Tribes שבטים
Tribes — in Hebrew שבטים — tribes; the tribes of Israel. In the Torah codes, Tribes is found 387 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 30 (Numbers 36:8) — about what chance alone gives (about 408).
- Found in the Torah
- 387
- Chance alone
- 408
- P (≥ found)
- 0.85
- Shortest skip
- 30
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
387 sequences of שבטים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 408 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 30 — the first at Numbers 36:8, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 3,653 sequences of שבטים, against about 3,213 from chance alone.
- Genesis 62
- Exodus 99
- Leviticus 86
- Numbers 87
- Deuteronomy 53
The shortest skips
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 30, width 30 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 249,640Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּב אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁכַּב עָלָיו כָּל־יְמֵי זוֹבָהּ כְּמִשְׁכַּב נִדָּתָהּ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּהּ וְכָֽל־הַכְּלִי אֲשֶׁר תֵּשֵׁב עָלָיו טָמֵא יִהְיֶה כְּטֻמְאַת נִדָּתָֽהּ
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity; and every thing whereon she sitteth shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity.
skip 37, width 37 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 165,594Open in the laboratory →
יְשַׁלַּח יְהוָה בְּךָ אֶת־הַמְּאֵרָה אֶת־הַמְּהוּמָה וְאֶת־הַמִּגְעֶרֶת בְּכָל־מִשְׁלַח יָדְךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה עַד הִשָּֽׁמֶדְךָ וְעַד־אֲבָדְךָ מַהֵר מִפְּנֵי רֹעַ מַֽעֲלָלֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר עֲזַבְתָּֽנִי
The LORD will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken Me.
skip 50, width 50 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 292,532Open in the laboratory →
וָאֵפֶן וָֽאֵרֵד מִן־הָהָר וָֽאָשִׂם אֶת־הַלֻּחֹת בָּאָרוֹן אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי וַיִּהְיוּ שָׁם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוַּנִי יְהוָֽה
And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me.—
skip 65, width 65 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 267,610Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ שְׁנֵי כְרֻבִים זָהָב מִקְשָׁה עָשָׂה אֹתָם מִשְּׁנֵי קְצוֹת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת
And he made two cherubim of gold: of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the ark-cover:
skip 69, width 69 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 135,024Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שבטים appears 1,545 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,577, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 62
- Exodus 99
- Leviticus 86
- Numbers 87
- Deuteronomy 57
- Joshua 33
- Judges 47
- Samuel 80
- Kings 130
- Isaiah 98
- Jeremiah 94
- Ezekiel 96
- The Twelve 79
- Psalms 111
- Proverbs 74
- Job 52
- Song of Songs 11
- Ruth 5
- Lamentations 10
- Ecclesiastes 14
- Esther 21
- Daniel 33
- Ezra–Nehemiah 52
- Chronicles 114
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי כִרְאוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־אֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה עֹמֶדֶת בֶּֽחָצֵר נָשְׂאָה חֵן בְּעֵינָיו וַיּוֹשֶׁט הַמֶּלֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּר אֶת־שַׁרְבִיט הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ וַתִּקְרַב אֶסְתֵּר וַתִּגַּע בְּרֹאשׁ הַשַּׁרְבִֽיט
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,028,596Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּֽלְכוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּכָל־חַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לֹא־סָרוּ מִמֶּֽנָּה
And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 558,797Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹֽא־עָשׂוּ חֶסֶד עִם־בֵּית יְרֻבַּעַל גִּדְעוֹן כְּכָל־הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown unto Israel.
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,768Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שבטים — the Tanakh's own spelling: tribes; the tribes of Israel. Searched as שבטים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 361.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 18:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Tribes in the Bible code?
387 sequences of שבטים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 408 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Tribes in the Torah?
Skip 30, reading backward from Numbers 36:8 — the shortest of 387 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 408.
How is Tribes spelled in Hebrew?
Tribes is spelled שבטים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 361.
Is Tribes in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שבטים appears 1,545 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,577, 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 408 here) beside the count.