Debir לא דבר
Debir (לא דבר) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Lo-debar. דבר (from Debir) appears 220,249 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 220,444 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (דבר)
- 220,249
- Chance alone
- 220,444
- P (≥ found)
- 0.66
- 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 דבר, and לא has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
220,249 sequences of דבר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 220,444 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:5, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 3,389,742 sequences of דבר, against about 3,416,780 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 220,444 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 60,980
- Exodus 43,675
- Leviticus 27,270
- Numbers 51,894
- Deuteronomy 36,430
The shortest skips
וַיַּרְא יְהוָה כִּי רַבָּה רָעַת הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וְכָל־יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבֹת לִבּוֹ רַק רַע כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם
And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,075Open in the laboratory →
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 7,123Open in the laboratory →
הֽוּא־הָיָה גִבֹּֽר־צַיִד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה עַל־כֵּן יֵֽאָמַר כְּנִמְרֹד גִּבּוֹר צַיִד לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: ‘Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,876Open in the laboratory →
וּכְנַעַן יָלַד אֶת־צִידֹן בְּכֹרוֹ וְאֶת־חֵֽת
And Canaan begot Zidon his firstborn, and Heth;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 12,104Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא יַעֲקֹב מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה בָּעֶרֶב וַתֵּצֵא לֵאָה לִקְרָאתוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלַי תָּבוֹא כִּי שָׂכֹר שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ בְּדוּדָאֵי בְּנִי וַיִּשְׁכַּב עִמָּהּ בַּלַּיְלָה הֽוּא
And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said: ‘Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son’s mandrakes.’ And he lay with her that night.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 42,168Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, דבר appears 992,833 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 998,398, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 60,980
- Exodus 43,675
- Leviticus 27,270
- Numbers 51,894
- Deuteronomy 38,394
- Joshua 31,492
- Judges 27,518
- Samuel 91,760
- Kings 82,657
- Isaiah 53,101
- Jeremiah 72,404
- Ezekiel 64,837
- The Twelve 43,046
- Psalms 69,520
- Proverbs 27,694
- Job 22,431
- Song of Songs 5,435
- Ruth 3,333
- Lamentations 4,835
- Ecclesiastes 7,843
- Esther 12,607
- Daniel 32,079
- Ezra–Nehemiah 34,605
- Chronicles 83,423
Outside the Torah
וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרֽוֹן־הַבְּרִית לֵאמֹר כְּבֹאֲכֶם עַד־קְצֵה מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן בַּיַּרְדֵּן תַּעֲמֹֽדוּ
And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying: When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,134Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּחֲנוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּגִּלְגָּל וַיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־הַפֶּסַח בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעֶרֶב בְּעַֽרְבוֹת יְרִיחֽוֹ
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,052Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ כָּֽל־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן בָּהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבְכֹל חוֹף הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל אֶל־מוּל הַלְּבָנוֹן הַֽחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and on all the shore of the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,668Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לא דבר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Lo-debar. Searched as דבר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 206.
As a plain word it stands 798 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 12:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Debir appear in the Torah codes?
220,249 sequences of דבר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 220,444 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Debir in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:5 — the shortest of 220,249 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 220,444.
How is Debir spelled in Hebrew?
Debir is spelled לא דבר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 206.
Is Debir in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, דבר appears 992,833 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 998,398, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 220,444 here) beside the count.