Obed-edom עבד אדם

Obed-edom (עבד אדם) is a person named in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–152,424), the Torah holds 2,098,984 sequences of עבד (from Obed-edom), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 28:20); chance alone would give about 2,120,760.

Found in the Torah (עבד) · every skip: 2,098,984
Chance alone · every skip: 2,120,760
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 152,256

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 136,538 found · chance alone about 136,827 (probability of 136,538 or more by chance alone: 0.78).

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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 עבד, and אדם has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

2,098,984 sequences of עבד across every skip (2–152,424) in the Torah, close to the 2,120,760 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which עבד appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 28:20, reading forward.

The longest skip at which עבד was found in the Torah is 152,256 — at Genesis 1:7, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.

A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 2,120,760 of it, so a large count is expected.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 526,795
Exodus 475,339
Leviticus 289,549
Numbers 439,636
Deuteronomy 367,665

Examples across the range

5 of the 2,098,984 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.

shortest skipGenesis 28:20בראשית כח:כskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ע ב דGenesis 28:20
  וַיִּדַּר יַעֲקֹב נֶדֶר לֵאמֹר אִם־יִהְיֶה אֱלֹהִים עִמָּדִי …
  And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: ‘If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 39,658 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipGenesis 34:5בראשית לד:הskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ע ב דGenesis 34:5
  … הָיוּ אֶת־מִקְנֵהוּ בַּשָּׂדֶה וְהֶחֱרִשׁ יַעֲקֹב עַד־בֹּאָֽם
  Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they came.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 49,411 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 28:26שמות כח:כוskip 100, forward
1. עExodus 28:26
  … הַחֹשֶׁן עַל־שְׂפָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר אֶל־עֵבֶר הָאֵפֹד בָּֽיְתָה
  And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. בExodus 28:28
  וְיִרְכְּסוּ אֶת־הַחֹשֶׁן מטבעתו אֶל־טַבְּעֹת הָאֵפֹד בִּפְתִיל תְּכֵלֶת …
  And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a thread of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
2. דExodus 28:29
  … הַמִּשְׁפָּט עַל־לִבּוֹ בְּבֹאוֹ אֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ לְזִכָּרֹן לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָה תָּמִֽיד
  And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. .
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 119,558 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 26:16ויקרא כו:טזskip 1,000, forward
1. עLeviticus 26:16
  … אֶת־הַשַּׁחֶפֶת וְאֶת־הַקַּדַּחַת מְכַלּוֹת עֵינַיִם וּמְדִיבֹת נָפֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּם לָרִיק זַרְעֲכֶם …
  I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. בLeviticus 26:36
  וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִים בָּכֶם וְהֵבֵאתִי מֹרֶךְ בִּלְבָבָם בְּאַרְצֹת אֹיְבֵיהֶם וְרָדַף אֹתָם קוֹל …
  And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
2. דLeviticus 27:8
  וְאִם־מָךְ הוּא מֵֽעֶרְכֶּךָ וְהֶֽעֱמִידוֹ לִפְנֵי הַכֹּהֵן וְהֶעֱרִיךְ אֹתוֹ הַכֹּהֵן …
  But if he be too poor for thy valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the means of him that vowed shall the priest value him.
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 down the middle column.
letter 183,061 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 1:7בראשית א:זskip 152,256, forward
1. עGenesis 1:7
  … וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ …
  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.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. בLeviticus 8:30
  … עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן עַל־בְּגָדָיו וְעַל־בָּנָיו וְעַל־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו אִתּוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ …
  And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’garments with him.
2. דDeuteronomy 34:11
  לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
  in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
skip 152,256, width 152,256 — one row is 152,256 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 281 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,256 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–598,520), עבד appears 39,321,269 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 39,514,214, so the count is in line with chance.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 655,295 found · chance alone about 657,311 (probability of 655,295 or more by chance alone: 0.99).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 2,475,170
Exodus 2,239,910
Leviticus 1,356,191
Numbers 2,041,335
Deuteronomy 1,692,301
Joshua 1,444,514
Judges 1,310,724
Samuel 2,925,344
Kings 3,132,947
Isaiah 2,318,370
Jeremiah 2,627,159
Ezekiel 2,250,157
The Twelve 1,814,692
Psalms 2,712,974
Proverbs 973,179
Job 1,245,512
Song of Songs 162,165
Ruth 174,728
Lamentations 192,320
Ecclesiastes 404,652
Esther 348,621
Daniel 788,980
Ezra–Nehemiah 1,354,317
Chronicles 3,335,007

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJoshua 8:24יהושע ח:כדskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ע ב דJoshua 8:24
  … יִשְׂרָאֵל לַהֲרֹג אֶת־כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָעַי בַּשָּׂדֶה בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר רְדָפוּם בּוֹ וַֽיִּפְּלוּ …
  And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, even in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai…
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 316,815 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skip2 Samuel 3:18שמואל ב ג:יחskip 100, forward
1. ע2 Samuel 3:18
  … אֶל־דָּוִד לֵאמֹר בְּיַד דָּוִד עַבְדִּי הוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת־עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּד …
  now then do it; for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying: By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. ב2 Samuel 3:19
  … בְּחֶבְרוֹן אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבְעֵינֵי כָּל־בֵּית בִּנְיָמִֽן …
  And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.
2. ד2 Samuel 3:21
  וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְנֵר אֶל־דָּוִד אָקוּמָה וְֽאֵלֵכָה וְאֶקְבְּצָה אֶל־אֲדֹנִי …
  And Abner said unto David: ‘I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth.’ And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
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 439,444 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:22דברי הימים ב לו:כבskip 598,225, backward
1. ע2 Chronicles 36:22
  … אֶת־רוּחַ כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל בְּכָל־מַלְכוּתוֹ וְגַם־בְּמִכְתָּב …
  Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. בIsaiah 25:7
  וּבִלַּע בָּהָר הַזֶּה פְּנֵֽי־הַלּוֹט הַלּוֹט עַל־כָּל־הָֽעַמִּים וְהַמַּסֵּכָה הַנְּסוּכָה עַל־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם
  And He will destroy in this mountain The face of the covering that is cast over all peoples, And the veil that is spread over all nations.
2. דGenesis 1:11
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּֽדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע …
  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 598,225, width 598,225 — one row is 598,225 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,908 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,225 in the laboratory →

The spelling

עבד אדם — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עבד, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 76.

As a plain word it stands 119 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

אדם — the Tanakh's own spelling Torah · every skip: 7,788,563 (chance 7,830,375)

Obed-edom in the Tanakh

Questions

Is Obed-edom in the Torah codes?

2,098,984 sequences of עבד across every skip (2–152,424) in the Torah, close to the 2,120,760 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Obed-edom in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 28:20 — the shortest of 2,098,984 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 2,120,760.

What is the gematria of Obed-edom in Hebrew?

Obed-edom is spelled עבד אדם — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 76; one other spelling is counted on this page.

How many times is Obed-edom found in the whole Tanakh?