחְאָב מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
  And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
2. ס1 Kings 22:43
  וַיֵּלֶךְ בְּכָל־דֶּרֶךְ אָסָא אָבִיו לֹא־סָר מִמֶּנּוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָֽה
  And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD;
3. ו1 Kings 22:46
  וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי יְהוֹשָׁפָט וּגְבוּרָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה וַאֲשֶׁר נִלְחָם הֲלֹֽא …
  Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
4. נ1 Kings 22:48
  וּמֶלֶךְ אֵין בֶּאֱדוֹם נִצָּב מֶֽלֶךְ
  And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
skip 103, width 103 — one row is 103 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 526,972 of the TanakhOpen at skip 103 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 34:4דברי הימים ב לד:דskip 297,518, backward
1. נ2 Chronicles 34:4
  וַיְנַתְּצוּ לְפָנָיו אֵת מִזְבְּחוֹת הַבְּעָלִים וְהַֽחַמָּנִים …
  And they broke down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images, that were on high above them, he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them…
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. לPsalms 69:23
  יְהִֽי־שֻׁלְחָנָם לִפְנֵיהֶם לְפָח וְלִשְׁלוֹמִים לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ
  Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
2. סIsaiah 22:19
  וַהֲדַפְתִּיךָ מִמַּצָּבֶךָ וּמִמַּעֲמָֽדְךָ יֶהֶרְסֶֽךָ
  And I will thrust thee from thy post, And from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.
3. וDeuteronomy 31:6
  חִזְקוּ וְאִמְצוּ אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ וְאַל־תַּעַרְצוּ מִפְּנֵיהֶם …
  Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.’
4. ןGenesis 1:24
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַֽיְתוֹ־אֶרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
  And God said: ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.’ And it was so.
skip 297,518, width 297,518 — one row is 297,518 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,191,250 of the TanakhOpen at skip 297,518 in the laboratory →

The spelling

נלסון מנדלה — the name in Hebrew letters: President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013). Searched as נלסון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 196.

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

Other spellings

מנדלה — the name in Hebrew letters Torah · every skip: 13,511 (chance 13,308)

Questions

Is Nelson Mandela in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–76,212), נלסון appears 2,138 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,126, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Nelson Mandela in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading backward from Numbers 36:7 — the shortest of 2,138 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 2,126.

What is the gematria of Nelson Mandela in Hebrew?

Nelson Mandela is spelled נלסון מנדלה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 196; one other spelling is counted on this page.

How many times is Nelson Mandela found in the whole Tanakh?