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Nachmanides (Ramban · רמב״ן)

Nachmanides (Ramban · רמב״ן): rabbi and Torah commentator in Catalonia, the Ramban (1194–1270). Nachmanides (Ramban) appears 36,203 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 36,142 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
36,203
Chance alone
36,142
P (≥ found)
0.38
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 36,203 sequences of רמב״ן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 36,142).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 11:7, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 379,544 sequences of רמב״ן, against about 376,597 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 9,549
  • Exodus 6,910
  • Leviticus 4,687
  • Numbers 9,403
  • Deuteronomy 5,654

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 11:7שמות יא:זskip 2, forward

    וּלְכֹל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יֶֽחֱרַץ־כֶּלֶב לְשֹׁנוֹ לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד־בְּהֵמָה לְמַעַן תֵּֽדְעוּן אֲשֶׁר יַפְלֶה יְהוָה בֵּין מִצְרַיִם וּבֵין יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

    רמבן at skip 2, forward from Exodus 11:7קביןמציויישראלוירםבן
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 93,755Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 14:20שמות יד:כskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבֹא בֵּין מַחֲנֵה מִצְרַיִם וּבֵין מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְהִי הֶֽעָנָן וְהַחֹשֶׁךְ וַיָּאֶר אֶת־הַלָּיְלָה וְלֹא־קָרַב זֶה אֶל־זֶה כָּל־הַלָּֽיְלָה

    and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness here, yet gave it light by night there; and the one came not near the other all the night.

    רמבן at skip 2, forward from Exodus 14:20מחנהמציוימחנהישררםבן
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 99,156Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 13:37ויקרא יג:לזskip 2, forward

    וְאִם־בְּעֵינָיו עָמַד הַנֶּתֶק וְשֵׂעָר שָׁחֹר צָֽמַח־בּוֹ נִרְפָּא הַנֶּתֶק טָהוֹר הוּא וְטִהֲרוֹ הַכֹּהֵֽן

    But if the scall stay in its appearance, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

    רמבן at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 13:37ושערשחצחורפאהנתקרמבנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 160,021Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 1:16דברים א:טזskip 2, forward

    וָאֲצַוֶּה אֶת־שֹׁפְטֵיכֶם בָּעֵת הַהִוא לֵאמֹר שָׁמֹעַ בֵּין־אֲחֵיכֶם וּשְׁפַטְתֶּם צֶדֶק בֵּֽין־אִישׁ וּבֵין־אָחִיו וּבֵין גֵּרֽוֹ

    And I charged your judges at that time, saying: ‘Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

    רמבן at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 1:16הואלאמשעיאחיכםושרמבן
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 250,803Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 20:15במדבר כ:טוskip 2, backward

    וַיֵּרְדוּ אֲבֹתֵינוּ מִצְרַיְמָה וַנֵּשֶׁב בְּמִצְרַיִם יָמִים רַבִּים וַיָּרֵעוּ לָנוּ מִצְרַיִם וְלַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ

    how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers;

    רמבן at skip 2, backward from Numbers 20:15צרימהושבציםימיםררמבנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 222,703Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 139,903 sequences of רמב״ן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 140,135).

  • Genesis 9,549
  • Exodus 6,910
  • Leviticus 4,687
  • Numbers 9,403
  • Deuteronomy 6,132
  • Joshua 5,636
  • Judges 4,544
  • Samuel 8,330
  • Kings 10,254
  • Isaiah 7,158
  • Jeremiah 10,527
  • Ezekiel 9,088
  • The Twelve 6,400
  • Psalms 8,677
  • Proverbs 3,697
  • Job 3,456
  • Song of Songs 637
  • Ruth 578
  • Lamentations 657
  • Ecclesiastes 1,223
  • Esther 1,773
  • Daniel 3,059
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 6,418
  • Chronicles 11,110

Outside the Torah

  1. Isaiah 32:4ישעיהו לב:דskip 2, forward

    וּלְבַב נִמְהָרִים יָבִין לָדָעַת וּלְשׁוֹן עִלְּגִים תְּמַהֵר לְדַבֵּר צָחֽוֹת

    The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, And the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

    רמבן at skip 2, forward from Isaiah 32:4לבבנמהייילדעתולשרםבן
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 605,919Open in the laboratory →

  2. Isaiah 58:12ישעיהו נח:יבskip 2, forward

    וּבָנוּ מִמְּךָ חָרְבוֹת עוֹלָם מוֹסְדֵי דוֹר־וָדוֹר תְּקוֹמֵם וְקֹרָא לְךָ גֹּדֵר פֶּרֶץ מְשֹׁבֵב נְתִיבוֹת לָשָֽׁבֶת

    And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places, Thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; And thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

    רמבן at skip 2, forward from Isaiah 58:12לךגדרפץשבתיבותלשרמבנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 634,124Open in the laboratory →

  3. Jeremiah 9:6ירמיהו ט:וskip 2, forward

    לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת הִנְנִי צוֹרְפָם וּבְחַנְתִּים כִּֽי־אֵיךְ אֶעֱשֶׂה מִפְּנֵי בַּת־עַמִּֽי

    Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will smelt them, and try them; For how else should I do, Because of the daughter of My people?

    רמבן at skip 2, forward from Jeremiah 9:6הנניצופוחתיםכיאירםבנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 655,749Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

רמב״ן — the name in Hebrew letters: rabbi and Torah commentator in Catalonia, the Ramban (1194–1270). Searched as רמבן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 292.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Ramban.

Other spellings

  • משה בן נחמן — the name in Hebrew letters found 1,169,380 in the Torah (chance 1,161,588)
  • נחמן — the name in Hebrew letters found 13,211 in the Torah (chance 12,389)

Questions

Is Nachmanides (Ramban) in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 36,203 sequences of רמב״ן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 36,142).

What is the shortest skip for Nachmanides (Ramban) in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 11:7 — the shortest of 36,203 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 36,142.

How is Nachmanides (Ramban) spelled in Hebrew?

Nachmanides is spelled רמב״ן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 292; 2 other spellings are counted on this page.

Is Nachmanides (Ramban) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 139,903 sequences of רמב״ן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 140,135).

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