Nobah נבח
Nobah (נבח) is a person named in the Tanakh. Nobah appears 179,614 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.3% more than chance alone would give (about 175,642; probability 1.8 × 10⁻²¹).
- Found in the Torah
- 179,614
- Chance alone
- 175,642
- P (≥ found)
- 1.8 × 10⁻²¹
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, נבח appears 179,614 times in the Torah — 2.3% more than the 175,642 chance alone would give; the probability of 179,614 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻²¹.
The shortest skip at which נבח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:32, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), נבח is found 2,693,389 times; chance alone would give about 2,722,374.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 175,642 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 48,516
- Exodus 32,210
- Leviticus 26,571
- Numbers 50,862
- Deuteronomy 21,455
The shortest skips
וַֽיְהִי־נֹחַ בֶּן־חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ אֶת־שֵׁם אֶת־חָם וְאֶת־יָֽפֶת
And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,785Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי יִצְחָק בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה בְּקַחְתּוֹ אֶת־רִבְקָה בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל הָֽאֲרַמִּי מִפַּדַּן אֲרָם אֲחוֹת לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 33,709Open in the laboratory →
וְהִנֵּה מִן־הַיְאֹר עֹלֹת שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת יְפוֹת מַרְאֶה וּבְרִיאֹת בָּשָׂר וַתִּרְעֶינָה בָּאָֽחוּ
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favoured and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 60,103Open in the laboratory →
וְהִנֵּה מִן־הַיְאֹר עֹלֹת שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת בְּרִיאוֹת בָּשָׂר וִיפֹת תֹּאַר וַתִּרְעֶינָה בָּאָֽחוּ
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in the reedgrass.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 60,952Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽירְאוּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים כִּי הֽוּבְאוּ בֵּית יוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמְרוּ עַל־דְּבַר הַכֶּסֶף הַשָּׁב בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵינוּ בַּתְּחִלָּה אֲנַחְנוּ מֽוּבָאִים לְהִתְגֹּלֵל עָלֵינוּ וּלְהִתְנַפֵּל עָלֵינוּ וְלָקַחַת אֹתָנוּ לַעֲבָדִים וְאֶת־חֲמֹרֵֽינוּ
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said: ‘Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 66,069Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, נבח appears 695,258 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 688,976 chance alone would give; the probability of 695,258 or more by chance alone is 2.1 × 10⁻¹⁴.
- Genesis 48,516
- Exodus 32,210
- Leviticus 26,571
- Numbers 50,862
- Deuteronomy 22,423
- Joshua 26,435
- Judges 21,517
- Samuel 43,116
- Kings 47,068
- Isaiah 35,417
- Jeremiah 38,098
- Ezekiel 44,375
- The Twelve 26,370
- Psalms 51,422
- Proverbs 23,402
- Job 23,409
- Song of Songs 4,316
- Ruth 2,964
- Lamentations 5,171
- Ecclesiastes 5,777
- Esther 5,367
- Daniel 18,418
- Ezra–Nehemiah 32,150
- Chronicles 59,884
Outside the Torah
וַיַּסֵּב אֲרוֹן־יְהוָה אֶת־הָעִיר הַקֵּף פַּעַם אֶחָת וַיָּבֹאוּ הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיָּלִינוּ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
So he caused the ark of the LORD to compass the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,165Open in the laboratory →
בָּהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבָֽעֲרָבָה וּבָאֲשֵׁדוֹת וּבַמִּדְבָּר וּבַנֶּגֶב הַֽחִתִּי הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 324,463Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־שְׂדֵה הָעִיר וְאֶת־חֲצֵרֶיהָ נָֽתְנוּ לְכָלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה בַּאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 336,834Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נבח — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נבח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 60.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 32:42. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Nobah appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, נבח appears 179,614 times in the Torah — 2.3% more than the 175,642 chance alone would give; the probability of 179,614 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻²¹.
What is the shortest skip for Nobah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:32 — the shortest of 179,614 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 175,642.
What is the gematria of Nobah in Hebrew?
Nobah is spelled נבח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 60.
How many times is Nobah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, נבח appears 695,258 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 688,976 chance alone would give; the probability of 695,258 or more by chance alone is 2.1 × 10⁻¹⁴.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 175,642 here) beside the count.