Zerubavel (Zerubbabel · זרבבל)
Zerubavel (Zerubbabel · זרבבל) is a person named in the Tanakh. Zerubavel (Zerubbabel) appears 256 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 257 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 256
- Chance alone
- 257
- P (≥ found)
- 0.53
- Shortest skip
- 25
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 256 sequences of זרבבל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 257).
The shortest skip at which זרבבל appears in the Torah is 25 — the first at Numbers 14:24, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), זרבבל is found 1,978 times; chance alone would give about 2,026.
- Genesis 45
- Exodus 54
- Leviticus 54
- Numbers 68
- Deuteronomy 35
The shortest skips
וְעַבְדִּי כָלֵב עֵקֶב הָֽיְתָה רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת עִמּוֹ וַיְמַלֵּא אַחֲרָי וַהֲבִֽיאֹתִיו אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בָּא שָׁמָּה וְזַרְעוֹ יוֹרִשֶֽׁנָּה
But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 212,235Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה כִּֽי־תִמְצֶאןָ אֹתוֹ רָעוֹת רַבּוֹת וְצָרוֹת וְעָנְתָה הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת לְפָנָיו לְעֵד כִּי לֹא תִשָּׁכַח מִפִּי זַרְעוֹ כִּי יָדַעְתִּי אֶת־יִצְרוֹ אֲשֶׁר הוּא עֹשֶׂה הַיּוֹם בְּטֶרֶם אֲבִיאֶנּוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבָּֽעְתִּי
then it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination how they do even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.’
skip 46, width 46 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 299,896Open in the laboratory →
אִם־יִרְאֶה אִישׁ בָּאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה הַדּוֹר הָרָע הַזֶּה אֵת הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לָתֵת לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם
’Surely there shall not one of these men, even this evil generation, see the good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers,
skip 77, width 77 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 251,913Open in the laboratory →
וְלָמָה יְהוָה מֵבִיא אֹתָנוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לִנְפֹּל בַּחֶרֶב נָשֵׁינוּ וְטַפֵּנוּ יִהְיוּ לָבַז הֲלוֹא טוֹב לָנוּ שׁוּב מִצְרָֽיְמָה
And wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey; were it not better for us to return into Egypt?’
skip 125, width 125 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 211,112Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה כִּתְבוּ לָכֶם אֶת־הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת וְלַמְּדָהּ אֶת־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שִׂימָהּ בְּפִיהֶם לְמַעַן תִּהְיֶה־לִּי הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת לְעֵד בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel.
skip 126, width 126 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 299,751Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,089 sequences of זרבבל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,123 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 45
- Exodus 54
- Leviticus 54
- Numbers 68
- Deuteronomy 42
- Joshua 32
- Judges 34
- Samuel 66
- Kings 122
- Isaiah 67
- Jeremiah 68
- Ezekiel 47
- The Twelve 35
- Psalms 79
- Proverbs 25
- Job 28
- Song of Songs 5
- Ruth 2
- Lamentations 8
- Ecclesiastes 6
- Esther 5
- Daniel 20
- Ezra–Nehemiah 52
- Chronicles 125
Outside the Torah
וַיִּקַּח עֲשָׂרָה אֲנָשִׁים מִזִּקְנֵי הָעִיר וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁבוּ־פֹה וַיֵּשֵֽׁבוּ
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said: ‘Sit ye down here.’ And they sat down.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,004,749Open in the laboratory →
כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי מֵהֶם עַד שֶֽׁמָּצָאתִי אֵת שֶׁאָהֲבָה נַפְשִׁי אֲחַזְתִּיו וְלֹא אַרְפֶּנּוּ עַד־שֶׁהֲבֵיאתִיו אֶל־בֵּית אִמִּי וְאֶל־חֶדֶר הוֹרָתִֽי
Scarce had I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 997,351Open in the laboratory →
כִּי־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹֽל
For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.
skip 28, width 28 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 988,370Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זרבבל — the Tanakh's own spelling: Zerubbabel. Searched as זרבבל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 241.
As a plain word it stands 21 times in the Tanakh, first at Haggai 1:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Zerubbabel.
Questions
Is Zerubavel (Zerubbabel) in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 256 sequences of זרבבל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 257).
What is the shortest skip for Zerubavel (Zerubbabel) in the Torah?
Skip 25, reading backward from Numbers 14:24 — the shortest of 256 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 257.
What is the gematria of Zerubavel (Zerubbabel) in Hebrew?
Zerubavel is spelled זרבבל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 241.
How many times is Zerubavel (Zerubbabel) found in the whole Tanakh?
1,089 sequences of זרבבל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,123 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 257 here) beside the count.