Bedad בדד
Bedad (בדד) is a person named in the Tanakh. Bedad appears 86,214 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% more than chance alone would give (about 85,526; probability 0.0094).
- Found in the Torah
- 86,214
- Chance alone
- 85,526
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0094
- 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, בדד appears 86,214 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 85,526 chance alone would give; the probability of 86,214 or more by chance alone is 0.0094.
The shortest skip at which בדד appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 9:6, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), בדד is found 1,316,482 times; chance alone would give about 1,325,617.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 85,526 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 23,632
- Exodus 16,043
- Leviticus 11,091
- Numbers 22,634
- Deuteronomy 12,814
The shortest skips
שֹׁפֵךְ דַּם הָֽאָדָם בָּֽאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ כִּי בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אֶת־הָאָדָֽם
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,540Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה הַנֶּגַע יְרַקְרַק אוֹ אֲדַמְדָּם בַּבֶּגֶד אוֹ בָעוֹר אֽוֹ־בַשְּׁתִי אוֹ־בָעֵרֶב אוֹ בְכָל־כְּלִי־עוֹר נֶגַע צָרַעַת הוּא וְהָרְאָה אֶת־הַכֹּהֵֽן
If the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown unto the priest.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 160,558Open in the laboratory →
אַחַד עָשָׂר יוֹם מֵֽחֹרֵב דֶּרֶךְ הַר־שֵׂעִיר עַד קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵֽעַ
It is eleven days journey from Horeb unto Kadesh-barnea by the way of mount Seir.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 250,049Open in the laboratory →
וַנִּסַּע מֵחֹרֵב וַנֵּלֶךְ אֵת כָּל־הַמִּדְבָּר הַגָּדוֹל וְהַנּוֹרָא הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר רְאִיתֶם דֶּרֶךְ הַר הָֽאֱמֹרִי כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֹתָנוּ וַנָּבֹא עַד קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵֽעַ
And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and dreadful wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 251,054Open in the laboratory →
וְהַמַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר עַד הַחֹדֶשׁ הָֽעֲשִׂירִי בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ נִרְאוּ רָאשֵׁי הֶֽהָרִֽים
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,375Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בדד appears 499,783 times in the whole Tanakh — 5.3% more than the 474,834 chance alone would give; the probability of 499,783 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻²⁸².
- Genesis 23,632
- Exodus 16,043
- Leviticus 11,091
- Numbers 22,634
- Deuteronomy 13,520
- Joshua 11,295
- Judges 11,505
- Samuel 70,162
- Kings 35,677
- Isaiah 23,168
- Jeremiah 33,143
- Ezekiel 31,771
- The Twelve 19,137
- Psalms 39,581
- Proverbs 13,495
- Job 11,787
- Song of Songs 2,294
- Ruth 1,935
- Lamentations 2,490
- Ecclesiastes 4,268
- Esther 8,312
- Daniel 26,232
- Ezra–Nehemiah 22,081
- Chronicles 44,530
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַיִּתְּנֵם יְהוָה בְּיַד־מִדְיָן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִֽים
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 353,197Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקָם אַחֲרֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל תּוֹלָע בֶּן־פּוּאָה בֶּן־דּוֹדוֹ אִישׁ יִשָּׂשכָר וְהֽוּא־יֹשֵׁב בְּשָׁמִיר בְּהַר אֶפְרָֽיִם
And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 363,235Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְּהַזְכִּירוֹ אֶת־אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים וַיִּפֹּל מֵֽעַל־הַכִּסֵּא אֲחֹרַנִּית בְּעַד יַד הַשַּׁעַר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר מַפְרַקְתּוֹ וַיָּמֹת כִּֽי־זָקֵן הָאִישׁ וְכָבֵד וְהוּא שָׁפַט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָֽה
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 389,642Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בדד — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בדד, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 10.
As a plain word it stands 10 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:35. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Bedad in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, בדד appears 86,214 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 85,526 chance alone would give; the probability of 86,214 or more by chance alone is 0.0094.
What is the shortest skip for Bedad in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 9:6 — the shortest of 86,214 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 85,526.
What is the gematria of Bedad in Hebrew?
Bedad is spelled בדד — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 10.
How many times is Bedad found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בדד appears 499,783 times in the whole Tanakh — 5.3% more than the 474,834 chance alone would give; the probability of 499,783 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻²⁸².
Search it yourself
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