Shebuel שובאל
Shebuel (שובאל) is a person named in the Tanakh — Shebuel, Shubael. In the Torah codes, Shebuel is found 38,882 times across every skip (2–76,212), the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 41:34) — about what chance alone gives (about 40,085).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 38,882
- Chance alone · every skip
- 40,085
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 3
- Longest skip found
- 76,034
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: 5,079 found · chance alone about 5,086 (probability of 5,079 or more by chance alone: 0.54).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–76,212), שובאל appears 38,882 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 40,085, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which שובאל appears in the Torah is 3 — at Genesis 41:34, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שובאל was found in the Torah is 76,034 — at Deuteronomy 34:5, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 9,763
- Exodus 8,616
- Leviticus 5,598
- Numbers 8,554
- Deuteronomy 6,351
Examples across the range
5 of the 38,882 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.
Letter by letter
- שGenesis 41:34
יַעֲשֶׂה פַרְעֹה וְיַפְקֵד פְּקִדִים עַל־הָאָרֶץ וְחִמֵּשׁ אֶת־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּשֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הַשָּׂבָֽע
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty.
- ו ב א לGenesis 41:35
וְיִקְבְּצוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֹכֶל הַשָּׁנִים הַטֹּבֹת הַבָּאֹת הָאֵלֶּה …
And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 61,768 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 41:34
- ש וGenesis 9:23
וַיִּקַּח שֵׁם וָיֶפֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַל …
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ב א לGenesis 9:22
וַיַּרְא חָם אֲבִי כְנַעַן אֵת עֶרְוַת אָבִיו וַיַּגֵּד לִשְׁנֵֽי־אֶחָיו בַּחֽוּץ
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 11,284 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- ש וGenesis 9:23
- שNumbers 29:38
וּשְׂעִיר חַטָּאת אֶחָד מִלְּבַד עֹלַת הַתָּמִיד וּמִנְחָתָהּ וְנִסְכָּֽהּ
and one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- וNumbers 30:1
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.
- בNumbers 30:3
… כִּֽי־יִדֹּר נֶדֶר לַֽיהוָה אֽוֹ־הִשָּׁבַע שְׁבֻעָה לֶאְסֹר אִסָּר עַל־נַפְשׁוֹ …
When a man voweth a vow unto the LORD, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
- אNumbers 30:5
… אָבִיהָ אֶת־נִדְרָהּ וֶֽאֱסָרָהּ אֲשֶׁר אָֽסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ וְהֶחֱרִישׁ לָהּ אָבִיהָ …
and her father heareth her vow, or her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
- לNumbers 30:6
… וֶֽאֱסָרֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ לֹא יָקוּם וַֽיהוָה יִֽסְלַח־לָהּ כִּי …
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand; and the LORD will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
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 down the middle column. letter 238,372 of the TorahOpen at skip 104 in the laboratory →
- שNumbers 29:38
- שLeviticus 24:16
וְנֹקֵב שֵׁם־יְהוָה מוֹת יוּמָת רָגוֹם יִרְגְּמוּ …
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him; as well the stranger, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the Name, shall be put to death.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- וLeviticus 25:14
וְכִֽי־תִמְכְּרוּ מִמְכָּר לַעֲמִיתֶךָ אוֹ קָנֹה מִיַּד עֲמִיתֶךָ אַל־תּוֹנוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִֽיו
And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another.
- בLeviticus 25:33
… בָתֵּי עָרֵי הַלְוִיִּם הִוא אֲחֻזָּתָם בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
- אLeviticus 25:55
… בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲבָדִים עֲבָדַי הֵם אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵאתִי אוֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם אֲנִי …
For unto Me the children of Israel are servants; they are My servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- לLeviticus 26:20
וְתַם לָרִיק כֹּחֲכֶם וְלֹֽא־תִתֵּן אַרְצְכֶם אֶת־יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הָאָרֶץ לֹא יִתֵּן פִּרְיֽוֹ
And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her produce, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 179,260 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שLeviticus 24:16
- שDeuteronomy 34:5
וַיָּמָת שָׁם מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב עַל־פִּי יְהוָֽה
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- וNumbers 23:17
וַיָּבֹא אֵלָיו וְהִנּוֹ נִצָּב עַל־עֹלָתוֹ וְשָׂרֵי …
And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him: ‘What hath the LORD spoken?’
