Biblical names

Kibroth-hattaavah קברות התאוה

Kibroth-hattaavah (קברות התאוה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 895 sequences of קברות (from Kibroth-hattaavah), the shortest at skip 9 (Genesis 1:10); chance alone would give about 854.

Found in the Torah (קברות)
895
Chance alone
854
P (≥ found)
0.08
Shortest skip
9

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

In the Torah

A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for קברות, and התאוה has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

895 sequences of קברות at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 854 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which קברות appears in the Torah is 9 — the first at Genesis 1:10, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), קברות is found 6,413 times; chance alone would give about 6,727.

  • Genesis 243
  • Exodus 169
  • Leviticus 174
  • Numbers 200
  • Deuteronomy 109

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 1:10בראשית א:יskip 9, backward

    וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב

    And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.

    קברות at skip 9, backward from Genesis 1:10להיםיקווהמיםמתחתהשמיםאלמקוםאחדוראההיבשהיהיכןויקאאלהיםלישהארץולמוההמיםקראימיםויראאלהיםכיטובויאמקברות
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 419Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 17:5בראשית יז:הskip 12, forward

    וְלֹא־יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת־שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָם וְהָיָה שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָהָם כִּי אַב־הֲמוֹן גּוֹיִם נְתַתִּֽיךָ

    Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

    קברות at skip 12, forward from Genesis 17:5היםלאמראניהנהבריתיאתךוהייתלאבהמוןגויםולאיראעודאתשמךארםוהיהשמךאבהםכיאבהמוןגיםנתתיךוהפריאתךבמאדמאדונתתיךלגויםומלכיםממךיצאווהקמתיאקברות
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 19,266Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 10:20שמות י:כskip 12, backward

    וַיְחַזֵּק יְהוָה אֶת־לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְלֹא שִׁלַּח אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

    קברות at skip 12, backward from Exodus 10:20םפרעהויעתראליקוקויהפךיקוקרוחיםחזקמאדוישאאהארבהויתקעהימהסוףלאנשאארבהאחדבכלגולמצריםויחזיקוקאתלבפרעהולאשלחאתבניישראלויאמריקוקאלמשהקברות
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 92,836Open in the laboratory →

  4. Leviticus 9:14ויקרא ט:ידskip 19, forward

    וַיִּרְחַץ אֶת־הַקֶּרֶב וְאֶת־הַכְּרָעָיִם וַיַּקְטֵר עַל־הָעֹלָה הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה

    And he washed the inwards and the legs, and made them smoke upon the burnt-offering on the altar.

    קברות at skip 19, forward from Leviticus 9:14יבואתהעלההמציאואליולנתחיהואתהראשויקטרעלהמזבחוירחץאתהקרבואתהכרעיםויטרעלהעלההמזבחהויקראתקרבןהעםויקחאתשעיהחטאתאשרלעםוישחטהויחטאהוכראשוןויקרבאהעלהויעשהכמשפטויקרבאתהמנחהוימלאכפוממנהויקטרעלהמזבחמלבדעלתהבקרוישחטקברות
    skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 153,634Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 8:8במדבר ח:חskip 19, forward

    וְלָֽקְחוּ פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר וּמִנְחָתוֹ סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן וּפַר־שֵׁנִי בֶן־בָּקָר תִּקַּח לְחַטָּֽאת

    Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.

    קברות at skip 19, forward from Numbers 8:8וכהתעשהלהםלטהרםהזהעליהםמיחטאתוהעבירותערעלכלבשרםוכבסובגדיהםוהטהרוולחופרבןבקרומנחתוסלתלולהבשמןופרשניבןבקתקחלחטאתוהקרבתאתהליםלפניאהלמועדוהקהלאתכלעדתבניישראלוהקרבתאתהלויםלפנייקוקוסמכובניישראלאתידיהםעלהלויםוהנקברות
    skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 202,731Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

2,820 sequences of קברות at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,858 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 243
  • Exodus 169
  • Leviticus 174
  • Numbers 200
  • Deuteronomy 117
  • Joshua 70
  • Judges 69
  • Samuel 163
  • Kings 213
  • Isaiah 182
  • Jeremiah 186
  • Ezekiel 174
  • The Twelve 131
  • Psalms 167
  • Proverbs 115
  • Job 75
  • Song of Songs 9
  • Ruth 11
  • Lamentations 13
  • Ecclesiastes 28
  • Esther 15
  • Daniel 53
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 77
  • Chronicles 166

Outside the Torah

  1. Jeremiah 51:13ירמיהו נא:יגskip 2, backward

    שכנתי עַל־מַיִם רַבִּים רַבַּת אֽוֹצָרֹת בָּא קִצֵּךְ אַמַּת בִּצְעֵֽךְ

    O thou that dwellest upon many waters, Abundant in treasures, Thine end is come, The measure of thy covetousness.

    קברות at skip 2, backward from Jeremiah 51:13רביםרבאצתאצךאמתבצקברות
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 722,372Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 11:3שמואל א יא:גskip 4, forward

    וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו זִקְנֵי יָבֵישׁ הֶרֶף לָנוּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וְנִשְׁלְחָה מַלְאָכִים בְּכֹל גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאִם־אֵין מוֹשִׁיעַ אֹתָנוּ וְיָצָאנוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ

    And the elders of Jabesh said unto him: ‘Give us seven days’respite, that we may send messengers unto all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to deliver us, we will come out to thee.’

    קברות at skip 4, forward from 1 Samuel 11:3אלויאמרואליוזנייישהףלנשבעימיםונשלחהמלאכקברות
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 398,512Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Kings 18:17מלכים ב יח:יזskip 11, backward

    וַיִּשְׁלַח מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר אֶת־תַּרְתָּן וְאֶת־רַב־סָרִיס וְאֶת־רַב־שָׁקֵה מִן־לָכִישׁ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ בְּחֵיל כָּבֵד יְרוּשָׁלִָם וַֽיַּעֲלוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם וַיַּעֲלוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ בִּתְעָלַת הַבְּרֵכָה הָֽעֶלְיוֹנָה אֲשֶׁר בִּמְסִלַּת שְׂדֵה כוֹבֵֽס

    And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fullers’field.

    קברות at skip 11, backward from 2 Kings 18:17היכליקוקואתהאמנותאשרצפהחזקיהמלךיהודהוינםלמלךאשורישלחמלךאשואתתרתןואתרסריסואתרבשהמןלכישאלהמלךחזקיהובחילכבדירושלםויעלווקברות
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 561,184Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

קברות התאוה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קברות, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 708.

As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 11:34. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

  • התאוה — the Tanakh's own spelling found 13,263 in the Torah (chance 13,070)

Questions

Does Kibroth-hattaavah appear in the Torah codes?

895 sequences of קברות at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 854 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Kibroth-hattaavah in the Torah?

Skip 9, reading backward from Genesis 1:10 — the shortest of 895 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 854.

What is the gematria of Kibroth-hattaavah in Hebrew?

Kibroth-hattaavah is spelled קברות התאוה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 708; one other spelling is counted on this page.

How many times is Kibroth-hattaavah found in the whole Tanakh?

2,820 sequences of קברות at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,858 that chance alone would produce.

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