Sabta סבתא
Sabta (סבתא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Sabta appears 5,060 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 5,009 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 5,060
- Chance alone
- 5,009
- P (≥ found)
- 0.24
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
5,060 sequences of סבתא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5,009 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 1:2, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 53,272 sequences of סבתא, against about 52,196 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,302
- Exodus 1,003
- Leviticus 753
- Numbers 1,251
- Deuteronomy 751
The shortest skips
שְׂאוּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת כָּל־זָכָר לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם
’Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their polls;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 186,504Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת כָּל־הָעֵדָה הִקְהִילוּ בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי וַיִּתְיַֽלְדוּ עַל־מִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 186,990Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵן בְּכֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם כָּל־זָכָר מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כֹּל יֹצֵא צָבָֽא
And the children of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 187,095Open in the laboratory →
לִבְנֵי גָד תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כֹּל יֹצֵא צָבָֽא
Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 187,319Open in the laboratory →
לִבְנֵי יְהוּדָה תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמֹת מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כֹּל יֹצֵא צָבָֽא
Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 187,421Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
17,133 sequences of סבתא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 17,443 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 1,302
- Exodus 1,003
- Leviticus 753
- Numbers 1,251
- Deuteronomy 799
- Joshua 326
- Judges 595
- Samuel 878
- Kings 1,640
- Isaiah 929
- Jeremiah 1,096
- Ezekiel 1,174
- The Twelve 825
- Psalms 1,212
- Proverbs 569
- Job 371
- Song of Songs 88
- Ruth 26
- Lamentations 83
- Ecclesiastes 178
- Esther 271
- Daniel 295
- Ezra–Nehemiah 498
- Chronicles 971
Outside the Torah
וּבָעֵת הַהִיא יַעֲמֹד מִֽיכָאֵל הַשַּׂר הַגָּדוֹל הָעֹמֵד עַל־בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ וְהָיְתָה עֵת צָרָה אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־נִהְיְתָה מִֽהְיוֹת גּוֹי עַד הָעֵת הַהִיא וּבָעֵת הַהִיא יִמָּלֵט עַמְּךָ כָּל־הַנִּמְצָא כָּתוּב בַּסֵּֽפֶר
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time; and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,058,662Open in the laboratory →
בֵּית צַדִּיק חֹסֶן רָב וּבִתְבוּאַת רָשָׁע נֶעְכָּֽרֶת
In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 949,151Open in the laboratory →
וַתֵּלֶד שַׁעַף אֲבִי מַדְמַנָּה אֶת־שְׁוָא אֲבִי מַכְבֵּנָה וַאֲבִי גִבְעָא וּבַת־כָּלֵב עַכְסָֽה
And [the wife of] Shaaph the father of Madmannah bore Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,101,047Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
סבתא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as סבתא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 463.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Sabta appear in the Torah codes?
5,060 sequences of סבתא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5,009 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Sabta in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Numbers 1:2 — the shortest of 5,060 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5,009.
How is Sabta spelled in Hebrew?
Sabta is spelled סבתא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 463.
Is Sabta in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
17,133 sequences of סבתא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 17,443 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 5,009 here) beside the count.