Zebul זבל
Zebul (זבל) is a person named in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–152,424), the Torah holds 1,260,347 sequences of Zebul, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 38:5); chance alone would give about 1,270,978.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 1,260,347
- Chance alone · every skip
- 1,270,978
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,198
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 82,040 found · chance alone about 82,001 (probability of 82,040 or more by chance alone: 0.45).
In the Torah
1,260,347 sequences of זבל across every skip (2–152,424) in the Torah, close to the 1,270,978 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which זבל appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 38:5, reading forward.
The longest skip at which זבל was found in the Torah is 152,198 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,270,978 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 244,535
- Exodus 296,529
- Leviticus 241,131
- Numbers 261,530
- Deuteronomy 216,622
Examples across the range
5 of the 1,260,347 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
- ז ב לGenesis 38:5
וַתֹּסֶף עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵׁלָה וְהָיָה בִכְזִיב בְּלִדְתָּהּ אֹתֽוֹ
And she yet again bore a son, and called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 56,186 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ז ב לGenesis 38:5
Letter by letter
- ז ב לGenesis 41:42
… אֹתוֹ בִּגְדֵי־שֵׁשׁ וַיָּשֶׂם רְבִד הַזָּהָב עַל־צַוָּארֽוֹ
And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,153 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ז ב לGenesis 41:42
- זLeviticus 14:52
וְחִטֵּא אֶת־הַבַּיִת בְּדַם הַצִּפּוֹר וּבַמַּיִם הַֽחַיִּים וּבַצִּפֹּר הַחַיָּה וּבְעֵץ הָאֶרֶז וּבָאֵזֹב וּבִשְׁנִי הַתּוֹלָֽעַת
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- בLeviticus 14:55
וּלְצָרַעַת הַבֶּגֶד וְלַבָּֽיִת
and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house;
- לLeviticus 15:2
דַּבְּרוּ אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲמַרְתֶּם אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי יִהְיֶה זָב …
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, his issue is unclean.
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 164,141 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- זLeviticus 14:52
- זNumbers 6:5
… רֹאשׁוֹ עַד־מְלֹאת הַיָּמִם אֲשֶׁר־יַזִּיר לַיהוָה קָדֹשׁ יִהְיֶה גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע …
All the days of his vow of Naziriteship there shall no razor come upon his head; until the days be fulfilled, in which he consecrateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- בNumbers 6:24
יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee;
- לNumbers 7:19
… אֶת־קָרְבָּנוֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף …
he presented for his offering one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 197,220 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- זNumbers 6:5
- זDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- בLeviticus 8:31
… מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל־בָּנָיו בַּשְּׁלוּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד …
And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons: ‘Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying: Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
- לGenesis 1:10
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.
skip 152,198, width 152,198 — one row is 152,198 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,813 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,198 in the laboratory →
- זDeuteronomy 34:12
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 21,786,361 sequences of זבל across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 21,886,524).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 363,739 found · chance alone about 364,078 (probability of 363,739 or more by chance alone: 0.71).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,022,413
- Exodus 1,234,938
- Leviticus 1,000,677
- Numbers 1,077,378
- Deuteronomy 885,871
- Joshua 649,760
- Judges 662,160
- Samuel 1,206,585
- Kings 1,906,763
- Isaiah 1,554,103
- Jeremiah 1,331,611
- Ezekiel 1,128,019
- The Twelve 1,044,742
- Psalms 1,645,311
- Proverbs 482,811
- Job 605,703
- Song of Songs 91,004
- Ruth 103,760
- Lamentations 108,500
- Ecclesiastes 192,203
- Esther 149,206
- Daniel 564,464
- Ezra–Nehemiah 886,473
- Chronicles 2,251,906
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ז ב לJoshua 17:16
… לֹֽא־יִמָּצֵא לָנוּ הָהָר וְרֶכֶב בַּרְזֶל בְּכָל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיֹּשֵׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־הָעֵמֶק לַֽאֲשֶׁר …
And the children of Joseph said: ‘The hill-country will not be enough for us; and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 331,598 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ז ב לJoshua 17:16
- זJudges 5:23
אוֹרוּ מֵרוֹז אָמַר מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה אֹרוּ אָרוֹר …
’Curse ye Meroz’, said the angel of the LORD, ‘Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of the LORD, To the help of the LORD against the mighty.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- בJudges 5:25
מַיִם שָׁאַל חָלָב נָתָנָה בְּסֵפֶל אַדִּירִים הִקְרִיבָה חֶמְאָֽה
Water he asked, milk she gave him; In a lordly bowl she brought him curd.
- לJudges 5:27
בֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ כָּרַע נָפַל שָׁכָב בֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ כָּרַע נָפָל בַּאֲשֶׁר כָּרַע שָׁם נָפַל שָׁדֽוּד
At her feet he sunk, he fell, he lay; At her feet he sunk, he fell; Where he sunk, there he fell down dead.
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 352,695 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- זJudges 5:23
- ז2 Chronicles 36:17
… וְלֹא חָמַל עַל־בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה זָקֵן וְיָשֵׁשׁ הַכֹּל נָתַן בְּיָדֽוֹ
Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- בIsaiah 24:23
וְחָֽפְרָה הַלְּבָנָה וּבוֹשָׁה הַֽחַמָּה כִּֽי־מָלַךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת בְּהַר צִיּוֹן וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם וְנֶגֶד זְקֵנָיו כָּבֽוֹד
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; For the LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion, And in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory.
- לGenesis 1:5
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 598,196, width 598,196 — one row is 598,196 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,568 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,196 in the laboratory →
- ז2 Chronicles 36:17
The spelling
זבל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as זבל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 39.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 9:30. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Zebul in the Bible code?
1,260,347 sequences of זבל across every skip (2–152,424) in the Torah, close to the 1,270,978 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Zebul in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 38:5 — the shortest of 1,260,347 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 1,270,978.
What is the gematria of Zebul in Hebrew?
Zebul is spelled זבל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 39.
How many times is Zebul found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 21,786,361 sequences of זבל across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 21,886,524).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,270,978 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.