Plague מגפה

Plague — in Hebrew מגפה — plague, epidemic. Plague appears 26,341 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 3.0% more than chance alone would give (about 25,584; probability 1.3 × 10⁻⁶).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 26,341
Chance alone · every skip: 25,584
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.3 × 10⁻⁶
Shortest skip: 4
Longest skip found: 101,369

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: 2,363 found · chance alone about 2,455 (probability of 2,363 or more by chance alone: 0.97).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–101,616), מגפה appears 26,341 times in the Torah — 3.0% more than the 25,584 chance alone would give; the probability of 26,341 or more by chance alone is 1.3 × 10⁻⁶.

The shortest skip at which מגפה appears in the Torah is 4 — at Exodus 6:6, reading backward.

The longest skip at which מגפה was found in the Torah is 101,369 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

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

Genesis 5,991
Exodus 5,998
Leviticus 3,907
Numbers 6,014
Deuteronomy 4,431

Examples across the range

5 of the 26,341 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 skipExodus 6:6שמות ו:וskip 4, backward
Letter by letter
1. ם ג פ הExodus 6:6
  … אֶתְכֶם מֵעֲבֹדָתָם וְגָאַלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בִּזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה וּבִשְׁפָטִים גְּדֹלִֽים
  Wherefore say unto the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 85,112 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipExodus 13:12שמות יג:יבskip 4, backward
Letter by letter
1. מ ג פ הExodus 13:12
  וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ כָל־פֶּֽטֶר־רֶחֶם לַֽיהֹוָה וְכָל־פֶּטֶר שֶׁגֶר בְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לְךָ הַזְּכָרִים לַיהוָֽה
  that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb; every firstling that is a male, which thou hast coming of a beast, shall be the LORD’s.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 97,387 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 4:29במדבר ד:כטskip 102, backward
1. מNumbers 4:29
  בְּנֵי מְרָרִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית־אֲבֹתָם תִּפְקֹד אֹתָֽם
  As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers’houses;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. גNumbers 4:27
  … וּבָנָיו תִּהְיֶה כָּל־עֲבֹדַת בְּנֵי הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי לְכָל־מַשָּׂאָם וּלְכֹל עֲבֹדָתָם וּפְקַדְתֶּם …
  At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden.
2. פNumbers 4:26
  וְאֵת קַלְעֵי הֶֽחָצֵר וְאֶת־מָסַךְ פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הֶחָצֵר אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן …
  and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever there may be to do with them, therein shall they serve.
3. הNumbers 4:24
  זֹאת עֲבֹדַת מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי לַעֲבֹד וּלְמַשָּֽׂא
  This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
skip 102, width 102 — one row is 102 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 194,225 of the TorahOpen at skip 102 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 11:38ויקרא יא:לחskip 1,003, forward
1. מLeviticus 11:38
  וְכִי יֻתַּן־מַיִם עַל־זֶרַע וְנָפַל מִנִּבְלָתָם עָלָיו טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶֽם
  But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. גLeviticus 13:2
  … אוֹ בַהֶרֶת וְהָיָה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ לְנֶגַע צָרָעַת וְהוּבָא אֶל־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן …
  When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests.
2. פLeviticus 13:21
  … וְהִנֵּה אֵֽין־בָּהּ שֵׂעָר לָבָן וּשְׁפָלָה אֵינֶנָּה מִן־הָעוֹר וְהִיא כֵהָה …
  But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.
3. הLeviticus 13:39
  וְרָאָה הַכֹּהֵן וְהִנֵּה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָם בֶּהָרֹת כֵּהוֹת לְבָנֹת בֹּהַק הוּא פָּרַח בָּעוֹר טָהוֹר הֽוּא
  then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin: he is clean.
skip 1,003, width 1,003 — one row is 1,003 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 157,083 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,003 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 34:11דברים לד:יאskip 101,369, backward
1. םDeuteronomy 34:11
  לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
  in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. גNumbers 8:19
  … יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא יִהְיֶה בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶף בְּגֶשֶׁת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ …
  And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel…
2. פExodus 16:14
  וַתַּעַל שִׁכְבַת הַטָּל וְהִנֵּה עַל־פְּנֵי הַמִּדְבָּר דַּק מְחֻסְפָּס דַּק כַּכְּפֹר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
  And when the layer of dew was gone up, behold upon the face of the wilderness a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost on the ground.
3. הGenesis 1:14
  … הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִֽים …
  And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
skip 101,369, width 101,369 — one row is 101,369 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 304,756 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,369 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–399,013), מגפה appears 445,291 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.0% more than the 432,464 chance alone would give; the probability of 445,291 or more by chance alone is 3.3 × 10⁻⁸⁴.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 10,626 found · chance alone about 10,768 (probability of 10,626 or more by chance alone: 0.92).

