Aba אבא
In Hebrew letters the first name Aba is written אבא — female given name. Aba appears 641,695 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% more than chance alone would give (about 633,237; probability 1.4 × 10⁻²⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 641,695
- Chance alone
- 633,237
- P (≥ found)
- 1.4 × 10⁻²⁶
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, אבא appears 641,695 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 633,237 chance alone would give; the probability of 641,695 or more by chance alone is 1.4 × 10⁻²⁶.
The shortest skip at which אבא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:15, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אבא is found 9,731,900 times; chance alone would give about 9,814,898.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 633,237 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 210,888
- Exodus 105,335
- Leviticus 98,218
- Numbers 121,859
- Deuteronomy 105,395
The shortest skips
וְאֵיבָה אָשִׁית בֵּֽינְךָ וּבֵין הָֽאִשָּׁה וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ וּבֵין זַרְעָהּ הוּא יְשׁוּפְךָ רֹאשׁ וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵֽב
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,655Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶת־זַרְעֵךְ וְלֹא יִסָּפֵר מֵרֹֽב
And the angel of the LORD said unto her: ‘I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,799Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶתְּנָה בְרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וְאַרְבֶּה אוֹתְךָ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹֽד
And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,186Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר קַח־נָא אֶת־בִּנְךָ אֶת־יְחִֽידְךָ אֲשֶׁר־אָהַבְתָּ אֶת־יִצְחָק וְלֶךְ־לְךָ אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַמֹּרִיָּה וְהַעֲלֵהוּ שָׁם לְעֹלָה עַל אַחַד הֶֽהָרִים אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶֽיךָ
And He said: ‘Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,047Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־בָרֵךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ וְהַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְכַחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת הַיָּם וְיִרַשׁ זַרְעֲךָ אֵת שַׁעַר אֹיְבָֽיו
that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,976Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, אבא appears 2,113,522 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.9% more than the 2,074,377 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,113,522 or more by chance alone is 5.8 × 10⁻¹⁶².
- Genesis 210,888
- Exodus 105,335
- Leviticus 98,218
- Numbers 121,859
- Deuteronomy 114,058
- Joshua 60,976
- Judges 78,705
- Samuel 215,276
- Kings 208,712
- Isaiah 86,022
- Jeremiah 160,354
- Ezekiel 134,589
- The Twelve 90,425
- Psalms 74,449
- Proverbs 28,060
- Job 42,028
- Song of Songs 5,068
- Ruth 8,051
- Lamentations 6,795
- Ecclesiastes 15,801
- Esther 14,949
- Daniel 45,701
- Ezra–Nehemiah 52,897
- Chronicles 134,306
Outside the Torah
וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וּזְקֵנָיו וְשֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו עֹמְדִים מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה לָאָרוֹן נֶגֶד הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה כַּגֵּר כָּֽאֶזְרָח חֶצְיוֹ אֶל־מוּל הַר־גְּרִזִים וְהַֽחֶצְיוֹ אֶל־מוּל הַר־עֵיבָל כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה לְבָרֵךְ אֶת־הָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה
And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,514Open in the laboratory →
וְיָצָא הַגְּבוּל אֶל־כֶּתֶף עֶקְרוֹן צָפוֹנָה וְתָאַר הַגְּבוּל שִׁכְּרוֹנָה וְעָבַר הַר־הַֽבַּעֲלָה וְיָצָא יַבְנְאֵל וְהָיוּ תֹּצְאוֹת הַגְּבוּל יָֽמָּה
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border was drawn to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 328,401Open in the laboratory →
וּלְכָלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה נָתַן חֵלֶק בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵֽי־יְהוּדָה אֶל־פִּי יְהוָה לִֽיהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע אֲבִי הָעֲנָק הִיא חֶבְרֽוֹן
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak—the same is Hebron.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 328,519Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אבא — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as אבא, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 4.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 33:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Aba in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אבא appears 641,695 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 633,237 chance alone would give; the probability of 641,695 or more by chance alone is 1.4 × 10⁻²⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Aba in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:15 — the shortest of 641,695 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 633,237.
What is the gematria of Aba in Hebrew?
Aba is spelled אבא — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 4.
How many times is Aba found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, אבא appears 2,113,522 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.9% more than the 2,074,377 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,113,522 or more by chance alone is 5.8 × 10⁻¹⁶².
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 633,237 here) beside the count.