Ibzan אבצן
Ibzan (אבצן) is a person named in the Tanakh. Ibzan appears 85,014 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 88,785 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 85,014
- Chance alone · every skip
- 88,785
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,097
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 8,482 found · chance alone about 8,521 (probability of 8,482 or more by chance alone: 0.66).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), אבצן appears 85,014 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 88,785, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which אבצן appears in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 21:37, reading forward.
The longest skip at which אבצן was found in the Torah is 101,097 — at Deuteronomy 34:2, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 24,733
- Exodus 15,702
- Leviticus 12,461
- Numbers 16,744
- Deuteronomy 15,374
Examples across the range
5 of the 85,014 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
- א ב צ ןExodus 21:37
… חֲמִשָּׁה בָקָר יְשַׁלֵּם תַּחַת הַשּׁוֹר וְאַרְבַּע־צֹאן תַּחַת הַשֶּֽׂה
If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,707 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ב צ ןExodus 21:37
Letter by letter
- א ב ץ נDeuteronomy 4:17
תַּבְנִית כָּל־בְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ תַּבְנִית כָּל־צִפּוֹר כָּנָף אֲשֶׁר תָּעוּף בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם
the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 257,403 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- א ב ץ נDeuteronomy 4:17
- אGenesis 7:4
… לָיְלָה וּמָחִיתִי אֶֽת־כָּל־הַיְקוּם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I blot out from off the face of the earth.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בGenesis 7:7
וַיָּבֹא נֹחַ וּבָנָיו וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנָיו אִתּוֹ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה מִפְּנֵי מֵי הַמַּבּֽוּל
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, before the waters of the flood.
- צGenesis 7:9
שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם בָּאוּ אֶל־נֹחַ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה כַּֽאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נֹֽחַ
there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
- נGenesis 7:11
… לַחֹדֶשׁ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה נִבְקְעוּ כָּֽל־מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה וַאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם נִפְתָּֽחוּ …
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
skip 102, width 102 — one row is 102 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 8,159 of the TorahOpen at skip 102 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 7:4
- אNumbers 14:9
… בַּֽיהוָה אַל־תִּמְרֹדוּ וְאַתֶּם אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ אֶת־עַם הָאָרֶץ כִּי לַחְמֵנוּ …
Only rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us; their defence is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us; fear them not.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בNumbers 13:24
לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא קָרָא נַחַל אֶשְׁכּוֹל עַל אֹדוֹת הָֽאֶשְׁכּוֹל אֲשֶׁר־כָּרְתוּ מִשָּׁם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.—
- ץNumbers 12:14
… שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תִּסָּגֵר שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְאַחַר תֵּאָסֵֽף
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘If her father had but spit in her face, should she not hide in shame seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.’
- נNumbers 11:29
… וּמִי יִתֵּן כָּל־עַם יְהוָה נְבִיאִים כִּי־יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֶת־רוּחוֹ …
And Moses said unto him: ‘Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all the LORD’S people were prophets, that the LORD would put His spirit upon them! ’
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 211,390 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- אNumbers 14:9
- אDeuteronomy 34:2
וְאֵת כָּל־נַפְתָּלִי וְאֶת־אֶרֶץ אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה וְאֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה עַד הַיָּם הָאַחֲרֽוֹן
and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the hinder sea;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בNumbers 8:17
… כָל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ …
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- צExodus 16:16
זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה לִקְטוּ מִמֶּנּוּ אִישׁ לְפִי …
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.’
- נGenesis 1:21
… הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב …
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 101,097, width 101,097 — one row is 101,097 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,318 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,097 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 34:2
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), אבצן appears 1,208,785 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 1,197,777 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,208,785 or more by chance alone is 5.0 × 10⁻²⁴.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 29,194 found · chance alone about 29,825 (probability of 29,194 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 93,069
- Exodus 64,355
- Leviticus 50,515
- Numbers 66,535
- Deuteronomy 61,808
- Joshua 37,858
- Judges 42,598
- Samuel 109,212
- Kings 111,162
- Isaiah 62,477
- Jeremiah 92,429
- Ezekiel 77,845
- The Twelve 55,664
- Psalms 58,811
- Proverbs 18,951
- Job 30,410
- Song of Songs 3,486
- Ruth 5,311
- Lamentations 4,308
- Ecclesiastes 10,034
- Esther 9,924
- Daniel 25,661
- Ezra–Nehemiah 32,257
- Chronicles 84,105
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- א ב צ נEzekiel 34:15
אֲנִי אֶרְעֶה צֹאנִי וַאֲנִי אַרְבִּיצֵם נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה
I will feed My sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 776,985 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ב צ נEzekiel 34:15
- אPsalms 106:48
בָּרוּךְ־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן־הָעוֹלָם וְעַד הָעוֹלָם וְאָמַר כָּל־הָעָם אָמֵן הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בPsalms 106:45
וַיִּזְכֹּר לָהֶם בְּרִיתוֹ וַיִּנָּחֵם כְּרֹב חסדו
And He remembered for them His covenant, And repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
- צPsalms 106:42
וַיִּלְחָצוּם אוֹיְבֵיהֶם וַיִּכָּנְעוּ תַּחַת יָדָֽם
Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under their hand.
- נPsalms 106:38
וַיִּֽשְׁפְּכוּ דָם נָקִי דַּם־בְּנֵיהֶם וּֽבְנוֹתֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר זִבְּחוּ לַעֲצַבֵּי כְנָעַן וַתֶּחֱנַף הָאָרֶץ בַּדָּמִֽים
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
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 up the middle column. letter 916,881 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אPsalms 106:48
- א2 Chronicles 36:21
… יְהוָה בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ עַד־רָצְתָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה …
to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בEzekiel 46:24
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָי אֵלֶּה בֵּית הַֽמְבַשְּׁלִים אֲשֶׁר יְבַשְּׁלוּ־שָׁם מְשָׁרְתֵי הַבַּיִת אֶת־זֶבַח הָעָֽם
Then said he unto me: ‘These are the boiling-places, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifices of the people.’
- צ1 Samuel 12:8
… יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן וַיּוֹצִיאוּ אֶת־אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם מִמִּצְרַיִם וַיֹּשִׁבוּם בַּמָּקוֹם …
When Jacob was come into Egypt, then your fathers cried unto the LORD, and the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and they were made to dwell in this place.
- נGenesis 1:29
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־כָּל־עֵשֶׂב …
And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food;
skip 398,441, width 398,441 — one row is 398,441 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,804 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,441 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 36:21
The spelling
אבצן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אבצן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 143.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 12:8. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Ibzan appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), אבצן appears 85,014 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 88,785, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Ibzan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 21:37 — the shortest of 85,014 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 88,785.
What is the gematria of Ibzan in Hebrew?
Ibzan is spelled אבצן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 143.
How many times is Ibzan found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), אבצן appears 1,208,785 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 1,197,777 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,208,785 or more by chance alone is 5.0 × 10⁻²⁴.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 88,785 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.