Vaheb והב
Vaheb (והב) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,471,903 sequences of Vaheb, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:5); chance alone would give about 1,481,564.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,471,903
- Chance alone
- 1,481,564
- 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
1,471,903 sequences of והב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,481,564 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which והב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:5, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), והב is found 23,485,482 times; chance alone would give about 22,963,598.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,481,564 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 358,202
- Exodus 296,576
- Leviticus 248,697
- Numbers 298,587
- Deuteronomy 269,841
The shortest skips
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 185Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָֽרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שֵׁנִֽי
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 333Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִֽׁי
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 590Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם רְבִיעִֽי
And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 888Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם חֲמִישִֽׁי
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,108Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, והב appears 5,967,871 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 5,988,114, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 358,202
- Exodus 296,576
- Leviticus 248,697
- Numbers 298,587
- Deuteronomy 280,181
- Joshua 227,662
- Judges 193,316
- Samuel 472,680
- Kings 522,693
- Isaiah 311,235
- Jeremiah 486,262
- Ezekiel 374,995
- The Twelve 324,452
- Psalms 305,376
- Proverbs 89,597
- Job 92,664
- Song of Songs 18,649
- Ruth 21,459
- Lamentations 25,530
- Ecclesiastes 45,256
- Esther 57,472
- Daniel 87,927
- Ezra–Nehemiah 208,134
- Chronicles 620,269
Outside the Torah
וַתּוֹרִדֵם בַּחֶבֶל בְּעַד הַֽחַלּוֹן כִּי בֵיתָהּ בְּקִיר הַֽחוֹמָה וּבַֽחוֹמָה הִיא יוֹשָֽׁבֶת
Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,010Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בִּנְסֹעַ הָעָם מֵאָהֳלֵיהֶם לַעֲבֹר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וְהַכֹּהֲנִים נֹֽשְׂאֵי הָאָרוֹן הַבְּרִית לִפְנֵי הָעָֽם
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bore the ark of the covenant being before the people;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,465Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בעלות הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה מִתּוֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן נִתְּקוּ כַּפּוֹת רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶל הֶחָרָבָה וַיָּשֻׁבוּ מֵֽי־הַיַּרְדֵּן לִמְקוֹמָם וַיֵּלְכוּ כִתְמוֹל־שִׁלְשׁוֹם עַל־כָּל־גְּדוֹתָֽיו
And it came to pass, as the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the midst of the Jordan, as soon as the soles of the priests’feet were drawn up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,884Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
והב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as והב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 13.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 21:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Vaheb appear in the Torah codes?
1,471,903 sequences of והב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,481,564 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Vaheb in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:5 — the shortest of 1,471,903 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,481,564.
What is the gematria of Vaheb in Hebrew?
Vaheb is spelled והב — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 13.
How many times is Vaheb found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, והב appears 5,967,871 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 5,988,114, so the count is in line with chance.
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