Meshobab משובב
Meshobab (משובב) is a person named in the Tanakh. Meshobab appears 3,504 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 3,574 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 3,504
- Chance alone
- 3,574
- P (≥ found)
- 0.88
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
3,504 sequences of משובב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 3,574 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Deuteronomy 16:6, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 28,174 sequences of משובב, against about 28,164 from chance alone.
- Genesis 828
- Exodus 722
- Leviticus 537
- Numbers 879
- Deuteronomy 538
The shortest skips
כִּי אִֽם־אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם תִּזְבַּח אֶת־הַפֶּסַח בָּעָרֶב כְּבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ מוֹעֵד צֵֽאתְךָ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
but at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover-offering at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 276,888Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּבֹּקֶר וַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ אֶת־חֲמֹרוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שְׁנֵי נְעָרָיו אִתּוֹ וְאֵת יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ וַיְבַקַּע עֲצֵי עֹלָה וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־אָֽמַר־לוֹ הָאֱלֹהִֽים
And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he cleaved the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 27,126Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־אִשָּׁה חַכְמַת־לֵב בְּיָדֶיהָ טָווּ וַיָּבִיאוּ מַטְוֶה אֶֽת־הַתְּכֵלֶת וְאֶת־הָֽאַרְגָּמָן אֶת־תּוֹלַעַת הַשָּׁנִי וְאֶת־הַשֵּֽׁשׁ
And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 132,141Open in the laboratory →
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.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 43,172Open in the laboratory →
וְהוּבָא אֶת־בַּדָּיו בַּטַּבָּעֹת וְהָיוּ הַבַּדִּים עַל־שְׁתֵּי צַלְעֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בִּשְׂאֵת אֹתֽוֹ
And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 117,534Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
15,485 sequences of משובב at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 15,325 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 828
- Exodus 722
- Leviticus 537
- Numbers 879
- Deuteronomy 579
- Joshua 522
- Judges 532
- Samuel 1,258
- Kings 1,499
- Isaiah 787
- Jeremiah 1,011
- Ezekiel 965
- The Twelve 769
- Psalms 866
- Proverbs 334
- Job 308
- Song of Songs 45
- Ruth 57
- Lamentations 62
- Ecclesiastes 152
- Esther 161
- Daniel 197
- Ezra–Nehemiah 712
- Chronicles 1,703
Outside the Torah
וַיִּרְאוּ הַצֹּפִים לְשָׁאוּל בְּגִבְעַת בִּנְיָמִן וְהִנֵּה הֶהָמוֹן נָמוֹג וַיֵּלֶךְ וַהֲלֹֽם
And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeath-benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went hither and thither.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 403,440Open in the laboratory →
רַבּוֹת מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּלֶב־אִישׁ וַעֲצַת יְהוָה הִיא תָקֽוּם
There are many devices in a man’s heart; But the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 953,006Open in the laboratory →
בְּגוֹי חָנֵף אֲשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ וְעַל־עַם עֶבְרָתִי אֲצַוֶּנּוּ לִשְׁלֹל שָׁלָל וְלָבֹז בַּז ולשימו מִרְמָס כְּחֹמֶר חוּצֽוֹת
I do send him against an ungodly nation, And against the people of My wrath do I give him a charge, To take the spoil, and to take the prey, And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 585,521Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
משובב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as משובב, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 350.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Meshobab appear in the Torah codes?
3,504 sequences of משובב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 3,574 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Meshobab in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Deuteronomy 16:6 — the shortest of 3,504 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 3,574.
How is Meshobab spelled in Hebrew?
Meshobab is spelled משובב — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 350.
Is Meshobab in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
15,485 sequences of משובב at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 15,325 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 3,574 here) beside the count.