Moshiach משיח
In the Tanakh משיח describes anyone anointed: a priest, a king, once a Persian ruler. The later title grew from this plain adjective.
- Found in the Torah
- 316,758
- Chance alone: 318,368
- Skips 2 to 101,616
- Found in the Tanakh
- 5,057,448
- Chance alone: 5,096,111
- Skips 2 to 399,013
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Open the Tanakh looking for the Messiah of later Jewish teaching and you will find the word doing something plainer. משיח means anointed, oil poured on a head. Its first use is for the high priest in Leviticus 4:3. David uses it of Saul in 1 Samuel 24:7 when he refuses to harm him, and Isaiah 45:1 applies it to Cyrus of Persia. The hope for a king of David's line is there too, in Isaiah 11 and Jeremiah 23, though those chapters do not use this word for him. Moshiach as the name of that king is the language of later Jewish teaching. So when you search these four letters you are searching a common adjective of the Tanakh, whatever you may have in mind when you type it.
- As a whole word
- 11
- First, with any prefix
- Leviticus 4:3
- Last
- Daniel 9:26
The measurement
A good case for reading both control families. Only 1 of 100 letter shuffles reached the real count of 6,410 at skips 2 to 1,000, which looks striking until you see that 32 of 100 word shuffles within verses did. The second family keeps Hebrew's short-range habits, and those habits are enough to reach it.
| At every skip | Torah | Tanakh |
|---|---|---|
| Found | 316,758 | 5,057,448 |
| Chance alone | 318,368 | 5,096,111 |
| P (≥ found) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Shortest skip | 2 | 2 |
| Longest skip | 101,456 | 398,885 |
Counted forward and backward on the written text, with final letters treated as ordinary ones. At the laboratory's opening setting, skips 2 to 5,000, the Torah gives 30,556 against 30,554 by chance. How these figures are made.
The sequences, letter by letter
Each letter is shown in the verse it happens to stand in, nothing more. Tap one to read it in the Tanakh, with the rest of the sequence marked.
In the Torah
Shortest skip 2, forward from Genesis 32:8
וַיִּירָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב מְאֹ֖ד וַיֵּ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ וַיַּ֜חַץ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹ וְאֶת־הַצֹּ֧אן וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֛ר וְהַגְּמַלִּ֖ים לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. And he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two camps.
Shortest skip 2, forward from Exodus 16:29
… עַל־כֵּ֠ן ה֣וּא נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁ֖י לֶ֣חֶם יוֹמָ֑יִם שְׁב֣וּ אִ֣ישׁ תַּחְתָּ֗יו …
See that the LORD hath given you the sabbath; therefore He giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.’
Short skip 50, forward from Numbers 32:14
וְהִנֵּ֣ה קַמְתֶּ֗ם תַּ֚חַת אֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תַּרְבּ֖וּת אֲנָשִׁ֣ים חַטָּאִ֑ים לִסְפּ֣וֹת ע֗וֹד עַ֛ל חֲר֥וֹן אַף־יְקוָ֖ק אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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.
וַיִּגְּשׁ֤וּ אֵלָיו֙ וַ֣יֹּאמְר֔וּ גִּדְרֹ֥ת צֹ֛אן נִבְנֶ֥ה לְמִקְנֵ֖נוּ פֹּ֑ה וְעָרִ֖ים לְטַפֵּֽנוּ׃
And they came near unto him, and said: ‘We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones;
וַאֲנַ֜חְנוּ נֵחָלֵ֣ץ חֻשִׁ֗ים לִפְנֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל …
but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Middle skip 500, forward from Leviticus 20:26
וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אֲנִ֣י יְקוָ֑ק וָאַבְדִּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִן־הָֽעַמִּ֖ים לִהְי֥וֹת לִֽי׃
And ye shall be holy unto Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be Mine.
וְהַכֹּהֵן֩ הַגָּד֨וֹל מֵאֶחָ֜יו אֲֽשֶׁר־יוּצַ֥ק עַל־רֹאשׁ֣וֹ שֶׁ֤מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה֙ וּמִלֵּ֣א …
And the priest that is highest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes;
… אֵ֚ת לֶ֣חֶם אֱ־לֹהָ֔יו לֹ֥א יִגַּ֖שׁ לְהַקְרִֽיב׃
no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire; he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
נֶ֚פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ וְטָמְאָ֖ה עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וְלֹ֤א יֹאכַל֙ מִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים כִּ֛י אִם־רָחַ֥ץ בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בַּמָּֽיִם׃
the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
Wide skip 5,000, forward from Deuteronomy 18:7
וְשֵׁרֵ֕ת בְּשֵׁ֖ם יְקוָ֣ק אֱ־לֹהָ֑יו כְּכָל־אֶחָיו֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם הָעֹמְדִ֥ים שָׁ֖ם לִפְנֵ֥י יְקוָֽק׃
then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.
