Biblical names

Eshbaal אשבעל

Eshbaal (אשבעל) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,844 sequences of Eshbaal, the shortest at skip 4 (Exodus 39:26); chance alone would give about 1,874.

Found in the Torah
1,844
Chance alone
1,874
P (≥ found)
0.76
Shortest skip
4

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

In the Torah

1,844 sequences of אשבעל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,874 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which אשבעל appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Exodus 39:26, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), אשבעל is found 14,859 times; chance alone would give about 14,769.

  • Genesis 430
  • Exodus 371
  • Leviticus 299
  • Numbers 441
  • Deuteronomy 303

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 39:26שמות לט:כוskip 4, backward

    פַּעֲמֹן וְרִמֹּן פַּעֲמֹן וְרִמֹּן עַל־שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל סָבִיב לְשָׁרֵת כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה

    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

    אשבעל at skip 4, backward from Exodus 39:26ןפעמןורמןעלשויהמילסיבלרתכשרצוהיקוקאתמשהאשבעל
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 139,142Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 12:2שמות יב:בskip 7, forward

    הַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה לָכֶם רֹאשׁ חֳדָשִׁים רִאשׁוֹן הוּא לָכֶם לְחָדְשֵׁי הַשָּׁנָֽה

    ’This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.

    אשבעל at skip 7, forward from Exodus 12:2חדשהזהלכםראשחדשיםראשוןהולכםלחדיהשנהדרואלכלדתישראלאמרבעשרלחדשהזהויקחולהםאאשבעל
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 94,027Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 18:14ויקרא יח:ידskip 8, forward

    עֶרְוַת אֲחִֽי־אָבִיךָ לֹא תְגַלֵּה אֶל־אִשְׁתּוֹ לֹא תִקְרָב דֹּדָֽתְךָ הִֽוא

    Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy fathers brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

    אשבעל at skip 8, forward from Leviticus 18:14תגלהכישאראמךהואערותאחיאביךלתגלהאלאתולאתקרדדתךהוארותכלתךאתגלהאשתבנךהואלאתגלהערותהערואשבעל
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 169,522Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 20:2דברים כ:בskip 13, forward

    וְהָיָה כְּקָֽרָבְכֶם אֶל־הַמִּלְחָמָה וְנִגַּשׁ הַכֹּהֵן וְדִבֶּר אֶל־הָעָֽם

    And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

    אשבעל at skip 13, forward from Deuteronomy 20:2ךהמעלךמארץמצריםוהיהכקרבכםאלהמלחמהונגשהכהןודברלהעםואמראלהםמעישראלאתםקריםהיוםלמלחמהלאיביכםאלירךבבכםאלתיראוואלתחפזוואלתערצומפניהםכייקוקאלהיכםאשבעל
    skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 281,588Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 19:8דברים יט:חskip 18, backward

    וְאִם־יַרְחִיב יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ וְנָתַן לְךָ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָתֵת לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ

    And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which He promised to give unto thy fathers—

    אשבעל at skip 18, backward from Deuteronomy 19:8בווהשיגוכיירבההדרךוהכהונפשולואיןמשפטמותכילאשנאהואלומתמולשלשוםעכןאנכימצוךלאמרשלשריםתבדיללךואםירחייקוקאלהיךאתגבלךכארנשבעלאבתיךונתןלךתכלהארץאשרדברלתתלאבתיךכיתשמראתכלהמצוההזאתלעשתהאשראנכימצוךהיוםלאאשבעל
    skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 280,775Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 6,851 sequences of אשבעל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 6,939).

  • Genesis 430
  • Exodus 371
  • Leviticus 299
  • Numbers 441
  • Deuteronomy 332
  • Joshua 210
  • Judges 284
  • Samuel 680
  • Kings 701
  • Isaiah 279
  • Jeremiah 428
  • Ezekiel 359
  • The Twelve 240
  • Psalms 271
  • Proverbs 144
  • Job 166
  • Song of Songs 21
  • Ruth 42
  • Lamentations 21
  • Ecclesiastes 75
  • Esther 70
  • Daniel 133
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 239
  • Chronicles 615

Outside the Torah

  1. Ezekiel 1:9יחזקאל א:טskip 4, backward

    חֹֽבְרֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחוֹתָהּ כַּנְפֵיהֶם לֹא־יִסַּבּוּ בְלֶכְתָּן אִישׁ אֶל־עֵבֶר פָּנָיו יֵלֵֽכוּ

    their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

    אשבעל at skip 4, backward from Ezekiel 1:9ופניהםוכנפיהםארבתםחרתאהאלחותהכנפיהםלאיסאשבעל
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 727,820Open in the laboratory →

  2. Nehemiah 6:7נחמיה ו:זskip 4, backward

    וְגַם־נְבִיאִים הֶעֱמַדְתָּ לִקְרֹא עָלֶיךָ בִֽירוּשָׁלִַם לֵאמֹר מֶלֶךְ בִּֽיהוּדָה וְעַתָּה יִשָּׁמַע לַמֶּלֶךְ כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְעַתָּה לְכָה וְנִֽוָּעֲצָה יַחְדָּֽו

    And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judah; and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.'

    אשבעל at skip 4, backward from Nehemiah 6:7גםנביאיםהעמדתקראליךירולםלמרמלךביהודהועתאשבעל
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,082,527Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Kings 5:27מלכים א ה:כזskip 5, forward

    וַיַּעַל הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה מַס מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְהִי הַמַּס שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף אִֽישׁ

    And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

    אשבעל at skip 5, forward from 1 Kings 5:27אלויהיהמסשלשיםאלףישוילחםלנונהשרתאפיםבחדשחליפותחדשיאשבעל
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 487,459Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אשבעל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אשבעל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 403.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 8:33. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Eshbaal in the Bible code?

1,844 sequences of אשבעל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,874 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Eshbaal in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading backward from Exodus 39:26 — the shortest of 1,844 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,874.

What is the gematria of Eshbaal in Hebrew?

Eshbaal is spelled אשבעל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 403.

How many times is Eshbaal found in the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 6,851 sequences of אשבעל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 6,939).

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