First names

Dror דרור

Dror is a first name, written דרור in Hebrew (given name). In the Torah codes, Dror is found 24,555 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 46:16) — 1.1% above the 24,279 chance alone would give (probability of 24,555 or more by chance alone: 0.04).

Found in the Torah
24,555
Chance alone
24,279
P (≥ found)
0.04
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 24,555 sequences of דרור at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% above what chance alone gives (about 24,279); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 46:16, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 245,616 sequences of דרור, against about 252,987 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 7,219
  • Exodus 5,133
  • Leviticus 2,840
  • Numbers 5,226
  • Deuteronomy 4,137

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 46:16בראשית מו:טזskip 2, backward

    וּבְנֵי גָד צִפְיוֹן וְחַגִּי שׁוּנִי וְאֶצְבֹּן עֵרִי וַֽאֲרוֹדִי וְאַרְאֵלִֽי

    And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

    דרור at skip 2, backward from Genesis 46:16ואצבןעיאויואראלידרור
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 71,011Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 21:35במדבר כא:להskip 2, backward

    וַיַּכּוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וְאֶת־כָּל־עַמּוֹ עַד־בִּלְתִּי הִשְׁאִֽיר־לוֹ שָׂרִיד וַיִּֽירְשׁוּ אֶת־אַרְצֽוֹ

    So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him remaining; and they possessed his land.

    דרור at skip 2, backward from Numbers 21:35תיהשאילשיויירשואדרור
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 225,245Open in the laboratory →

  3. Deuteronomy 2:34דברים ב:לדskip 2, backward

    וַנִּלְכֹּד אֶת־כָּל־עָרָיו בָּעֵת הַהִוא וַֽנַּחֲרֵם אֶת־כָּל־עִיר מְתִם וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף לֹא הִשְׁאַרְנוּ שָׂרִֽיד

    And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every city, the men, and the women, and the little ones; we left none remaining;

    דרור at skip 2, backward from Deuteronomy 2:34ףלאהשאנשירקהבהמהדרור
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 254,370Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 3:3דברים ג:גskip 2, backward

    וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ בְּיָדֵנוּ גַּם אֶת־עוֹג מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁן וְאֶת־כָּל־עַמּוֹ וַנַּכֵּהוּ עַד־בִּלְתִּי הִשְׁאִֽיר־לוֹ שָׂרִֽיד

    So the LORD our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people; and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

    דרור at skip 2, backward from Deuteronomy 3:3תיהשאילשיונלכדאתדרור
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 254,752Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 37:20בראשית לז:כskip 3, forward

    וְעַתָּה לְכוּ וְנַֽהַרְגֵהוּ וְנַשְׁלִכֵהוּ בְּאַחַד הַבֹּרוֹת וְאָמַרְנוּ חַיָּה רָעָה אֲכָלָתְהוּ וְנִרְאֶה מַה־יִּהְיוּ חֲלֹמֹתָֽיו

    Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.’

    דרור at skip 3, forward from Genesis 37:20ונשלכהובאחהבותאמנוחיהרעהאכדרור
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 55,089Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 111,861 sequences of דרור at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 112,582).

  • Genesis 7,219
  • Exodus 5,133
  • Leviticus 2,840
  • Numbers 5,226
  • Deuteronomy 4,611
  • Joshua 4,255
  • Judges 3,209
  • Samuel 10,521
  • Kings 8,937
  • Isaiah 7,204
  • Jeremiah 7,900
  • Ezekiel 6,787
  • The Twelve 5,099
  • Psalms 8,290
  • Proverbs 2,970
  • Job 2,812
  • Song of Songs 568
  • Ruth 335
  • Lamentations 457
  • Ecclesiastes 796
  • Esther 1,332
  • Daniel 3,375
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 3,320
  • Chronicles 8,665

Outside the Torah

  1. 1 Samuel 3:19שמואל א ג:יטskip 2, forward

    וַיִּגְדַּל שְׁמוּאֵל וַֽיהוָה הָיָה עִמּוֹ וְלֹֽא־הִפִּיל מִכָּל־דְּבָרָיו אָֽרְצָה

    And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

    דרור at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 3:19פילמכלביאצהוידעכדרור
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 388,319Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 13:18שמואל א יג:יחskip 2, forward

    וְהָרֹאשׁ אֶחָד יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ בֵּית חֹרוֹן וְהָרֹאשׁ אֶחָד יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ הַגְּבוּל הַנִּשְׁקָף עַל־גֵּי הַצְּבֹעִים הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה

    and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

    דרור at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 13:18בעיםהמבהחשלאימצאדרור
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 402,192Open in the laboratory →

  3. Isaiah 5:17ישעיהו ה:יזskip 2, forward

    וְרָעוּ כְבָשִׂים כְּדָבְרָם וְחָרְבוֹת מֵחִים גָּרִים יֹאכֵֽלוּ

    Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, And the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.

    דרור at skip 2, forward from Isaiah 5:17כבשיםכבםחבותמחיםדרור
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 580,349Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

דרור — the name in Hebrew letters: given name. Searched as דרור, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 410.

As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 30:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Dror in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 24,555 sequences of דרור at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% above what chance alone gives (about 24,279); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Dror in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 46:16 — the shortest of 24,555 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 24,279.

How is Dror spelled in Hebrew?

Dror is spelled דרור — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 410.

Is Dror in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 111,861 sequences of דרור at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 112,582).

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 24,279 here) beside the count.

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