Nodab נודב
Nodab (נודב) is the name of a people in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 17,164 sequences of Nodab, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 29:2); chance alone would give about 17,064.
- Found in the Torah
- 17,164
- Chance alone
- 17,064
- P (≥ found)
- 0.22
- 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 17,164 sequences of נודב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 17,064).
The shortest skip at which נודב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 29:2, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), נודב is found 175,912 times; chance alone would give about 177,806.
- Genesis 5,054
- Exodus 2,966
- Leviticus 2,266
- Numbers 4,600
- Deuteronomy 2,278
The shortest skips
וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה בְאֵר בַּשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶדְרֵי־צֹאן רֹבְצִים עָלֶיהָ כִּי מִן־הַבְּאֵר הַהִוא יַשְׁקוּ הָעֲדָרִים וְהָאֶבֶן גְּדֹלָה עַל־פִּי הַבְּאֵֽר
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it.—For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone upon the well’s mouth was great.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 39,860Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְּמֵשִׁיב יָדוֹ וְהִנֵּה יָצָא אָחִיו וַתֹּאמֶר מַה־פָּרַצְתָּ עָלֶיךָ פָּרֶץ וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ פָּֽרֶץ
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold his brother came out; and she said: ‘Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself?’ Therefore his name was called Perez.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 57,457Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂהוּ בְּבִגְדוֹ לֵאמֹר שִׁכְבָה עִמִּי וַיַּעֲזֹב בִּגְדוֹ בְּיָדָהּ וַיָּנָס וַיֵּצֵא הַחֽוּצָה
that she caught him by his garment, saying: ‘Lie with me.’ And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 58,241Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹתָהּ כִּֽי־עָזַב בִּגְדוֹ בְּיָדָהּ וַיָּנָס הַחֽוּצָה
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 58,277Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בְּרֶדֶת מֹשֶׁה מֵהַר סִינַי וּשְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָֽעֵדֻת בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה בְּרִדְתּוֹ מִן־הָהָר וּמֹשֶׁה לֹֽא־יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו בְּדַבְּרוֹ אִתּֽוֹ
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses’hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face sent forth abeams while He talked with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 130,643Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, נודב appears 88,256 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.1% more than the 87,314 chance alone would give; the probability of 88,256 or more by chance alone is 0.00073.
- Genesis 5,054
- Exodus 2,966
- Leviticus 2,266
- Numbers 4,600
- Deuteronomy 2,447
- Joshua 2,790
- Judges 2,712
- Samuel 9,092
- Kings 5,482
- Isaiah 4,611
- Jeremiah 5,835
- Ezekiel 5,653
- The Twelve 3,668
- Psalms 7,038
- Proverbs 2,217
- Job 2,405
- Song of Songs 452
- Ruth 308
- Lamentations 549
- Ecclesiastes 547
- Esther 909
- Daniel 3,691
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,503
- Chronicles 8,461
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעַן יוֹנָדָב בֶּן־שִׁמְעָה אֲחִֽי־דָוִד וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־יֹאמַר אֲדֹנִי אֵת כָּל־הַנְּעָרִים בְּנֵֽי־הַמֶּלֶךְ הֵמִיתוּ כִּֽי־אַמְנוֹן לְבַדּוֹ מֵת כִּֽי־עַל־פִּי אַבְשָׁלוֹם הָיְתָה שׂוּמָה מִיּוֹם עַנֹּתוֹ אֵת תָּמָר אֲחֹתֽוֹ
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said: ‘Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 455,091Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בִּדְבַר יְהוָה וַיֹּאמֶר מִזְבֵּחַ מִזְבֵּחַ כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הִנֵּֽה־בֵן נוֹלָד לְבֵית־דָּוִד יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ שְׁמוֹ וְזָבַח עָלֶיךָ אֶת־כֹּהֲנֵי הַבָּמוֹת הַמַּקְטִרִים עָלֶיךָ וְעַצְמוֹת אָדָם יִשְׂרְפוּ עָלֶֽיךָ
And he cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said: ‘O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that offer upon thee, and men’s bones shall they burn upon thee.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 505,994Open in the laboratory →
לָכֵן הִנְנִי אֵלֶיךָ וְאֶל־יְאֹרֶיךָ וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְחָרְבוֹת חֹרֶב שְׁמָמָה מִמִּגְדֹּל סְוֵנֵה וְעַד־גְּבוּל כּֽוּשׁ
Therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 768,866Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נודב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נודב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 62.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Nodab appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 17,164 sequences of נודב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 17,064).
What is the shortest skip for Nodab in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 29:2 — the shortest of 17,164 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 17,064.
What is the gematria of Nodab in Hebrew?
Nodab is spelled נודב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 62.
How many times is Nodab found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, נודב appears 88,256 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.1% more than the 87,314 chance alone would give; the probability of 88,256 or more by chance alone is 0.00073.
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