Nekeb הנקב
Nekeb (הנקב) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Nekeb is found 114,168 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 21:7) — 4.7% above the 109,080 chance alone would give (probability of 114,168 or more by chance alone: 4.6 × 10⁻⁵³).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 114,168
- Chance alone · every skip
- 109,080
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 4.6 × 10⁻⁵³
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,338
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 10,517 found · chance alone about 10,468 (probability of 10,517 or more by chance alone: 0.32).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 114,168 sequences of הנקב across every skip (2–101,616), 4.7% above what chance alone gives (about 109,080); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.6 × 10⁻⁵³ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 21:7, reading forward.
The longest skip at which הנקב was found in the Torah is 101,338 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 26,201
- Exodus 24,352
- Leviticus 18,192
- Numbers 23,389
- Deuteronomy 22,034
Examples across the range
5 of the 114,168 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ה נ ק בGenesis 21:7
וַתֹּאמֶר מִי מִלֵּל לְאַבְרָהָם הֵינִיקָה בָנִים שָׂרָה כִּֽי־יָלַדְתִּי בֵן לִזְקֻנָֽיו
And she said: ‘Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,614 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ה נ ק בGenesis 21:7
Letter by letter
- ה ן ק בLeviticus 16:1
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אַחֲרֵי מוֹת שְׁנֵי בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן בְּקָרְבָתָם לִפְנֵי־יְהוָה וַיָּמֻֽתוּ
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD, and died;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 165,981 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ה ן ק בLeviticus 16:1
- הExodus 14:18
וְיָדְעוּ מִצְרַיִם כִּי־אֲנִי יְהוָה בְּהִכָּבְדִי בְּפַרְעֹה בְּרִכְבּוֹ וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten Me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ןExodus 14:20
וַיָּבֹא בֵּין מַחֲנֵה מִצְרַיִם וּבֵין מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל …
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.
- קExodus 14:21
… וַיּוֹלֶךְ יְהוָה אֶת־הַיָּם בְּרוּחַ קָדִים עַזָּה כָּל־הַלַּיְלָה וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת …
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
- בExodus 14:23
וַיִּרְדְּפוּ מִצְרַיִם וַיָּבֹאוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם כֹּל סוּס פַּרְעֹה רִכְבּוֹ וּפָרָשָׁיו אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַיָּֽם
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 99,049 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- הExodus 14:18
- הLeviticus 11:19
וְאֵת הַחֲסִידָה הָאֲנָפָה לְמִינָהּ וְאֶת־הַדּוּכִיפַת וְאֶת־הָעֲטַלֵּֽף
and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נLeviticus 11:40
… יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו וְטָמֵא עַד־הָעָרֶב וְהַנֹּשֵׂא אֶת־נִבְלָתָהּ יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו וְטָמֵא …
And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
- קLeviticus 13:3
… בַּנֶּגַע הָפַךְ לָבָן וּמַרְאֵה הַנֶּגַע עָמֹק מֵעוֹר בְּשָׂרוֹ נֶגַע צָרַעַת הוּא …
And the priest shall look upon the plague in the skin of the flesh; and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
- בLeviticus 13:23
וְאִם־תַּחְתֶּיהָ תַּעֲמֹד הַבַּהֶרֶת לֹא פָשָׂתָה צָרֶבֶת הַשְּׁחִין הִוא וְטִהֲרוֹ הַכֹּהֵֽן
But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
skip 1,001, width 1,001 — one row is 1,001 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 156,170 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,001 in the laboratory →
- הLeviticus 11:19
- הDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נNumbers 8:20
… מֹשֶׁה לַלְוִיִּם כֵּן־עָשׂוּ לָהֶם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites; according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
- קExodus 16:16
זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה לִקְטוּ מִמֶּנּוּ אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֹ עֹמֶר …
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.’
