Gur-baal גורבעל
Gur-baal (גורבעל) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 9 sequences of Gur-baal, the shortest at skip 295 (Genesis 21:23); chance alone would give about 16.9.
- Found in the Torah
- 9
- Chance alone
- 16.9
- P (≥ found)
- 0.99
- Shortest skip
- 295
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
9 sequences of גורבעל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 16.9 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 295 — the first at Genesis 21:23, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 94 sequences of גורבעל, against about 107 from chance alone.
- Genesis 4
- Leviticus 1
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 2
The shortest skips
וְעַתָּה הִשָּׁבְעָה לִּי בֵֽאלֹהִים הֵנָּה אִם־תִּשְׁקֹר לִי וּלְנִינִי וּלְנֶכְדִּי כַּחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמְּךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה עִמָּדִי וְעִם־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּרְתָּה בָּֽהּ
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.’
skip 295, width 295 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 26,505Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו גַּם־תֶּבֶן גַּם־מִסְפּוֹא רַב עִמָּנוּ גַּם־מָקוֹם לָלֽוּן
She said moreover unto him: ‘We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.’
skip 742, width 742 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 30,647Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לָבָן אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ נִחַשְׁתִּי וַיְבָרֲכֵנִי יְהוָה בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ
And Laban said unto him: ‘If now I have found favour in thine eyes—I have observed the signs, and the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.’
skip 997, width 997 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 42,705Open in the laboratory →
וְאִישׁ אִישׁ מִבֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמִן־הַגֵּר הַגָּר בְּתוֹכָם אֲשֶׁר יֹאכַל כָּל־דָּם וְנָתַתִּי פָנַי בַּנֶּפֶשׁ הָאֹכֶלֶת אֶת־הַדָּם וְהִכְרַתִּי אֹתָהּ מִקֶּרֶב עַמָּֽהּ
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set My face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
skip 998, width 998 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 168,584Open in the laboratory →
וְנָסַע דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה בְנֵי־דָן מְאַסֵּף לְכָל־הַֽמַּחֲנֹת לְצִבְאֹתָם וְעַל־צְבָאוֹ אֲחִיעֶזֶר בֶּן־עַמִּישַׁדָּֽי
And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
skip 1,128, width 1,128 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 206,139Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 78 sequences of גורבעל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 92.4).
- Genesis 4
- Leviticus 1
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 3
- Joshua 9
- Judges 3
- Samuel 9
- Kings 4
- Isaiah 6
- Jeremiah 6
- Ezekiel 2
- The Twelve 5
- Psalms 6
- Proverbs 1
- Job 5
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Daniel 2
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4
- Chronicles 5
Outside the Torah
הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּ כִּי עַל־יְהוָה הִגְדִּיל וְסָפַק מוֹאָב בְּקִיאוֹ וְהָיָה לִשְׂחֹק גַּם־הֽוּא
Make ye him drunken, For he magnified himself against the LORD; And Moab shall wallow in his vomit, And he also shall be in derision.
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 715,697Open in the laboratory →
רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתוֹ יֹֽנַקְתּוֹ תֵצֵֽא
He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.
skip 48, width 48 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 970,160Open in the laboratory →
אֲשֶׁר קֹנֵיהֶן יַֽהֲרְגֻן וְלֹא יֶאְשָׁמוּ וּמֹכְרֵיהֶן יֹאמַר בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה וַאעְשִׁר וְרֹעֵיהֶם לֹא יַחְמוֹל עֲלֵיהֶֽן
whose buyers slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say: Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.
skip 453, width 453 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 851,440Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
גורבעל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as גורבעל, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 311.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Gur-baal appear in the Torah codes?
9 sequences of גורבעל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 16.9 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Gur-baal in the Torah?
Skip 295, reading backward from Genesis 21:23 — the shortest of 9 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 16.9.
How is Gur-baal spelled in Hebrew?
Gur-baal is spelled גורבעל — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 311.
Is Gur-baal in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 78 sequences of גורבעל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 92.4).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 16.9 here) beside the count.