Oreb ערב
Oreb (ערב) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 353,280 sequences of Oreb, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 12:6); chance alone would give about 352,672.
- Found in the Torah
- 353,280
- Chance alone
- 352,672
- P (≥ found)
- 0.15
- 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 353,280 sequences of ערב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 352,672).
The shortest skip at which ערב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 12:6, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), ערב is found 5,336,007 times; chance alone would give about 5,466,265.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 352,672 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 93,583
- Exodus 77,433
- Leviticus 46,732
- Numbers 74,608
- Deuteronomy 60,924
The shortest skips
וַיַּעֲבֹר אַבְרָם בָּאָרֶץ עַד מְקוֹם שְׁכֶם עַד אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אָז בָּאָֽרֶץ
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,433Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ יִצְחָק וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בָּנָיו אֶל־מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֶל־שְׂדֵה עֶפְרֹן בֶּן־צֹחַר הַֽחִתִּי אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי מַמְרֵֽא
And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 33,228Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּתֵּן בְּיַד־עֲבָדָיו עֵדֶר עֵדֶר לְבַדּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדָיו עִבְרוּ לְפָנַי וְרֶוַח תָּשִׂימוּ בֵּין עֵדֶר וּבֵין עֵֽדֶר
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants: ‘Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,331Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּתֵּן בְּיַד־עֲבָדָיו עֵדֶר עֵדֶר לְבַדּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדָיו עִבְרוּ לְפָנַי וְרֶוַח תָּשִׂימוּ בֵּין עֵדֶר וּבֵין עֵֽדֶר
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants: ‘Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,370Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקָם בַּלַּיְלָה הוּא וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שְׁתֵּי נָשָׁיו וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי שִׁפְחֹתָיו וְאֶת־אַחַד עָשָׂר יְלָדָיו וַֽיַּעֲבֹר אֵת מַעֲבַר יַבֹּֽק
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,742Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ערב appears 1,382,819 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,382,076, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 93,583
- Exodus 77,433
- Leviticus 46,732
- Numbers 74,608
- Deuteronomy 63,841
- Joshua 56,066
- Judges 44,372
- Samuel 91,986
- Kings 120,199
- Isaiah 80,228
- Jeremiah 96,176
- Ezekiel 79,456
- The Twelve 63,546
- Psalms 86,277
- Proverbs 40,104
- Job 37,275
- Song of Songs 5,192
- Ruth 5,900
- Lamentations 6,259
- Ecclesiastes 13,296
- Esther 12,045
- Daniel 25,483
- Ezra–Nehemiah 47,094
- Chronicles 115,668
Outside the Torah
עִבְרוּ בְּקֶרֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְצַוּוּ אֶת־הָעָם לֵאמֹר הָכִינוּ לָכֶם צֵידָה כִּי בְּעוֹד שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים אַתֶּם עֹֽבְרִים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה לָבוֹא לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָכֶם לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ
’Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,438Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲמַרְתֶּם לָהֶם אֲשֶׁר נִכְרְתוּ מֵימֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מִפְּנֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה בְּעָבְרוֹ בַּיַּרְדֵּן נִכְרְתוּ מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן וְהָיוּ הָאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה לְזִכָּרוֹן לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד־עוֹלָֽם
then ye shall say unto them: Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,227Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וּבְנֵי־גָד וַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה חֲמֻשִׁים לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם מֹשֶֽׁה
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed on armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke unto them;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,622Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ערב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ערב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 272.
As a plain word it stands 49 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 1:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Arabia.
Questions
Is Oreb in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 353,280 sequences of ערב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 352,672).
What is the shortest skip for Oreb in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 12:6 — the shortest of 353,280 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 352,672.
What is the gematria of Oreb in Hebrew?
Oreb is spelled ערב — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 272.
How many times is Oreb found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ערב appears 1,382,819 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,382,076, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 352,672 here) beside the count.