Biblical names

Josibiah יושביה

Josibiah (יושביה) is a person named in the Tanakh — Joshibiah. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 755 sequences of Josibiah, the shortest at skip 5 (Genesis 36:14); chance alone would give about 792.

Found in the Torah
755
Chance alone
792
P (≥ found)
0.91
Shortest skip
5

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, יושביה appears 755 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 792, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 5 — the first at Genesis 36:14, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 5,034 sequences of יושביה, against about 5,035 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 202
  • Exodus 162
  • Leviticus 99
  • Numbers 161
  • Deuteronomy 131

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 36:14בראשית לו:ידskip 5, backward

    וְאֵלֶּה הָיוּ בְּנֵי אָהֳלִיבָמָה בַת־עֲנָה בַּת־צִבְעוֹן אֵשֶׁת עֵשָׂו וַתֵּלֶד לְעֵשָׂו אֶת־יעיש וְאֶת־יַעְלָם וְאֶת־קֹֽרַח

    And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife; and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

    יושביה at skip 5, backward from Genesis 36:14עואלנחתוזרחשמהומזאלההובנישמתאתעשואלההובניאהליבמהבתענהביושביה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 52,792Open in the laboratory →

  2. Leviticus 23:40ויקרא כג:מskip 10, backward

    וּלְקַחְתֶּם לָכֶם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים וַעֲנַף עֵץ־עָבֹת וְעַרְבֵי־נָחַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים

    And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

    יושביה at skip 10, backward from Leviticus 23:40השביעיבאספכםאתתבואתהארץתחגואתחגיקושבעתימיםבוםהראשוןשתוןוביוםהמינישבתוןלקחתםלכםבוםהראשוןפריעץהדרכפתתמריםוענףעץעבתועיושביק
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 178,288Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 11:33ויקרא יא:לגskip 13, backward

    וְכָל־כְּלִי־חֶרֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־יִפֹּל מֵהֶם אֶל־תּוֹכוֹ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹכוֹ יִטְמָא וְאֹתוֹ תִשְׁבֹּֽרוּ

    And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.

    יושביה at skip 13, backward from Leviticus 11:33ומהםבמתםיטמאמכלכליעץאובגדאועוראושקכלכליאשריעשמלאכהבהםבמיםובאוטמאעדהערוטהרוכלכליחראשריפלמהםאלתכוכלאשרבתוכוטמאואתותשברומכלהאכלאשריאכלאשריבואעליומיםיטמאויושביה
    skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 156,853Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 21:2שמות כא:בskip 28, forward

    כִּי תִקְנֶה עֶבֶד עִבְרִי שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד וּבַשְּׁבִעִת יֵצֵא לַֽחָפְשִׁי חִנָּֽם

    If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

    יושביה at skip 28, forward from Exodus 21:2בךהנפתעליהותחללהולאתעעלמזבחיאשרלאתגלהערותךההמשפטיםאשרתשיםלפניהםבדעברישששנםיעבדובשבעשיחנםאםבגפיבאבגפויצאההואויצאהאתועמואםאדנאשהוילדהלוניםאובנותהיהתהיהלאדנהוהואיצאבגריאמרהעבדאבתיאתאדניאתבנילאאצאחפשיוהגישואדלהיםוהגישואלהדלתאואלהצעאדניואתאזנובמרצעועביושביה
    skip 28, width 28 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 108,174Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 19:13במדבר יט:יגskip 28, backward

    כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּמֵת בְּנֶפֶשׁ הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר־יָמוּת וְלֹא יִתְחַטָּא אֶת־מִשְׁכַּן יְהוָה טִמֵּא וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מֵי נִדָּה לֹא־זֹרַק עָלָיו טָמֵא יִהְיֶה עוֹד טֻמְאָתוֹ בֽוֹ

    Whosoever toucheth the dead, even the body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself—he hath defiled the tabernacle of the LORD—that soul shall be cut off from Israel; because the water of sprinkling was not dashed against him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

