Shebna שבנא
Shebna (שבנא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shebna appears 33,473 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 33,539 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 33,473
- Chance alone
- 33,539
- P (≥ found)
- 0.64
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
33,473 sequences of שבנא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 33,539 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 50:15, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 351,505 sequences of שבנא, against about 349,471 from chance alone.
- Genesis 9,081
- Exodus 6,102
- Leviticus 4,785
- Numbers 8,693
- Deuteronomy 4,812
The shortest skips
וַיִּרְאוּ אֲחֵֽי־יוֹסֵף כִּי־מֵת אֲבִיהֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוּ יִשְׂטְמֵנוּ יוֹסֵף וְהָשֵׁב יָשִׁיב לָנוּ אֵת כָּל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר גָּמַלְנוּ אֹתֽוֹ
And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said: ‘It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 77,471Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ וַיִּשָּׂאֻם בְּכֻתֳּנֹתָם אֶל־מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶֽׁה
So they drew near, and carried them in their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 154,427Open in the laboratory →
וְאִישׁ אוֹ אִשָּׁה כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה בוֹ נָגַע בְּרֹאשׁ אוֹ בְזָקָֽן
And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 159,556Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָי הֵיטִיבוּ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּֽרוּ
And the LORD said unto me: ‘They have well said that which they have spoken.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 279,979Open in the laboratory →
עַל אֲשֶׁר מְעַלְתֶּם בִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמֵֽי־מְרִיבַת קָדֵשׁ מִדְבַּר־צִן עַל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־קִדַּשְׁתֶּם אוֹתִי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Because ye trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 302,773Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שבנא appears 115,110 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 115,893, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 9,081
- Exodus 6,102
- Leviticus 4,785
- Numbers 8,693
- Deuteronomy 5,096
- Joshua 3,826
- Judges 4,439
- Samuel 9,806
- Kings 9,749
- Isaiah 4,806
- Jeremiah 7,542
- Ezekiel 6,604
- The Twelve 4,310
- Psalms 5,291
- Proverbs 2,212
- Job 2,467
- Song of Songs 458
- Ruth 497
- Lamentations 453
- Ecclesiastes 998
- Esther 1,222
- Daniel 2,609
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,149
- Chronicles 8,915
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶֽל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ צֵא־נָא לִקְרַאת אָחָז אַתָּה וּשְׁאָר יָשׁוּב בְּנֶךָ אֶל־קְצֵה תְּעָלַת הַבְּרֵכָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה אֶל־מְסִלַּת שְׂדֵה כוֹבֵֽס
Then said the LORD unto Isaiah: ‘Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fullers’field;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 581,971Open in the laboratory →
וּבַל־יֹאמַר שָׁכֵן חָלִיתִי הָעָם הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּהּ נְשֻׂא עָוֺֽן
And the inhabitant shall not say: ‘I am sick’; The people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 607,656Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה אֱמָר־נָא אֶל־אִישׁ־יְהוּדָה וְעַל־יוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי יוֹצֵר עֲלֵיכֶם רָעָה וְחֹשֵׁב עֲלֵיכֶם מַֽחֲשָׁבָה שׁוּבוּ נָא אִישׁ מִדַּרְכּוֹ הָֽרָעָה וְהֵיטִיבוּ דַרְכֵיכֶם וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם
Now therefore do thou speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you; return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 668,240Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שבנא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שבנא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 353.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 22:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Shebna appear in the Torah codes?
33,473 sequences of שבנא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 33,539 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Shebna in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 50:15 — the shortest of 33,473 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 33,539.
How is Shebna spelled in Hebrew?
Shebna is spelled שבנא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 353.
Is Shebna in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שבנא appears 115,110 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 115,893, 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 33,539 here) beside the count.