Biblical names

Zibia צביא

Zibia (צביא) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Zibia is found 19,432 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 23:8) — 2.1% above the 19,034 chance alone would give (probability of 19,432 or more by chance alone: 0.0021).

Found in the Torah
19,432
Chance alone
19,034
P (≥ found)
0.0021
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 19,432 sequences of צביא at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% above what chance alone gives (about 19,034); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0021 by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 23:8, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 193,302 sequences of צביא, against about 198,337 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 6,509
  • Exodus 4,380
  • Leviticus 2,078
  • Numbers 3,176
  • Deuteronomy 3,289

The shortest skips

  1. Deuteronomy 23:8דברים כג:חskip 2, forward

    לֹֽא־תְתַעֵב אֲדֹמִי כִּי אָחִיךָ הוּא לֹא־תְתַעֵב מִצְרִי כִּי־גֵר הָיִיתָ בְאַרְצֽוֹ

    Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

    צביא at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 23:8ייתבארונםשריולדוצביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 285,957Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 14:12שמות יד:יבskip 2, backward

    הֲלֹא־זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְנוּ אֵלֶיךָ בְמִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹר חֲדַל מִמֶּנּוּ וְנַֽעַבְדָה אֶת־מִצְרָיִם כִּי טוֹב לָנוּ עֲבֹד אֶת־מִצְרַיִם מִמֻּתֵנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּֽר

    Is not this the word that we spoke unto thee in Egypt, saying: Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.’

    צביא at skip 2, backward from Exodus 14:12רדברנולךמריםלאמרצביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 98,693Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 19:1שמות יט:אskip 3, forward

    בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לְצֵאת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה בָּאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינָֽי

    In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

    צביא at skip 3, forward from Exodus 19:1חדשהשלישילאתנישרלמארץמצריםצביא
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 105,630Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 33:6שמות לג:וskip 3, forward

    וַיִּֽתְנַצְּלוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־עֶדְיָם מֵהַר חוֹרֵֽב

    And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.

    צביא at skip 3, forward from Exodus 33:6אעשהלךויתנלונישרלאתעדיםמהרצביא
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 128,064Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 1:3במדבר א:גskip 3, forward

    מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כָּל־יֹצֵא צָבָא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל תִּפְקְדוּ אֹתָם לְצִבְאֹתָם אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹֽן

    from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: ye shall number them by their hosts, even thou and Aaron.

    צביא at skip 3, forward from Numbers 1:3נהומעלהכליאצאבשרלתפקדואתםלצביא
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 186,542Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 73,436 sequences of צביא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 74,636).

  • Genesis 6,509
  • Exodus 4,380
  • Leviticus 2,078
  • Numbers 3,176
  • Deuteronomy 3,534
  • Joshua 2,254
  • Judges 2,020
  • Samuel 4,848
  • Kings 5,250
  • Isaiah 5,474
  • Jeremiah 6,274
  • Ezekiel 4,749
  • The Twelve 4,250
  • Psalms 5,339
  • Proverbs 1,860
  • Job 2,075
  • Song of Songs 338
  • Ruth 200
  • Lamentations 453
  • Ecclesiastes 388
  • Esther 343
  • Daniel 1,353
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,570
  • Chronicles 4,721

Outside the Torah

  1. Ezekiel 30:5יחזקאל ל:הskip 2, forward

    כּוּשׁ וּפוּט וְלוּד וְכָל־הָעֶרֶב וְכוּב וּבְנֵי אֶרֶץ הַבְּרִית אִתָּם בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּֽלוּ

    Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

    צביא at skip 2, forward from Ezekiel 30:5ובניארהרתתםבחרביץביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 769,781Open in the laboratory →

  2. Jeremiah 41:10ירמיהו מא:יskip 2, backward

    וַיִּשְׁבְּ יִשְׁמָעֵאל אֶת־כָּל־שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּצְפָּה אֶת־בְּנוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעָם הַנִּשְׁאָרִים בַּמִּצְפָּה אֲשֶׁר הִפְקִיד נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן רַב־טַבָּחִים אֶת־גְּדַלְיָהוּ בֶּן־אֲחִיקָם וַיִּשְׁבֵּם יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָה וַיֵּלֶךְ לַעֲבֹר אֶל־בְּנֵי עַמּֽוֹן

    Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

    צביא at skip 2, backward from Jeremiah 41:10העםהנשרםמפהאשרהפצביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 706,574Open in the laboratory →

  3. Amos 5:21עמוס ה:כאskip 2, backward

    שָׂנֵאתִי מָאַסְתִּי חַגֵּיכֶם וְלֹא אָרִיחַ בְּעַצְּרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם

    I hate, I despise your feasts, And I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

    צביא at skip 2, backward from Amos 5:21יכםולארחערתיכםכיצביא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 819,535Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

צביא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as צביא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 103.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 8:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Zibia in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 19,432 sequences of צביא at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% above what chance alone gives (about 19,034); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0021 by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Zibia in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 23:8 — the shortest of 19,432 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 19,034.

How is Zibia spelled in Hebrew?

Zibia is spelled צביא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 103.

Is Zibia in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 73,436 sequences of צביא 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.

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