Biblical names

Idbash ידבש

Idbash (ידבש) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Idbash is found 19,175 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 20:1) — about what chance alone gives (about 19,470).

Found in the Torah
19,175
Chance alone
19,470
P (≥ found)
0.98
Shortest skip
3

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, ידבש appears 19,175 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 19,470, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 20:1, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 203,087 sequences of ידבש, against about 202,873 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 5,124
  • Exodus 3,861
  • Leviticus 2,511
  • Numbers 4,729
  • Deuteronomy 2,950

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 20:1בראשית כ:אskip 3, forward

    וַיִּסַּע מִשָּׁם אַבְרָהָם אַרְצָה הַנֶּגֶב וַיֵּשֶׁב בֵּין־קָדֵשׁ וּבֵין שׁוּר וַיָּגָר בִּגְרָֽר

    And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.

    ידבש at skip 3, forward from Genesis 20:1ההנגבוישבבןקשויןורויגרבגררידבש
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 24,353Open in the laboratory →

  2. Deuteronomy 33:20דברים לג:כskip 3, forward

    וּלְגָד אָמַר בָּרוּךְ מַרְחִיב גָּד כְּלָבִיא שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף זְרוֹעַ אַף־קָדְקֹֽד

    And of Gad he said: Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad; He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

    ידבש at skip 3, forward from Deuteronomy 33:20אמרברוךמרחבגכליאכןוטרףזרועידבש
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 303,766Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 22:29במדבר כב:כטskip 3, backward

    וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם לָֽאָתוֹן כִּי הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ בִּי לוּ יֶשׁ־חֶרֶב בְּיָדִי כִּי עַתָּה הֲרַגְתִּֽיךְ

    And Balaam said unto the ass: ‘Because thou hast mocked me; I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.’

    ידבש at skip 3, backward from Numbers 22:29תעללתבילויחרבייכעתההרגתיךוידבש
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 226,877Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 21:30בראשית כא:לskip 4, backward

    וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי אֶת־שֶׁבַע כְּבָשֹׂת תִּקַּח מִיָּדִי בַּעֲבוּר תִּֽהְיֶה־לִּי לְעֵדָה כִּי חָפַרְתִּי אֶת־הַבְּאֵר הַזֹּֽאת

    And he said: ‘Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.’

    ידבש at skip 4, backward from Genesis 21:30השבעכבשתהאלהארהצתלבנהואמרכיאתשבעכבשתידבש
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 26,761Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 32:17בראשית לב:יזskip 4, backward

    וַיִּתֵּן בְּיַד־עֲבָדָיו עֵדֶר עֵדֶר לְבַדּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדָיו עִבְרוּ לְפָנַי וְרֶוַח תָּשִׂימוּ בֵּין עֵדֶר וּבֵין עֵֽדֶר

    And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants: ‘Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.’

    ידבש at skip 4, backward from Genesis 32:17עברולפניורוחתימויןערובןעדרויצואתהראשידבש
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 47,375Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

97,627 sequences of ידבש at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 98,117 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 5,124
  • Exodus 3,861
  • Leviticus 2,511
  • Numbers 4,729
  • Deuteronomy 3,225
  • Joshua 2,540
  • Judges 2,950
  • Samuel 10,563
  • Kings 8,737
  • Isaiah 4,726
  • Jeremiah 6,310
  • Ezekiel 5,678
  • The Twelve 4,111
  • Psalms 7,168
  • Proverbs 2,510
  • Job 2,613
  • Song of Songs 476
  • Ruth 455
  • Lamentations 513
  • Ecclesiastes 891
  • Esther 1,077
  • Daniel 2,936
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 4,375
  • Chronicles 9,548

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 4:19יהושע ד:יטskip 2, forward

    וְהָעָם עָלוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בַּגִּלְגָּל בִּקְצֵה מִזְרַח יְרִיחֽוֹ

    And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

    ידבש at skip 2, forward from Joshua 4:19עלומןהרןעורלחדשהידבש
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 310,002Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 14:19שמואל א יד:יטskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי עַד דִּבֶּר שָׁאוּל אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְהֶהָמוֹן אֲשֶׁר בְּמַחֲנֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֹךְ וָרָב וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן אֱסֹף יָדֶֽךָ

    And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased; and Saul said unto the priest: ‘Withdraw thy hand.’

    ידבש at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 14:19ראלויהעדראולאלהכידבש
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 403,605Open in the laboratory →

  3. Psalms 40:15תהלים מ:טוskip 2, forward

    יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיַחְפְּרוּ יַחַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי לִסְפּוֹתָהּ יִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר וְיִכָּלְמוּ חֲפֵצֵי רָעָתִֽי

    Let them be ashamed and abashed together that seek after my soul to sweep it away; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that delight in my hurt.

    ידבש at skip 2, forward from Psalms 40:15ויחפרוחמקינפשילסידבש
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 878,931Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

ידבש — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ידבש, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 316.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Idbash in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, ידבש appears 19,175 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 19,470, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Idbash in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 20:1 — the shortest of 19,175 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 19,470.

How is Idbash spelled in Hebrew?

Idbash is spelled ידבש — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 316.

Is Idbash in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

97,627 sequences of ידבש at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 98,117 that chance alone would produce.

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