Arab ארב
Arab (ארב) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Arab appears 855,030 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% more than chance alone would give (about 848,294; probability 1.4 × 10⁻¹³).
- Found in the Torah
- 855,030
- Chance alone
- 848,294
- P (≥ found)
- 1.4 × 10⁻¹³
- 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, ארב appears 855,030 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 848,294 chance alone would give; the probability of 855,030 or more by chance alone is 1.4 × 10⁻¹³.
The shortest skip at which ארב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:4, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), ארב is found 12,852,370 times; chance alone would give about 13,148,191.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 848,294 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 253,059
- Exodus 160,037
- Leviticus 121,182
- Numbers 166,748
- Deuteronomy 154,004
The shortest skips
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 138Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיוּ לִמְאוֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהָאִיר עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 687Open in the laboratory →
וְלִמְשֹׁל בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה וּֽלֲהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 856Open in the laboratory →
הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְגַם אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶל־בְּנוֹת הָֽאָדָם וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּֽׁם
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of nobles came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,999Open in the laboratory →
מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא יָצָא אַשּׁוּר וַיִּבֶן אֶת־נִינְוֵה וְאֶת־רְחֹבֹת עִיר וְאֶת־כָּֽלַח
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,960Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ארב appears 2,961,058 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.3% more than the 2,951,150 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,961,058 or more by chance alone is 4.1 × 10⁻⁹.
- Genesis 253,059
- Exodus 160,037
- Leviticus 121,182
- Numbers 166,748
- Deuteronomy 161,044
- Joshua 102,595
- Judges 101,291
- Samuel 237,672
- Kings 288,119
- Isaiah 141,327
- Jeremiah 224,446
- Ezekiel 186,847
- The Twelve 136,420
- Psalms 133,009
- Proverbs 54,433
- Job 64,670
- Song of Songs 7,872
- Ruth 12,846
- Lamentations 10,352
- Ecclesiastes 23,401
- Esther 24,851
- Daniel 57,909
- Ezra–Nehemiah 80,038
- Chronicles 210,890
Outside the Torah
כָּל־מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר תִּדְרֹךְ כַּֽף־רַגְלְכֶם בּוֹ לָכֶם נְתַתִּיו כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶל־מֹשֶֽׁה
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,004Open in the laboratory →
וַיְצַו יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־שֹׁטְרֵי הָעָם לֵאמֹֽר
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,435Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח מֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ אֶל־רָחָב לֵאמֹר הוֹצִיאִי הָאֲנָשִׁים הַבָּאִים אֵלַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ לְבֵיתֵךְ כִּי לַחְפֹּר אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בָּֽאוּ
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: ‘Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,187Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ארב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ארב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 203.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 8:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Arab in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, ארב appears 855,030 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 848,294 chance alone would give; the probability of 855,030 or more by chance alone is 1.4 × 10⁻¹³.
What is the shortest skip for Arab in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:4 — the shortest of 855,030 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 848,294.
What is the gematria of Arab in Hebrew?
Arab is spelled ארב — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 203.
How many times is Arab found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ארב appears 2,961,058 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.3% more than the 2,951,150 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,961,058 or more by chance alone is 4.1 × 10⁻⁹.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 848,294 here) beside the count.