Biblical names

Lebonah לבונה

Lebonah (לבונה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Lebonah is found 4,924 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 48:9) — 3.1% above the 4,777 chance alone would give (probability of 4,924 or more by chance alone: 0.02).

Found in the Torah
4,924
Chance alone
4,777
P (≥ found)
0.02
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 4,924 sequences of לבונה at skips 2–5,000, 3.1% above what chance alone gives (about 4,777); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 48:9, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 37,666 sequences of לבונה, against about 37,644 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 1,218
  • Exodus 790
  • Leviticus 845
  • Numbers 1,204
  • Deuteronomy 867

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 48:9בראשית מח:טskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־אָבִיו בָּנַי הֵם אֲשֶׁר־נָֽתַן־לִי אֱלֹהִים בָּזֶה וַיֹּאמַר קָֽחֶם־נָא אֵלַי וַאֲבָרֲכֵֽם

    And Joseph said unto his father: ‘They are my sons, whom God hath given me here.’ And he said: ‘Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.’

    לבונה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 48:9ריוסףאאיביםאשרנתןלבונה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 74,359Open in the laboratory →

  2. Deuteronomy 21:10דברים כא:יskip 3, forward

    כִּֽי־תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ וּנְתָנוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וְשָׁבִיתָ שִׁבְיֽוֹ

    When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,

    לבונה at skip 3, forward from Deuteronomy 21:10תצאלמלחמהעאייךנתויוקאלהיךבידלבונק
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 283,168Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 10:20במדבר י:כskip 4, forward

    וְעַל־צְבָא מַטֵּה בְנֵי־גָד אֶלְיָסָף בֶּן־דְּעוּאֵֽל

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

    לבונה at skip 4, forward from Numbers 10:20לצבאמטהבניגדאיסףןדעאלוסעוקהתיםנשאיהמקדשלבונה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 205,979Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 12:29שמות יב:כטskip 5, backward

    וַיְהִי בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה וַֽיהוָה הִכָּה כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבְּכֹר פַּרְעֹה הַיֹּשֵׁב עַל־כִּסְאוֹ עַד בְּכוֹר הַשְּׁבִי אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית הַבּוֹר וְכֹל בְּכוֹר בְּהֵמָֽה

    And it came to pass at midnight, that the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.

    לבונה at skip 5, backward from Exodus 12:29אלכאשרצוהיקוקאתמשואהרכןעשויהיחציהילהויקוקהכהכלבכורלבוןה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 95,671Open in the laboratory →

  5. Leviticus 13:4ויקרא יג:דskip 7, forward

    וְאִם־בַּהֶרֶת לְבָנָה הִוא בְּעוֹר בְּשָׂרוֹ וְעָמֹק אֵין־מַרְאֶהָ מִן־הָעוֹר וּשְׂעָרָה לֹא־הָפַךְ לָבָן וְהִסְגִּיר הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַנֶּגַע שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים

    And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days.

    לבונה at skip 7, forward from Leviticus 13:4אוראהוהכהןוטמאאתוואםבהרתבנההואעורבשרועמקאימראהמןעורושערהלאהפךלבןוהסגירהכלבוןה
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 158,214Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 20,258 sequences of לבונה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 20,245).

  • Genesis 1,218
  • Exodus 790
  • Leviticus 845
  • Numbers 1,204
  • Deuteronomy 960
  • Joshua 825
  • Judges 697
  • Samuel 1,753
  • Kings 1,532
  • Isaiah 987
  • Jeremiah 1,597
  • Ezekiel 1,147
  • The Twelve 911
  • Psalms 1,156
  • Proverbs 317
  • Job 353
  • Song of Songs 57
  • Ruth 69
  • Lamentations 85
  • Ecclesiastes 159
  • Esther 171
  • Daniel 495
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 877
  • Chronicles 2,053

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 23:19שמואל ב כג:יטskip 2, forward

    מִן־הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה הֲכִי נִכְבָּד וַיְהִי לָהֶם לְשָׂר וְעַד־הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה לֹא־בָֽא

    He was most honourable of the three; therefore he was made their captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

    לבונה at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 23:19דהשלשהאאביובןיהוילבונה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 474,801Open in the laboratory →

  2. Job 26:6איוב כו:וskip 2, forward

    עָרוֹם שְׁאוֹל נֶגְדּוֹ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן

    The nether-world is naked before Him, And Destruction hath no covering.

    לבונה at skip 2, forward from Job 26:6יןכסותאדןטצפוןעלתלבונה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 982,262Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 22:29יהושע כב:כטskip 3, backward

    חָלִילָה לָּנוּ מִמֶּנּוּ לִמְרֹד בַּֽיהוָה וְלָשׁוּב הַיּוֹם מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהוָה לִבְנוֹת מִזְבֵּחַ לְעֹלָה לְמִנְחָה וּלְזָבַח מִלְּבַד מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי מִשְׁכָּנֽוֹ

    Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn away this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the LORD our God that is before His tabernacle.’

    לבונה at skip 3, backward from Joshua 22:29נותמזבחלעללמחהלזחמבדמזבחיקוקלבונה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 340,642Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

לבונה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as לבונה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 93.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 6:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Lebonah appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 4,924 sequences of לבונה at skips 2–5,000, 3.1% above what chance alone gives (about 4,777); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Lebonah in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 48:9 — the shortest of 4,924 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,777.

How is Lebonah spelled in Hebrew?

Lebonah is spelled לבונה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 93.

Is Lebonah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 20,258 sequences of לבונה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 20,245).

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 4,777 here) beside the count.

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