Sabtecha סבתכא

Sabtecha (סבתכא) is a person named in the Tanakh — Sabteca. Sabtecha appears 1,588 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), in line with the 1,537 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 1,588
Chance alone · every skip: 1,537
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.10
Shortest skip: 24
Longest skip found: 74,992

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 192 found · chance alone about 195 (probability of 192 or more by chance alone: 0.59).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 1,588 sequences of סבתכא across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,537).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 24 — at Numbers 35:15, reading forward.

The longest skip at which סבתכא was found in the Torah is 74,992 — at Genesis 2:11, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 317
Exodus 286
Leviticus 204
Numbers 504
Deuteronomy 277

Examples across the range

5 of the 1,588 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.

Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.

shortest skipNumbers 35:15במדבר לה:טוskip 24, forward
Letter by letter
1. סNumbers 35:15
  … תִּהְיֶינָה שֵׁשׁ־הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לְמִקְלָט לָנוּס שָׁמָּה כָּל־מַכֵּה־נֶפֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָֽה …
  For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the settler among them, shall these six cities be for refuge, that every one that killeth any person through error may flee thither.
2. ב תNumbers 35:16
  וְאִם־בִּכְלִי בַרְזֶל הִכָּהוּ וַיָּמֹת רֹצֵחַֽ הוּא מוֹת יוּמַת הָרֹצֵֽחַ
  But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
3. כNumbers 35:17
  וְאִם בְּאֶבֶן יָד אֲשֶׁר־יָמוּת בָּהּ הִכָּהוּ וַיָּמֹת רֹצֵחַֽ הוּא מוֹת יוּמַת הָרֹצֵֽחַ
  And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
4. אNumbers 35:18
  אוֹ בִּכְלִי עֵֽץ־יָד אֲשֶׁר־יָמוּת בּוֹ הִכָּהוּ וַיָּמֹת רֹצֵחַֽ הוּא מוֹת יוּמַת הָרֹצֵֽחַ
  Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
skip 24, width 24 — one row is 24 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 248,131 of the TorahOpen at skip 24 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 14:34במדבר יד:לדskip 137, backward
1. סNumbers 14:34
  בְּמִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־תַּרְתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ …
  After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know My displeasure.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. בNumbers 14:30
  … אִם־כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נֽוּן
  surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
2. תNumbers 14:28
  אֱמֹר אֲלֵהֶם חַי־אָנִי נְאֻם־יְהוָה אִם־לֹא כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתֶּם בְּאָזְנָי כֵּן אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לָכֶֽם
  Say unto them: As I live, saith the LORD, surely as ye have spoken in Mine ears, so will I do to you:
3. כNumbers 14:25
  וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב בָּעֵמֶק מָחָר פְּנוּ וּסְעוּ לָכֶם הַמִּדְבָּר דֶּרֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף
  Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the Vale; tomorrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.’
4. אNumbers 14:23
  אִם־יִרְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָם וְכָל־מְנַאֲצַי לֹא יִרְאֽוּהָ
  surely they shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised Me see it.
skip 137, width 137 — one row is 137 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 212,689 of the TorahOpen at skip 137 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipDeuteronomy 8:5דברים ח:הskip 194, backward
1. סDeuteronomy 8:5
  וְיָדַעְתָּ עִם־לְבָבֶךָ כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יְיַסֵּר אִישׁ אֶת־בְּנוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מְיַסְּרֶֽךָּ
  And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. בDeuteronomy 8:2
  … עַנֹּֽתְךָ לְנַסֹּֽתְךָ לָדַעַת אֶת־אֲשֶׁר בִּֽלְבָבְךָ הֲתִשְׁמֹר מצותו אִם־לֹֽא
  And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that He might afflict thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no.
2. תDeuteronomy 7:26
  וְלֹא־תָבִיא תֽוֹעֵבָה אֶל־בֵּיתֶךָ וְהָיִיתָ חֵרֶם כָּמֹהוּ שַׁקֵּץ תְּשַׁקְּצֶנּוּ …
  And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and be accursed like unto it; thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
