Rechab רכב
Rechab (רכב) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Rechab is found 378,043 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 3:15) — 0.8% above the 375,180 chance alone would give (probability of 378,043 or more by chance alone: 1.5 × 10⁻⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 378,043
- Chance alone
- 375,180
- P (≥ found)
- 1.5 × 10⁻⁶
- 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 378,043 sequences of רכב at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 375,180); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.5 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:15, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 5,504,674 sequences of רכב, against about 5,815,135 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 375,180 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 92,946
- Exodus 69,588
- Leviticus 54,029
- Numbers 61,637
- Deuteronomy 99,843
The shortest skips
וְאֵיבָה אָשִׁית בֵּֽינְךָ וּבֵין הָֽאִשָּׁה וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ וּבֵין זַרְעָהּ הוּא יְשׁוּפְךָ רֹאשׁ וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵֽב
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,680Open in the laboratory →
וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶם וְלֹֽא־יִכָּרֵת כָּל־בָּשָׂר עוֹד מִמֵּי הַמַּבּוּל וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶה עוֹד מַבּוּל לְשַׁחֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,747Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָֽרֶץ
And he blessed him, and said: ‘Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,058Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּנְהַג אֶת־כָּל־מִקְנֵהוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־רְכֻשׁוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכָשׁ מִקְנֵה קִנְיָנוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכַשׁ בְּפַדַּן אֲרָם לָבוֹא אֶל־יִצְחָק אָבִיו אַרְצָה כְּנָֽעַן
and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,516Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר חֲמוֹר אִתָּם לֵאמֹר שְׁכֶם בְּנִי חָֽשְׁקָה נַפְשׁוֹ בְּבִתְּכֶם תְּנוּ נָא אֹתָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Hamor spoke with them, saying ‘The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter. I pray you give her unto him to wife.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,542Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, רכב appears 1,460,562 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,464,025, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 92,946
- Exodus 69,588
- Leviticus 54,029
- Numbers 61,637
- Deuteronomy 103,457
- Joshua 44,505
- Judges 37,506
- Samuel 98,962
- Kings 135,069
- Isaiah 87,003
- Jeremiah 117,481
- Ezekiel 95,178
- The Twelve 70,379
- Psalms 100,800
- Proverbs 43,486
- Job 33,732
- Song of Songs 6,633
- Ruth 6,236
- Lamentations 7,332
- Ecclesiastes 14,704
- Esther 19,420
- Daniel 26,320
- Ezra–Nehemiah 36,759
- Chronicles 97,400
Outside the Torah
וְאֵלֶּה מַלְכֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הִכּוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ אֶת־אַרְצָם בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרְחָה הַשָּׁמֶשׁ מִנַּחַל אַרְנוֹן עַד־הַר חֶרְמוֹן וְכָל־הָעֲרָבָה מִזְרָֽחָה
Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,909Open in the laboratory →
וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה חֲזָקָה עַל־פְּלִשְׁתִּים כֹּל יְמֵי שָׁאוּל וְרָאָה שָׁאוּל כָּל־אִישׁ גִּבּוֹר וְכָל־בֶּן־חַיִל וַיַּאַסְפֵהוּ אֵלָֽיו
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 405,716Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּטֶל שָׁאוּל אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית וַיֹּאמֶר אַכֶּה בְדָוִד וּבַקִּיר וַיִּסֹּב דָּוִד מִפָּנָיו פַּעֲמָֽיִם
And Saul cast the spear; for he said: ‘I will smite David even to the wall.’ And David stepped aside out of his presence twice.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 413,428Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
רכב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as רכב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 222.
As a plain word it stands 65 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 50:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Rechab appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 378,043 sequences of רכב at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 375,180); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.5 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Rechab in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:15 — the shortest of 378,043 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 375,180.
How is Rechab spelled in Hebrew?
Rechab is spelled רכב — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 222.
Is Rechab in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, רכב appears 1,460,562 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,464,025, 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 375,180 here) beside the count.