Eshban אשבן
Eshban (אשבן) is a person named in the Tanakh. Eshban appears 33,492 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 33,539 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 33,492
- Chance alone
- 33,539
- P (≥ found)
- 0.60
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
33,492 sequences of אשבן at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 33,539 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 41:33, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 356,918 sequences of אשבן, against about 349,471 from chance alone.
- Genesis 8,916
- Exodus 6,036
- Leviticus 5,181
- Numbers 8,345
- Deuteronomy 5,014
The shortest skips
וְעַתָּה יֵרֶא פַרְעֹה אִישׁ נָבוֹן וְחָכָם וִישִׁיתֵהוּ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 61,694Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה לָהֶם דָּבָר בָּא אֵלַי וְשָׁפַטְתִּי בֵּין אִישׁ וּבֵין רֵעֵהוּ וְהוֹדַעְתִּי אֶת־חֻקֵּי הָאֱלֹהִים וְאֶת־תּוֹרֹתָֽיו
when they have a matter, it cometh unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes of God, and His laws.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 104,972Open in the laboratory →
וָאֲצַוֶּה אֶת־שֹׁפְטֵיכֶם בָּעֵת הַהִוא לֵאמֹר שָׁמֹעַ בֵּין־אֲחֵיכֶם וּשְׁפַטְתֶּם צֶדֶק בֵּֽין־אִישׁ וּבֵין־אָחִיו וּבֵין גֵּרֽוֹ
And I charged your judges at that time, saying: ‘Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 250,827Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן אֶל־פַּרְעֹה וַיַּעַשׂוּ כֵן כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אַהֲרֹן אֶת־מַטֵּהוּ לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וְלִפְנֵי עֲבָדָיו וַיְהִי לְתַנִּֽין
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 86,806Open in the laboratory →
אֶל־מְקוֹם הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה שָׁם בָּרִאשֹׁנָה וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם אַבְרָם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה
unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the LORD.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,296Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
115,610 sequences of אשבן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 115,893 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 8,916
- Exodus 6,036
- Leviticus 5,181
- Numbers 8,345
- Deuteronomy 5,401
- Joshua 3,864
- Judges 4,425
- Samuel 10,034
- Kings 9,557
- Isaiah 4,790
- Jeremiah 7,527
- Ezekiel 6,931
- The Twelve 4,514
- Psalms 5,105
- Proverbs 2,044
- Job 2,775
- Song of Songs 380
- Ruth 550
- Lamentations 407
- Ecclesiastes 1,053
- Esther 1,114
- Daniel 2,795
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,868
- Chronicles 8,998
Outside the Torah
כִּי אִם־הֵיטֵיב תֵּיטִיבוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶם וְאֶת־מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶם אִם־עָשׂוֹ תַֽעֲשׂוּ מִשְׁפָּט בֵּין אִישׁ וּבֵין רֵעֵֽהוּ
Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 652,263Open in the laboratory →
הָיוּ עָרֶיהָ לְשַׁמָּה אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וַעֲרָבָה אֶרֶץ לֹֽא־יֵשֵׁב בָּהֵן כָּל־אִישׁ וְלֹֽא־יַעֲבֹר בָּהֵן בֶּן־אָדָֽם
Her cities are become a desolation, A dry land, and a desert, A land wherein no man dwelleth, Neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 723,864Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־בָּאֶיהָ לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן וְלֹֽא־יַשִּׂיגוּ אָרְחוֹת חַיִּֽים
None that go unto her return, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 938,930Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אשבן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אשבן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 353.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Eshban in the Torah codes?
33,492 sequences of אשבן at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 33,539 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Eshban in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 41:33 — the shortest of 33,492 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 33,539.
How is Eshban spelled in Hebrew?
Eshban is spelled אשבן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 353.
Is Eshban in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
115,610 sequences of אשבן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 115,893 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 33,539 here) beside the count.