Biblical names

Jashub ישוב

Jashub (ישוב) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Jashub is found 82,814 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 18:17) — about what chance alone gives (about 84,538).

Found in the Torah
82,814
Chance alone
84,538
P (≥ found)
1.00
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

82,814 sequences of ישוב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 84,538 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 18:17, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 886,821 sequences of ישוב, against about 880,877 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 23,163
  • Exodus 17,000
  • Leviticus 11,338
  • Numbers 17,969
  • Deuteronomy 13,344

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 18:17בראשית יח:יזskip 2, forward

    וַֽיהֹוָה אָמָר הַֽמְכַסֶּה אֲנִי מֵֽאַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי עֹשֶֽׂה

    And the LORD said: ‘Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing;

    ישוב at skip 2, forward from Genesis 18:17םאשראנעהארהםהיויישוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 21,273Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 35:20שמות לה:כskip 2, forward

    וַיֵּֽצְאוּ כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִלִּפְנֵי מֹשֶֽׁה

    And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

    ישוב at skip 2, forward from Exodus 35:20אלמלפנמהיאוכלאישישוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 131,819Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 23:19במדבר כג:יטskip 2, forward

    לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִֽיכַזֵּב וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶֽנָּה

    God is not a man, that He should lie; Neither the son of man, that He should repent: When He hath said, will He not do it? Or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good?

    ישוב at skip 2, forward from Numbers 23:19אמרולאעהדרולאיקיישוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 228,531Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 16:15בראשית טז:טוskip 2, backward

    וַתֵּלֶד הָגָר לְאַבְרָם בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אַבְרָם שֶׁם־בְּנוֹ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָה הָגָר יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל

    And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

    ישוב at skip 2, backward from Genesis 16:15אברםשםנארלדההגריישוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 19,037Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 50:22בראשית נ:כבskip 2, backward

    וַיֵּשֶׁב יוֹסֵף בְּמִצְרַיִם הוּא וּבֵית אָבִיו וַיְחִי יוֹסֵף מֵאָה וָעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִֽים

    And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

    ישוב at skip 2, backward from Genesis 50:22דברעללםיבוסףבמצרישוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 77,791Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, ישוב appears 391,294 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 392,836, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 23,163
  • Exodus 17,000
  • Leviticus 11,338
  • Numbers 17,969
  • Deuteronomy 14,387
  • Joshua 12,929
  • Judges 14,563
  • Samuel 35,318
  • Kings 36,607
  • Isaiah 20,994
  • Jeremiah 25,528
  • Ezekiel 21,622
  • The Twelve 18,356
  • Psalms 25,737
  • Proverbs 8,770
  • Job 10,237
  • Song of Songs 1,673
  • Ruth 1,460
  • Lamentations 1,859
  • Ecclesiastes 3,307
  • Esther 3,072
  • Daniel 6,306
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 15,847
  • Chronicles 43,252

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 8:11יהושע ח:יאskip 2, forward

    וְכָל־הָעָם הַמִּלְחָמָה אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ עָלוּ וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ נֶגֶד הָעִיר וַֽיַּחֲנוּ מִצְּפוֹן לָעַי וְהַגַּי בינו וּבֵין־הָעָֽי

    And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai—now there was a valley between him and Ai.

    ישוב at skip 2, forward from Joshua 8:11תועלווגויאונגדהעישוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 315,951Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 17:58שמואל א יז:נחskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו שָׁאוּל בֶּן־מִי אַתָּה הַנָּעַר וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד בֶּֽן־עַבְדְּךָ יִשַׁי בֵּית הַלַּחְמִֽי

    And Saul said to him: ‘Whose son art thou, thou young man?’ And David answered: ‘I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.’

    ישוב at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 17:58יאמראלואלןמיאתההישוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 412,775Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Samuel 31:12שמואל א לא:יבskip 2, forward

    וַיָּקוּמוּ כָּל־אִישׁ חַיִל וַיֵּלְכוּ כָל־הַלַּיְלָה וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־גְּוִיַּת שָׁאוּל וְאֵת גְּוִיֹּת בָּנָיו מֵחוֹמַת בֵּית שָׁן וַיָּבֹאוּ יָבֵשָׁה וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ אֹתָם שָֽׁם

    all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

    ישוב at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 31:12מחומתבתןיאויבשהוישוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 434,887Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

ישוב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ישוב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 318.

As a plain word it stands 55 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 13:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Jashub in the Torah codes?

82,814 sequences of ישוב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 84,538 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Jashub in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 18:17 — the shortest of 82,814 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 84,538.

How is Jashub spelled in Hebrew?

Jashub is spelled ישוב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 318.

Is Jashub in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, ישוב appears 391,294 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 392,836, so the count is in line with chance.

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