Biblical names

Jonadab יונדב

Jonadab (יונדב) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Jonadab is found 1,713 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 30:36) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,752).

Found in the Torah
1,713
Chance alone
1,752
P (≥ found)
0.82
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

The Torah holds 1,713 sequences of יונדב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,752).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 30:36, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 13,778 sequences of יונדב, against about 13,804 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 560
  • Exodus 293
  • Leviticus 213
  • Numbers 437
  • Deuteronomy 210

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 30:36בראשית ל:לוskip 2, backward

    וַיָּשֶׂם דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין יַעֲקֹב וְיַעֲקֹב רֹעֶה אֶת־צֹאן לָבָן הַנּוֹתָרֹֽת

    And he set three days’journey betwixt himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

    יונדב at skip 2, backward from Genesis 30:36יםויתןיביושםדרךשליונדב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 43,159Open in the laboratory →

  2. Deuteronomy 30:20דברים ל:כskip 6, backward

    לְאַֽהֲבָה אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹעַ בְּקֹלוֹ וּלְדָבְקָה־בוֹ כִּי הוּא חַיֶּיךָ וְאֹרֶךְ יָמֶיךָ לָשֶׁבֶת עַל־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב לָתֵת לָהֶֽם

    to love the LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

    יונדב at skip 6, backward from Deuteronomy 30:20וכיהואחייךוארךימיךלשתעלהאמהאשרשבעיקקלאבתךלאברהםליצחקוליעקבלתתיונדב
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 298,381Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 4:31במדבר ד:לאskip 7, forward

    וְזֹאת מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם לְכָל־עֲבֹדָתָם בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד קַרְשֵׁי הַמִּשְׁכָּן וּבְרִיחָיו וְעַמּוּדָיו וַאֲדָנָֽיו

    And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof;

    יונדב at skip 7, forward from Numbers 4:31בדתםבאהלמועדקרשיהמשכןוברחיוועמדיוואדיוועמויהחצרסיבואדניהםויתדתםומיתריהםליונדב
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 194,352Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 1:4במדבר א:דskip 10, forward

    וְאִתְּכֶם יִהְיוּ אִישׁ אִישׁ לַמַּטֶּה אִישׁ רֹאשׁ לְבֵית־אֲבֹתָיו הֽוּא

    And with you there shall be a man of every tribe, every one head of his fathers’house.

    יונדב at skip 10, forward from Numbers 1:4תהואהרןואתכםיהיואישאישלמטהאישראשלבתאבתיוהואאלהשמותהאשיםאשריעמואתכםלראוןאליצורבןשדיאורלשמעוןשלמיאלבןצורישדיונדב
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 186,602Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 11:26במדבר יא:כוskip 23, forward

    וַיִּשָּׁאֲרוּ שְׁנֵֽי־אֲנָשִׁים בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה שֵׁם הָאֶחָד אֶלְדָּד וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִי מֵידָד וַתָּנַח עֲלֵיהֶם הָרוּחַ וְהֵמָּה בַּכְּתֻבִים וְלֹא יָצְאוּ הָאֹהֱלָה וַיִּֽתְנַבְּאוּ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה

    But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were recorded, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.

    יונדב at skip 23, forward from Numbers 11:26יםויהיכנוחעליהםהרוחויבאוולאיספווישארושניאנםבמחנהשםהאחדאלדדושםהשמידדותנחעלהםהרוחוהמהתביםולאיצאהאהלהויתנבבמחנהוירץהערויגדלמשהאמראלדדומידמתנבאיםבמהויעןיהושעןנוןמשרתמשבחריוויאמראדנימשהכלאםאמרלומשההמקנאאתהליומיןכלעםיקוקנביאיםכייתןייונדב
    skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 208,230Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

10,168 sequences of יונדב at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 10,035 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 560
  • Exodus 293
  • Leviticus 213
  • Numbers 437
  • Deuteronomy 243
  • Joshua 287
  • Judges 321
  • Samuel 1,066
  • Kings 664
  • Isaiah 566
  • Jeremiah 650
  • Ezekiel 586
  • The Twelve 473
  • Psalms 898
  • Proverbs 246
  • Job 365
  • Song of Songs 57
  • Ruth 50
  • Lamentations 68
  • Ecclesiastes 70
  • Esther 96
  • Daniel 376
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 568
  • Chronicles 1,015

Outside the Torah

  1. Nehemiah 3:37נחמיה ג:לזskip 2, forward

    וְאַל־תְּכַס עַל־עֲוֺנָם וְחַטָּאתָם מִלְּפָנֶיךָ אַל־תִּמָּחֶה כִּי הִכְעִיסוּ לְנֶגֶד הַבּוֹנִֽים

    and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before Thee; for they have vexed Thee before the builders.

    יונדב at skip 2, forward from Nehemiah 3:37הכיהכעסלגהוניםונביונדב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,079,554Open in the laboratory →

  2. Jeremiah 48:27ירמיהו מח:כזskip 3, forward

    וְאִם לוֹא הַשְּׂחֹק הָיָה לְךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל אִם־בְּגַנָּבִים נמצאה כִּֽי־מִדֵּי דְבָרֶיךָ בּוֹ תִּתְנוֹדָֽד

    For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves? For as often as thou speakest of him, Thou waggest the head.

    יונדב at skip 3, forward from Jeremiah 48:27אהכימדידברךבתתודעזועריםושכנויונדב
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 715,743Open in the laboratory →

  3. Jeremiah 50:24ירמיהו נ:כדskip 3, forward

    יָקֹשְׁתִּי לָךְ וְגַם־נִלְכַּדְתְּ בָּבֶל וְאַתְּ לֹא יָדָעַתְּ נִמְצֵאת וְגַם־נִתְפַּשְׂתְּ כִּי בַֽיהוָה הִתְגָּרִֽית

    I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, And thou wast not aware; Thou art found, and also caught, Because thou hast striven against the LORD.

    יונדב at skip 3, forward from Jeremiah 50:24לבגויםיקשתלךגםלכתבלואתלאידעתיונדב
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 720,374Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

יונדב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as יונדב, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 72.

As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 13:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Jonadab appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 1,713 sequences of יונדב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,752).

What is the shortest skip for Jonadab in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 30:36 — the shortest of 1,713 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,752.

How is Jonadab spelled in Hebrew?

Jonadab is spelled יונדב — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 72.

Is Jonadab in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

10,168 sequences of יונדב at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 10,035 that chance alone would produce.

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,752 here) beside the count.

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