    יושביה at skip 28, backward from Numbers 19:13בסהאסףאתאפרהפרהאתבגדיהערבוהיתהלבניישראלולגכםלחקתעולםהנגעבמתלכלנמאשבעתימיםואיתחטאבובשיוביוםהשבעייטהרואםליוםהשלישיויוםהשביעילהנגעבמתבנפהאדםאשרימוטאאתמשכןיקקטמאונכרתהאמישראלכימנדהלאזרקעליהעודטמאתובוזאתהתורהאתבאהלכלהבאאלהאהלוכלאשמאשבעתימיםוכלכליפתוחאיושביה
    skip 28, width 28 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 221,341Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 3,878 sequences of יושביה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,838).

  • Genesis 202
  • Exodus 162
  • Leviticus 99
  • Numbers 161
  • Deuteronomy 159
  • Joshua 127
  • Judges 149
  • Samuel 346
  • Kings 381
  • Isaiah 214
  • Jeremiah 310
  • Ezekiel 211
  • The Twelve 197
  • Psalms 256
  • Proverbs 58
  • Job 86
  • Song of Songs 10
  • Ruth 14
  • Lamentations 20
  • Ecclesiastes 34
  • Esther 21
  • Daniel 58
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 153
  • Chronicles 450

Outside the Torah

  1. Nehemiah 11:3נחמיה יא:גskip 5, forward

    וְאֵלֶּה רָאשֵׁי הַמְּדִינָה אֲשֶׁר יָשְׁבוּ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וּבְעָרֵי יְהוּדָה יָֽשְׁבוּ אִישׁ בַּאֲחֻזָּתוֹ בְּעָרֵיהֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וְהַנְּתִינִים וּבְנֵי עַבְדֵי שְׁלֹמֹֽה

    Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israelites, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon’s servants.

    יושביה at skip 5, forward from Nehemiah 11:3יםוהנתיניםובניעבדשלמהבירולםישומבניהודומבניבנימןמבנייהויושביה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,091,928Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Kings 20:13מלכים ב כ:יגskip 6, forward

    וַיִּשְׁמַע עֲלֵיהֶם חִזְקִיָּהוּ וַיַּרְאֵם אֶת־כָּל־בֵּית נְכֹתֹה אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָב וְאֶת־הַבְּשָׂמִים וְאֵת שֶׁמֶן הַטּוֹב וְאֵת בֵּית כֵּלָיו וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר נִמְצָא בְּאֽוֹצְרֹתָיו לֹֽא־הָיָה דָבָר אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־הֶרְאָם חִזְקִיָּהוּ בְּבֵיתוֹ וּבְכָל־מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ

    And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all his treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures; there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.

    יושביה at skip 6, forward from 2 Kings 20:13הבשמיםואתשמןהטובואתבתכליואתכלארנמצאאוצרתולאהידבראשרלאהראםחזקיהובבייושביה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 565,806Open in the laboratory →

  3. Isaiah 45:7ישעיהו מה:זskip 8, backward

    יוֹצֵר אוֹר וּבוֹרֵא חֹשֶׁךְ עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם וּבוֹרֵא רָע אֲנִי יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה כָל־אֵֽלֶּה

    I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things.

    יושביה at skip 8, backward from Isaiah 45:7חשמשוממערבהכיאפסבלעדיאנייקוואיןעודוצראורווראחשךעהשלוםוברארעאניקוקעשהכלאלההרעיפושמיםממעלושחיושביק
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 621,650Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

יושביה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Joshibiah. Searched as יושביה, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 333.

As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 13:32. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Josibiah in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, יושביה appears 755 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 792, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Josibiah in the Torah?

Skip 5, reading backward from Genesis 36:14 — the shortest of 755 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 792.

How is Josibiah spelled in Hebrew?

Josibiah is spelled יושביה — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 333.

Is Josibiah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 3,878 sequences of יושביה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,838).

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 792 here) beside the count.

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