Biblical names

Zobebah צבבה

Zobebah (צבבה) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Zobebah is found 10,195 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 34:18) — about what chance alone gives (about 10,222).

Found in the Torah
10,195
Chance alone
10,222
P (≥ found)
0.61
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, צבבה appears 10,195 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 10,222, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 34:18, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 105,266 sequences of צבבה, against about 106,509 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 2,610
  • Exodus 2,234
  • Leviticus 1,420
  • Numbers 1,907
  • Deuteronomy 2,024

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 34:18שמות לד:יחskip 2, backward

    אֶת־חַג הַמַּצּוֹת תִּשְׁמֹר שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ לְמוֹעֵד חֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב כִּי בְּחֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב יָצָאתָ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם

    The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

    צבבה at skip 2, backward from Exodus 34:18כיבחדשאייאתממצריצבבה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 130,063Open in the laboratory →

  2. Deuteronomy 28:48דברים כח:מחskip 3, backward

    וְעָבַדְתָּ אֶת־אֹיְבֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ יְהוָה בָּךְ בְּרָעָב וּבְצָמָא וּבְעֵירֹם וּבְחֹסֶר כֹּל וְנָתַן עֹל בַּרְזֶל עַל־צַוָּארֶךָ עַד הִשְׁמִידוֹ אֹתָֽךְ

    therefore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

    צבבה at skip 3, backward from Deuteronomy 28:48רישלחנויקובךרעובמאובעירםובצבבק
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 293,927Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 25:22בראשית כה:כבskip 4, forward

    וַיִּתְרֹֽצֲצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ וַתֹּאמֶר אִם־כֵּן לָמָּה זֶּה אָנֹכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ לִדְרֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָֽה

    And the children struggled together within her; and she said: ‘If it be so, wherefore do I live?’ And she went to inquire of the LORD.

    צבבה at skip 4, forward from Genesis 25:22ררבקהאשתוויתרצוהניםקרבותאמראםכןלמהזהצבבה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 33,817Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 8:24במדבר ח:כדskip 4, forward

    זֹאת אֲשֶׁר לַלְוִיִּם מִבֶּן חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה יָבוֹא לִצְבֹא צָבָא בַּעֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד

    ’This is that which pertaineth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the service in the work of the tent of meeting;

    צבבה at skip 4, forward from Numbers 8:24שנהומעלהיבואלבאצאבעדתאלמועדומבןחמשיםצבבה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 203,680Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 10:19שמות י:יטskip 4, backward

    וַיַּהֲפֹךְ יְהוָה רֽוּחַ־יָם חָזָק מְאֹד וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת־הָאַרְבֶּה וַיִּתְקָעֵהוּ יָמָּה סּוּף לֹא נִשְׁאַר אַרְבֶּה אֶחָד בְּכֹל גְּבוּל מִצְרָֽיִם

    And the LORD turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt.

    צבבה at skip 4, backward from Exodus 10:19הסוףלאנשארארבאחדכלגולמריםויחזקיקוקאתצבבה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 92,828Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

37,336 sequences of צבבה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 37,621 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 2,610
  • Exodus 2,234
  • Leviticus 1,420
  • Numbers 1,907
  • Deuteronomy 2,146
  • Joshua 1,432
  • Judges 846
  • Samuel 1,933
  • Kings 2,766
  • Isaiah 2,621
  • Jeremiah 3,494
  • Ezekiel 2,432
  • The Twelve 2,184
  • Psalms 2,344
  • Proverbs 937
  • Job 568
  • Song of Songs 115
  • Ruth 99
  • Lamentations 254
  • Ecclesiastes 248
  • Esther 192
  • Daniel 560
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 944
  • Chronicles 3,050

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 12:1יהושע יב:אskip 2, forward

    וְאֵלֶּה מַלְכֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הִכּוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ אֶת־אַרְצָם בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרְחָה הַשָּׁמֶשׁ מִנַּחַל אַרְנוֹן עַד־הַר חֶרְמוֹן וְכָל־הָעֲרָבָה מִזְרָֽחָה

    Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:

    צבבה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 12:1שואתארםערירדןמזרצבבה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 323,930Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 2:1שמואל א ב:אskip 2, forward

    וַתִּתְפַּלֵּל חַנָּה וַתֹּאמַר עָלַץ לִבִּי בַּֽיהוָה רָמָה קַרְנִי בַּֽיהוָה רָחַב פִּי עַל־אוֹיְבַי כִּי שָׂמַחְתִּי בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ

    And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in the LORD, My horn is exalted in the LORD; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in Thy salvation.

    צבבה at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 2:1תאמרעללייוקרמהקרץבבק
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 385,200Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Samuel 17:49שמואל א יז:מטskip 2, backward

    וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד אֶת־יָדוֹ אֶל־הַכֶּלִי וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם אֶבֶן וַיְקַלַּע וַיַּךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֶל־מִצְחוֹ וַתִּטְבַּע הָאֶבֶן בְּמִצְחוֹ וַיִּפֹּל עַל־פָּנָיו אָֽרְצָה

    And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slung it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth.

    צבבה at skip 2, backward from 1 Samuel 17:49וותטבעאןמחוויפלעצבבה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 412,257Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

צבבה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as צבבה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 99.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Zobebah in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, צבבה appears 10,195 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 10,222, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Zobebah in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Exodus 34:18 — the shortest of 10,195 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 10,222.

How is Zobebah spelled in Hebrew?

Zobebah is spelled צבבה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 99.

Is Zobebah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

37,336 sequences of צבבה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 37,621 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 10,222 here) beside the count.

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