Babel (Babylon · בבל)
Babel (Babylon · בבל) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Babylon, Babel. Babel (Babylon) appears 618,165 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% more than chance alone would give (about 609,784; probability 4.6 × 10⁻²⁷).
- Found in the Torah
- 618,165
- Chance alone
- 609,784
- P (≥ found)
- 4.6 × 10⁻²⁷
- 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, בבל appears 618,165 times in the Torah — 1.4% more than the 609,784 chance alone would give; the probability of 618,165 or more by chance alone is 4.6 × 10⁻²⁷.
The shortest skip at which בבל appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 30:1, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), בבל is found 9,375,595 times; chance alone would give about 9,451,381.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 609,784 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 161,827
- Exodus 104,015
- Leviticus 89,486
- Numbers 149,158
- Deuteronomy 113,679
The shortest skips
וַתֵּרֶא רָחֵל כִּי לֹא יָֽלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב וַתְּקַנֵּא רָחֵל בַּאֲחֹתָהּ וַתֹּאמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב הָֽבָה־לִּי בָנִים וְאִם־אַיִן מֵתָה אָנֹֽכִי
And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob: ‘Give me children, or else I die.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 41,548Open in the laboratory →
אֶֽעֱבֹר בְּכָל־צֹֽאנְךָ הַיּוֹם הָסֵר מִשָּׁם כָּל־שֶׂה נָקֹד וְטָלוּא וְכָל־שֶׂה־חוּם בַּכְּשָׂבִים וְטָלוּא וְנָקֹד בָּעִזִּים וְהָיָה שְׂכָרִֽי
I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every dark one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 42,904Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם לָבָן בַּבֹּקֶר וַיְנַשֵּׁק לְבָנָיו וְלִבְנוֹתָיו וַיְבָרֶךְ אֶתְהֶם וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָּשָׁב לָבָן לִמְקֹמֽוֹ
And Laban arose early in the morning, kissed his sons and daughters, and blessed them; and then Laban went and returned to his place.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 46,507Open in the laboratory →
וְיוֹסֵף בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה בְּעָמְדוֹ לִפְנֵי פַּרְעֹה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָיִם וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף מִלִּפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וַֽיַּעְבֹר בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt.—And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,410Open in the laboratory →
חַכְלִילִי עֵינַיִם מִיָּיִן וּלְבֶן־שִׁנַּיִם מֵחָלָֽב
His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 75,753Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בבל appears 2,636,489 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 2,609,484 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,636,489 or more by chance alone is 8.0 × 10⁻⁶³.
- Genesis 161,827
- Exodus 104,015
- Leviticus 89,486
- Numbers 149,158
- Deuteronomy 117,514
- Joshua 84,457
- Judges 86,547
- Samuel 221,608
- Kings 246,845
- Isaiah 115,698
- Jeremiah 202,072
- Ezekiel 154,419
- The Twelve 109,863
- Psalms 151,909
- Proverbs 65,263
- Job 53,434
- Song of Songs 9,584
- Ruth 8,923
- Lamentations 15,937
- Ecclesiastes 25,062
- Esther 25,228
- Daniel 53,942
- Ezra–Nehemiah 102,528
- Chronicles 281,170
Outside the Torah
וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ בִּגְבוּל נַחֲלָתוֹ בְּתִמְנַת־סֶרַח אֲשֶׁר בְּהַר־אֶפְרָיִם מִצְּפוֹן לְהַר־גָּֽעַשׁ
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 344,371Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אוֹתוֹ בִּגְבוּל נַחֲלָתוֹ בְּתִמְנַת־חֶרֶס בְּהַר אֶפְרָיִם מִצְּפוֹן לְהַר־גָּֽעַשׁ
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 347,218Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיִּתְּנֵם בְּיַד־שֹׁסִים וַיָּשֹׁסּוּ אוֹתָם וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם בְּיַד אֽוֹיְבֵיהֶם מִסָּבִיב וְלֹֽא־יָכְלוּ עוֹד לַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי אוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and He gave them over into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 347,563Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בבל — the Tanakh's own spelling: Babylon, Babel. Searched as בבל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 34.
As a plain word it stands 224 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Babylon.
Questions
Is Babel (Babylon) in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, בבל appears 618,165 times in the Torah — 1.4% more than the 609,784 chance alone would give; the probability of 618,165 or more by chance alone is 4.6 × 10⁻²⁷.
What is the shortest skip for Babel (Babylon) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 30:1 — the shortest of 618,165 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 609,784.
What is the gematria of Babel (Babylon) in Hebrew?
Babel is spelled בבל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 34.
How many times is Babel (Babylon) found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בבל appears 2,636,489 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 2,609,484 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,636,489 or more by chance alone is 8.0 × 10⁻⁶³.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 609,784 here) beside the count.