Wilderness מדבר
Wilderness — in Hebrew מדבר — wilderness, desert. In the Torah codes, Wilderness is found 186,494 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 10:9) — about what chance alone gives (about 187,472).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 186,494
- Chance alone · every skip
- 187,472
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.99
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,527
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: 18,043 found · chance alone about 17,992 (probability of 18,043 or more by chance alone: 0.35).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 186,494 sequences of מדבר across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 187,472).
The shortest skip at which מדבר appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 10:9, reading forward.
The longest skip at which מדבר was found in the Torah is 101,527 — at Genesis 1:7, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 45,470
- Exodus 39,454
- Leviticus 25,820
- Numbers 43,054
- Deuteronomy 32,696
Examples across the range
5 of the 186,494 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.
Letter by letter
- מ ד ב רGenesis 10:9
הֽוּא־הָיָה גִבֹּֽר־צַיִד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה עַל־כֵּן יֵֽאָמַר כְּנִמְרֹד גִּבּוֹר צַיִד לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: ‘Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,874 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ ד ב רGenesis 10:9
Letter by letter
- ם ד ב רExodus 29:34
וְֽאִם־יִוָּתֵר מִבְּשַׂר הַמִּלֻּאִים וּמִן־הַלֶּחֶם עַד־הַבֹּקֶר וְשָׂרַפְתָּ אֶת־הַנּוֹתָר בָּאֵשׁ לֹא …
And if aught of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 122,427 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ד ב רExodus 29:34
- מExodus 38:19
וְעַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָה וְאַדְנֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָה נְחֹשֶׁת וָוֵיהֶם כֶּסֶף וְצִפּוּי רָאשֵׁיהֶם וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶם כָּֽסֶף
And their pillars were four, and their sockets four of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- דExodus 38:21
אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל־פִּי מֹשֶׁה …
These are the accounts of the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were rendered according to the commandment of Moses, through the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
- בExodus 38:23
וְאִתּוֹ אָהֳלִיאָב בֶּן־אֲחִיסָמָךְ לְמַטֵּה־דָן חָרָשׁ וְחֹשֵׁב וְרֹקֵם בַּתְּכֵלֶת וּבָֽאַרְגָּמָן וּבְתוֹלַעַת הַשָּׁנִי וּבַשֵּֽׁשׁ
And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman, and a skilful workman, and a weaver in colours, in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.—
- רExodus 38:24
… הַקֹּדֶשׁ וַיְהִי זְהַב הַתְּנוּפָה תֵּשַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִים כִּכָּר וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שֶׁקֶל …
All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
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 137,088 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מExodus 38:19
- מLeviticus 1:3
… עֹלָה קָרְבָּנוֹ מִן־הַבָּקָר זָכָר תָּמִים יַקְרִיבֶנּוּ אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד …
If his offering be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish; he shall bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- דLeviticus 2:3
וְהַנּוֹתֶרֶת מִן־הַמִּנְחָה לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים מֵאִשֵּׁי יְהוָֽה
But that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
- בLeviticus 3:7
אִם־כֶּשֶׂב הֽוּא־מַקְרִיב אֶת־קָרְבָּנוֹ וְהִקְרִיב אֹתוֹ לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
If he bring a lamb for his offering, then shall he present it before the LORD.
