Achav (Ahab · אחאב)
Achav (Ahab · אחאב) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Achav (Ahab) is found 29,182 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 10:4) — about what chance alone gives (about 29,617).
- Found in the Torah
- 29,182
- Chance alone
- 29,617
- P (≥ found)
- 0.99
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
29,182 sequences of אחאב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 29,617 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 10:4, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 312,151 sequences of אחאב, against about 308,605 from chance alone.
- Genesis 9,512
- Exodus 4,917
- Leviticus 4,758
- Numbers 6,016
- Deuteronomy 3,979
The shortest skips
כִּי אִם־מָאֵן אַתָּה לְשַׁלֵּחַ אֶת־עַמִּי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא מָחָר אַרְבֶּה בִּגְבֻלֶֽךָ
Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 91,778Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אִם־מָאֵן אַתָּה לְשַׁלֵּחַ אֶת־עַמִּי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא מָחָר אַרְבֶּה בִּגְבֻלֶֽךָ
Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 91,782Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר אַהֲרֹן אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הֵן הַיּוֹם הִקְרִיבוּ אֶת־חַטָּאתָם וְאֶת־עֹֽלָתָם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַתִּקְרֶאנָה אֹתִי כָּאֵלֶּה וְאָכַלְתִּי חַטָּאת הַיּוֹם הַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָֽה
And Aaron spoke unto Moses: ‘Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before the LORD, and there have befallen me such things as these; and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of the LORD?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 155,331Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּסֶף לָלֶדֶת אֶת־אָחִיו אֶת־הָבֶל וַֽיְהִי־הֶבֶל רֹעֵה צֹאן וְקַיִן הָיָה עֹבֵד אֲדָמָֽה
And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,271Open in the laboratory →
וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ וּשְׁמָהּ רְאוּמָה וַתֵּלֶד גַּם־הִוא אֶת־טֶבַח וְאֶת־גַּחַם וְאֶת־תַּחַשׁ וְאֶֽת־מַעֲכָֽה
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 28,329Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 95,105 sequences of אחאב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 95,450).
- Genesis 9,512
- Exodus 4,917
- Leviticus 4,758
- Numbers 6,016
- Deuteronomy 4,251
- Joshua 2,679
- Judges 3,484
- Samuel 8,997
- Kings 9,425
- Isaiah 4,111
- Jeremiah 5,772
- Ezekiel 6,340
- The Twelve 3,638
- Psalms 3,947
- Proverbs 1,571
- Job 2,746
- Song of Songs 248
- Ruth 281
- Lamentations 362
- Ecclesiastes 881
- Esther 597
- Daniel 2,061
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,463
- Chronicles 6,048
Outside the Torah
וַיִּצְעֲקוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה כִּי תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת רֶֽכֶב־בַּרְזֶל לוֹ וְהוּא לָחַץ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּחָזְקָה עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָֽה
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 350,220Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בַּת וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ קְרָא שְׁמָהּ לֹא רֻחָמָה כִּי לֹא אוֹסִיף עוֹד אֲרַחֵם אֶת־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּֽי־נָשֹׂא אֶשָּׂא לָהֶֽם
And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And He said unto him: ‘Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have compassion upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 802,244Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹאוּ הַנְּעָרִים הַֽמְרַגְּלִים וַיֹּצִיאוּ אֶת־רָחָב וְאֶת־אָבִיהָ וְאֶת־אִמָּהּ וְאֶת־אַחֶיהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לָהּ וְאֵת כָּל־מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶיהָ הוֹצִיאוּ וַיַּנִּיחוּם מִחוּץ לְמַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had, all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,992Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אחאב — the Tanakh's own spelling: Ahab. Searched as אחאב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 12.
As a plain word it stands 81 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 16:28. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Ahab.
Questions
Does Achav (Ahab) appear in the Torah codes?
29,182 sequences of אחאב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 29,617 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Achav (Ahab) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 10:4 — the shortest of 29,182 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 29,617.
How is Achav (Ahab) spelled in Hebrew?
Achav is spelled אחאב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 12.
Is Achav (Ahab) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 95,105 sequences of אחאב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 95,450).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 29,617 here) beside the count.