Jubilee יובל
Jubilee — in Hebrew יובל — ram's horn; the Jubilee year. Jubilee appears 117,845 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% more than chance alone would give (about 116,928; probability 0.0037).
- Found in the Torah
- 117,845
- Chance alone
- 116,928
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0037
- Shortest skip
- 2
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, יובל appears 117,845 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 116,928 chance alone would give; the probability of 117,845 or more by chance alone is 0.0037.
The shortest skip at which יובל appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:7, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), יובל is found 1,199,307 times; chance alone would give about 1,218,372.
- Genesis 35,382
- Exodus 21,764
- Leviticus 15,011
- Numbers 24,983
- Deuteronomy 20,705
The shortest skips
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 256Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו יְהוָה בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא וְהוּא יֹשֵׁב פֶּֽתַח־הָאֹהֶל כְּחֹם הַיּֽוֹם
And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,488Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ גַּם־הוּא מַטְעַמִּים וַיָּבֵא לְאָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר לְאָבִיו יָקֻם אָבִי וְיֹאכַל מִצֵּיד בְּנוֹ בַּעֲבוּר תְּבָרֲכַנִּי נַפְשֶֽׁךָ
And he also made savoury food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father: ‘Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,674Open in the laboratory →
וַיֶּחֱרַד יִצְחָק חֲרָדָה גְּדֹלָה עַד־מְאֹד וַיֹּאמֶר מִֽי־אֵפוֹא הוּא הַצָּֽד־צַיִד וַיָּבֵא לִי וָאֹכַל מִכֹּל בְּטֶרֶם תָּבוֹא וָאֲבָרֲכֵהוּ גַּם־בָּרוּךְ יִהְיֶֽה
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said: ‘Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,806Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לָבָן אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ נִחַשְׁתִּי וַיְבָרֲכֵנִי יְהוָה בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ
And Laban said unto him: ‘If now I have found favour in thine eyes—I have observed the signs, and the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 42,700Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, יובל appears 600,069 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 596,038 chance alone would give; the probability of 600,069 or more by chance alone is 9.2 × 10⁻⁸.
- Genesis 35,382
- Exodus 21,764
- Leviticus 15,011
- Numbers 24,983
- Deuteronomy 22,037
- Joshua 18,854
- Judges 22,379
- Samuel 57,767
- Kings 52,544
- Isaiah 31,991
- Jeremiah 43,386
- Ezekiel 33,305
- The Twelve 27,946
- Psalms 43,041
- Proverbs 12,718
- Job 16,516
- Song of Songs 2,523
- Ruth 2,239
- Lamentations 3,286
- Ecclesiastes 4,691
- Esther 5,056
- Daniel 11,891
- Ezra–Nehemiah 21,886
- Chronicles 68,873
Outside the Torah
וַיָּקֻמוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיֵּלֵכוּ וַיְצַו יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־הַהֹלְכִים לִכְתֹּב אֶת־הָאָרֶץ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ וְהִתְהַלְּכוּ בָאָרֶץ וְכִתְבוּ אוֹתָהּ וְשׁוּבוּ אֵלַי וּפֹה אַשְׁלִיךְ לָכֶם גּוֹרָל לִפְנֵי יְהוָה בְּשִׁלֹֽה
And the men arose, and went; and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying: ‘Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come back to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 332,349Open in the laboratory →
כִּי עֵד הוּא בֵּינֵינוּ וּבֵינֵיכֶם וּבֵין דֹּרוֹתֵינוּ אַחֲרֵינוּ לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת יְהוָה לְפָנָיו בְּעֹלוֹתֵינוּ וּבִזְבָחֵינוּ וּבִשְׁלָמֵינוּ וְלֹא־יֹאמְרוּ בְנֵיכֶם מָחָר לְבָנֵינוּ אֵין־לָכֶם חֵלֶק בַּיהוָֽה
but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come: Ye have no portion in the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 340,428Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִנֵּה חַג־יְהוָה בְּשִׁלוֹ מִיָּמִים יָמִימָה אֲשֶׁר מִצְּפוֹנָה לְבֵֽית־אֵל מִזְרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לִמְסִלָּה הָעֹלָה מִבֵּֽית־אֵל שְׁכֶמָה וּמִנֶּגֶב לִלְבוֹנָֽה
And they said: ‘Behold, there is the feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 383,136Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יובל — the Tanakh's own spelling: ram's horn; the Jubilee year. Searched as יובל, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 48.
As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Jubal, Yuval.
Questions
Is Jubilee in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, יובל appears 117,845 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 116,928 chance alone would give; the probability of 117,845 or more by chance alone is 0.0037.
What is the shortest skip for Jubilee in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:7 — the shortest of 117,845 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 116,928.
What is the gematria of Jubilee in Hebrew?
Jubilee is spelled יובל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 48.
How many times is Jubilee found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, יובל appears 600,069 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 596,038 chance alone would give; the probability of 600,069 or more by chance alone is 9.2 × 10⁻⁸.
Search it yourself
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