Eber עבר
Eber (עבר) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 353,529 sequences of Eber, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:29); chance alone would give about 352,672.
- Found in the Torah
- 353,529
- Chance alone
- 352,672
- P (≥ found)
- 0.07
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
353,529 sequences of עבר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 352,672 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which עבר appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:29, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), עבר is found 5,415,826 times; chance alone would give about 5,466,265.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 352,672 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 93,966
- Exodus 76,277
- Leviticus 47,676
- Numbers 75,758
- Deuteronomy 59,852
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־כָּל־עֵשֶׂב זֹרֵעַ זֶרַע אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ פְרִי־עֵץ זֹרֵעַ זָרַע לָכֶם יִֽהְיֶה לְאָכְלָֽה
And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,494Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי בְּנָסְעָם מִקֶּדֶם וַֽיִּמְצְאוּ בִקְעָה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָר וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָֽׁם
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 12,740Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ וַיֵּרֶד אַבְרָם מִצְרַיְמָה לָגוּר שָׁם כִּֽי־כָבֵד הָרָעָב בָּאָֽרֶץ
And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,636Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ וַיֵּרֶד אַבְרָם מִצְרַיְמָה לָגוּר שָׁם כִּֽי־כָבֵד הָרָעָב בָּאָֽרֶץ
And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,669Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָם יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי־גֵר יִהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא לָהֶם וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָֽה
And He said unto Abram: ‘Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,923Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, עבר appears 1,384,051 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.1% more than the 1,382,076 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,384,051 or more by chance alone is 0.05.
- Genesis 93,966
- Exodus 76,277
- Leviticus 47,676
- Numbers 75,758
- Deuteronomy 62,807
- Joshua 56,545
- Judges 45,296
- Samuel 91,225
- Kings 120,279
- Isaiah 79,894
- Jeremiah 95,704
- Ezekiel 79,555
- The Twelve 64,075
- Psalms 86,031
- Proverbs 40,536
- Job 36,626
- Song of Songs 5,302
- Ruth 5,722
- Lamentations 6,421
- Ecclesiastes 13,478
- Esther 11,463
- Daniel 25,397
- Ezra–Nehemiah 47,653
- Chronicles 116,365
Outside the Torah
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּסְעוּ מֵֽהַשִּׁטִּים וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּן הוּא וְכָל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּלִנוּ שָׁם טֶרֶם יַעֲבֹֽרוּ
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,616Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּשְׂאוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־אֲרוֹן יְהוָֽה
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,181Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּמְעֲלוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מַעַל בַּחֵרֶם וַיִּקַּח עָכָן בֶּן־כַּרְמִי בֶן־זַבְדִּי בֶן־זֶרַח לְמַטֵּה יְהוּדָה מִן־הַחֵרֶם וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
But the children of Israel committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,366Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עבר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עבר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 272.
As a plain word it stands 112 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Abar.
Questions
Is Eber in the Torah codes?
353,529 sequences of עבר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 352,672 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Eber in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:29 — the shortest of 353,529 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 352,672.
What is the gematria of Eber in Hebrew?
Eber is spelled עבר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 272.
How many times is Eber found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, עבר appears 1,384,051 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.1% more than the 1,382,076 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,384,051 or more by chance alone is 0.05.
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