Entebbe אנטבה
Entebbe — in Hebrew אנטבה — city in Uganda; site of the 1976 hostage rescue. Entebbe appears 365 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 354 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 365
- Chance alone
- 354
- P (≥ found)
- 0.29
- Shortest skip
- 25
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 365 sequences of אנטבה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 354).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 25 — the first at Genesis 30:14, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 3,311 sequences of אנטבה, against about 2,790 from chance alone.
- Genesis 57
- Exodus 72
- Leviticus 97
- Numbers 84
- Deuteronomy 55
The shortest skips
וַיֵּלֶךְ רְאוּבֵן בִּימֵי קְצִיר־חִטִּים וַיִּמְצָא דֽוּדָאִים בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיָּבֵא אֹתָם אֶל־לֵאָה אִמּוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר רָחֵל אֶל־לֵאָה תְּנִי־נָא לִי מִדּוּדָאֵי בְּנֵֽךְ
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah: ‘Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.’
skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 42,044Open in the laboratory →
לְמַטֵּה אָשֵׁר סְתוּר בֶּן־מִיכָאֵֽל
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
skip 28, width 28 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 209,824Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־הָאַיִל נִתַּח לִנְתָחָיו וַיַּקְטֵר מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הָרֹאשׁ וְאֶת־הַנְּתָחִים וְאֶת־הַפָּֽדֶר
And when the ram was cut into its pieces, Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke.
skip 91, width 91 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 151,840Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אִם־לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְשָׂמַחְתָּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל מִשְׁלַח יָדֶֽךָ
but thou shalt eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
skip 95, width 95 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 271,743Open in the laboratory →
כִּי־יִמָּצֵא אִישׁ גֹּנֵב נֶפֶשׁ מֵאֶחָיו מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהִתְעַמֶּר־בּוֹ וּמְכָרוֹ וּמֵת הַגַּנָּב הַהוּא וּבִֽעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, and sell him; then that thief shall die; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
skip 104, width 104 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 287,205Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, אנטבה appears 1,088 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,068, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 57
- Exodus 72
- Leviticus 97
- Numbers 84
- Deuteronomy 60
- Joshua 49
- Judges 17
- Samuel 49
- Kings 74
- Isaiah 49
- Jeremiah 71
- Ezekiel 61
- The Twelve 41
- Psalms 70
- Proverbs 29
- Job 32
- Song of Songs 1
- Ruth 5
- Lamentations 5
- Ecclesiastes 13
- Esther 7
- Daniel 39
- Ezra–Nehemiah 43
- Chronicles 63
Outside the Torah
אֵלֶּה הַנְּחָלֹת אֲשֶׁר נִחֲלוּ אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וְרָאשֵׁי הָֽאָבוֹת לְמַטּוֹת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּגוֹרָל בְּשִׁלֹה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וַיְכַלּוּ מֵֽחַלֵּק אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 335,400Open in the laboratory →
וְעַל גְּבוּל בִּנְיָמִן מִפְּאַת קָדִימָה עַד־פְּאַת־יָמָּה שִׁמְעוֹן אֶחָֽד
And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side: Simeon, one portion.
skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 801,306Open in the laboratory →
וַיְנַתֵּץ אֶת־הַֽמִּזְבְּחוֹת וְאֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִים וְהַפְּסִלִים כִּתַּת לְהֵדַק וְכָל־הַֽחַמָּנִים גִּדַּע בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּשָׁב לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם
And he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
skip 39, width 39 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 1,191,454Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אנטבה — the name in Hebrew letters: city in Uganda; site of the 1976 hostage rescue. Searched as אנטבה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 67.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Entebbe appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 365 sequences of אנטבה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 354).
What is the shortest skip for Entebbe in the Torah?
Skip 25, reading forward from Genesis 30:14 — the shortest of 365 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 354.
How is Entebbe spelled in Hebrew?
Entebbe is spelled אנטבה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 67.
Is Entebbe in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, אנטבה appears 1,088 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,068, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 354 here) beside the count.