Hagab חגב
Hagab (חגב) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Hagab is found 401,682 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 31:32) — about what chance alone gives (about 406,448).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 401,682
- Chance alone · every skip
- 406,448
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,165
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 25,302 found · chance alone about 26,223 (probability of 25,302 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 401,682 sequences of חגב across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 406,448).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 31:32, reading forward.
The longest skip at which חגב was found in the Torah is 152,165 — at Genesis 1:9, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 406,448 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 103,981
- Exodus 83,558
- Leviticus 61,125
- Numbers 93,620
- Deuteronomy 59,398
Examples across the range
5 of the 401,682 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ח ג בGenesis 31:32
… לָךְ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע יַעֲקֹב כִּי רָחֵל גְּנָבָֽתַם
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.’—For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 45,224 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח ג בGenesis 31:32
Letter by letter
- ח ג בGenesis 46:34
… עֲבָדֶיךָ מִנְּעוּרֵינוּ וְעַד־עַתָּה גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ גַּם־אֲבֹתֵינוּ בַּעֲבוּר תֵּשְׁבוּ בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן כִּֽי …
that ye shall say: Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 71,849 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ח ג בGenesis 46:34
- חLeviticus 5:17
וְאִם־נֶפֶשׁ כִּי תֶֽחֱטָא וְעָֽשְׂתָה אַחַת מִכָּל־מִצְוֺת יְהוָה …
And if any one sin, and do any of the things which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, though he know it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- גLeviticus 5:18
… הַכֹּהֵן וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן עַל שִׁגְגָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁגָג וְהוּא לֹֽא־יָדַע …
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy valuation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the error which he committed, though he knew it not, and he shall be forgiven.
- בLeviticus 5:21
… בַּיהוָה וְכִחֵשׁ בַּעֲמִיתוֹ בְּפִקָּדוֹן אֽוֹ־בִתְשׂוּמֶת יָד אוֹ בְגָזֵל אוֹ עָשַׁק …
If any one sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and deal falsely with his neighbour in a matter of deposit, or of pledge, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbour;
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 147,302 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- חLeviticus 5:17
- חNumbers 35:17
וְאִם בְּאֶבֶן יָד אֲשֶׁר־יָמוּת בָּהּ הִכָּהוּ וַיָּמֹת רֹצֵחַֽ הוּא מוֹת יוּמַת הָרֹצֵֽחַ
And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- גNumbers 36:2
… יְהוָה לָתֵת אֶת־הָאָרֶץ בְּנַחֲלָה בְּגוֹרָל לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽאדֹנִי צֻוָּה בַֽיהוָה …
and they said: ‘The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
- בDeuteronomy 1:5
בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב הוֹאִיל מֹשֶׁה בֵּאֵר אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת לֵאמֹֽר
beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying:
skip 1,001, width 1,001 — one row is 1,001 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 248,212 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,001 in the laboratory →
- חNumbers 35:17
- חGenesis 1:9
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- גLeviticus 8:30
… עַל־בְּגָדָיו וְעַל־בָּנָיו וְעַל־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו אִתּוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן …
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’garments with him.
- בDeuteronomy 34:10
וְלֹֽא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר יְדָעוֹ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
skip 152,165, width 152,165 — one row is 152,165 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 380 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,165 in the laboratory →
- חGenesis 1:9
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 7,860,995 sequences of חגב across every skip (2–598,520), 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 7,577,933); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 126,453 found · chance alone about 126,057 (probability of 126,453 or more by chance alone: 0.13).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 483,339
- Exodus 404,728
- Leviticus 300,843
- Numbers 452,780
- Deuteronomy 273,759
- Joshua 257,402
- Judges 230,681
- Samuel 549,644
- Kings 643,374
- Isaiah 481,386
- Jeremiah 443,680
- Ezekiel 515,467
- The Twelve 331,874
- Psalms 586,667
- Proverbs 251,943
- Job 284,854
- Song of Songs 38,718
- Ruth 25,409
- Lamentations 49,557
- Ecclesiastes 97,117
- Esther 62,541
- Daniel 167,369
- Ezra–Nehemiah 259,853
- Chronicles 668,010
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ח ג בJudges 10:9
וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְנֵֽי־עַמּוֹן אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן לְהִלָּחֵם גַּם־בִּיהוּדָה וּבְבִנְיָמִין וּבְבֵית אֶפְרָיִם וַתֵּצֶר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל מְאֹֽד
And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was sore distressed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 363,733 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח ג בJudges 10:9
- חJoshua 3:16
… וְהַיֹּרְדִים עַל יָם הָעֲרָבָה יָם־הַמֶּלַח תַּמּוּ נִכְרָתוּ וְהָעָם עָבְרוּ נֶגֶד …
that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off from Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off; and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- גJoshua 3:17
… בֶּחָרָבָה עַד אֲשֶׁר־תַּמּוּ כָּל־הַגּוֹי לַעֲבֹר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, while all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
- בJoshua 4:2
קְחוּ לָכֶם מִן־הָעָם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר אֲנָשִׁים אִישׁ־אֶחָד אִישׁ־אֶחָד מִשָּֽׁבֶט
’Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 308,680 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- חJoshua 3:16
- ח2 Chronicles 36:15
… בְּיַד מַלְאָכָיו הַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלוֹחַ כִּֽי־חָמַל עַל־עַמּוֹ וְעַל־מְעוֹנֽוֹ
And the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent to them by His messengers, sending betimes and often; because He had compassion on His people, and on His dwelling-place;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- גIsaiah 24:22
וְאֻסְּפוּ אֲסֵפָה אַסִּיר עַל־בּוֹר וְסֻגְּרוּ עַל־מַסְגֵּר וּמֵרֹב יָמִים יִפָּקֵֽדוּ
And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, And shall be shut up in the prison, And after many days shall they be punished.
- בGenesis 1:5
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
skip 598,115, width 598,115 — one row is 598,115 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,414 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,115 in the laboratory →
- ח2 Chronicles 36:15
The spelling
חגב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חגב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 13.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:46. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Hagab appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 401,682 sequences of חגב across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 406,448).
What is the shortest skip for Hagab in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 31:32 — the shortest of 401,682 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 406,448.
How is Hagab spelled in Hebrew?
Hagab is spelled חגב — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 13.
Is Hagab in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 7,860,995 sequences of חגב across every skip (2–598,520), 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 7,577,933); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 406,448 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.