- רLeviticus 4:8
… עַל־הַקֶּרֶב וְאֵת כָּל־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַקֶּֽרֶב
And all the fat of the bullock of the sin-offering he shall take off from it; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 141,734 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- מLeviticus 1:3
- מGenesis 1:7
… אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- דExodus 16:10
וַיְהִי כְּדַבֵּר אַהֲרֹן אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּפְנוּ אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּר …
And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
- בNumbers 8:19
… הַלְוִיִּם נְתֻנִים לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת בְּנֵֽי …
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…
- רDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
skip 101,527, width 101,527 — one row is 101,527 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 267 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,527 in the laboratory →
- מGenesis 1:7
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), מדבר appears 3,320,149 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 3,306,801 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,320,149 or more by chance alone is 1.1 × 10⁻¹³.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 81,722 found · chance alone about 82,339 (probability of 81,722 or more by chance alone: 0.98).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 177,510
- Exodus 172,704
- Leviticus 111,176
- Numbers 183,963
- Deuteronomy 139,372
- Joshua 106,046
- Judges 105,062
- Samuel 242,863
- Kings 274,019
- Isaiah 188,090
- Jeremiah 235,821
- Ezekiel 204,392
- The Twelve 161,234
- Psalms 218,072
- Proverbs 75,915
- Job 91,826
- Song of Songs 16,377
- Ruth 14,153
- Lamentations 17,098
- Ecclesiastes 36,983
- Esther 42,590
- Daniel 65,456
- Ezra–Nehemiah 128,586
- Chronicles 310,841
Outside the Torah
- מ דPsalms 112:1
הַלְלוּ יָהּ אַשְׁרֵי־אִישׁ יָרֵא אֶת־יְהוָה בְּמִצְוֺתָיו חָפֵץ מְאֹֽד
Hallelujah. Happy is the man that feareth the LORD, That delighteth greatly in His commandments.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- ב רPsalms 112:2
גִּבּוֹר בָּאָרֶץ יִהְיֶה זַרְעוֹ דּוֹר יְשָׁרִים יְבֹרָֽךְ
His seed shall be mighty upon earth; The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 920,034 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ דPsalms 112:1
- מ2 Samuel 15:20
… הוֹלֵךְ שׁוּב וְהָשֵׁב אֶת־אַחֶיךָ עִמָּךְ חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶֽת
Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us, seeing I go whither I may? return thou, and take back thy brethren with thee in kindness and truth.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ד2 Samuel 15:22
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־אִתַּי לֵךְ וַעֲבֹר וַֽיַּעֲבֹר …
And David said to Ittai: ‘Go and pass over.’ And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
- ב2 Samuel 15:23
… עֹבֵר בְּנַחַל קִדְרוֹן וְכָל־הָעָם עֹבְרִים עַל־פְּנֵי־דֶרֶךְ אֶת־הַמִּדְבָּֽר …
And all the country wept with a loud voice, as all the people passed over; and as the king passed over the brook Kidron, all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
- ר2 Samuel 15:24
… אֶבְיָתָר עַד־תֹּם כָּל־הָעָם לַעֲבוֹר מִן־הָעִֽיר
And, lo, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God—but Abiathar went up—until all the people had done passing out of the city.
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 459,051 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- מ2 Samuel 15:20
- ם2 Chronicles 36:14
גַּם כָּל־שָׂרֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהָעָם הִרְבּוּ …
Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, transgressed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of the LORD which He had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- דEzekiel 46:14
… הַסֹּלֶת מִנְחָה לַֽיהוָה חֻקּוֹת עוֹלָם תָּמִֽיד
And thou shalt prepare a meal-offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour: a meal-offering unto the LORD continually by a perpetual ordinance.
- ב1 Samuel 11:11
… וַיְהִי הַנִּשְׁאָרִים וַיָּפֻצוּ וְלֹא נִשְׁאֲרוּ־בָם שְׁנַיִם יָֽחַד
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
- רGenesis 1:13
וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִֽׁי
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
skip 398,570, width 398,570 — one row is 398,570 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,298 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,570 in the laboratory →
- ם2 Chronicles 36:14
The spelling
מדבר — the Tanakh's own spelling: wilderness, desert. Searched as מדבר, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 246.
As a plain word it stands 85 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 27:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Wilderness in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 186,494 sequences of מדבר across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 187,472).
What is the shortest skip for Wilderness in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 10:9 — the shortest of 186,494 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 187,472.
What is the gematria of Wilderness in Hebrew?
Wilderness is spelled מדבר — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 246.
How many times is Wilderness found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), מדבר appears 3,320,149 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 3,306,801 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,320,149 or more by chance alone is 1.1 × 10⁻¹³.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 187,472 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.