Ziba ציבא
Ziba (ציבא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Ziba appears 19,569 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% more than chance alone would give (about 19,034; probability 5.8 × 10⁻⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 19,569
- Chance alone
- 19,034
- P (≥ found)
- 5.8 × 10⁻⁵
- 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, ציבא appears 19,569 times in the Torah — 2.8% more than the 19,034 chance alone would give; the probability of 19,569 or more by chance alone is 5.8 × 10⁻⁵.
The shortest skip at which ציבא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:14, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), ציבא is found 194,461 times; chance alone would give about 198,337.
- Genesis 6,640
- Exodus 4,254
- Leviticus 2,045
- Numbers 3,156
- Deuteronomy 3,474
The shortest skips
וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּשִׁבְעָה וְעֶשְׂרִים יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ יָבְשָׁה הָאָֽרֶץ
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,863Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַבְרָהָם לִפְנֵי עַם הָאָֽרֶץ
And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,915Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּקְרְבוּן אֵלַי כֻּלְּכֶם וַתֹּאמְרוּ נִשְׁלְחָה אֲנָשִׁים לְפָנֵינוּ וְיַחְפְּרוּ־לָנוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְיָשִׁבוּ אֹתָנוּ דָּבָר אֶת־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר נַעֲלֶה־בָּהּ וְאֵת הֶֽעָרִים אֲשֶׁר נָבֹא אֲלֵיהֶֽן
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said: ‘Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us back word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 251,213Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אִם־אֵינְךָ מְשַׁלֵּחַ אֶת־עַמִּי הִנְנִי מַשְׁלִיחַ בְּךָ וּבַעֲבָדֶיךָ וּֽבְעַמְּךָ וּבְבָתֶּיךָ אֶת־הֶעָרֹב וּמָלְאוּ בָּתֵּי מִצְרַיִם אֶת־הֶעָרֹב וְגַם הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר־הֵם עָלֶֽיהָ
Else, if thou wilt not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 88,948Open in the laboratory →
וַתֵּצֵא דִינָה בַּת־לֵאָה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב לִרְאוֹת בִּבְנוֹת הָאָֽרֶץ
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,194Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 73,356 sequences of ציבא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 74,636).
- Genesis 6,640
- Exodus 4,254
- Leviticus 2,045
- Numbers 3,156
- Deuteronomy 3,728
- Joshua 2,226
- Judges 2,074
- Samuel 4,926
- Kings 5,361
- Isaiah 5,353
- Jeremiah 6,236
- Ezekiel 4,717
- The Twelve 4,062
- Psalms 5,353
- Proverbs 1,806
- Job 2,031
- Song of Songs 329
- Ruth 204
- Lamentations 423
- Ecclesiastes 382
- Esther 341
- Daniel 1,298
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,505
- Chronicles 4,906
Outside the Torah
וּמַלְאָךְ בָּא אֶל־שָׁאוּל לֵאמֹר מַהֲרָה וְלֵכָה כִּֽי־פָשְׁטוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying: ‘Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 422,858Open in the laboratory →
בֶּן־אָדָם דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵֽי־עַמְּךָ וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם אֶרֶץ כִּֽי־אָבִיא עָלֶיהָ חָרֶב וְלָקְחוּ עַם־הָאָרֶץ אִישׁ אֶחָד מִקְצֵיהֶם וְנָתְנוּ אֹתוֹ לָהֶם לְצֹפֶֽה
’Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them: When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 774,162Open in the laboratory →
הַמִּזְבֵּחַ עֵץ שָׁלוֹשׁ אַמּוֹת גָּבֹהַּ וְאָרְכּוֹ שְׁתַּֽיִם־אַמּוֹת וּמִקְצֹֽעוֹתָיו לוֹ וְאָרְכּוֹ וְקִֽירֹתָיו עֵץ וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלַי זֶה הַשֻּׁלְחָן אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
The altar, three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits, was of wood, and so the corners thereof; the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were also of wood; and he said unto me: ‘This is the table that is before the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 790,166Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ציבא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ציבא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 103.
As a plain word it stands 12 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 9:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ziba in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, ציבא appears 19,569 times in the Torah — 2.8% more than the 19,034 chance alone would give; the probability of 19,569 or more by chance alone is 5.8 × 10⁻⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Ziba in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:14 — the shortest of 19,569 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 19,034.
What is the gematria of Ziba in Hebrew?
Ziba is spelled ציבא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 103.
How many times is Ziba found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 73,356 sequences of ציבא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 74,636).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 19,034 here) beside the count.