Seba סבא
Seba (סבא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Seba appears 85,675 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 85,789 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 85,675
- Chance alone
- 85,789
- P (≥ found)
- 0.65
- 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, סבא appears 85,675 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 85,789, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:13, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 1,318,877 sequences of סבא, against about 1,329,690 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 85,789 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 24,133
- Exodus 15,365
- Leviticus 11,200
- Numbers 22,543
- Deuteronomy 12,434
The shortest skips
וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָר הַשֵּׁנִי גִּיחוֹן הוּא הַסּוֹבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ כּֽוּשׁ
And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,285Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּגֵּד לְיַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה בִּנְךָ יוֹסֵף בָּא אֵלֶיךָ וַיִּתְחַזֵּק יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־הַמִּטָּֽה
And one told Jacob, and said: ‘Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee.’ And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 73,975Open in the laboratory →
וְחַג הַקָּצִיר בִּכּוּרֵי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּזְרַע בַּשָּׂדֶה וְחַג הָֽאָסִף בְּצֵאת הַשָּׁנָה בְּאָסְפְּךָ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂיךָ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶֽה
and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 111,632Open in the laboratory →
וּבָא אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו בִּנְסֹעַ הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְהוֹרִדוּ אֵת פָּרֹכֶת הַמָּסָךְ וְכִסּוּ־בָהּ אֵת אֲרֹן הָעֵדֻֽת
when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 192,873Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־הַפֶּסַח בָּרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם בְּמִדְבַּר סִינָי כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at dusk, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 203,976Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 321,797 sequences of סבא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 331,042).
- Genesis 24,133
- Exodus 15,365
- Leviticus 11,200
- Numbers 22,543
- Deuteronomy 13,057
- Joshua 6,269
- Judges 12,079
- Samuel 17,281
- Kings 32,407
- Isaiah 19,239
- Jeremiah 20,672
- Ezekiel 18,594
- The Twelve 16,849
- Psalms 24,589
- Proverbs 9,962
- Job 7,641
- Song of Songs 1,405
- Ruth 312
- Lamentations 1,505
- Ecclesiastes 3,775
- Esther 5,425
- Daniel 6,533
- Ezra–Nehemiah 10,568
- Chronicles 20,394
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ כַּעֲלוֹת הַשַּׁחַר וַיָּסֹבּוּ אֶת־הָעִיר כַּמִּשְׁפָּט הַזֶּה שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים רַק בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא סָבְבוּ אֶת־הָעִיר שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִֽים
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times; only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,437Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם מְשָׁרֵת אִישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים לָקוּם וַיֵּצֵא וְהִנֵּה־חַיִל סוֹבֵב אֶת־הָעִיר וְסוּס וָרָכֶב וַיֹּאמֶר נַעֲרוֹ אֵלָיו אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנִי אֵיכָה נַֽעֲשֶֽׂה
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said unto him: ‘Alas, my master! how shall we do?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 537,775Open in the laboratory →
וּפָקַדְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם אַרְבַּע מִשְׁפָּחוֹת נְאֻם־יְהוָה אֶת־הַחֶרֶב לַֽהֲרֹג וְאֶת־הַכְּלָבִים לִסְחֹב וְאֶת־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־בֶּהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ לֶאֱכֹל וּלְהַשְׁחִֽית
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 663,682Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
סבא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as סבא, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 63.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Seba appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, סבא appears 85,675 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 85,789, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Seba in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:13 — the shortest of 85,675 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 85,789.
How is Seba spelled in Hebrew?
Seba is spelled סבא — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 63.
Is Seba in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 321,797 sequences of סבא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 331,042).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 85,789 here) beside the count.