- בLeviticus 8:28
… מֹשֶׁה אֹתָם מֵעַל כַּפֵּיהֶם וַיַּקְטֵר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל־הָעֹלָה מִלֻּאִים הֵם לְרֵיחַ …
And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- אGenesis 49:28
… דִּבֶּר לָהֶם אֲבִיהֶם וַיְבָרֶךְ אוֹתָם אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר כְּבִרְכָתוֹ בֵּרַךְ אֹתָֽם
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spoke unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
- לGenesis 1:8
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָֽרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שֵׁנִֽי
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
skip 76,034, width 76,034 — one row is 76,034 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,449 of the TorahOpen at skip 76,034 in the laboratory →
- שDeuteronomy 34:5
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 601,389 sequences of שובאל across every skip (2–299,260) — about what chance alone gives (about 605,767).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 20,019 found · chance alone about 20,069 (probability of 20,019 or more by chance alone: 0.64).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 35,830
- Exodus 34,539
- Leviticus 22,914
- Numbers 36,169
- Deuteronomy 28,168
- Joshua 20,618
- Judges 20,714
- Samuel 51,956
- Kings 55,981
- Isaiah 31,807
- Jeremiah 38,675
- Ezekiel 34,416
- The Twelve 25,571
- Psalms 34,805
- Proverbs 13,284
- Job 13,692
- Song of Songs 2,483
- Ruth 2,534
- Lamentations 2,495
- Ecclesiastes 6,067
- Esther 7,184
- Daniel 9,389
- Ezra–Nehemiah 20,288
- Chronicles 51,810
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש ו ב א ל2 Samuel 3:13
… לִפְנֵי הֱבִיאֲךָ אֵת מִיכַל בַּת־שָׁאוּל בְּבֹאֲךָ לִרְאוֹת אֶת־פָּנָֽי
And he said: ‘Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee, that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 439,171 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ו ב א ל2 Samuel 3:13
- ש2 Kings 11:5
וַיְצַוֵּם לֵאמֹר זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּן הַשְּׁלִשִׁית מִכֶּם בָּאֵי הַשַּׁבָּת וְשֹׁמְרֵי מִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And he commanded them, saying: ‘This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, and that keep the watch of the king’s house—
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- ו2 Kings 11:7
וּשְׁתֵּי הַיָּדוֹת בָּכֶם כֹּל יֹצְאֵי הַשַּׁבָּת וְשָֽׁמְרוּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית־יְהוָה אֶל־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And the other two parts of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
- ב2 Kings 11:8
… יוּמָת וִהְיוּ אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּצֵאתוֹ וּבְבֹאֽוֹ
And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.’
- א2 Kings 11:10
וַיִּתֵּן הַכֹּהֵן לְשָׂרֵי המאיות אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית וְאֶת־הַשְּׁלָטִים אֲשֶׁר לַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית יְהוָֽה
And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spear and shields that had been king David’s, which were in the house of the LORD.
- ל2 Kings 11:11
… עַד־כֶּתֶף הַבַּיִת הַשְּׂמָאלִית לַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְלַבָּיִת עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ סָבִֽיב
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 547,784 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Kings 11:5
- ש2 Chronicles 36:18
… וְאֹֽצְרוֹת בֵּית יְהוָה וְאֹצְרוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ וְשָׂרָיו הַכֹּל הֵבִיא בָבֶֽל
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- וPsalms 75:6
אַל־תָּרִימוּ לַמָּרוֹם קַרְנְכֶם תְּדַבְּרוּ בְצַוָּאר עָתָֽק
Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not insolence with a haughty neck.
- בIsaiah 24:23
וְחָֽפְרָה הַלְּבָנָה וּבוֹשָׁה הַֽחַמָּה כִּֽי־מָלַךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת בְּהַר צִיּוֹן וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם וְנֶגֶד זְקֵנָיו כָּבֽוֹד
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; For the LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion, And in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory.
- אDeuteronomy 31:13
וּבְנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָדְעוּ יִשְׁמְעוּ וְלָמְדוּ לְיִרְאָה אֶת …
and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.’
- לGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 299,141, width 299,141 — one row is 299,141 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,637 of the TanakhOpen at skip 299,141 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:18
The spelling
שובאל — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shebuel, Shubael. Searched as שובאל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 339.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 24:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shebuel in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–76,212), שובאל appears 38,882 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 40,085, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shebuel in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 41:34 — the shortest of 38,882 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 40,085.
What is the gematria of Shebuel in Hebrew?
Shebuel is spelled שובאל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 339.
How many times is Shebuel found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 601,389 sequences of שובאל across every skip (2–299,260) — about what chance alone gives (about 605,767).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 40,085 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.