Biblical names

Dodavah דדוהו

Dodavah (דדוהו) is a person named in the Tanakh — Dodavahu. In the Torah codes, Dodavah is found 1,417 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 4 (Genesis 27:22) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,448).

Found in the Torah
1,417
Chance alone
1,448
P (≥ found)
0.80
Shortest skip
4

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

1,417 sequences of דדוהו at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,448 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Genesis 27:22, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 11,230 sequences of דדוהו, against about 11,412 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 348
  • Exodus 291
  • Leviticus 209
  • Numbers 354
  • Deuteronomy 215

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 27:22בראשית כז:כבskip 4, forward

    וַיִּגַּשׁ יַעֲקֹב אֶל־יִצְחָק אָבִיו וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר הַקֹּל קוֹל יַעֲקֹב וְהַיָּדַיִם יְדֵי עֵשָֽׂו

    And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said: ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.’

    דדוהו at skip 4, forward from Genesis 27:22הקלקוליעקבוהייםייעשולאכירכיהיוידיוכידיעדדוהו
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 37,254Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 17:12שמות יז:יבskip 8, backward

    וִידֵי מֹשֶׁה כְּבֵדִים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶבֶן וַיָּשִׂימוּ תַחְתָּיו וַיֵּשֶׁב עָלֶיהָ וְאַהֲרֹן וְחוּר תָּֽמְכוּ בְיָדָיו מִזֶּה אֶחָד וּמִזֶּה אֶחָד וַיְהִי יָדָיו אֱמוּנָה עַד־בֹּא הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ

    But Moses’hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

    דדוהו at skip 8, backward from Exodus 17:12ימשהכבדיםויקחואבןוישימותחתיוישבעליואהרןוחרתמכובייומזהאחומזהאחדויהיידיואמונהעדבאהשמשדדוהו
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 103,921Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 10:31במדבר י:לאskip 10, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־נָא תַּעֲזֹב אֹתָנוּ כִּי עַל־כֵּן יָדַעְתָּ חֲנֹתֵנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר וְהָיִיתָ לָּנוּ לְעֵינָֽיִם

    And he said: ‘Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes.

    דדוהו at skip 10, forward from Numbers 10:31למולדתיאלךויאמראלנאתעזבאתנוכיעלכןיעתחנתנובמברוהייתלנלעיניםוהיכיתלךעמנוהיההטובההואאשרייטיביקוקעמנווהטבנולךדדוהו
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 206,431Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 16:13במדבר טז:יגskip 12, backward

    הַמְעַט כִּי הֶֽעֱלִיתָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ לַהֲמִיתֵנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּֽי־תִשְׂתָּרֵר עָלֵינוּ גַּם־הִשְׂתָּרֵֽר

    is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?

    דדוהו at skip 12, backward from Numbers 16:13יתלונועליווישלחמשהלקראלדתןולאבירםבניאליאביאמרולאנעלהמעטכיהעליתנמארץזבתחלבובשלהמיתנובמברכיתשתררעלינוגםהשתרראףלאאלארץזבתחלבודבשהבדדוהו
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 215,968Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 34:29שמות לד:כטskip 15, forward

    וַיְהִי בְּרֶדֶת מֹשֶׁה מֵהַר סִינַי וּשְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָֽעֵדֻת בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה בְּרִדְתּוֹ מִן־הָהָר וּמֹשֶׁה לֹֽא־יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו בְּדַבְּרוֹ אִתּֽוֹ

    And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses’hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face sent forth abeams while He talked with him.

    דדוהו at skip 15, forward from Exodus 34:29ויהיברדתמשהמהרסיניושנילחתהעדתבידמשהברדתומןההרומשהלאיעכיקרןעורפניובברואתוויראאהרןכלבניישראלאתמשוהנהקרןעורפניוייראומגשתאליוויקראאלהםמשהוישבואליואהרןוכלהנשאיםבעדהודדוהו
    skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 130,654Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 9,113 sequences of דדוהו at skips 2–5,000, 5.2% above what chance alone gives (about 8,666); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.9 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.

  • Genesis 348
  • Exodus 291
  • Leviticus 209
  • Numbers 354
  • Deuteronomy 249
  • Joshua 256
  • Judges 208
  • Samuel 1,536
  • Kings 649
  • Isaiah 493
  • Jeremiah 632
  • Ezekiel 544
  • The Twelve 443
  • Psalms 658
  • Proverbs 142
  • Job 169
  • Song of Songs 40
  • Ruth 22
  • Lamentations 30
  • Ecclesiastes 52
  • Esther 116
  • Daniel 397
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 318
  • Chronicles 957

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 2:17שמואל ב ב:יזskip 3, forward

    וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה קָשָׁה עַד־מְאֹד בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וַיִּנָּגֶף אַבְנֵר וְאַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִֽד

    And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

    דדוהו at skip 3, forward from 2 Samuel 2:17המלחמהקשהעמאביםהואינגףאבנרואדדוהו
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 437,386Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joel 1:15יואל א:טוskip 3, backward

    אֲהָהּ לַיּוֹם כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם יְהוָה וּכְשֹׁד מִשַׁדַּי יָבֽוֹא

    Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, And as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

    דדוהו at skip 3, backward from Joel 1:15יוםכיקרוביםיוקכשמשייבואהלואנדדוקו
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 811,965Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Chronicles 29:9דברי הימים א כט:טskip 3, backward

    וַיִּשְׂמְחוּ הָעָם עַל־הִֽתְנַדְּבָם כִּי בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם הִֽתְנַדְּבוּ לַיהוָה וְגַם דָּוִיד הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׂמַח שִׂמְחָה גְדוֹלָֽה

    Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a whole heart they offered willingly to the LORD; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

    דדוהו at skip 3, backward from 1 Chronicles 29:9לבשלםהתנדבליוקגםויהמלךשמחשמחדדוקו
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,140,767Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

דדוהו — the Tanakh's own spelling: Dodavahu. Searched as דדוהו, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 25.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 2 Chronicles 20:37. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Dodavah in the Torah codes?

1,417 sequences of דדוהו at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,448 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Dodavah in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading forward from Genesis 27:22 — the shortest of 1,417 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,448.

How is Dodavah spelled in Hebrew?

Dodavah is spelled דדוהו — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 25.

Is Dodavah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 9,113 sequences of דדוהו at skips 2–5,000, 5.2% above what chance alone gives (about 8,666); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.9 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.

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