Zebah זבח
Zebah (זבח) is a person named in the Tanakh. Zebah appears 28,140 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.0% more than chance alone would give (about 27,330; probability 5.4 × 10⁻⁷).
- Found in the Torah
- 28,140
- Chance alone
- 27,330
- P (≥ found)
- 5.4 × 10⁻⁷
- 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, זבח appears 28,140 times in the Torah — 3.0% more than the 27,330 chance alone would give; the probability of 28,140 or more by chance alone is 5.4 × 10⁻⁷.
The shortest skip at which זבח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 26:6, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), זבח is found 419,489 times; chance alone would give about 423,600.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 27,330 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 5,450
- Exodus 6,508
- Leviticus 5,855
- Numbers 6,850
- Deuteronomy 3,477
The shortest skips
וְעָשִׂיתָ חֲמִשִּׁים קַרְסֵי זָהָב וְחִבַּרְתָּ אֶת־הַיְרִיעֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחֹתָהּ בַּקְּרָסִים וְהָיָה הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶחָֽד
And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps, that the tabernacle may be one whole.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 115,540Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן בַּמִּדְבָּר בָּֽעֲרָבָה מוֹל סוּף בֵּֽין־פָּארָן וּבֵֽין־תֹּפֶל וְלָבָן וַחֲצֵרֹת וְדִי זָהָֽב
THESE ARE the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel beyond the Jordan; in the wilderness, in the Arabah, over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 250,019Open in the laboratory →
וְעֶפְרוֹן יֹשֵׁב בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי־חֵת וַיַּעַן עֶפְרוֹן הַחִתִּי אֶת־אַבְרָהָם בְּאָזְנֵי בְנֵי־חֵת לְכֹל בָּאֵי שַֽׁעַר־עִירוֹ לֵאמֹֽר
Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying:
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,807Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמַע אַבְרָהָם אֶל־עֶפְרוֹן וַיִּשְׁקֹל אַבְרָהָם לְעֶפְרֹן אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּאָזְנֵי בְנֵי־חֵת אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שֶׁקֶל כֶּסֶף עֹבֵר לַסֹּחֵֽר
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,104Open in the laboratory →
בְּזֹאת תִּבָּחֵנוּ חֵי פַרְעֹה אִם־תֵּצְאוּ מִזֶּה כִּי אִם־בְּבוֹא אֲחִיכֶם הַקָּטֹן הֵֽנָּה
Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 63,664Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, זבח appears 114,798 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 113,789 chance alone would give; the probability of 114,798 or more by chance alone is 0.0014.
- Genesis 5,450
- Exodus 6,508
- Leviticus 5,855
- Numbers 6,850
- Deuteronomy 3,707
- Joshua 3,506
- Judges 3,113
- Samuel 5,332
- Kings 10,210
- Isaiah 7,616
- Jeremiah 5,531
- Ezekiel 6,081
- The Twelve 4,749
- Psalms 8,893
- Proverbs 3,832
- Job 3,770
- Song of Songs 508
- Ruth 556
- Lamentations 682
- Ecclesiastes 1,068
- Esther 675
- Daniel 2,732
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,083
- Chronicles 12,491
Outside the Torah
ואראה בַשָּׁלָל אַדֶּרֶת שִׁנְעָר אַחַת טוֹבָה וּמָאתַיִם שְׁקָלִים כֶּסֶף וּלְשׁוֹן זָהָב אֶחָד חֲמִשִּׁים שְׁקָלִים מִשְׁקָלוֹ וָֽאֶחְמְדֵם וָֽאֶקָּחֵם וְהִנָּם טְמוּנִים בָּאָרֶץ בְּתוֹךְ הָאָֽהֳלִי וְהַכֶּסֶף תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ
When I saw among the spoil a goodly Shinar mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,820Open in the laboratory →
וַיֶּחֱזַק־בּוֹ חֹֽתְנוֹ אֲבִי הַֽנַּעֲרָה וַיֵּשֶׁב אִתּוֹ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים וַיֹּאכְלוּ וַיִּשְׁתּוּ וַיָּלִינוּ שָֽׁם
And his father-in-law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days; so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 377,230Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ מָה הָאָשָׁם אֲשֶׁר נָשִׁיב לוֹ וַיֹּאמְרוּ מִסְפַּר סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים חֲמִשָּׁה עפלי זָהָב וַחֲמִשָּׁה עַכְבְּרֵי זָהָב כִּֽי־מַגֵּפָה אַחַת לְכֻלָּם וּלְסַרְנֵיכֶֽם
Then said they: ‘What shall be the guilt-offering which we shall return to Him?’ And they said: ‘Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 391,053Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זבח — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as זבח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 17.
As a plain word it stands 80 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 31:54. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Zebah in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, זבח appears 28,140 times in the Torah — 3.0% more than the 27,330 chance alone would give; the probability of 28,140 or more by chance alone is 5.4 × 10⁻⁷.
What is the shortest skip for Zebah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 26:6 — the shortest of 28,140 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 27,330.
What is the gematria of Zebah in Hebrew?
Zebah is spelled זבח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 17.
How many times is Zebah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, זבח appears 114,798 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 113,789 chance alone would give; the probability of 114,798 or more by chance alone is 0.0014.
Search it yourself
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