Dibon דיבון
Dibon (דיבון) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Dibon appears 1,815 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,752 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,815
- Chance alone
- 1,752
- P (≥ found)
- 0.07
- Shortest skip
- 5
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,815 sequences of דיבון at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,752 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which דיבון appears in the Torah is 5 — the first at Exodus 1:18, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), דיבון is found 13,466 times; chance alone would give about 13,804.
- Genesis 595
- Exodus 285
- Leviticus 244
- Numbers 444
- Deuteronomy 247
The shortest skips
וַיִּקְרָא מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם לַֽמְיַלְּדֹת וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶן מַדּוּעַ עֲשִׂיתֶן הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַתְּחַיֶּיןָ אֶת־הַיְלָדִֽים
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them: ‘Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?’
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 78,809Open in the laboratory →
עַל־כֵּן לֹֽא־יֹאכְלוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־גִּיד הַנָּשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר עַל־כַּף הַיָּרֵךְ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי נָגַע בְּכַף־יֶרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב בְּגִיד הַנָּשֶֽׁה
Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 48,185Open in the laboratory →
וּצְבָאוֹ וּפְקֻדָיו שִׁשָּׁה וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֽוֹת
and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, forty and six thousand and five hundred;
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 189,249Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּהֲפֹךְ יְהוָה רֽוּחַ־יָם חָזָק מְאֹד וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת־הָאַרְבֶּה וַיִּתְקָעֵהוּ יָמָּה סּוּף לֹא נִשְׁאַר אַרְבֶּה אֶחָד בְּכֹל גְּבוּל מִצְרָֽיִם
And the LORD turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt.
skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 92,782Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּסְעוּ מֵֽאֵילִם וַיָּבֹאוּ כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־מִדְבַּר־סִין אֲשֶׁר בֵּין־אֵילִם וּבֵין סִינָי בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי לְצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
skip 20, width 20 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 101,146Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, דיבון appears 10,254 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.2% more than the 10,035 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,254 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
- Genesis 595
- Exodus 285
- Leviticus 244
- Numbers 444
- Deuteronomy 275
- Joshua 265
- Judges 318
- Samuel 1,057
- Kings 660
- Isaiah 538
- Jeremiah 709
- Ezekiel 643
- The Twelve 442
- Psalms 917
- Proverbs 251
- Job 310
- Song of Songs 62
- Ruth 34
- Lamentations 57
- Ecclesiastes 72
- Esther 109
- Daniel 406
- Ezra–Nehemiah 547
- Chronicles 1,014
Outside the Torah
וַֽיִּרְעֲצוּ וַיְרֹֽצְצוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִיא שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה אֶֽת־כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן בְּאֶרֶץ הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר בַּגִּלְעָֽד
And they oppressed and crushed the children of Israel that year; eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 363,709Open in the laboratory →
עָלָיו עָלָה שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַֽיְהִי־לוֹ הוֹשֵׁעַ עֶבֶד וַיָּשֶׁב לוֹ מִנְחָֽה
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him presents.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 557,520Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת שַׁעַר הַדָּגִים בָּנוּ בְּנֵי הַסְּנָאָה הֵמָּה קֵרוּהוּ וַֽיַּעֲמִידוּ דַּלְתֹתָיו מַנְעוּלָיו וּבְרִיחָֽיו
And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,077,465Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
דיבון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as דיבון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 72.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 21:30. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Dibon in the Torah codes?
1,815 sequences of דיבון at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,752 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Dibon in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading forward from Exodus 1:18 — the shortest of 1,815 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,752.
What is the gematria of Dibon in Hebrew?
Dibon is spelled דיבון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 72.
How many times is Dibon found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, דיבון appears 10,254 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.2% more than the 10,035 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,254 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
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