Avshalom אבשלום
Avshalom (אבשלום) is a person named in the Tanakh — Absalom. Counted across every skip (2–60,969), the Torah holds 2,674 sequences of Avshalom, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 36:23); chance alone would give about 2,639.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 2,674
- Chance alone · every skip
- 2,639
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.25
- Shortest skip
- 3
- Longest skip found
- 60,079
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 6 letters (2–60,969), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 422 found · chance alone about 415 (probability of 422 or more by chance alone: 0.37).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–60,969), אבשלום appears 2,674 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,639, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — at Genesis 36:23, reading forward.
The longest skip at which אבשלום was found in the Torah is 60,079 — at Genesis 3:13, reading forward; a spelling of 6 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 60,969.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 694
- Exodus 472
- Leviticus 450
- Numbers 549
- Deuteronomy 509
Examples across the range
5 of the 2,674 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- א ב ש ל ו מGenesis 36:23
וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי שׁוֹבָל עַלְוָן וּמָנַחַת וְעֵיבָל שְׁפוֹ וְאוֹנָֽם
And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,255 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- א ב ש ל ו מGenesis 36:23
- א ב ש ל וGenesis 41:7
וַתִּבְלַעְנָה הַשִּׁבֳּלִים הַדַּקּוֹת אֵת שֶׁבַע הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִים הַבְּרִיאוֹת וְהַמְּלֵאוֹת וַיִּיקַץ פַּרְעֹה וְהִנֵּה חֲלֽוֹם
And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Letter by letter: the other 1 letter
- מGenesis 41:6
וְהִנֵּה שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים דַּקּוֹת וּשְׁדוּפֹת קָדִים צֹמְחוֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 60,369 of the TorahOpen at skip 10 in the laboratory →
- א ב ש ל וGenesis 41:7
- אDeuteronomy 12:3
וְנִתַּצְתֶּם אֶת־מִזְבּחֹתָם וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּם אֶת־מַצֵּבֹתָם וַאֲשֵֽׁרֵיהֶם תִּשְׂרְפוּן בָּאֵשׁ וּפְסִילֵי …
And ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- בDeuteronomy 12:5
… אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵיכֶם לָשׂוּם אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שָׁם לְשִׁכְנוֹ …
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, even unto His habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
- שDeuteronomy 12:7
וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־שָׁם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם בְּכֹל …
and there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
- לDeuteronomy 12:9
כִּי לֹא־בָּאתֶם עַד־עָתָּה אֶל־הַמְּנוּחָה וְאֶל־הַֽנַּחֲלָה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָֽךְ
for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth thee.
- וDeuteronomy 12:11
וְהָיָה הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם בּוֹ …
then it shall come to pass that the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD.
- מDeuteronomy 12:12
וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם אַתֶּם וּבְנֵיכֶם …
And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.
skip 115, width 115 — one row is 115 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 270,744 of the TorahOpen at skip 115 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 12:3
- אLeviticus 27:7
וְאִם מִבֶּן־שִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה אִם …
And if it be from sixty years old and upward: if it be a male, then thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- בLeviticus 26:34
… הֳשַׁמָּה וְאַתֶּם בְּאֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיכֶם אָז תִּשְׁבַּת הָאָרֶץ וְהִרְצָת אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתֶֽיהָ
Then shall the land be paid her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies’land; even then shall the land rest, and repay her sabbaths.
- שLeviticus 26:15
וְאִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תִּמְאָסוּ וְאִם אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי תִּגְעַל נַפְשְׁכֶם לְבִלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת אֶת …
and if ye shall reject My statutes, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant;
- לLeviticus 25:48
אַחֲרֵי נִמְכַּר גְּאֻלָּה תִּהְיֶה־לּוֹ אֶחָד מֵאֶחָיו יִגְאָלֶֽנּוּ
after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him;
- וLeviticus 25:28
… לוֹ וְהָיָה מִמְכָּרוֹ בְּיַד הַקֹּנֶה אֹתוֹ עַד שְׁנַת הַיּוֹבֵל וְיָצָא בַּיֹּבֵל …
But if he have not sufficient means to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
- םLeviticus 25:8
וְסָפַרְתָּ לְךָ שֶׁבַע שַׁבְּתֹת שָׁנִים שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים וְהָיוּ …
And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.
skip 1,011, width 1,011 — one row is 1,011 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 184,988 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,011 in the laboratory →
- אLeviticus 27:7
- אGenesis 3:13
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לָאִשָּׁה מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂית וַתֹּאמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה הַנָּחָשׁ הִשִּׁיאַנִי וָאֹכֵֽל
And the LORD God said unto the woman: ‘What is this thou hast done?’ And the woman said: ‘The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.’
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- בGenesis 42:13
… בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְהִנֵּה הַקָּטֹן אֶת־אָבִינוּ הַיּוֹם וְהָאֶחָד אֵינֶֽנּוּ
And they said: ‘We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.’
- שExodus 30:13
… הָעֹבֵר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִים מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִים גֵּרָה הַשֶּׁקֶל מַחֲצִית …
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary—the shekel is twenty gerahs—half a shekel for an offering to the LORD.
- לLeviticus 26:30
… אֶת־חַמָּנֵיכֶם וְנָֽתַתִּי אֶת־פִּגְרֵיכֶם עַל־פִּגְרֵי גִּלּוּלֵיכֶם וְגָעֲלָה נַפְשִׁי אֶתְכֶֽם …
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.
