Tove טובה
In Hebrew letters the first name Tove is written טובה — female given name. Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 88,333 sequences of Tove, the shortest at skip 3 (Numbers 16:35); chance alone would give about 90,593.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 88,333
- Chance alone · every skip
- 90,593
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 3
- Longest skip found
- 101,543
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 9,044 found · chance alone about 8,694 (probability of 9,044 or more by chance alone: 9.9 × 10⁻⁵).
In the Torah
88,333 sequences of טובה across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 90,593 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which טובה appears in the Torah is 3 — at Numbers 16:35, reading forward.
The longest skip at which טובה was found in the Torah is 101,543 — at Genesis 1:4, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 15,841
- Exodus 17,313
- Leviticus 23,742
- Numbers 18,977
- Deuteronomy 12,460
Examples across the range
5 of the 88,333 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
- טNumbers 16:35
וְאֵשׁ יָצְאָה מֵאֵת יְהוָה וַתֹּאכַל אֵת הַחֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתַיִם אִישׁ מַקְרִיבֵי הַקְּטֹֽרֶת
And fire came forth from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
- ו ב הNumbers 17:1
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 217,168 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- טNumbers 16:35
Letter by letter
- ט ו ב הLeviticus 14:2
זֹאת תִּֽהְיֶה תּוֹרַת הַמְּצֹרָע בְּיוֹם טָהֳרָתוֹ וְהוּבָא אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 161,293 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- ט ו ב הLeviticus 14:2
- טLeviticus 14:7
וְהִזָּה עַל הַמִּטַּהֵר מִן־הַצָּרַעַת שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים וְטִהֲרוֹ …
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וLeviticus 14:8
… וְטָהֵר וְאַחַר יָבוֹא אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְיָשַׁב מִחוּץ לְאָהֳלוֹ שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean; and after that he may come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.
- בLeviticus 14:9
… וְכִבֶּס אֶת־בְּגָדָיו וְרָחַץ אֶת־בְּשָׂרוֹ בַּמַּיִם וְטָהֵֽר
And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off; and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
- הLeviticus 14:11
וְהֶעֱמִיד הַכֹּהֵן הַֽמְטַהֵר אֵת הָאִישׁ הַמִּטַּהֵר וְאֹתָם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
And the priest that cleanseth him shall set the man that is to be cleansed, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 161,546 of the TorahOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- טLeviticus 14:7
- טDeuteronomy 30:9
… אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶךָ בִּפְרִי בִטְנְךָ וּבִפְרִי בְהֶמְתְּךָ וּבִפְרִי אַדְמָתְךָ לְטוֹבָה …
And the LORD thy God will make thee over-abundant in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good; for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וDeuteronomy 31:4
וְעָשָׂה יְהוָה לָהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְסִיחוֹן וּלְעוֹג מַלְכֵי הָאֱמֹרִי וּלְאַרְצָם אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁמִיד אֹתָֽם
And the LORD will do unto them as He did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land; whom He destroyed.
- בDeuteronomy 31:17
… הֲלֹא עַל כִּֽי־אֵין אֱלֹהַי בְּקִרְבִּי מְצָאוּנִי הָרָעוֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה
Then My anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day: Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
- הDeuteronomy 32:3
כִּי שֵׁם יְהוָה אֶקְרָא הָבוּ גֹדֶל לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ
For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
skip 1,001, width 1,001 — one row is 1,001 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 297,614 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,001 in the laboratory →
- טDeuteronomy 30:9
- טGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וExodus 16:8
… לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר לִשְׂבֹּעַ בִּשְׁמֹעַ יְהוָה אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם מַלִּינִם …
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- בNumbers 8:17
כִּי לִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי …
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- הDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
skip 101,543, width 101,543 — one row is 101,543 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 121 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,543 in the laboratory →
- טGenesis 1:4
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,259,338 sequences of טובה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,265,029).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 31,310 found · chance alone about 31,499 (probability of 31,310 or more by chance alone: 0.86).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 59,503
- Exodus 67,059
- Leviticus 94,713
- Numbers 77,102
- Deuteronomy 51,087
- Joshua 34,271
- Judges 28,245
- Samuel 68,582
- Kings 83,073
- Isaiah 78,484
- Jeremiah 75,130
- Ezekiel 79,328
- The Twelve 62,063
- Psalms 109,214
- Proverbs 46,567
- Job 46,121
- Song of Songs 6,251
- Ruth 5,758
- Lamentations 8,097
- Ecclesiastes 20,513
- Esther 10,322
- Daniel 28,560
- Ezra–Nehemiah 39,796
- Chronicles 79,499
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ט ו ב ה1 Kings 6:38
… כָּלָה הַבַּיִת לְכָל־דְּבָרָיו וּלְכָל־משפטו וַיִּבְנֵהוּ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִֽים
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 489,792 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ט ו ב ה1 Kings 6:38
- טJoshua 14:3
כִּֽי־נָתַן מֹשֶׁה נַחֲלַת שְׁנֵי הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּה מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן וְלַלְוִיִּם …
For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וJoshua 14:4
… בָּאָרֶץ כִּי אִם־עָרִים לָשֶׁבֶת וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם לְמִקְנֵיהֶם וּלְקִנְיָנָֽם
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the open land about them for their cattle and for their substance.—
- בJoshua 14:6
… יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּגִּלְגָּל וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה הַקְּנִזִּי אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ אֶֽת …
Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal; and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him: ‘Thou knowest the thing that the LORD spoke unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea.
- הJoshua 14:7
… שָׁנָה אָנֹכִי בִּשְׁלֹחַ מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה אֹתִי מִקָּדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ לְרַגֵּל אֶת …
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him back word as it was in my heart.
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 326,771 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- טJoshua 14:3
- ט2 Chronicles 36:14
… לִמְעָול־מַעַל כְּכֹל תֹּעֲבוֹת הַגּוֹיִם וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הִקְדִּישׁ …
Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, transgressed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of the LORD which He had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וEzekiel 46:13
וְכֶבֶשׂ בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֹ תָּמִים תַּעֲשֶׂה עוֹלָה לַיּוֹם לַֽיהֹוָה בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתֽוֹ
And thou shalt prepare a lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering unto the LORD daily; morning by morning shalt thou prepare it.
- ב1 Samuel 11:8
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם בְּבָזֶק וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשִׁים אָֽלֶף
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
- הGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 398,732, width 398,732 — one row is 398,732 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,341 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,732 in the laboratory →
- ט2 Chronicles 36:14
The spelling
טובה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as טובה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 22.
As a plain word it stands 50 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 15:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Tova.
Questions
Does Tove appear in the Torah codes?
88,333 sequences of טובה across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 90,593 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Tove in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Numbers 16:35 — the shortest of 88,333 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 90,593.
What is the gematria of Tove in Hebrew?
Tove is spelled טובה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 22.
How many times is Tove found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,259,338 sequences of טובה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,265,029).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 90,593 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.