Shobal שובל
Shobal (שובל) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shobal appears 56,965 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 57,786 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 56,965
- Chance alone
- 57,786
- 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
At skips 2–5,000, שובל appears 56,965 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 57,786, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 21:28, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 589,995 sequences of שובל, against about 602,121 from chance alone.
- Genesis 13,674
- Exodus 11,426
- Leviticus 8,343
- Numbers 13,584
- Deuteronomy 9,938
The shortest skips
וְכִֽי־יִגַּח שׁוֹר אֶת־אִישׁ אוֹ אֶת־אִשָּׁה וָמֵת סָקוֹל יִסָּקֵל הַשּׁוֹר וְלֹא יֵאָכֵל אֶת־בְּשָׂרוֹ וּבַעַל הַשּׁוֹר נָקִֽי
And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,247Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא מֹשֶׁה אֶל־בְּצַלְאֵל וְאֶל־אָֽהֳלִיאָב וְאֶל כָּל־אִישׁ חֲכַם־לֵב אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה חָכְמָה בְּלִבּוֹ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר נְשָׂאוֹ לִבּוֹ לְקָרְבָה אֶל־הַמְּלָאכָה לַעֲשֹׂת אֹתָֽהּ
And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 132,832Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה יַֽעַמְדוּ עַל־הַקְּלָלָה בְּהַר עֵיבָל רְאוּבֵן גָּד וְאָשֵׁר וּזְבוּלֻן דָּן וְנַפְתָּלִֽי
and these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 291,037Open in the laboratory →
וַיֶּאְסֹר יוֹסֵף מֶרְכַּבְתּוֹ וַיַּעַל לִקְרַֽאת־יִשְׂרָאֵל אָבִיו גֹּשְׁנָה וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו וַיִּפֹּל עַל־צַוָּארָיו וַיֵּבְךְּ עַל־צַוָּארָיו עֽוֹד
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 71,568Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּשֶׁב יוֹסֵף בְּמִצְרַיִם הוּא וּבֵית אָבִיו וַיְחִי יוֹסֵף מֵאָה וָעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִֽים
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 77,789Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שובל appears 251,299 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 251,599, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 13,674
- Exodus 11,426
- Leviticus 8,343
- Numbers 13,584
- Deuteronomy 10,500
- Joshua 8,498
- Judges 8,922
- Samuel 25,078
- Kings 23,535
- Isaiah 12,189
- Jeremiah 16,521
- Ezekiel 13,176
- The Twelve 10,315
- Psalms 14,300
- Proverbs 5,551
- Job 5,307
- Song of Songs 973
- Ruth 919
- Lamentations 1,047
- Ecclesiastes 2,369
- Esther 3,040
- Daniel 4,169
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,442
- Chronicles 28,421
Outside the Torah
וְיָרַד הַגְּבוּל נַחַל קָנָה נֶגְבָּה לַנַּחַל עָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לְאֶפְרַיִם בְּתוֹךְ עָרֵי מְנַשֶּׁה וּגְבוּל מְנַשֶּׁה מִצְּפוֹן לַנַּחַל וַיְהִי תֹצְאֹתָיו הַיָּֽמָּה
And the border went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook, by cities which belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh; but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook; and the goings out thereof were at the sea:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 331,103Open in the laboratory →
בֶּן־שָׁנָה שָׁאוּל בְּמָלְכוֹ וּשְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים מָלַךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Saul was a—years old when he began to reign; and two years he reigned over Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 401,031Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁאַל שָׁאוּל בֵּֽאלֹהִים הַֽאֵרֵד אַחֲרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים הֲתִתְּנֵם בְּיַד יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא עָנָהוּ בַּיּוֹם הַהֽוּא
And Saul asked counsel of God: ‘Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt Thou deliver them into the hand of Israel?’ But He answered him not that day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 404,783Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שובל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שובל, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 338.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Shobal appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שובל appears 56,965 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 57,786, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shobal in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 21:28 — the shortest of 56,965 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 57,786.
How is Shobal spelled in Hebrew?
Shobal is spelled שובל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 338.
Is Shobal in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שובל appears 251,299 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 251,599, 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 57,786 here) beside the count.