- וNumbers 32:34
וַיִּבְנוּ בְנֵי־גָד אֶת־דִּיבֹן וְאֶת־עֲטָרֹת וְאֵת עֲרֹעֵֽר
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer;
- םDeuteronomy 33:23
וּלְנַפְתָּלִי אָמַר נַפְתָּלִי שְׂבַע רָצוֹן וּמָלֵא בִּרְכַּת יְהוָה יָם וְדָרוֹם יְרָֽשָׁה
And of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, And full with the blessing of the LORD: Possess thou the sea and the south.
skip 60,079, width 60,079 — one row is 60,079 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 3,525 of the TorahOpen at skip 60,079 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 3:13
Across the Tanakh
39,337 sequences of אבשלום across every skip (2–239,408) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 40,051 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,671 found · chance alone about 1,655 (probability of 1,671 or more by chance alone: 0.35).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 3,260
- Exodus 2,264
- Leviticus 1,836
- Numbers 2,268
- Deuteronomy 2,021
- Joshua 1,241
- Judges 1,442
- Samuel 3,706
- Kings 3,479
- Isaiah 1,925
- Jeremiah 2,790
- Ezekiel 2,325
- The Twelve 1,719
- Psalms 1,824
- Proverbs 599
- Job 891
- Song of Songs 92
- Ruth 142
- Lamentations 136
- Ecclesiastes 294
- Esther 327
- Daniel 799
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,074
- Chronicles 2,883
Outside the Torah
- אEzekiel 16:25
אֶל־כָּל־רֹאשׁ דֶּרֶךְ בָּנִית רָֽמָתֵךְ …
Thou hast built thy lofty place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy harlotries.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- ב ש לEzekiel 16:24
וַתִּבְנִי־לָךְ גֶּב וַתַּעֲשִׂי־לָךְ רָמָה בְּכָל־רְחֽוֹב
that thou hast built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.
- ו םEzekiel 16:23
וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי כָּל־רָעָתֵךְ אוֹי אוֹי לָךְ נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness—woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD—
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 746,408 of the TanakhOpen at skip 7 in the laboratory →
- אEzekiel 16:25
- א1 Samuel 14:52
… אִישׁ גִּבּוֹר וְכָל־בֶּן־חַיִל וַיַּאַסְפֵהוּ אֵלָֽיו
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- ב1 Samuel 14:50
וְשֵׁם אֵשֶׁת שָׁאוּל אֲחִינֹעַם בַּת־אֲחִימָעַץ וְשֵׁם שַׂר־צְבָאוֹ אֲבִינֵר בֶּן־נֵר דּוֹד שָׁאֽוּל
and the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz; and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
- ש1 Samuel 14:48
וַיַּעַשׂ חַיִל וַיַּךְ אֶת־עֲמָלֵק וַיַּצֵּל אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּד שֹׁסֵֽהוּ
And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
- ל1 Samuel 14:47
וְשָׁאוּל לָכַד הַמְּלוּכָה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּלָּחֶם סָבִיב בְּֽכָל …
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines; and whithersoever he turned himself, he put them to the worse.
- ו1 Samuel 14:45
… הַגְּדוֹלָה הַזֹּאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל חָלִילָה חַי־יְהוָה אִם־יִפֹּל מִשַּׂעֲרַת רֹאשׁוֹ אַרְצָה …
And the people said unto Saul: ‘Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it; as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day.’ So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
- מ1 Samuel 14:43
… אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִי מְעַט דְּבַשׁ הִנְנִי אָמֽוּת
Then Saul said to Jonathan: ‘Tell me what thou hast done.’ And Jonathan told him, and said: ‘I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; here am I: I will die.’
skip 105, width 105 — one row is 105 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 405,727 of the TanakhOpen at skip 105 in the laboratory →
- א1 Samuel 14:52
- א2 Chronicles 35:27
וּדְבָרָיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרֹנִים הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר מַלְכֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָֽה
and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
- בProverbs 23:20
אַל־תְּהִי בְסֹֽבְאֵי־יָיִן בְּזֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר לָֽמוֹ
Be not among winebibbers; Among gluttonous eaters of flesh;
- שJeremiah 49:9
אִם־בֹּֽצְרִים בָּאוּ לָךְ לֹא יַשְׁאִרוּ עֽוֹלֵלוֹת אִם־גַּנָּבִים בַּלַּיְלָה הִשְׁחִיתוּ דַיָּֽם
If grape-gatherers came to thee, Would they not leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves by night, Would they not destroy till they had enough?
- ל1 Kings 1:19
… וְצֹאן לָרֹב וַיִּקְרָא לְכָל־בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וּלְאֶבְיָתָר הַכֹּהֵן וּלְיֹאָב שַׂר הַצָּבָא …
And he hath slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar, the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
- וNumbers 30:12
… הֵנִיא אֹתָהּ וְקָמוּ כָּל־נְדָרֶיהָ וְכָל־אִסָּר אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ …
and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
- םGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 239,089, width 239,089 — one row is 239,089 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,195,459 of the TanakhOpen at skip 239,089 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 35:27
The spelling
אבשלום — the Tanakh's own spelling: Absalom. Searched as אבשלום, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 379.
As a plain word it stands 74 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Abishalom.
Questions
Does Avshalom appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–60,969), אבשלום appears 2,674 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,639, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Avshalom in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 36:23 — the shortest of 2,674 sequences across every skip (2–60,969), where chance alone would give about 2,639.
How is Avshalom spelled in Hebrew?
Avshalom is spelled אבשלום — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 379.
Is Avshalom in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
39,337 sequences of אבשלום across every skip (2–239,408) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 40,051 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,639 across every skip (2–60,969) here) beside the count.