Obadiah Sforno עובדיה ספורנו
Obadiah Sforno (עובדיה ספורנו): Italian rabbi and Torah commentator (c. 1475–1550). Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 130 sequences of עובדיה (from Obadiah Sforno), the shortest at skip 22 (Deuteronomy 4:33); chance alone would give about 127.
- Found in the Torah (עובדיה)
- 130
- Chance alone
- 127
- P (≥ found)
- 0.42
- Shortest skip
- 22
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for עובדיה, and ספורנו has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, עובדיה appears 130 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 127, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which עובדיה appears in the Torah is 22 — the first at Deuteronomy 4:33, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), עובדיה is found 819 times; chance alone would give about 809.
- Genesis 32
- Exodus 33
- Leviticus 22
- Numbers 24
- Deuteronomy 19
The shortest skips
הֲשָׁמַֽע עָם קוֹל אֱלֹהִים מְדַבֵּר מִתּוֹךְ־הָאֵשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַעְתָּ אַתָּה וַיֶּֽחִי
Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
skip 22, width 22 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 258,495Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה קַח אֶת־כָּל־רָאשֵׁי הָעָם וְהוֹקַע אוֹתָם לַיהוָה נֶגֶד הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְיָשֹׁב חֲרוֹן אַף־יְהוָה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD in face of the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.’
skip 73, width 73 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 230,331Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּסֵּב אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָעָם דֶּרֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּר יַם־סוּף וַחֲמֻשִׁים עָלוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
But God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
skip 77, width 77 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 97,806Open in the laboratory →
אָבִינוּ מֵת בַּמִּדְבָּר וְהוּא לֹא־הָיָה בְּתוֹךְ הָעֵדָה הַנּוֹעָדִים עַל־יְהוָה בַּעֲדַת־קֹרַח כִּֽי־בְחֶטְאוֹ מֵת וּבָנִים לֹא־הָיוּ לֽוֹ
’Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.
skip 86, width 86 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 234,185Open in the laboratory →
וִהְיִיתֶם לִי קְדֹשִׁים כִּי קָדוֹשׁ אֲנִי יְהוָה וָאַבְדִּל אֶתְכֶם מִן־הָֽעַמִּים לִהְיוֹת לִֽי
And ye shall be holy unto Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be Mine.
skip 138, width 138 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 173,414Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 696 sequences of עובדיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 694).
- Genesis 32
- Exodus 33
- Leviticus 22
- Numbers 24
- Deuteronomy 20
- Joshua 25
- Judges 21
- Samuel 69
- Kings 55
- Isaiah 42
- Jeremiah 50
- Ezekiel 41
- The Twelve 22
- Psalms 63
- Proverbs 13
- Job 26
- Song of Songs 2
- Ruth 4
- Lamentations 4
- Ecclesiastes 7
- Esther 10
- Daniel 13
- Ezra–Nehemiah 25
- Chronicles 73
Outside the Torah
וַיַּחֲזֵק דָּוִד בבגדו וַיִּקְרָעֵם וְגַם כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר אִתּֽוֹ
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 435,562Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹֽא־הֵסִיר דָּוִיד אֶת־הָאָרוֹן אֵלָיו אֶל־עִיר דָּוִיד וַיַּטֵּהוּ אֶל־בֵּית עֹבֵֽד־אֱדֹם הַגִּתִּֽי
So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,119,472Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִּקְרוֹא יְהוּדִי שָׁלֹשׁ דְּלָתוֹת וְאַרְבָּעָה יִֽקְרָעֶהָ בְּתַעַר הַסֹּפֵר וְהַשְׁלֵךְ אֶל־הָאֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אֶל־הָאָח עַד־תֹּם כָּל־הַמְּגִלָּה עַל־הָאֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָאָֽח
And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
skip 26, width 26 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 698,917Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עובדיה ספורנו — the name in Hebrew letters: Italian rabbi and Torah commentator (c. 1475–1550). Searched as עובדיה, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 97.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- ספורנו — the name in Hebrew letters found 10 in the Torah (chance 7.7)
Questions
Is Obadiah Sforno in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, עובדיה appears 130 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 127, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Obadiah Sforno in the Torah?
Skip 22, reading forward from Deuteronomy 4:33 — the shortest of 130 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 127.
What is the gematria of Obadiah Sforno in Hebrew?
Obadiah Sforno is spelled עובדיה ספורנו — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 97; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Obadiah Sforno found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 696 sequences of עובדיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 694).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 127 here) beside the count.