Bow לבוא
Bow (לבוא) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — come, go in. Bow appears 101,581 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% more than chance alone would give (about 100,268; probability 1.8 × 10⁻⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 101,581
- Chance alone
- 100,268
- P (≥ found)
- 1.8 × 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
At skips 2–5,000, לבוא appears 101,581 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 100,268 chance alone would give; the probability of 101,581 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻⁵.
The shortest skip at which לבוא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:6, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), לבוא is found 1,026,919 times; chance alone would give about 1,044,782.
- Genesis 30,017
- Exodus 17,431
- Leviticus 14,950
- Numbers 21,510
- Deuteronomy 17,673
The shortest skips
וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהוָה כִּֽי־עָשָׂה אֶת־הָֽאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וַיִּתְעַצֵּב אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ
And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,136Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמַע יַעֲקֹב אֶל־אָבִיו וְאֶל־אִמּוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ פַּדֶּנָֽה אֲרָֽם
and that Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,966Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה כִּֽי־שְׂנוּאָה אָנֹכִי וַיִּתֶּן־לִי גַּם־אֶת־זֶה וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ שִׁמְעֽוֹן
And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: ‘Because the LORD hath heard that I am hated, He hath therefore given me this son also.’ And she called his name Simeon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 41,328Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר עַתָּה הַפַּעַם יִלָּוֶה אִישִׁי אֵלַי כִּֽי־יָלַדְתִּי לוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה בָנִים עַל־כֵּן קָרָֽא־שְׁמוֹ לֵוִֽי
And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: ‘Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons.’ Therefore was his name called Levi.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 41,391Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר הַפַּעַם אוֹדֶה אֶת־יְהוָה עַל־כֵּן קָרְאָה שְׁמוֹ יְהוּדָה וַֽתַּעֲמֹד מִלֶּֽדֶת
And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said: ‘This time will I praise the LORD.’ Therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 41,457Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 413,641 sequences of לבוא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 413,661).
- Genesis 30,017
- Exodus 17,431
- Leviticus 14,950
- Numbers 21,510
- Deuteronomy 18,814
- Joshua 12,875
- Judges 15,671
- Samuel 45,599
- Kings 39,030
- Isaiah 18,888
- Jeremiah 31,189
- Ezekiel 23,508
- The Twelve 17,600
- Psalms 20,396
- Proverbs 6,770
- Job 8,774
- Song of Songs 1,166
- Ruth 1,467
- Lamentations 1,589
- Ecclesiastes 3,433
- Esther 3,670
- Daniel 8,559
- Ezra–Nehemiah 13,005
- Chronicles 37,730
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ כָּל־מַלְכֵי הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן יָמָּה וְכָל־מַלְכֵי הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַיָּם אֵת אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִישׁ יְהוָה אֶת־מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מִפְּנֵי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד־עברנו וַיִּמַּס לְבָבָם וְלֹא־הָיָה בָם עוֹד רוּחַ מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until they were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,439Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּקְרַבְנָה לִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְלִפְנֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וְלִפְנֵי הַנְּשִׂיאִים לֵאמֹר יְהוָה צִוָּה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה לָֽתֶת־לָנוּ נַחֲלָה בְּתוֹךְ אַחֵינוּ וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם אֶל־פִּי יְהוָה נַֽחֲלָה בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵי אֲבִיהֶֽן
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying: ‘The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren’; therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 330,813Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּקְרַבְנָה לִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְלִפְנֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וְלִפְנֵי הַנְּשִׂיאִים לֵאמֹר יְהוָה צִוָּה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה לָֽתֶת־לָנוּ נַחֲלָה בְּתוֹךְ אַחֵינוּ וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם אֶל־פִּי יְהוָה נַֽחֲלָה בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵי אֲבִיהֶֽן
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying: ‘The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren’; therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 330,841Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לבוא — the Tanakh's own spelling: come, go in. Searched as לבוא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 39.
As a plain word it stands 81 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 12:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- באו — the name in Hebrew letters found 1,438,918 in the Torah (chance 1,429,019)
Questions
Does Bow appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, לבוא appears 101,581 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 100,268 chance alone would give; the probability of 101,581 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Bow in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:6 — the shortest of 101,581 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 100,268.
What is the gematria of Bow in Hebrew?
Bow is spelled לבוא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 39; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Bow found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 413,641 sequences of לבוא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 413,661).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 100,268 here) beside the count.