Gabbai גבי
Gabbai (גבי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Gabbai appears 116,347 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% more than chance alone would give (about 115,106; probability 0.00013).
- Found in the Torah
- 116,347
- Chance alone
- 115,106
- P (≥ found)
- 0.00013
- 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, גבי appears 116,347 times in the Torah — 1.1% more than the 115,106 chance alone would give; the probability of 116,347 or more by chance alone is 0.00013.
The shortest skip at which גבי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 19:35, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), גבי is found 1,769,842 times; chance alone would give about 1,784,098.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 115,106 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 36,340
- Exodus 19,048
- Leviticus 18,940
- Numbers 22,022
- Deuteronomy 19,997
The shortest skips
וַתַּשְׁקֶיןָ גַּם בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא אֶת־אֲבִיהֶן יָיִן וַתָּקָם הַצְּעִירָה וַתִּשְׁכַּב עִמּוֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע בְּשִׁכְבָהּ וּבְקֻמָֽהּ
And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,161Open in the laboratory →
וַיְצַו אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָם לֵאמֹר הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּאִישׁ הַזֶּה וּבְאִשְׁתּוֹ מוֹת יוּמָֽת
And Abimelech charged all the people, saying: ‘He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,028Open in the laboratory →
טְרֵפָה לֹא־הֵבֵאתִי אֵלֶיךָ אָנֹכִי אֲחַטֶּנָּה מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה גְּנֻֽבְתִי יוֹם וּגְנֻֽבְתִי לָֽיְלָה
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 45,627Open in the laboratory →
טְרֵפָה לֹא־הֵבֵאתִי אֵלֶיךָ אָנֹכִי אֲחַטֶּנָּה מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה גְּנֻֽבְתִי יוֹם וּגְנֻֽבְתִי לָֽיְלָה
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 45,636Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־גֻנֹּב גֻּנַּבְתִּי מֵאֶרֶץ הָעִבְרִים וְגַם־פֹּה לֹא־עָשִׂיתִֽי מְאוּמָה כִּֽי־שָׂמוּ אֹתִי בַּבּֽוֹר
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 59,595Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, גבי appears 632,626 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 629,743 chance alone would give; the probability of 632,626 or more by chance alone is 0.00014.
- Genesis 36,340
- Exodus 19,048
- Leviticus 18,940
- Numbers 22,022
- Deuteronomy 20,927
- Joshua 31,442
- Judges 25,437
- Samuel 54,006
- Kings 39,284
- Isaiah 43,567
- Jeremiah 40,891
- Ezekiel 42,755
- The Twelve 42,443
- Psalms 48,779
- Proverbs 16,381
- Job 20,168
- Song of Songs 4,234
- Ruth 4,042
- Lamentations 5,049
- Ecclesiastes 6,455
- Esther 5,410
- Daniel 13,902
- Ezra–Nehemiah 20,301
- Chronicles 50,803
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי בְּנֻסָם מִפְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵם בְּמוֹרַד בֵּית־חוֹרֹן וַֽיהוָה הִשְׁלִיךְ עֲלֵיהֶם אֲבָנִים גְּדֹלוֹת מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם עַד־עֲזֵקָה וַיָּמֻתוּ רַבִּים אֲשֶׁר־מֵתוּ בְּאַבְנֵי הַבָּרָד מֵאֲשֶׁר הָרְגוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בֶּחָֽרֶב
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died; they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 320,195Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־בִּלְעָם בֶּן־בְּעוֹר הַקּוֹסֵם הָרְגוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּחֶרֶב אֶל־חַלְלֵיהֶֽם
Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 326,035Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא דָוִד בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁלָחֶנּוּ שָׁאוּל יַשְׂכִּיל וַיְשִׂמֵהוּ שָׁאוּל עַל אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינֵי כָל־הָעָם וְגַם בְּעֵינֵי עַבְדֵי שָׁאֽוּל
And David went out; whithersoever Saul sent him, he had good success; and Saul set him over the men of war; and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 413,072Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
גבי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as גבי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 15.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Amos 7:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Gaby.
Questions
Is Gabbai in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, גבי appears 116,347 times in the Torah — 1.1% more than the 115,106 chance alone would give; the probability of 116,347 or more by chance alone is 0.00013.
What is the shortest skip for Gabbai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:35 — the shortest of 116,347 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 115,106.
What is the gematria of Gabbai in Hebrew?
Gabbai is spelled גבי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 15.
How many times is Gabbai found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, גבי appears 632,626 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 629,743 chance alone would give; the probability of 632,626 or more by chance alone is 0.00014.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 115,106 here) beside the count.