לֹא־תִזְרַ֥ע כַּרְמְךָ֖ כִּלְאָ֑יִם פֶּן־תִּקְדַּ֗שׁ הַֽמְלֵאָ֤ה הַזֶּ֨רַע֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּזְרָ֔ע וּתְבוּאַ֖ת הַכָּֽרֶם׃
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed; lest the fulness of the seed which thou hast sown be forfeited together with the increase of the vineyard.
וַיּוֹצִאֵ֤נוּ יְקוָק֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם בְּיָ֤ד חֲזָקָה֙ וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ נְטוּיָ֔ה וּבְמֹרָ֖א גָּדֹ֑ל וּבְאֹת֖וֹת וּבְמֹפְתִֽים׃
And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders.
הָרַכָּ֨ה בְךָ֜ וְהָעֲנֻגָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־נִסְּתָ֤ה כַף־רַגְלָהּ֙ הַצֵּ֣ג עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ מֵהִתְעַנֵּ֖ג וּמֵרֹ֑ךְ תֵּרַ֤ע עֵינָהּ֙ בְּאִ֣ישׁ חֵיקָ֔הּ וּבִבְנָ֖הּ וּבְבִתָּֽהּ׃
The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter;
Outside the Torah
Shortest skip 2, forward from Joshua 9:27
וַיִּתְּנֵ֨ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא חֹטְבֵ֥י עֵצִ֛ים וְשֹׁ֥אֲבֵי מַ֖יִם לָֽעֵדָ֑ה וּלְמִזְבַּ֤ח יְקוָק֙ עַד־הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחָֽר׃
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, unto this day, in the place which He should choose.
Middle skip 500, forward from 1 Samuel 16:1
… בֵּֽית־הַלַּחְמִ֔י כִּֽי־רָאִ֧יתִי בְּבָנָ֛יו לִ֖י מֶֽלֶךְ׃
And the LORD said unto Samuel: ‘How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided Me a king among his sons.’
וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר יִשַׁ֛י שִׁבְעַ֥ת בָּנָ֖יו לִפְנֵ֣י שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל־יִשַׁ֔י לֹא־בָחַ֥ר יְקוָ֖ק בָּאֵֽלֶּה׃
And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse: ‘The LORD hath not chosen these.’
… בֵּ֣ן לְיִשַׁי֮ בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִי֒ יֹדֵ֣עַ נַ֠גֵּן וְגִבּ֨וֹר חַ֜יִל וְאִ֧ישׁ …
Then answered one of the young men, and said: ‘Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and prudent in affairs, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.’
וַיֵּצֵ֤א אִֽישׁ־הַבֵּנַ֨יִם֙ מִמַּחֲנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים גָּלְיָ֥ת שְׁמ֖וֹ מִגַּ֑ת גָּבְה֕וֹ שֵׁ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת וָזָֽרֶת׃
And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
By skip range, shuffled texts and book
| Skips, Torah | Found | Chance alone |
|---|---|---|
| 2 to 10 | 88 | 56.4 |
| 11 to 100 | 591 | 564 |
| 101 to 1,000 | 5,731 | 5,609 |
| 1,001 to 5,000 | 24,146 | 24,325 |
| 5,001 to 101,616 | 286,202 | 287,814 |
Shuffled Torahs
The Torah's own count at skips 2 to 1,000 is 6,410. Each family below rebuilt the text 100 times (seed 5787). What each family keeps.
| Control family | Runs at or above 6,410 | Median run | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter shuffle | 1/100 | 6,237 | 5,944 to 6,418 |
| Words within each verse | 32/100 | 6,376 | 6,087 to 6,558 |
Where the sequences start
| Torah | Found | Chance alone |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 71,416 | 81,531 |
| Exodus | 70,114 | 66,348 |
| Leviticus | 47,785 | 46,781 |
| Numbers | 73,469 | 66,363 |
| Deuteronomy | 53,974 | 57,345 |
| Tanakh | Found | Chance alone |
|---|---|---|
| Torah | 1,329,067 | 1,297,824 |
| Prophets | 2,315,710 | 2,357,603 |
| Writings | 1,412,671 | 1,440,684 |
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