Ibhar יבחר
Ibhar (יבחר) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Ibhar is found 22,669 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 31:54) — about what chance alone gives (about 23,134).
- Found in the Torah
- 22,669
- Chance alone
- 23,134
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
22,669 sequences of יבחר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 23,134 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which יבחר appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 31:54, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), יבחר is found 245,753 times; chance alone would give about 241,050.
- Genesis 6,936
- Exodus 4,513
- Leviticus 2,827
- Numbers 5,234
- Deuteronomy 3,159
The shortest skips
וַיִּזְבַּח יַעֲקֹב זֶבַח בָּהָר וַיִּקְרָא לְאֶחָיו לֶאֱכָל־לָחֶם וַיֹּאכְלוּ לֶחֶם וַיָּלִינוּ בָּהָֽר
And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 46,416Open in the laboratory →
מְזֵי רָעָב וּלְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף וְקֶטֶב מְרִירִי וְשֶׁן־בְּהֵמוֹת אֲשַׁלַּח־בָּם עִם־חֲמַת זֹחֲלֵי עָפָֽר
The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 301,504Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹֽא־אֵחַר הַנַּעַר לַעֲשׂוֹת הַדָּבָר כִּי חָפֵץ בְּבַֽת־יַעֲקֹב וְהוּא נִכְבָּד מִכֹּל בֵּית אָבִֽיו
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter. And he was honoured above all the house of his father.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 50,064Open 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 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,632Open in the laboratory →
וְעָשִׂיתָ לּוֹ מִסְגֶּרֶת טֹפַח סָבִיב וְעָשִׂיתָ זֵר־זָהָב לְמִסְגַּרְתּוֹ סָבִֽיב
And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 114,479Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, יבחר appears 97,190 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 97,831, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 6,936
- Exodus 4,513
- Leviticus 2,827
- Numbers 5,234
- Deuteronomy 3,421
- Joshua 3,408
- Judges 3,172
- Samuel 6,190
- Kings 8,791
- Isaiah 5,474
- Jeremiah 5,651
- Ezekiel 6,227
- The Twelve 4,339
- Psalms 7,445
- Proverbs 3,432
- Job 3,319
- Song of Songs 500
- Ruth 424
- Lamentations 623
- Ecclesiastes 941
- Esther 730
- Daniel 1,661
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,363
- Chronicles 8,569
Outside the Torah
וַתִּקַּח דְּלִילָה עֲבֹתִים חֲדָשִׁים וַתַּאַסְרֵהוּ בָהֶם וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו פְּלִשְׁתִּים עָלֶיךָ שִׁמְשׁוֹן וְהָאֹרֵב יֹשֵׁב בֶּחָדֶר וַֽיְנַתְּקֵם מֵעַל זְרֹעֹתָיו כַּחֽוּט
So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him: ‘The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.’ And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 372,702Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא אֹתָם נַעַר וַיַּגֵּד לְאַבְשָׁלֹם וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְהֵרָה וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־בֵּֽית־אִישׁ בְּבַחוּרִים וְלוֹ בְאֵר בַּחֲצֵרוֹ וַיֵּרְדוּ שָֽׁם
But a lad saw them, and told Absalom; and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 462,830Open in the laboratory →
וְהֽוּא־הָלַךְ בַּמִּדְבָּר דֶּרֶךְ יוֹם וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב תַּחַת רֹתֶם אחת וַיִּשְׁאַל אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ לָמוּת וַיֹּאמֶר רַב עַתָּה יְהוָה קַח נַפְשִׁי כִּֽי־לֹא־טוֹב אָנֹכִי מֵאֲבֹתָֽי
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom-tree; and he requested for himself that he might die; and said: ‘It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 518,671Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יבחר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as יבחר, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 220.
As a plain word it stands 33 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 16:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ibhar in the Torah codes?
22,669 sequences of יבחר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 23,134 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Ibhar in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 31:54 — the shortest of 22,669 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 23,134.
What is the gematria of Ibhar in Hebrew?
Ibhar is spelled יבחר — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 220.
How many times is Ibhar found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, יבחר appears 97,190 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 97,831, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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