First names

Dovber דוב בר

In Hebrew letters the first name Dovber is written דוב בר — male given name. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 370,709 sequences of דוב (from Dovber), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 11:7); chance alone would give about 371,355.

Found in the Torah (דוב)
370,709
Chance alone
371,355
P (≥ found)
0.86
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 דוב, and בר has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

The Torah holds 370,709 sequences of דוב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 371,355).

The shortest skip at which דוב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 11:7, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), דוב is found 5,681,068 times; chance alone would give about 5,755,837.

A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 371,355 of it, so a large count is expected.

  • Genesis 106,691
  • Exodus 70,806
  • Leviticus 49,310
  • Numbers 85,000
  • Deuteronomy 58,902

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 11:7בראשית יא:זskip 2, forward

    הָבָה נֵֽרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵֽהוּ

    Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.’

    דוב at skip 2, forward from Genesis 11:7תהבהנרהנלהשםשפתדוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 12,998Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 11:8בראשית יא:חskip 2, forward

    וַיָּפֶץ יְהוָה אֹתָם מִשָּׁם עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיַּחְדְּלוּ לִבְנֹת הָעִֽיר

    So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.

    דוב at skip 2, forward from Genesis 11:8ארץויחללנתהעירעדוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 13,059Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 12:8בראשית יב:חskip 2, forward

    וַיַּעְתֵּק מִשָּׁם הָהָרָה מִקֶּדֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵל וַיֵּט אָהֳלֹה בֵּֽית־אֵל מִיָּם וְהָעַי מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָה וַיִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה

    And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

    דוב at skip 2, forward from Genesis 12:8והעימקםיןשםמזבחדוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 14,580Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 14:12בראשית יד:יבskip 2, forward

    וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־לוֹט וְאֶת־רְכֻשׁוֹ בֶּן־אֲחִי אַבְרָם וַיֵּלֵכוּ וְהוּא יֹשֵׁב בִּסְדֹֽם

    And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

    דוב at skip 2, forward from Genesis 14:12אישבבסםיאהפליטודוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 16,693Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 18:16בראשית יח:טזskip 2, forward

    וַיָּקֻמוּ מִשָּׁם הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וַיַּשְׁקִפוּ עַל־פְּנֵי סְדֹם וְאַבְרָהָם הֹלֵךְ עִמָּם לְשַׁלְּחָֽם

    And the men rose up from thence, and looked out toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

    דוב at skip 2, forward from Genesis 18:16עלפניסםארהםהלךעדוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 21,227Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, דוב appears 1,908,371 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 1,901,113 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,908,371 or more by chance alone is 7.2 × 10⁻⁸.

  • Genesis 106,691
  • Exodus 70,806
  • Leviticus 49,310
  • Numbers 85,000
  • Deuteronomy 61,971
  • Joshua 54,773
  • Judges 55,321
  • Samuel 216,316
  • Kings 145,224
  • Isaiah 103,425
  • Jeremiah 133,516
  • Ezekiel 121,761
  • The Twelve 84,157
  • Psalms 142,146
  • Proverbs 46,396
  • Job 47,074
  • Song of Songs 10,043
  • Ruth 6,197
  • Lamentations 8,955
  • Ecclesiastes 13,438
  • Esther 21,593
  • Daniel 59,291
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 72,511
  • Chronicles 192,456

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 2:11יהושע ב:יאskip 2, forward

    וַנִּשְׁמַע וַיִּמַּס לְבָבֵנוּ וְלֹא־קָמָה עוֹד רוּחַ בְּאִישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶם כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם הוּא אֱלֹהִים בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל וְעַל־הָאָרֶץ מִתָּֽחַת

    And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you; for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

    דוב at skip 2, forward from Joshua 2:11אקמהעורחאישמפנידוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 306,715Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 8:19יהושע ח:יטskip 2, forward

    וְהָאוֹרֵב קָם מְהֵרָה מִמְּקוֹמוֹ וַיָּרוּצוּ כִּנְטוֹת יָדוֹ וַיָּבֹאוּ הָעִיר וַֽיִּלְכְּדוּהָ וַֽיְמַהֲרוּ וַיַּצִּיתוּ אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵֽשׁ

    And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hastened and set the city on fire.

    דוב at skip 2, forward from Joshua 8:19כנטותיויאוהעירודוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 316,487Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 8:24יהושע ח:כדskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי כְּכַלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל לַהֲרֹג אֶת־כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָעַי בַּשָּׂדֶה בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר רְדָפוּם בּוֹ וַֽיִּפְּלוּ כֻלָּם לְפִי־חֶרֶב עַד־תֻּמָּם וַיָּשֻׁבוּ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל הָעַי וַיַּכּוּ אֹתָהּ לְפִי־חָֽרֶב

    And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, even in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

    דוב at skip 2, forward from Joshua 8:24בראשררפםוויפלוכדוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 316,830Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

דוב בר — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as דוב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 12.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Dovber in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 370,709 sequences of דוב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 371,355).

What is the shortest skip for Dovber in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 11:7 — the shortest of 370,709 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 371,355.

What is the gematria of Dovber in Hebrew?

Dovber is spelled דוב בר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 12.

How many times is Dovber found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, דוב appears 1,908,371 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 1,901,113 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,908,371 or more by chance alone is 7.2 × 10⁻⁸.

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