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

Genesis 23,951
Exodus 23,225
Leviticus 14,080
Numbers 22,933
Deuteronomy 17,902
Joshua 14,331
Judges 14,315
Samuel 32,555
Kings 35,730
Isaiah 24,216
Jeremiah 32,796
Ezekiel 29,502
The Twelve 23,304
Psalms 30,610
Proverbs 10,503
Job 12,193
Song of Songs 2,159
Ruth 1,854
Lamentations 2,207
Ecclesiastes 4,875
Esther 5,635
Daniel 8,817
Ezra–Nehemiah 17,397
Chronicles 40,201

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahNehemiah 7:3נחמיה ז:גskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ם ג פ הNehemiah 7:3
  … עַד־חֹם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְעַד הֵם עֹמְדִים יָגִיפוּ הַדְּלָתוֹת וֶאֱחֹזוּ וְהַעֲמֵיד מִשְׁמְרוֹת יֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם …
  And I said unto them: ‘Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them; and let watches be appointed of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 1,083,510 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJeremiah 51:53ירמיהו נא:נגskip 100, forward
1. מJeremiah 51:53
  כִּֽי־תַעֲלֶה בָבֶל הַשָּׁמַיִם וְכִי תְבַצֵּר מְרוֹם עֻזָּהּ מֵאִתִּי יָבֹאוּ שֹׁדְדִים לָהּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה
  Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from Me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. גJeremiah 51:55
  … וְאִבַּד מִמֶּנָּה קוֹל גָּדוֹל וְהָמוּ גַלֵּיהֶם כְּמַיִם רַבִּים נִתַּן שְׁאוֹן קוֹלָֽם …
  For the LORD spoileth Babylon, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters, the noise of their voice is uttered;
2. פJeremiah 51:57
  וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּי שָׂרֶיהָ וַחֲכָמֶיהָ פַּחוֹתֶיהָ וּסְגָנֶיהָ וְגִבּוֹרֶיהָ וְיָשְׁנוּ שְׁנַת־עוֹלָם …
  And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, Her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, Saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
3. הJeremiah 51:58
  … בָּבֶל הָֽרְחָבָה עַרְעֵר תִּתְעַרְעָר וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ הַגְּבֹהִים בָּאֵשׁ יִצַּתּוּ וְיִֽגְעוּ עַמִּים בְּדֵי …
  Thus saith the LORD of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; And the peoples shall labour for vanity, And the nations for the fire; And they shall be weary.
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 724,383 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:23דברי הימים ב לו:כגskip 397,856, backward
1. מ2 Chronicles 36:23
  … בִּירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּֽיהוּדָה מִֽי־בָכֶם מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וְיָֽעַל …
  ’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. גEzekiel 47:13
  כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה גֵּה גְבוּל אֲשֶׁר תִּתְנַחֲלוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ …
  Thus saith the Lord GOD: ‘This shall be the border, whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel, Joseph receiving two portions.
2. פ1 Samuel 13:5
  וּפְלִשְׁתִּים נֶאֶסְפוּ לְהִלָּחֵם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשִׁים …
  And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude; and they came up, and pitched in Michmas, eastward of Beth-aven.
3. הGenesis 3:11
  … לְךָ כִּי עֵירֹם אָתָּה הֲמִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְבִלְתִּי אֲכָל־מִמֶּנּוּ …
  And He said: ‘Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?’
skip 397,856, width 397,856 — one row is 397,856 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,197,021 of the TanakhOpen at skip 397,856 in the laboratory →

The spelling

מגפה — the Tanakh's own spelling: plague, epidemic. Searched as מגפה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 128.

As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 4:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: pandemic.

“plague” in Hebrew

Questions

Does Plague appear in the Torah codes?

What is the shortest skip for Plague in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading backward from Exodus 6:6 — the shortest of 26,341 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 25,584.

What is the gematria of Plague in Hebrew?

Plague is spelled מגפה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 128.

How many times is Plague found in the whole Tanakh?

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