Abishai אבישי
Abishai (אבישי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Abishai appears 7,508 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 7,690 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 7,508
- Chance alone
- 7,690
- P (≥ found)
- 0.98
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
7,508 sequences of אבישי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 7,690 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Genesis 30:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 58,458 sequences of אבישי, against about 60,607 from chance alone.
- Genesis 2,293
- Exodus 1,472
- Leviticus 981
- Numbers 1,548
- Deuteronomy 1,214
The shortest skips
וַיָּבֹא יַעֲקֹב מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה בָּעֶרֶב וַתֵּצֵא לֵאָה לִקְרָאתוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלַי תָּבוֹא כִּי שָׂכֹר שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ בְּדוּדָאֵי בְּנִי וַיִּשְׁכַּב עִמָּהּ בַּלַּיְלָה הֽוּא
And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said: ‘Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son’s mandrakes.’ And he lay with her that night.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 42,192Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲנִי נָתַתִּֽי לְךָ שְׁכֶם אַחַד עַל־אַחֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר לָקַחְתִּי מִיַּד הָֽאֱמֹרִי בְּחַרְבִּי וּבְקַשְׁתִּֽי
Moreover I have given to thee one aportion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 75,225Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵיבָה אָשִׁית בֵּֽינְךָ וּבֵין הָֽאִשָּׁה וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ וּבֵין זַרְעָהּ הוּא יְשׁוּפְךָ רֹאשׁ וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵֽב
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 3,672Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן־הַיַּיִן וַיִּשְׁכָּר וַיִּתְגַּל בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֹֽה
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 11,237Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקֹּב בֶּן־הָֽאִשָּׁה הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית אֶת־הַשֵּׁם וַיְקַלֵּל וַיָּבִיאוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ שְׁלֹמִית בַּת־דִּבְרִי לְמַטֵּה־דָֽן
And the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 179,047Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
32,857 sequences of אבישי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 33,334 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 2,293
- Exodus 1,472
- Leviticus 981
- Numbers 1,548
- Deuteronomy 1,373
- Joshua 1,016
- Judges 1,376
- Samuel 3,207
- Kings 3,436
- Isaiah 1,497
- Jeremiah 2,289
- Ezekiel 1,857
- The Twelve 1,483
- Psalms 1,778
- Proverbs 633
- Job 893
- Song of Songs 116
- Ruth 161
- Lamentations 130
- Ecclesiastes 270
- Esther 210
- Daniel 605
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,150
- Chronicles 3,083
Outside the Torah
הֲלוֹא כִבְנֵי כֻשִׁיִּים אַתֶּם לִי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם־יְהוָה הֲלוֹא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶעֱלֵיתִי מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּים מִכַּפְתּוֹר וַאֲרָם מִקִּֽיר
Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor, And Aram from Kir?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 822,581Open in the laboratory →
וּמֵהֶם מִן־בְּנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן הָלְכוּ לְהַר שֵׂעִיר אֲנָשִׁים חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וּפְלַטְיָה וּנְעַרְיָה וּרְפָיָה וְעֻזִּיאֵל בְּנֵי יִשְׁעִי בְּרֹאשָֽׁם
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,104,092Open in the laboratory →
וְעַל־יְדֵי בְנֵי־מְנַשֶּׁה בֵּית־שְׁאָן וּבְנֹתֶיהָ תַּעְנַךְ וּבְנֹתֶיהָ מְגִדּוֹ וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ דּוֹר וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ בְּאֵלֶּה יָשְׁבוּ בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף בֶּן־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and the towns thereof, Taanach and the towns thereof, Megiddo and the towns thereof, Dor and the towns thereof. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,109,966Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אבישי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אבישי, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 323.
As a plain word it stands 13 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 26:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Avishai, Avishay.
Questions
Is Abishai in the Torah codes?
7,508 sequences of אבישי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 7,690 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Abishai in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Genesis 30:16 — the shortest of 7,508 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 7,690.
How is Abishai spelled in Hebrew?
Abishai is spelled אבישי — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 323.
Is Abishai in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
32,857 sequences of אבישי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 33,334 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 7,690 here) beside the count.