3. ךDeuteronomy 7:22
  … תוּכַל כַּלֹּתָם מַהֵר פֶּן־תִּרְבֶּה עָלֶיךָ חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶֽה
  And the LORD thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little; thou mayest not consume them quickly, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
4. אDeuteronomy 7:19
  … וְהַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וְהַזְּרֹעַ הַנְּטוּיָה אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִֽאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כֵּֽן־יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה …
  the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out; so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid.
skip 194, width 194 — one row is 194 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 264,534 of the TorahOpen at skip 194 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 15:22שמות טו:כבskip 1,010, forward
1. סExodus 15:22
  וַיַּסַּע מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּם־סוּף וַיֵּצְאוּ אֶל־מִדְבַּר־שׁוּר וַיֵּלְכוּ …
  And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. בExodus 16:10
  … כְּדַבֵּר אַהֲרֹן אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּפְנוּ אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּר וְהִנֵּה …
  And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
2. תExodus 16:29
  … הַשִּׁשִּׁי לֶחֶם יוֹמָיִם שְׁבוּ אִישׁ תַּחְתָּיו אַל־יֵצֵא אִישׁ מִמְּקֹמוֹ בַּיּוֹם …
  See that the LORD hath given you the sabbath; therefore He giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.’
3. כExodus 17:11
  וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר יָרִים מֹשֶׁה יָדוֹ וְגָבַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכַאֲשֶׁר יָנִיחַ יָדוֹ וְגָבַר עֲמָלֵֽק
  And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
4. אExodus 18:14
  וַיַּרְא חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר …
  And when Moses’father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said: ‘What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even?’
skip 1,010, width 1,010 — one row is 1,010 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 100,786 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,010 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 2:11בראשית ב:יאskip 74,992, forward
1. סGenesis 2:11
  שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישׁוֹן הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב
  The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. בGenesis 50:11
  וַיַּרְא יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אֶת־הָאֵבֶל בְּגֹרֶן הָֽאָטָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵֽבֶל־כָּבֵד …
  And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said: ‘This is a grievous amourning to the Egyptians.’ Wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
2. תLeviticus 8:25
  … הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַקֶּרֶב וְאֵת יֹתֶרֶת הַכָּבֵד וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶֽת …
  And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh.
3. ךNumbers 22:34
  וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם אֶל־מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה חָטָאתִי כִּי לֹא יָדַעְתִּי …
  And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD: ‘I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back.’
4. אDeuteronomy 32:41
  אִם־שַׁנּוֹתִי בְּרַק חַרְבִּי וְתֹאחֵז בְּמִשְׁפָּט יָדִי אָשִׁיב נָקָם לְצָרָי וְלִמְשַׂנְאַי אֲשַׁלֵּֽם
  If I whet My glittering sword, And My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate Me.
skip 74,992, width 74,992 — one row is 74,992 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 2,210 of the TorahOpen at skip 74,992 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 21,092 sequences of סבתכא across every skip (2–299,260), 1.2% above what chance alone gives (about 20,834); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 676 found · chance alone about 690 (probability of 676 or more by chance alone: 0.71).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 1,210
Exodus 1,020
Leviticus 668
Numbers 1,421
Deuteronomy 823
Joshua 456
Judges 703
Samuel 925
Kings 1,822
Isaiah 1,544
Jeremiah 1,179
Ezekiel 1,124
The Twelve 1,125
Psalms 2,094
Proverbs 802
Job 603
Song of Songs 127
Ruth 27
Lamentations 98
Ecclesiastes 283
Esther 423
Daniel 394
Ezra–Nehemiah 706
Chronicles 1,515

