Concepts

Prophet נביא

Prophet is written נביא in Hebrew. Prophet appears 69,229 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.0% more than chance alone would give (about 67,865; probability 9.1 × 10⁻⁸).

Found in the Torah
69,229
Chance alone
67,865
P (≥ found)
9.1 × 10⁻⁸
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, נביא appears 69,229 times in the Torah — 2.0% more than the 67,865 chance alone would give; the probability of 69,229 or more by chance alone is 9.1 × 10⁻⁸.

The shortest skip at which נביא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 11:5, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), נביא is found 688,593 times; chance alone would give about 707,143.

  • Genesis 22,864
  • Exodus 11,686
  • Leviticus 8,348
  • Numbers 16,218
  • Deuteronomy 10,113

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 11:5בראשית יא:הskip 2, forward

    וַיֵּרֶד יְהוָה לִרְאֹת אֶת־הָעִיר וְאֶת־הַמִּגְדָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּנוּ בְּנֵי הָאָדָֽם

    And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

    נביא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 11:5דלאשרבונהדםויאמרנביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 12,918Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 24:62בראשית כד:סבskip 2, forward

    וְיִצְחָק בָּא מִבּוֹא בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב בְּאֶרֶץ הַנֶּֽגֶב

    And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.

    נביא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 24:62בבארץהגוציצחקלשונביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 32,598Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 46:7בראשית מו:זskip 2, forward

    בָּנָיו וּבְנֵי בָנָיו אִתּוֹ בְּנֹתָיו וּבְנוֹת בָּנָיו וְכָל־זַרְעוֹ הֵבִיא אִתּוֹ מִצְרָֽיְמָה

    his sons, and his sons’sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

    נביא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 46:7בניוובינותובנתיונביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 70,613Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 46:8בראשית מו:חskip 2, forward

    וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים מִצְרַיְמָה יַעֲקֹב וּבָנָיו בְּכֹר יַעֲקֹב רְאוּבֵֽן

    And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born.

    נביא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 46:8קבראובונרובןחנוךןביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 70,703Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 18:3שמות יח:גskip 2, forward

    וְאֵת שְׁנֵי בָנֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד גֵּֽרְשֹׁם כִּי אָמַר גֵּר הָיִיתִי בְּאֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה

    and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said: ‘I have been a stranger in a strange land’;

    נביא at skip 2, forward from Exodus 18:3יהואתשינהשרשםהאחנביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 104,223Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

272,689 sequences of נביא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 274,550 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 22,864
  • Exodus 11,686
  • Leviticus 8,348
  • Numbers 16,218
  • Deuteronomy 10,809
  • Joshua 9,014
  • Judges 10,804
  • Samuel 22,653
  • Kings 21,398
  • Isaiah 12,776
  • Jeremiah 19,756
  • Ezekiel 17,172
  • The Twelve 11,769
  • Psalms 16,358
  • Proverbs 5,123
  • Job 7,403
  • Song of Songs 1,486
  • Ruth 993
  • Lamentations 1,709
  • Ecclesiastes 1,691
  • Esther 1,978
  • Daniel 7,715
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 11,506
  • Chronicles 21,460

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 3:11יהושע ג:יאskip 2, forward

    הִנֵּה אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית אֲדוֹן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ עֹבֵר לִפְנֵיכֶם בַּיַּרְדֵּֽן

    Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth on before you over the Jordan.

    נביא at skip 2, forward from Joshua 3:11הנהארוהרתדוןכלהאןביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 308,298Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 22:10יהושע כב:יskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־גְּלִילוֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיִּבְנוּ בְנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וּבְנֵי־גָד וַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ עַל־הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְבֵּחַ גָּדוֹל לְמַרְאֶֽה

    And when they came unto the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look upon.

    נביא at skip 2, forward from Joshua 22:10נעןויבונרובןובנינביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 339,156Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 22:11יהושע כב:יאskip 2, forward

    וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה בָנוּ בְנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵן וּבְנֵי־גָד וַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֶל־מוּל אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֶל־גְּלִילוֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶל־עֵבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    And the children of Israel heard say: ‘Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel.’

    נביא at skip 2, forward from Joshua 22:11מרהנהבונרובןובנינביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 339,232Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

נביא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נביא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 63.

As a plain word it stands 29 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 20:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Prophet appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, נביא appears 69,229 times in the Torah — 2.0% more than the 67,865 chance alone would give; the probability of 69,229 or more by chance alone is 9.1 × 10⁻⁸.

What is the shortest skip for Prophet in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 11:5 — the shortest of 69,229 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 67,865.

What is the gematria of Prophet in Hebrew?

Prophet is spelled נביא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 63.

How many times is Prophet found in the whole Tanakh?

272,689 sequences of נביא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 274,550 that chance alone would produce.

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