Rehoboth רחבת
Rehoboth (רחבת) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 13,079 sequences of Rehoboth, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 37:33); chance alone would give about 13,159.
- Found in the Torah
- 13,079
- Chance alone
- 13,159
- P (≥ found)
- 0.76
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
13,079 sequences of רחבת at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 13,159 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 37:33, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 140,493 sequences of רחבת, against about 137,116 from chance alone.
- Genesis 3,284
- Exodus 2,924
- Leviticus 2,167
- Numbers 2,814
- Deuteronomy 1,890
The shortest skips
וַיַּכִּירָהּ וַיֹּאמֶר כְּתֹנֶת בְּנִי חַיָּה רָעָה אֲכָלָתְהוּ טָרֹף טֹרַף יוֹסֵֽף
And he knew it, and said: ‘It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 55,839Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמֶר מִי־אֵֽלֶּה
And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said: ‘Who are these?’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 74,323Open in the laboratory →
כְּוִיָּה תַּחַת כְּוִיָּה פֶּצַע תַּחַת פָּצַע חַבּוּרָה תַּחַת חַבּוּרָֽה
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 109,109Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפֶן וַיֵּרֶד מֹשֶׁה מִן־הָהָר וּשְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָעֵדֻת בְּיָדוֹ לֻחֹת כְּתֻבִים מִשְּׁנֵי עֶבְרֵיהֶם מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה הֵם כְּתֻבִֽים
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 126,606Open in the laboratory →
וְהִתְנַחֲלְתֶּם אֹתָם לִבְנֵיכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם לָרֶשֶׁת אֲחֻזָּה לְעֹלָם בָּהֶם תַּעֲבֹדוּ וּבְאַחֵיכֶם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו לֹא־תִרְדֶּה בוֹ בְּפָֽרֶךְ
And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 181,815Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 45,245 sequences of רחבת at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 44,850); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
- Genesis 3,284
- Exodus 2,924
- Leviticus 2,167
- Numbers 2,814
- Deuteronomy 2,021
- Joshua 1,655
- Judges 1,232
- Samuel 2,598
- Kings 3,816
- Isaiah 2,267
- Jeremiah 2,571
- Ezekiel 3,526
- The Twelve 1,792
- Psalms 2,714
- Proverbs 1,655
- Job 1,266
- Song of Songs 231
- Ruth 167
- Lamentations 267
- Ecclesiastes 490
- Esther 396
- Daniel 707
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,260
- Chronicles 3,425
Outside the Torah
וְאַתָּה בֶן־אָדָם הִנָּבֵא וְאָֽמַרְתָּ כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוִה אֶל־בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וְאֶל־חֶרְפָּתָם וְאָמַרְתָּ חֶרֶב חֶרֶב פְּתוּחָה לְטֶבַח מְרוּטָה לְהָכִיל לְמַעַן בָּרָֽק
And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their taunt; and say thou: O sword, O sword keen-edged, Furbished for the slaughter, To the uttermost, because of the glitterings;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 757,094Open in the laboratory →
כֹּֽה־תֹאמַר אֲלֵהֶם כֹּה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה חַי־אָנִי אִם־לֹא אֲשֶׁר בֶּֽחֳרָבוֹת בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ וַֽאֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה לַחַיָּה נְתַתִּיו לְאָכְלוֹ וַאֲשֶׁר בַּמְּצָדוֹת וּבַמְּעָרוֹת בַּדֶּבֶר יָמֽוּתוּ
Thus shalt thou say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 775,637Open in the laboratory →
חֶרֶב פָּֽתְחוּ רְשָׁעִים וְדָרְכוּ קַשְׁתָּם לְהַפִּיל עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן לִטְבוֹחַ יִשְׁרֵי־דָֽרֶךְ
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow; to cast down the poor and needy, to slay such as are upright in the way;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 876,385Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
רחבת — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as רחבת, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 610.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Rehoboth in the Bible code?
13,079 sequences of רחבת at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 13,159 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Rehoboth in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Genesis 37:33 — the shortest of 13,079 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 13,159.
How is Rehoboth spelled in Hebrew?
Rehoboth is spelled רחבת — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 610.
Is Rehoboth in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 45,245 sequences of רחבת at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 44,850); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 13,159 here) beside the count.