Bob Dylan בוב דילן
Bob Dylan (בוב דילן): American singer-songwriter (born 1941). בוב (from Bob Dylan) appears 434,192 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% more than chance alone would give (about 431,584; probability 3.7 × 10⁻⁵).
- Found in the Torah (בוב)
- 434,192
- Chance alone
- 431,584
- P (≥ found)
- 3.7 × 10⁻⁵
- 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 בוב, and דילן has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, בוב appears 434,192 times in the Torah — 0.6% more than the 431,584 chance alone would give; the probability of 434,192 or more by chance alone is 3.7 × 10⁻⁵.
The shortest skip at which בוב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:1, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), בוב is found 6,600,424 times; chance alone would give about 6,689,360.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 431,584 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 130,311
- Exodus 74,394
- Leviticus 65,599
- Numbers 93,961
- Deuteronomy 69,927
The shortest skips
זֶה סֵפֶר תּוֹלְדֹת אָדָם בְּיוֹם בְּרֹא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אֹתֽוֹ
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,436Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי כָּל־יְמֵי־לֶמֶךְ שֶׁבַע וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,755Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּחֶל עוֹד שִׁבְעַת יָמִים אֲחֵרִים וַיֹּסֶף שַׁלַּח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָה מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,636Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־הַֽחַיָּה כָּל־הָרֶמֶשׂ וְכָל־הָעוֹף כֹּל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם יָצְאוּ מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה
every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,065Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר אִתְּכֶם בָּעוֹף בַּבְּהֵמָה וּֽבְכָל־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אִתְּכֶם מִכֹּל יֹצְאֵי הַתֵּבָה לְכֹל חַיַּת הָאָֽרֶץ
and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,680Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בוב appears 1,928,922 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 1,915,031 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,928,922 or more by chance alone is 5.9 × 10⁻²⁴.
- Genesis 130,311
- Exodus 74,394
- Leviticus 65,599
- Numbers 93,961
- Deuteronomy 76,280
- Joshua 67,336
- Judges 62,694
- Samuel 159,477
- Kings 165,707
- Isaiah 98,051
- Jeremiah 143,945
- Ezekiel 117,656
- The Twelve 94,884
- Psalms 114,786
- Proverbs 49,483
- Job 40,945
- Song of Songs 6,527
- Ruth 6,497
- Lamentations 10,102
- Ecclesiastes 14,271
- Esther 14,508
- Daniel 36,396
- Ezra–Nehemiah 77,212
- Chronicles 207,900
Outside the Torah
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 306,220Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו מֵאֶרֶץ רְחוֹקָה מְאֹד בָּאוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ לְשֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְנוּ שָׁמְעוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה בְּמִצְרָֽיִם
And they said unto him: ‘From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God; for we have heard the fame of Him, and all that He did in Egypt,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 318,142Open in the laboratory →
חֶשְׁבּוֹן וְכָל־עָרֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּישֹׁר דִּיבוֹן וּבָמוֹת בַּעַל וּבֵית בַּעַל מְעֽוֹן
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the table-land; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,810Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בוב דילן — the name in Hebrew letters: American singer-songwriter (born 1941). Searched as בוב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 10.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- דילן — the name in Hebrew letters found 23,269 in the Torah (chance 23,274)
Questions
Is Bob Dylan in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, בוב appears 434,192 times in the Torah — 0.6% more than the 431,584 chance alone would give; the probability of 434,192 or more by chance alone is 3.7 × 10⁻⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Bob Dylan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:1 — the shortest of 434,192 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 431,584.
What is the gematria of Bob Dylan in Hebrew?
Bob Dylan is spelled בוב דילן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 10; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Bob Dylan found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בוב appears 1,928,922 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 1,915,031 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,928,922 or more by chance alone is 5.9 × 10⁻²⁴.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 431,584 here) beside the count.