Sheba שבא
Sheba (שבא) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Sheba is found 723,310 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 2:3) — about what chance alone gives (about 729,884).
- Found in the Torah
- 723,310
- Chance alone
- 729,884
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- 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 723,310 sequences of שבא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 729,884).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:3, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 11,214,509 sequences of שבא, against about 11,312,885 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 729,884 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 187,074
- Exodus 142,444
- Leviticus 109,274
- Numbers 162,976
- Deuteronomy 121,542
The shortest skips
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים לַעֲשֽׂוֹת
And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,801Open in the laboratory →
בְּזֵעַת אַפֶּיךָ תֹּאכַל לֶחֶם עַד שֽׁוּבְךָ אֶל־הָאֲדָמָה כִּי מִמֶּנָּה לֻקָּחְתָּ כִּֽי־עָפָר אַתָּה וְאֶל־עָפָר תָּשֽׁוּב
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,917Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶמְחֶה אֶת־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָאתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה מֵֽאָדָם עַד־בְּהֵמָה עַד־רֶמֶשׂ וְעַד־עוֹף הַשָּׁמָיִם כִּי נִחַמְתִּי כִּי עֲשִׂיתִֽם
And the LORD said: ‘I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,160Open in the laboratory →
אֶל־מְקוֹם הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה שָׁם בָּרִאשֹׁנָה וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם אַבְרָם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה
unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,302Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־לוֹט וְאֶת־רְכֻשׁוֹ בֶּן־אֲחִי אַבְרָם וַיֵּלֵכוּ וְהוּא יֹשֵׁב בִּסְדֹֽם
And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,668Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שבא appears 2,520,636 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,523,375, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 187,074
- Exodus 142,444
- Leviticus 109,274
- Numbers 162,976
- Deuteronomy 126,215
- Joshua 77,310
- Judges 91,668
- Samuel 233,797
- Kings 255,342
- Isaiah 108,421
- Jeremiah 170,251
- Ezekiel 146,508
- The Twelve 101,680
- Psalms 107,889
- Proverbs 46,511
- Job 48,286
- Song of Songs 9,276
- Ruth 8,587
- Lamentations 10,200
- Ecclesiastes 22,493
- Esther 26,662
- Daniel 41,001
- Ezra–Nehemiah 82,809
- Chronicles 203,962
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּזֹאת תֵּֽדְעוּן כִּי אֵל חַי בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וְהוֹרֵשׁ יוֹרִישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶם אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְאֶת־הַחִתִּי וְאֶת־הַחִוִּי וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּי וְאֶת־הַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
And Joshua said: ‘Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,201Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ עִבְרוּ לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן וְהָרִימוּ לָכֶם אִישׁ אֶבֶן אַחַת עַל־שִׁכְמוֹ לְמִסְפַּר שִׁבְטֵי בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and Joshua said unto them: ‘Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,099Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲנִי וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתִּי נִקְרַב אֶל־הָעִיר וְהָיָה כִּֽי־יֵצְאוּ לִקְרָאתֵנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָה וְנַסְנוּ לִפְנֵיהֶֽם
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city; and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,617Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שבא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שבא, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 303.
As a plain word it stands 23 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Sheba appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 723,310 sequences of שבא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 729,884).
What is the shortest skip for Sheba in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:3 — the shortest of 723,310 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 729,884.
How is Sheba spelled in Hebrew?
Sheba is spelled שבא — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 303.
Is Sheba in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שבא appears 2,520,636 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,523,375, 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 729,884 here) beside the count.