Beer-shebah באר שבע
Beer-shebah (באר שבע) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Beer-sheba. באר (from Beer-shebah) appears 856,666 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.0% more than chance alone would give (about 848,294; probability 5.7 × 10⁻²⁰).
- Found in the Torah (באר)
- 856,666
- Chance alone
- 848,294
- P (≥ found)
- 5.7 × 10⁻²⁰
- 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 באר, and שבע has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, באר appears 856,666 times in the Torah — 1.0% more than the 848,294 chance alone would give; the probability of 856,666 or more by chance alone is 5.7 × 10⁻²⁰.
The shortest skip at which באר appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:6, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), באר is found 12,913,008 times; chance alone would give about 13,148,191.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 848,294 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 256,287
- Exodus 156,515
- Leviticus 120,254
- Numbers 170,314
- Deuteronomy 153,296
The shortest skips
וַֽיְהִי מִקֵּץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וַיִּפְתַּח נֹחַ אֶת־חַלּוֹן הַתֵּבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,427Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־פֶּלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,424Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעֲבֹר אַבְרָם בָּאָרֶץ עַד מְקוֹם שְׁכֶם עַד אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אָז בָּאָֽרֶץ
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,434Open in the laboratory →
אֶל־מְקוֹם הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה שָׁם בָּרִאשֹׁנָה וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם אַבְרָם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה
unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,294Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם עַד־חוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּֽשֶׂק
And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,869Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, באר appears 2,956,701 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.2% more than the 2,951,150 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,956,701 or more by chance alone is 0.00062.
- Genesis 256,287
- Exodus 156,515
- Leviticus 120,254
- Numbers 170,314
- Deuteronomy 161,088
- Joshua 100,878
- Judges 103,191
- Samuel 236,108
- Kings 288,333
- Isaiah 141,085
- Jeremiah 226,178
- Ezekiel 182,812
- The Twelve 134,958
- Psalms 133,646
- Proverbs 54,988
- Job 61,415
- Song of Songs 9,467
- Ruth 9,486
- Lamentations 13,177
- Ecclesiastes 23,167
- Esther 25,257
- Daniel 55,405
- Ezra–Nehemiah 81,447
- Chronicles 211,245
Outside the Torah
עִבְרוּ בְּקֶרֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְצַוּוּ אֶת־הָעָם לֵאמֹר הָכִינוּ לָכֶם צֵידָה כִּי בְּעוֹד שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים אַתֶּם עֹֽבְרִים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה לָבוֹא לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָכֶם לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ
’Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,509Open in the laboratory →
זָכוֹר אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶתְכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מֵנִיחַ לָכֶם וְנָתַן לָכֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּֽאת
’Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, you, saying: The LORD your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,592Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח מֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ אֶל־רָחָב לֵאמֹר הוֹצִיאִי הָאֲנָשִׁים הַבָּאִים אֵלַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ לְבֵיתֵךְ כִּי לַחְפֹּר אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בָּֽאוּ
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: ‘Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,191Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
באר שבע — the Tanakh's own spelling: Beer-sheba. Searched as באר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 203.
As a plain word it stands 38 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 16:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- שבע — the Tanakh's own spelling found 303,645 in the Torah (chance 303,444)
Questions
Is Beer-shebah in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, באר appears 856,666 times in the Torah — 1.0% more than the 848,294 chance alone would give; the probability of 856,666 or more by chance alone is 5.7 × 10⁻²⁰.
What is the shortest skip for Beer-shebah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:6 — the shortest of 856,666 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 848,294.
What is the gematria of Beer-shebah in Hebrew?
Beer-shebah is spelled באר שבע — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 203; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Beer-shebah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, באר appears 2,956,701 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.2% more than the 2,951,150 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,956,701 or more by chance alone is 0.00062.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 848,294 here) beside the count.