Baba Sali באבא סאלי
Baba Sali (באבא סאלי): Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, Moroccan rabbi (1889–1984). באבא (from Baba Sali) appears 69,335 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.0% more than chance alone would give (about 67,338; probability 9.4 × 10⁻¹⁵).
- Found in the Torah (באבא)
- 69,335
- Chance alone
- 67,338
- P (≥ found)
- 9.4 × 10⁻¹⁵
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for באבא, and סאלי has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, באבא appears 69,335 times in the Torah — 3.0% more than the 67,338 chance alone would give; the probability of 69,335 or more by chance alone is 9.4 × 10⁻¹⁵.
The shortest skip at which באבא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 16:10, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), באבא is found 686,220 times; chance alone would give about 701,647.
- Genesis 22,827
- Exodus 10,767
- Leviticus 10,335
- Numbers 13,719
- Deuteronomy 11,687
The shortest skips
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 18,797Open 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 27,974Open in the laboratory →
וַיְסַפֵּר אֶל־אָבִיו וְאֶל־אֶחָיו וַיִּגְעַר־בּוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתָּ הֲבוֹא נָבוֹא אֲנִי וְאִמְּךָ וְאַחֶיךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְךָ אָֽרְצָה
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him: ‘What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down to thee to the earth?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 54,638Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשָׁב רְאוּבֵן אֶל־הַבּוֹר וְהִנֵּה אֵין־יוֹסֵף בַּבּוֹר וַיִּקְרַע אֶת־בְּגָדָֽיו
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 55,634Open in the laboratory →
וּזְרַעְתֶּם אֵת הַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁמִינִת וַאֲכַלְתֶּם מִן־הַתְּבוּאָה יָשָׁן עַד הַשָּׁנָה הַתְּשִׁיעִת עַד־בּוֹא תְּבוּאָתָהּ תֹּאכְלוּ יָשָֽׁן
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the produce, the old store; until the ninth year, until her produce come in, ye shall eat the old store.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 180,687Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, באבא appears 231,062 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.4% more than the 225,554 chance alone would give; the probability of 231,062 or more by chance alone is 3.7 × 10⁻³¹.
- Genesis 22,827
- Exodus 10,767
- Leviticus 10,335
- Numbers 13,719
- Deuteronomy 12,431
- Joshua 6,449
- Judges 8,625
- Samuel 23,125
- Kings 23,629
- Isaiah 8,582
- Jeremiah 18,050
- Ezekiel 14,825
- The Twelve 9,545
- Psalms 8,037
- Proverbs 3,086
- Job 3,970
- Song of Songs 660
- Ruth 681
- Lamentations 899
- Ecclesiastes 1,575
- Esther 1,674
- Daniel 4,307
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,817
- Chronicles 16,447
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הִנֵּה־נָא אִישׁ־אֱלֹהִים בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת וְהָאִישׁ נִכְבָּד כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּר בּוֹא יָבוֹא עַתָּה נֵלֲכָה שָּׁם אוּלַי יַגִּיד לָנוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵּנוּ אֲשֶׁר־הָלַכְנוּ עָלֶֽיהָ
And he said unto him: ‘Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man that is held in honour; all that he saith cometh surely to pass; now let us go thither; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 395,120Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּגְּשׁוּ עֲבָדָיו וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ אָבִי דָּבָר גָּדוֹל הַנָּבִיא דִּבֶּר אֵלֶיךָ הֲלוֹא תַעֲשֶׂה וְאַף כִּֽי־אָמַר אֵלֶיךָ רְחַץ וּטְהָֽר
And his servants came near, and spoke unto him, and said: ‘My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee: Wash, and be clean?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 535,950Open in the laboratory →
הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא לָבוֹא נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל לְהַכּוֹת אֶת־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 713,265Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
באבא סאלי — the name in Hebrew letters: Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, Moroccan rabbi (1889–1984). Searched as באבא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 6.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- סאלי — the name in Hebrew letters found 11,524 in the Torah (chance 11,621)
Questions
Is Baba Sali in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, באבא appears 69,335 times in the Torah — 3.0% more than the 67,338 chance alone would give; the probability of 69,335 or more by chance alone is 9.4 × 10⁻¹⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Baba Sali in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 16:10 — the shortest of 69,335 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 67,338.
What is the gematria of Baba Sali in Hebrew?
Baba Sali is spelled באבא סאלי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 6; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Baba Sali found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, באבא appears 231,062 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.4% more than the 225,554 chance alone would give; the probability of 231,062 or more by chance alone is 3.7 × 10⁻³¹.
Search it yourself
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