Friend חבר
Friend — in Hebrew חבר — companion, friend. Friend appears 224,116 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 225,365 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 224,116
- Chance alone
- 225,365
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, חבר appears 224,116 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 225,365, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which חבר appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 26:6, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), חבר is found 3,460,209 times; chance alone would give about 3,493,065.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 225,365 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 60,898
- Exodus 44,099
- Leviticus 32,981
- Numbers 54,467
- Deuteronomy 31,671
The shortest skips
וַיֵּשֶׁב יִצְחָק בִּגְרָֽר
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 34,712Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּזְרַע יִצְחָק בָּאָרֶץ הַהִוא וַיִּמְצָא בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִוא מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים וַֽיְבָרֲכֵהוּ יְהוָֽה
And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundred-fold; and the LORD blessed him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,057Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וַיִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה וַיֶּט־שָׁם אָהֳלוֹ וַיִּכְרוּ־שָׁם עַבְדֵי־יִצְחָק בְּאֵֽר
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,747Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּמָת בָּלַע וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו יוֹבָב בֶּן־זֶרַח מִבָּצְרָֽה
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,640Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר עֲבָדֶיךָ אַחִים אֲנַחְנוּ בְּנֵי אִישׁ־אֶחָד בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְהִנֵּה הַקָּטֹן אֶת־אָבִינוּ הַיּוֹם וְהָאֶחָד אֵינֶֽנּוּ
And they said: ‘We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 63,583Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 850,551 sequences of חבר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 851,187).
- Genesis 60,898
- Exodus 44,099
- Leviticus 32,981
- Numbers 54,467
- Deuteronomy 33,224
- Joshua 32,848
- Judges 24,933
- Samuel 53,196
- Kings 74,302
- Isaiah 48,237
- Jeremiah 49,760
- Ezekiel 55,047
- The Twelve 35,222
- Psalms 55,128
- Proverbs 31,192
- Job 25,195
- Song of Songs 3,702
- Ruth 2,560
- Lamentations 4,990
- Ecclesiastes 9,953
- Esther 6,149
- Daniel 15,662
- Ezra–Nehemiah 26,682
- Chronicles 70,124
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּזֹאת תֵּֽדְעוּן כִּי אֵל חַי בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וְהוֹרֵשׁ יוֹרִישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶם אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְאֶת־הַחִתִּי וְאֶת־הַחִוִּי וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּי וְאֶת־הַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
And Joshua said: ‘Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,216Open in the laboratory →
וְקִרְיָתַיִם וְשִׂבְמָה וְצֶרֶת הַשַּׁחַר בְּהַר הָעֵֽמֶק
and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zerethshahar in the mount of the valley;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,861Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא הַגּוֹרָל לִבְנֵי יוֹסֵף מִיַּרְדֵּן יְרִיחוֹ לְמֵי יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָחָה הַמִּדְבָּר עֹלֶה מִירִיחוֹ בָּהָר בֵּֽית־אֵֽל
And the lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to the wilderness, even to Beth-el.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 330,002Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חבר — the Tanakh's own spelling: companion, friend. Searched as חבר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 210.
As a plain word it stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 46:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Heber.
Questions
Is Friend in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, חבר appears 224,116 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 225,365, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Friend in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 26:6 — the shortest of 224,116 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 225,365.
What is the gematria of Friend in Hebrew?
Friend is spelled חבר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 210.
How many times is Friend found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 850,551 sequences of חבר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 851,187).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 225,365 here) beside the count.