Zabad זבד
Zabad (זבד) is a person named in the Tanakh. Zabad appears 26,742 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 26,733 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 26,742
- Chance alone
- 26,733
- P (≥ found)
- 0.48
- 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, זבד appears 26,742 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 26,733, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which זבד appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 39:12, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), זבד is found 410,020 times; chance alone would give about 414,349.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 26,733 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 5,536
- Exodus 5,876
- Leviticus 4,941
- Numbers 6,373
- Deuteronomy 4,016
The shortest skips
וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂהוּ בְּבִגְדוֹ לֵאמֹר שִׁכְבָה עִמִּי וַיַּעֲזֹב בִּגְדוֹ בְּיָדָהּ וַיָּנָס וַיֵּצֵא הַחֽוּצָה
that she caught him by his garment, saying: ‘Lie with me.’ And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 58,229Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹתָהּ כִּֽי־עָזַב בִּגְדוֹ בְּיָדָהּ וַיָּנָס הַחֽוּצָה
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 58,265Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְשָׁמְעוֹ כִּֽי־הֲרִימֹתִי קוֹלִי וָאֶקְרָא וַיַּעֲזֹב בִּגְדוֹ אֶצְלִי וַיָּנָס וַיֵּצֵא הַחֽוּצָה
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 58,388Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כַּהֲרִימִי קוֹלִי וָאֶקְרָא וַיַּעֲזֹב בִּגְדוֹ אֶצְלִי וַיָּנָס הַחֽוּצָה
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 58,514Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו יְהוָה מזה בְיָדֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר מַטֶּֽה
And the LORD said unto him: ‘What is that in thy hand?’ And he said: ‘A rod.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 81,928Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, זבד appears 133,697 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 133,469, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 5,536
- Exodus 5,876
- Leviticus 4,941
- Numbers 6,373
- Deuteronomy 4,330
- Joshua 3,314
- Judges 3,508
- Samuel 9,564
- Kings 11,287
- Isaiah 8,589
- Jeremiah 8,044
- Ezekiel 7,095
- The Twelve 5,875
- Psalms 11,173
- Proverbs 3,506
- Job 3,400
- Song of Songs 560
- Ruth 603
- Lamentations 686
- Ecclesiastes 1,211
- Esther 1,184
- Daniel 5,528
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,570
- Chronicles 14,944
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעַל יְהוּדָה וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי בְּיָדָם וַיַּכּוּם בְּבֶזֶק עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים אִֽישׁ
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 344,866Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם מֶה־עָשִׂיתִי עַתָּה כָּכֶם הֲלוֹא טוֹב עֹלְלוֹת אֶפְרַיִם מִבְצִיר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר
And he said unto them: ‘What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 357,857Open in the laboratory →
וּמִי יִתֵּן אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה בְּיָדִי וְאָסִירָה אֶת־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ רַבֶּה צְבָאֲךָ וָצֵֽאָה
And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech.’ And he said to Abimelech: ‘Increase thine army, and come out.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 361,574Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זבד — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as זבד, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 13.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 30:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Zabad appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, זבד appears 26,742 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 26,733, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Zabad in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 39:12 — the shortest of 26,742 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 26,733.
What is the gematria of Zabad in Hebrew?
Zabad is spelled זבד — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 13.
How many times is Zabad found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, זבד appears 133,697 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 133,469, 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 26,733 here) beside the count.