Sherebiah שרביה
Sherebiah (שרביה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Sherebiah appears 4,486 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 4,579 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 4,486
- Chance alone
- 4,579
- P (≥ found)
- 0.92
- 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 4,486 sequences of שרביה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,579).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 16:7, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 34,505 sequences of שרביה, against about 36,091 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,028
- Exodus 1,053
- Leviticus 598
- Numbers 1,007
- Deuteronomy 800
The shortest skips
וַֽיִּמְצָאָהּ מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה עַל־עֵין הַמַּיִם בַּמִּדְבָּר עַל־הָעַיִן בְּדֶרֶךְ שֽׁוּר
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 18,682Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמַע רְאוּבֵן וַיַּצִּלֵהוּ מִיָּדָם וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא נַכֶּנּוּ נָֽפֶשׁ
And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand; and said: ‘Let us not take his life.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 55,132Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֹתָהּ שִׁבְעָה עַל־כֵּן שֵׁם־הָעִיר בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 36,131Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־בַּת יֹרֶשֶׁת נַחֲלָה מִמַּטּוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאֶחָד מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת מַטֵּה אָבִיהָ תִּהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה לְמַעַן יִֽירְשׁוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ נַחֲלַת אֲבֹתָֽיו
And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 249,688Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה בְאֵר בַּשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶדְרֵי־צֹאן רֹבְצִים עָלֶיהָ כִּי מִן־הַבְּאֵר הַהִוא יַשְׁקוּ הָעֲדָרִים וְהָאֶבֶן גְּדֹלָה עַל־פִּי הַבְּאֵֽר
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it.—For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone upon the well’s mouth was great.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 39,864Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 17,279 sequences of שרביה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 17,536).
- Genesis 1,028
- Exodus 1,053
- Leviticus 598
- Numbers 1,007
- Deuteronomy 883
- Joshua 729
- Judges 569
- Samuel 1,235
- Kings 1,847
- Isaiah 915
- Jeremiah 1,263
- Ezekiel 1,009
- The Twelve 823
- Psalms 847
- Proverbs 309
- Job 268
- Song of Songs 53
- Ruth 69
- Lamentations 68
- Ecclesiastes 141
- Esther 179
- Daniel 209
- Ezra–Nehemiah 552
- Chronicles 1,625
Outside the Torah
וְיוֹזָבָד בֶּן־שִׁמְעָת וִיהוֹזָבָד בֶּן־שֹׁמֵר עֲבָדָיו הִכֻּהוּ וַיָּמֹת וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ עִם־אֲבֹתָיו בְּעִיר דָּוִד וַיִּמְלֹךְ אֲמַצְיָה בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו
For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 550,219Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁמְרוּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶרֶת אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵד וְאֵת מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ וּמִשְׁמֶרֶת בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן אֲחֵיהֶם לַעֲבֹדַת בֵּית יְהוָֽה
and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,132,597Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לָהֿ בַיִת בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָר וְהוּכַן וְהֻנִּיחָה שָּׁם עַל־מְכֻנָתָֽהּ
And he said unto me: ‘To build her a house in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 846,619Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שרביה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שרביה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 517.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 9:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Sherebiah appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 4,486 sequences of שרביה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,579).
What is the shortest skip for Sherebiah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 16:7 — the shortest of 4,486 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,579.
How is Sherebiah spelled in Hebrew?
Sherebiah is spelled שרביה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 517.
Is Sherebiah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 17,279 sequences of שרביה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 17,536).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 4,579 here) beside the count.