Nibshan נבשן
Nibshan (נבשן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Nibshan is found 186,866 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 21:4) — 2.4% above the 182,433 chance alone would give (probability of 186,866 or more by chance alone: 2.4 × 10⁻²⁵).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 186,866
- Chance alone · every skip
- 182,433
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 2.4 × 10⁻²⁵
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,355
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: 18,103 found · chance alone about 17,508 (probability of 18,103 or more by chance alone: 3.9 × 10⁻⁶).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 186,866 sequences of נבשן across every skip (2–101,616), 2.4% above what chance alone gives (about 182,433); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.4 × 10⁻²⁵ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 21:4, reading forward.
The longest skip at which נבשן was found in the Torah is 101,355 — at Deuteronomy 34:7, 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 48,817
- Exodus 33,414
- Leviticus 25,667
- Numbers 47,921
- Deuteronomy 31,047
Examples across the range
5 of the 186,866 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
- נ ב ש נGenesis 21:4
וַיָּמָל אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ בֶּן־שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,508 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- נ ב ש נGenesis 21:4
Letter by letter
- נ ב ש נNumbers 33:29
וַיִּסְעוּ מִמִּתְקָה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּחַשְׁמֹנָֽה
And they journeyed from Mithkah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 245,074 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- נ ב ש נNumbers 33:29
- נExodus 29:14
וְאֶת־בְּשַׂר הַפָּר וְאֶת־עֹרוֹ וְאֶת־פִּרְשׁוֹ תִּשְׂרֹף בָּאֵשׁ מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה חַטָּאת הֽוּא
But the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp; it is a sin-offering.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בExodus 29:13
וְלָֽקַחְתָּ אֶֽת־כָּל־הַחֵלֶב הַֽמְכַסֶּה אֶת־הַקֶּרֶב וְאֵת הַיֹּתֶרֶת …
And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the lobe above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and make them smoke upon the altar.
- שExodus 29:10
וְהִקְרַבְתָּ אֶת־הַפָּר לִפְנֵי אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְסָמַךְ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁ הַפָּֽר
And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock.
- נExodus 29:9
וְחָגַרְתָּ אֹתָם אַבְנֵט אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו וְחָבַשְׁתָּ לָהֶם מִגְבָּעֹת וְהָיְתָה לָהֶם …
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-tires on them; and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
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 up the middle column. letter 121,260 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- נExodus 29:14
- נNumbers 8:9
וְהִקְרַבְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְהִקְהַלְתָּ אֶֽת־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בNumbers 7:79
… בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָֽה
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
- שNumbers 7:56
כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מְלֵאָה קְטֹֽרֶת
one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
- ןNumbers 7:33
פַּר אֶחָד בֶּן־בָּקָר אַיִל אֶחָד כֶּֽבֶשׂ־אֶחָד בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֹ לְעֹלָֽה
one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering;
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 202,816 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- נNumbers 8:9
- נDeuteronomy 34:7
וּמֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה בְּמֹתוֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָה עֵינוֹ וְלֹא־נָס לֵחֹֽה
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בNumbers 8:17
כִּי לִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה בְּיוֹם …
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- שExodus 16:11
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
- נGenesis 1:11
… זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ …
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 101,355, width 101,355 — one row is 101,355 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,558 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,355 in the laboratory →
- נDeuteronomy 34:7
Across the Tanakh
2,634,422 sequences of נבשן across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,679,858 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 67,873 found · chance alone about 66,728 (probability of 67,873 or more by chance alone: 5.0 × 10⁻⁶).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 180,238
- Exodus 127,812
- Leviticus 96,264
- Numbers 171,215
- Deuteronomy 109,219
- Joshua 98,626
- Judges 89,462
- Samuel 185,661
- Kings 178,313
- Isaiah 143,405
- Jeremiah 177,618
- Ezekiel 161,177
- The Twelve 111,515
- Psalms 184,515
- Proverbs 58,940
- Job 75,638
- Song of Songs 15,047
- Ruth 10,094
- Lamentations 17,072
- Ecclesiastes 19,295
- Esther 23,022
- Daniel 78,876
- Ezra–Nehemiah 112,007
- Chronicles 209,391
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- נ ב ש נIsaiah 55:2
… שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ אֵלַי וְאִכְלוּ־טוֹב וְתִתְעַנַּג בַּדֶּשֶׁן נַפְשְׁכֶֽם
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? And your gain for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, And let your soul delight itself in fatness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 631,069 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- נ ב ש נIsaiah 55:2
- ןJoshua 13:30
… הַבָּשָׁן וְכָל־חַוֺּת יָאִיר אֲשֶׁר בַּבָּשָׁן שִׁשִּׁים עִֽיר
And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בJoshua 13:32
אֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר־נִחַל מֹשֶׁה בְּעַֽרְבוֹת מוֹאָב מֵעֵבֶר לְיַרְדֵּן יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָֽחָה
These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.
- שJoshua 14:1
… נָחֲלוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן אֲשֶׁר נִֽחֲלוּ אוֹתָם אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ …
And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them,
- נJoshua 14:3
כִּֽי־נָתַן מֹשֶׁה נַחֲלַת שְׁנֵי הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי …
For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
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 326,456 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ןJoshua 13:30
- נ2 Chronicles 36:16
… בְּמַלְאֲכֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וּבוֹזִים דְּבָרָיו וּמִֽתַּעְתְּעִים בִּנְבִאָיו עַד עֲלוֹת חֲמַת־יְהוָה בְּעַמּוֹ …
but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- 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.
- ש1 Samuel 11:9
… בחם הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וַיָּבֹאוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיַּגִּידוּ לְאַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ וַיִּשְׂמָֽחוּ
And they said unto the messengers that came: ‘Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead: To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance.’ And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
- ןGenesis 1:7
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
skip 398,736, width 398,736 — one row is 398,736 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,473 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,736 in the laboratory →
- נ2 Chronicles 36:16
The spelling
נבשן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נבשן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 402.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Nibshan in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 186,866 sequences of נבשן across every skip (2–101,616), 2.4% above what chance alone gives (about 182,433); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.4 × 10⁻²⁵ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Nibshan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 21:4 — the shortest of 186,866 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 182,433.
How is Nibshan spelled in Hebrew?
Nibshan is spelled נבשן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 402.
Is Nibshan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
2,634,422 sequences of נבשן across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,679,858 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 182,433 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.