Ark תבה
Ark — in Hebrew תבה — ark; Noah's ark. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 869,664 sequences of Ark, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 3:8); chance alone would give about 870,994.
- Found in the Torah
- 869,664
- Chance alone
- 870,994
- P (≥ found)
- 0.92
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
869,664 sequences of תבה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 870,994 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which תבה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:8, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), תבה is found 13,384,833 times; chance alone would give about 13,500,035.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 870,994 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 179,974
- Exodus 195,209
- Leviticus 158,889
- Numbers 168,252
- Deuteronomy 167,340
The shortest skips
וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם וַיִּתְחַבֵּא הָֽאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים בְּתוֹךְ עֵץ הַגָּֽן
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,324Open in the laboratory →
וַתֵּלֶד עָדָה אֶת־יָבָל הוּא הָיָה אֲבִי יֹשֵׁב אֹהֶל וּמִקְנֶֽה
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,102Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח שֵׁם וָיֶפֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַל־שְׁכֶם שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ אֲחֹרַנִּית וַיְכַסּוּ אֵת עֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם וּפְנֵיהֶם אֲחֹרַנִּית וְעֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם לֹא רָאֽוּ
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,334Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח שֵׁם וָיֶפֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַל־שְׁכֶם שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ אֲחֹרַנִּית וַיְכַסּוּ אֵת עֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם וּפְנֵיהֶם אֲחֹרַנִּית וְעֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם לֹא רָאֽוּ
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,356Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־מִקְנַת כַּסְפּוֹ כָּל־זָכָר בְּאַנְשֵׁי בֵּית אַבְרָהָם וַיָּמָל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתָם בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,293Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תבה appears 2,931,812 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 2,920,294 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,931,812 or more by chance alone is 8.2 × 10⁻¹².
- Genesis 179,974
- Exodus 195,209
- Leviticus 158,889
- Numbers 168,252
- Deuteronomy 173,586
- Joshua 100,272
- Judges 84,247
- Samuel 190,378
- Kings 262,066
- Isaiah 120,972
- Jeremiah 240,769
- Ezekiel 233,018
- The Twelve 132,735
- Psalms 132,579
- Proverbs 52,085
- Job 41,262
- Song of Songs 11,233
- Ruth 14,627
- Lamentations 13,271
- Ecclesiastes 25,706
- Esther 30,918
- Daniel 40,242
- Ezra–Nehemiah 89,388
- Chronicles 240,134
Outside the Torah
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 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,999Open in the laboratory →
וְֽאֶת־רָחָב הַזּוֹנָה וְאֶת־בֵּית אָבִיהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לָהּ הֶחֱיָה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּקֶרֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי הֶחְבִּיאָה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לְרַגֵּל אֶת־יְרִיחֽוֹ
But Rahab the harlot, and her father’s household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel, unto this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,144Open in the laboratory →
וּבָעֵמֶק בֵּית הָרָם וּבֵית נִמְרָה וְסֻכּוֹת וְצָפוֹן יֶתֶר מַמְלְכוּת סִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ חֶשְׁבּוֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן וּגְבֻל עַד־קְצֵה יָם־כִּנֶּרֶת עֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרָֽחָה
and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan being the border thereof, unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 326,312Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תבה — the Tanakh's own spelling: ark; Noah's ark. Searched as תבה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 407.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- תיבה — the Tanakh's own spelling found 87,494 in the Torah (chance 89,407)
Questions
Is Ark in the Bible code?
869,664 sequences of תבה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 870,994 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Ark in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:8 — the shortest of 869,664 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 870,994.
What is the gematria of Ark in Hebrew?
Ark is spelled תבה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 407; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Ark found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תבה appears 2,931,812 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 2,920,294 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,931,812 or more by chance alone is 8.2 × 10⁻¹².
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