Cabul כבול
Cabul (כבול) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Cabul is found 44,993 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 16:12) — 1.5% above the 44,346 chance alone would give (probability of 44,993 or more by chance alone: 0.0011).
- Found in the Torah
- 44,993
- Chance alone
- 44,346
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0011
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 44,993 sequences of כבול at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 44,346); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0011 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 16:12, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 453,851 sequences of כבול, against about 462,083 from chance alone.
- Genesis 10,759
- Exodus 7,776
- Leviticus 6,906
- Numbers 7,645
- Deuteronomy 11,907
The shortest skips
וְהוּא יִהְיֶה פֶּרֶא אָדָם יָדוֹ בַכֹּל וְיַד כֹּל בּוֹ וְעַל־פְּנֵי כָל־אֶחָיו יִשְׁכֹּֽן
And he shall be a wild ass of a man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the face of all his brethren.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,899Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא חֲמוֹר וּשְׁכֶם בְּנוֹ אֶל־שַׁעַר עִירָם וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ אֶל־אַנְשֵׁי עִירָם לֵאמֹֽר
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 50,096Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל־חֲמוֹר וְאֶל־שְׁכֶם בְּנוֹ כָּל־יֹצְאֵי שַׁעַר עִירוֹ וַיִּמֹּלוּ כָּל־זָכָר כָּל־יֹצְאֵי שַׁעַר עִירֽוֹ
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 50,348Open in the laboratory →
וַתָּבֹאנָה אֶל־קִרְבֶּנָה וְלֹא נוֹדַע כִּי־בָאוּ אֶל־קִרְבֶּנָה וּמַרְאֵיהֶן רַע כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּתְּחִלָּה וָאִיקָֽץ
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favoured as at the beginning. So I awoke.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 61,098Open in the laboratory →
בִּרְכֹת אָבִיךָ גָּֽבְרוּ עַל־בִּרְכֹת הוֹרַי עַֽד־תַּאֲוַת גִּבְעֹת עוֹלָם תִּֽהְיֶין לְרֹאשׁ יוֹסֵף וּלְקָדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָֽיו
The blessings of thy father Are mighty beyond the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of the prince among his brethren.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 76,208Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 204,259 sequences of כבול at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 205,211).
- Genesis 10,759
- Exodus 7,776
- Leviticus 6,906
- Numbers 7,645
- Deuteronomy 12,485
- Joshua 5,809
- Judges 5,690
- Samuel 18,772
- Kings 18,536
- Isaiah 11,191
- Jeremiah 16,043
- Ezekiel 12,268
- The Twelve 9,417
- Psalms 15,209
- Proverbs 5,376
- Job 5,000
- Song of Songs 905
- Ruth 803
- Lamentations 1,043
- Ecclesiastes 2,195
- Esther 2,422
- Daniel 3,947
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,665
- Chronicles 18,397
Outside the Torah
וַתִּקַּח הָֽאִשָּׁה אֶת־שְׁנֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים וַֽתִּצְפְּנוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר כֵּן בָּאוּ אֵלַי הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מֵאַיִן הֵֽמָּה
And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said: ‘Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,275Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הַכֹּהֵן לְכוּ לְשָׁלוֹם נֹכַח יְהוָה דַּרְכְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָֽהּ
And the priest said unto them: ‘Go in peace; before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 375,340Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בְמָלְכוֹ כְּשִׁבְתּוֹ עַל־כִּסְאוֹ הִכָּה אֶת־כָּל־בֵּית בַּעְשָׁא לֹֽא־הִשְׁאִיר לוֹ מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר וְגֹאֲלָיו וְרֵעֵֽהוּ
And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasa; he left him not a single man-child, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 512,739Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כבול — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כבול, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 58.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 19:27. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Cabul appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 44,993 sequences of כבול at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 44,346); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0011 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Cabul in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 16:12 — the shortest of 44,993 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 44,346.
How is Cabul spelled in Hebrew?
Cabul is spelled כבול — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 58.
Is Cabul in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 204,259 sequences of כבול at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 205,211).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 44,346 here) beside the count.