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אֹבֹת Oboth

Every verse in which this name stands — 4 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 403×4 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A place in the Desert. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 21:10 and last at Numbers 33:44.

Numbers 21:10במדבר כא:י

וַיִּסְעוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּאֹבֹֽת

And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in Oboth.

Numbers 21:11במדבר כא:יא

וַיִּסְעוּ מֵאֹבֹת וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעִיֵּי הָֽעֲבָרִים בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי מוֹאָב מִמִּזְרַח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ

And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is in front of Moab, toward the sun-rising.

Numbers 33:44במדבר לג:מד

וַיִּסְעוּ מֵאֹבֹת וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעִיֵּי הָעֲבָרִים בִּגְבוּל מוֹאָֽב

And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Oboth?

Oboth — אבת in Hebrew — has a gematria of 403 in the standard method.

How many times is Oboth named in the Tanakh?

4 times, first at Numbers 21:10.

A spelling is not a name. The written word באבת stands 2 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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