Biblical names

Hodaviah הודויה

Hodaviah (הודויה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Hodaviah appears 571 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 593 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
571
Chance alone
593
P (≥ found)
0.82
Shortest skip
5

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, הודויה appears 571 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 593, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which הודויה appears in the Torah is 5 — the first at Leviticus 13:2, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), הודויה is found 3,594 times; chance alone would give about 3,770.

  • Genesis 133
  • Exodus 151
  • Leviticus 93
  • Numbers 97
  • Deuteronomy 97

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 13:2ויקרא יג:בskip 5, forward

    אָדָם כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ שְׂאֵת אֽוֹ־סַפַּחַת אוֹ בַהֶרֶת וְהָיָה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ לְנֶגַע צָרָעַת וְהוּבָא אֶל־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן אוֹ אֶל־אַחַד מִבָּנָיו הַכֹּהֲנִֽים

    When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests.

    הודויה at skip 5, forward from Leviticus 13:2געצרעתוהובאאלאהרןכהןאאלאחמבניהכהנםוראהכהןאתהנגעבעורהבשהודויה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 158,103Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 14:1שמות יד:אskip 22, forward

    וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר

    And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

    הודויה at skip 22, forward from Exodus 14:1מודאשלהאירלהםללכתיומםלילהלאימישעמודהענןיומועמודהאשלילהלפניהעםויבריקוקאלמשלאמרדבראלביישראלוישבויחנולפניפהחירתביןמגלוביןהיםלפיבעלצפןנכחתחנועלהיםומרפרעהלבנישראלנבכיםהבארץסגרעליםהמדברוחזקיאתלבפרעהורדףאחריהםואבדהבפרעהובכלחילווידעוצריםכיאנייקוקויעשוכןוהודויה
    skip 22, width 22 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 98,054Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 38:5בראשית לח:הskip 22, backward

    וַתֹּסֶף עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵׁלָה וְהָיָה בִכְזִיב בְּלִדְתָּהּ אֹתֽוֹ

    And she yet again bore a son, and called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

    הודויה at skip 22, backward from Genesis 38:5וטיפרסריספרעהשרהטבחיםיהיבעתההואוירדיהודהמאאחיוויטעדאישעדלמיושמוירהויראשםיודהבתאישכנניושמושועוקחהויבאאליותהרותלדבןיקראאתשמועותהרעודותלבןותקראאתשואונןותסףעדותלדבןותקאאתשמושלהויהבכזיבבלדהאתוויקחיהודהאשהלערבכרוושמהתמרויהיערבכוריהדהרעבעינייקוקוימתהויקהודויה
    skip 22, width 22 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 56,181Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 9:33שמות ט:לגskip 31, forward

    וַיֵּצֵא מֹשֶׁה מֵעִם פַּרְעֹה אֶת־הָעִיר וַיִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפָּיו אֶל־יְהוָה וַֽיַּחְדְּלוּ הַקֹּלוֹת וְהַבָּרָד וּמָטָר לֹא־נִתַּךְ אָֽרְצָה

    And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread forth his hands unto the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

    הודויה at skip 31, forward from Exodus 9:33עתיכיטרםתיראוןמפנייקותהוהשערהנכתהכיהשערהאבעלוהחטהוהכסמתלאנכוכיאאמשהמעםפרעאתהעירויפרקויחדלוהקלתוהברדומטריראפרעהכיחלהמטרוהברדחטאויכבדלבהואועבדיווולאשלחאתבנישראלכאשרדשהויאמריקואלמשהבאאלפבדתיאתלבוואתלבעבדיולמלהבקרבוולמעןתספרבאזניתאשרהתעללתיבמצריםואתאהודויק
    skip 31, width 31 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 91,389Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 14:19במדבר יד:יטskip 44, backward

    סְלַֽח־נָא לַעֲוֺן הָעָם הַזֶּה כְּגֹדֶל חַסְדֶּךָ וְכַאֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה מִמִּצְרַיִם וְעַד־הֵֽנָּה

    Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.’

    הודויה at skip 44, backward from Numbers 14:19יתבכחךאתהעםהזהמקרבוואאתהיקוקבקרבהעםהזהאשרעמדעלהםובעמדענןאתההלךלמתהאתהעםהזכאישאחדואמרמבלתייכלתקוקלהביאאתישחטםבמדברעתהיגדלנאכךאפיםורבחסנשאעוןופשעניםעלשלשיםעלרבעיםסלחשרנשאתהלעםזהממצריםועואולםחיאניוימלאכבודיקיםאתכבדיואתאתתיאשרעשיהעשרפעמיםולאשמעובקוליהודויה
    skip 44, width 44 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 211,994Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, הודויה appears 3,098 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,137, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 133
  • Exodus 151
  • Leviticus 93
  • Numbers 97
  • Deuteronomy 115
  • Joshua 125
  • Judges 99
  • Samuel 330
  • Kings 271
  • Isaiah 160
  • Jeremiah 286
  • Ezekiel 223
  • The Twelve 164
  • Psalms 165
  • Proverbs 43
  • Job 41
  • Song of Songs 10
  • Ruth 13
  • Lamentations 7
  • Ecclesiastes 21
  • Esther 38
  • Daniel 46
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 119
  • Chronicles 348

Outside the Torah

  1. Jeremiah 34:20ירמיהו לד:כskip 4, forward

    וְנָתַתִּי אוֹתָם בְּיַד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶם וּבְיַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשָׁם וְהָיְתָה נִבְלָתָם לְמַֽאֲכָל לְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָֽרֶץ

    I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

    הודויה at skip 4, forward from Jeremiah 34:20וףהשמיםולבהמתארץאתצקיהמלךהודואתשריואתןבידאהודויה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 695,748Open in the laboratory →

  2. Hosea 1:1הושע א:אskip 5, backward

    דְּבַר־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הָיָה אֶל־הוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן־בְּאֵרִי בִּימֵי עֻזִּיָּה יוֹתָם אָחָז יְחִזְקִיָּה מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה וּבִימֵי יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־יוֹאָשׁ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

    הודויה at skip 5, backward from Hosea 1:1סביבשמנהעשראלףושםעירמוםיקקשמהבריקקאשריהאלהושעבןבאריבימהודויה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 801,903Open in the laboratory →

  3. Ezra 10:8עזרא י:חskip 10, forward

    וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָבוֹא לִשְׁלֹשֶׁת הַיָּמִים כַּעֲצַת הַשָּׂרִים וְהַזְּקֵנִים יָחֳרַם כָּל־רְכוּשׁוֹ וְהוּא יִבָּדֵל מִקְּהַל הַגּוֹלָֽה

    and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of the captivity.

    הודויה at skip 10, forward from Ezra 10:8שריםוהזקניםיחרםכלרכושווהואיבדלמקהלגולהויקבצכלאנשייהוהובנימןירשלםלשלשתהמיםהואחדשתשיעיבעשריםבחדשוישבוכלהעםברחובביתהאהודויה
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,073,561Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

הודויה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as הודויה, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 36.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:40. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Hodaviah in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, הודויה appears 571 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 593, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Hodaviah in the Torah?

Skip 5, reading forward from Leviticus 13:2 — the shortest of 571 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 593.

What is the gematria of Hodaviah in Hebrew?

Hodaviah is spelled הודויה — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 36.

How many times is Hodaviah found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, הודויה appears 3,098 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,137, so the count is in line with chance.

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