Thebez תבץ
Thebez (תבץ) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 121,294 sequences of Thebez, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 17:23); chance alone would give about 123,004.
- Found in the Torah
- 121,294
- Chance alone
- 123,004
- 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
121,294 sequences of תבץ at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 123,004 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which תבץ appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 17:23, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), תבץ is found 1,888,464 times; chance alone would give about 1,906,510.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 123,004 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 30,841
- Exodus 28,876
- Leviticus 17,352
- Numbers 19,766
- Deuteronomy 24,459
The shortest skips
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־מִקְנַת כַּסְפּוֹ כָּל־זָכָר בְּאַנְשֵׁי בֵּית אַבְרָהָם וַיָּמָל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתָם בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,311Open in the laboratory →
וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ בֶּן־שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בְּהִמֹּלוֹ אֵת בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתֽוֹ
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,407Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה הֵם בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמֹתָם בְּחַצְרֵיהֶם וּבְטִֽירֹתָם שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר נְשִׂיאִם לְאֻמֹּתָֽם
these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 33,511Open in the laboratory →
וְעָֽנְתָה־בִּי צִדְקָתִי בְּיוֹם מָחָר כִּֽי־תָבוֹא עַל־שְׂכָרִי לְפָנֶיךָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־אֵינֶנּוּ נָקֹד וְטָלוּא בָּֽעִזִּים וְחוּם בַּכְּשָׂבִים גָּנוּב הוּא אִתִּֽי
So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou shalt come to look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found with me shall be counted stolen.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 42,974Open in the laboratory →
וּלְמַעַן תְּסַפֵּר בְּאָזְנֵי בִנְךָ וּבֶן־בִּנְךָ אֵת אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַלַּלְתִּי בְּמִצְרַיִם וְאֶת־אֹתֹתַי אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי בָם וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּי־אֲנִי יְהוָֽה
and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what I have wrought upon Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 91,636Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תבץ appears 428,310 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 428,956, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 30,841
- Exodus 28,876
- Leviticus 17,352
- Numbers 19,766
- Deuteronomy 25,335
- Joshua 13,866
- Judges 9,726
- Samuel 21,110
- Kings 29,462
- Isaiah 28,525
- Jeremiah 33,853
- Ezekiel 35,379
- The Twelve 21,798
- Psalms 31,261
- Proverbs 15,185
- Job 10,918
- Song of Songs 2,098
- Ruth 2,452
- Lamentations 1,747
- Ecclesiastes 3,010
- Esther 3,029
- Daniel 5,573
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,675
- Chronicles 27,473
Outside the Torah
וַיִּצְעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהוָה וַיָּשֶׂם מַֽאֲפֵל בֵּינֵיכֶם וּבֵין הַמִּצְרִים וַיָּבֵא עָלָיו אֶת־הַיָּם וַיְכַסֵּהוּ וַתִּרְאֶינָה עֵינֵיכֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי בְּמִצְרָיִם וַתֵּשְׁבוּ בַמִּדְבָּר יָמִים רַבִּֽים
And when they cried out unto the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 342,859Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא גִדְעוֹן וּמֵאָה־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אִתּוֹ בִּקְצֵה הַֽמַּחֲנֶה רֹאשׁ הָאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַתִּֽיכוֹנָה אַךְ הָקֵם הֵקִימוּ אֶת־הַשֹּֽׁמְרִים וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ בַּשּׁוֹפָרוֹת וְנָפוֹץ הַכַּדִּים אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדָֽם
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch; and they blew the horns, and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 357,150Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו זְבֻל אַיֵּה אֵפוֹא פִיךָ אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר מִי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ כִּי נַעַבְדֶנּוּ הֲלֹא זֶה הָעָם אֲשֶׁר מָאַסְתָּה בּוֹ צֵא־נָא עַתָּה וְהִלָּחֶם בּֽוֹ
Then said Zebul unto him: ‘Where is now thy mouth, that thou saidst: Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 362,129Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תבץ — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as תבץ, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 492.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Judges 9:50. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Thebez appear in the Torah codes?
121,294 sequences of תבץ at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 123,004 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Thebez in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 17:23 — the shortest of 121,294 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 123,004.
What is the gematria of Thebez in Hebrew?
Thebez is spelled תבץ — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 492.
How many times is Thebez found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תבץ appears 428,310 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 428,956, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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