- בGenesis 1:16
… הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִֽים
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
skip 101,338, width 101,338 — one row is 101,338 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,808 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,338 in the laboratory →
- הDeuteronomy 34:12
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,344,547 sequences of הנקב across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,387,224).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 34,072 found · chance alone about 34,542 (probability of 34,072 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 86,986
- Exodus 83,343
- Leviticus 62,558
- Numbers 74,779
- Deuteronomy 69,821
- Joshua 49,511
- Judges 39,762
- Samuel 93,863
- Kings 112,557
- Isaiah 64,845
- Jeremiah 101,461
- Ezekiel 82,479
- The Twelve 69,300
- Psalms 72,430
- Proverbs 19,472
- Job 22,679
- Song of Songs 4,946
- Ruth 6,019
- Lamentations 5,599
- Ecclesiastes 13,631
- Esther 15,750
- Daniel 23,039
- Ezra–Nehemiah 46,813
- Chronicles 122,904
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ה ן ק בEzekiel 46:15
ועשו אֶת־הַכֶּבֶשׂ וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָה וְאֶת־הַשֶּׁמֶן בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר עוֹלַת תָּמִֽיד
Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal-offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt-offering.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 797,750 of the TanakhOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ה ן ק בEzekiel 46:15
- ה2 Kings 2:14
וַיִּקַּח אֶת־אַדֶּרֶת אֵלִיָּהוּ אֲשֶׁר־נָפְלָה מֵֽעָלָיו וַיַּכֶּה אֶת־הַמַּיִם וַיֹּאמַר …
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said: ‘Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?’ and when he also had smitten the waters, they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נ2 Kings 2:15
וַיִּרְאֻהוּ בְנֵֽי־הַנְּבִיאִים אֲשֶׁר־בִּֽירִיחוֹ מִנֶּגֶד וַיֹּאמְרוּ נָחָה רוּחַ אֵלִיָּהוּ עַל …
And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho some way off saw him, they said: ‘The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.’ And they came to meet him, and bowed down to the ground before him.
- ק2 Kings 2:16
… אֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵֽי־חַיִל יֵלְכוּ נָא וִיבַקְשׁוּ אֶת־אֲדֹנֶיךָ פֶּן־נְשָׂאוֹ רוּחַ …
And they said unto him: ‘Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master; lest peradventure the spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.’ And he said: ‘Ye shall not send.’
- ב2 Kings 2:17
וַיִּפְצְרוּ־בוֹ עַד־בֹּשׁ וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁלָחוּ וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ וַיְבַקְשׁוּ שְׁלֹשָֽׁה־יָמִים וְלֹא מְצָאֻֽהוּ
And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said: ‘Send.’ They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 530,080 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ה2 Kings 2:14
- ה2 Chronicles 36:14
… תֹּעֲבוֹת הַגּוֹיִם וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הִקְדִּישׁ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, transgressed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of the LORD which He had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נEzekiel 46:13
וְכֶבֶשׂ בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֹ תָּמִים תַּעֲשֶׂה עוֹלָה לַיּוֹם לַֽיהֹוָה בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתֽוֹ
And thou shalt prepare a lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering unto the LORD daily; morning by morning shalt thou prepare it.
- ק1 Samuel 11:8
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם בְּבָזֶק וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשִׁים אָֽלֶף
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
- בGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 398,737, width 398,737 — one row is 398,737 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,353 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,737 in the laboratory →
- ה2 Chronicles 36:14
The spelling
הנקב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as הנקב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 157.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 19:33. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Nekeb appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 114,168 sequences of הנקב across every skip (2–101,616), 4.7% above what chance alone gives (about 109,080); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.6 × 10⁻⁵³ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Nekeb in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 21:7 — the shortest of 114,168 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 109,080.
How is Nekeb spelled in Hebrew?
Nekeb is spelled הנקב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 157.
Is Nekeb in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,344,547 sequences of הנקב across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,387,224).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 109,080 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.