שֵׁשַׁךְ Sheshach
Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
A symbolic name of Babylon. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 25:26 and last at Jeremiah 51:41.
וְאֵת כָּל־מַלְכֵי הַצָּפוֹן הַקְּרֹבִים וְהָֽרְחֹקִים אִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו וְאֵת כָּל־הַמַּמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה וּמֶלֶךְ שֵׁשַׁךְ יִשְׁתֶּה אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם
and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth.—And the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
אֵיךְ נִלְכְּדָה שֵׁשַׁךְ וַתִּתָּפֵשׂ תְּהִלַּת כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֵיךְ הָיְתָה לְשַׁמָּה בָּבֶל בַּגּוֹיִֽם
How is Sheshach taken! And the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment Among the nations!
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Sheshach?
Sheshach — ששך in Hebrew — has a gematria of 620 in the standard method.
How many times is Sheshach named in the Tanakh?
2 times, first at Jeremiah 25:26.
A spelling is not a name. The written word ששך stands 2 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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