Biblical names

Jaakobah יעקבה

Jaakobah (יעקבה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Jaakobah appears 858 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 856 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
858
Chance alone
856
P (≥ found)
0.47
Shortest skip
6

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

858 sequences of יעקבה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 856 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 6 — the first at Numbers 23:1, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 7,256 sequences of יעקבה, against about 6,744 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 239
  • Exodus 200
  • Leviticus 133
  • Numbers 175
  • Deuteronomy 111

The shortest skips

  1. Numbers 23:1במדבר כג:אskip 6, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם אֶל־בָּלָק בְּנֵה־לִי בָזֶה שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת וְהָכֵן לִי בָּזֶה שִׁבְעָה פָרִים וְשִׁבְעָה אֵילִֽים

    And Balaam said unto Balak: ‘Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.’

    יעקבה at skip 6, forward from Numbers 23:1מותבעלויראמשםקצההעםואמרבלםאלבלבנהליזהשבעמזבחתוהכןליבזהשבעהפרייעקבה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 227,621Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 23:29במדבר כג:כטskip 6, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם אֶל־בָּלָק בְּנֵה־לִי בָזֶה שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת וְהָכֵן לִי בָּזֶה שִׁבְעָה פָרִים וְשִׁבְעָה אֵילִֽים

    And Balaam said unto Balak: ‘Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.’

    יעקבה at skip 6, forward from Numbers 23:29עורהנשקףעלפניהישימןואמרבלםאלבלבנהליזהשבעמזבחתוהכןליבזהשבעהפרייעקבה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 228,940Open in the laboratory →

  3. Deuteronomy 1:35דברים א:להskip 7, backward

    אִם־יִרְאֶה אִישׁ בָּאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה הַדּוֹר הָרָע הַזֶּה אֵת הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לָתֵת לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם

    ’Surely there shall not one of these men, even this evil generation, see the good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers,

    יעקבה at skip 7, backward from Deuteronomy 1:35רתלכובהובענןיומםוישמעיקואתקולדריכםויצףוישבלאמראםראהאישבאנשיםהאלההדורהרעהיעקבק
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 251,888Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 33:5שמות לג:הskip 13, backward

    וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֱמֹר אֶל־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתֶּם עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹרֶף רֶגַע אֶחָד אֶֽעֱלֶה בְקִרְבְּךָ וְכִלִּיתִיךָ וְעַתָּה הוֹרֵד עֶדְיְךָ מֵֽעָלֶיךָ וְאֵדְעָה מָה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּֽךְ

    And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Say unto the children of Israel: Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee; therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.’

    יעקבה at skip 13, backward from Exodus 33:5העםאתהדברהרעהזהויתאבלוולאשתואישעדיועליוויאמריוקאלמשהאמראלניישראלאתםעםשהערףרגעאחדאלהבקרבךוכליתךועתההורדעדיךמעליךואדעהמהאעשהלךויתנצלובניישראיעקבק
    skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 128,028Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 31:32בראשית לא:לבskip 17, forward

    עִם אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא אֶת־אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא יִֽחְיֶה נֶגֶד אַחֵינוּ הַֽכֶּר־לְךָ מָה עִמָּדִי וְקַֽח־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.—

    יעקבה at skip 17, forward from Genesis 31:32אמרללבןכייראתיכיאמרתיפןתגזלאתבנותיךמעמיעםאשרתמצאאתאלהיךלאיחהנגדאחינוהכרלךמהמדיוקחלךולאידעיעבכירחלגנבתםויבאלןבאהליעקבובאהללאובאהלשתיהאמהתולאמצאויצאמאהללאהויבאבאהלרחלורחללקחהאתהתרפיםותיעקבה
    skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 45,185Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

3,149 sequences of יעקבה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,229 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 239
  • Exodus 200
  • Leviticus 133
  • Numbers 175
  • Deuteronomy 125
  • Joshua 111
  • Judges 111
  • Samuel 163
  • Kings 255
  • Isaiah 210
  • Jeremiah 255
  • Ezekiel 177
  • The Twelve 164
  • Psalms 219
  • Proverbs 59
  • Job 87
  • Song of Songs 14
  • Ruth 5
  • Lamentations 16
  • Ecclesiastes 24
  • Esther 14
  • Daniel 56
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 100
  • Chronicles 237

Outside the Torah

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:9קהלת י:טskip 2, backward

    מַסִּיעַ אֲבָנִים יֵעָצֵב בָּהֶם בּוֹקֵעַ עֵצִים יִסָּכֶן בָּֽם

    Whoso quarrieth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

    יעקבה at skip 2, backward from Ecclesiastes 10:9םיעצבבםועצםיסכןבםיעקבה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,021,187Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Samuel 23:26שמואל ב כג:כוskip 5, forward

    חֶלֶץ הַפַּלְטִי עִירָא בֶן־עִקֵּשׁ הַתְּקוֹעִֽי

    Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;

    יעקבה at skip 5, forward from 2 Samuel 23:26יקאהחרדיחלץהפלטיעראבןקשהתועיאיעזרענתתימבניהחשתיצלמיעקבה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 475,110Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Chronicles 11:28דברי הימים א יא:כחskip 5, forward

    עִירָא בֶן־עִקֵּשׁ הַתְּקוֹעִי אֲבִיעֶזֶר הָעֲנְּתוֹתִֽי

    Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite;

    יעקבה at skip 5, forward from 1 Chronicles 11:28תההרוריחלץהפלוניעראבןקשהתועיאיעזרענתותיסבכיהחשתיעייעקבה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,116,096Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

יעקבה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as יעקבה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 187.

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

Questions

Does Jaakobah appear in the Torah codes?

858 sequences of יעקבה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 856 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Jaakobah in the Torah?

Skip 6, reading forward from Numbers 23:1 — the shortest of 858 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 856.

How is Jaakobah spelled in Hebrew?

Jaakobah is spelled יעקבה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 187.

Is Jaakobah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

3,149 sequences of יעקבה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,229 that chance alone would produce.

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