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJoshua 8:31יהושע ח:לאskip 2, backward
Letter by letter
1. ס ב ת כ אJoshua 8:31
  … מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּכָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה מִזְבַּח אֲבָנִים שְׁלֵמוֹת …
  as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron; and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 317,254 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipPsalms 119:29תהלים קיט:כטskip 104, backward
1. סPsalms 119:29
  דֶּֽרֶךְ־שֶׁקֶר הָסֵר מִמֶּנִּי וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ חָנֵּֽנִי
  Remove from me the way of falsehood; and grant me Thy law graciously.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. בPsalms 119:25
  דָּֽבְקָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשִׁי חַיֵּנִי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ
  My soul cleaveth unto the dust; quicken Thou me according to Thy word.
2. תPsalms 119:20
  גָּרְסָה נַפְשִׁי לְתַאֲבָה אֶֽל־מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ בְכָל־עֵֽת
  My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times.
3. כPsalms 119:16
  בְּחֻקֹּתֶיךָ אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁע לֹא אֶשְׁכַּח דְּבָרֶֽךָ
  I will delight myself in Thy statutes; I will not forget Thy word.
4. אPsalms 119:11
  בְּלִבִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרָתֶךָ לְמַעַן לֹא אֶֽחֱטָא־לָֽךְ
  Thy word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee.
skip 104, width 104 — one row is 104 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 923,279 of the TanakhOpen at skip 104 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 35:15דברי הימים ב לה:טוskip 297,494, backward
1. ס2 Chronicles 35:15
  … אָסָף עַל־מַעֲמָדָם כְּמִצְוַת דָּוִיד וְאָסָף וְהֵימָן וִֽידֻתוּן חוֹזֵה הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִים …
  And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters were at every gate; they needed not to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. בPsalms 74:15
  אַתָּה בָקַעְתָּ מַעְיָן וָנָחַל אַתָּה הוֹבַשְׁתָּ נַהֲרוֹת אֵיתָֽן
  Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
2. תIsaiah 26:15
  יָסַפְתָּ לַגּוֹי יְהוָה יָסַפְתָּ לַגּוֹי נִכְבָּדְתָּ רִחַקְתָּ כָּל־קַצְוֵי־אָֽרֶץ
  Thou hast gotten Thee honour with the nations, O LORD, Yea, exceeding great honour with the nations; Thou art honoured unto the farthest ends of the earth.
3. כDeuteronomy 32:39
  רְאוּ עַתָּה כִּי אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים …
  See now that I, even I, am He, And there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of My hand.
4. אGenesis 4:9
  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־קַיִן אֵי הֶבֶל אָחִיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא יָדַעְתִּי הֲשֹׁמֵר אָחִי אָנֹֽכִי
  And the LORD said unto Cain: ‘Where is Abel thy brother?’ And he said: ‘I know not; am I my brother’s keeper?’
skip 297,494, width 297,494 — one row is 297,494 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,194,569 of the TanakhOpen at skip 297,494 in the laboratory →

The spelling

סבתכא — the Tanakh's own spelling: Sabteca. Searched as סבתכא, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 483.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Sabtecha in the Tanakh

Questions

Does Sabtecha appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 1,588 sequences of סבתכא across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,537).

What is the shortest skip for Sabtecha in the Torah?

Skip 24, reading forward from Numbers 35:15 — the shortest of 1,588 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 1,537.

How is Sabtecha spelled in Hebrew?

Sabtecha is spelled סבתכא — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 483.

Is Sabtecha in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

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Parbar פרברTorah · every skip: 90,197 (chance 92,540)
Athaiah עתיהTorah · every skip: 635,466 (chance 641,214)
Ai עיתTorah · every skip: 10,033,579 (chance 10,451,393)
Amashai עמשסיTorah · every skip: 2,544 (chance 2,247)
Attai עתיTorah · every skip: 10,833,841 (chance 10,451,393)
Avith עויתTorah · every skip: 669,885 (chance 697,850)
Mallothi מלותיTorah · every skip: 81,692 (chance 82,591)
Succothbenoth סכות בנותTorah · every skip: 39,952 (chance 43,123)

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