Achshaph אכשף
Achshaph (אכשף) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Achshaph appears 8,024 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 8,353 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 8,024
- Chance alone
- 8,353
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
8,024 sequences of אכשף at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 8,353 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which אכשף appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Exodus 25:4, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), אכשף is found 84,275 times; chance alone would give about 87,041.
- Genesis 1,758
- Exodus 1,696
- Leviticus 1,398
- Numbers 1,555
- Deuteronomy 1,617
The shortest skips
וּתְכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ וְעִזִּֽים
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’hair;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 113,558Open in the laboratory →
וּתְכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ וְעִזִּֽים
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’hair;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 131,249Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־הַחַיָּה אֲשֶֽׁר־אִתְּךָ מִכָּל־בָּשָׂר בָּעוֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ הוצא אִתָּךְ וְשָֽׁרְצוּ בָאָרֶץ וּפָרוּ וְרָבוּ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.’
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,920Open in the laboratory →
אַךְ אֶת־זֶה תֹּֽאכְלוּ מִכֹּל שֶׁרֶץ הָעוֹף הַהֹלֵךְ עַל־אַרְבַּע אֲשֶׁר־לא כְרָעַיִם מִמַּעַל לְרַגְלָיו לְנַתֵּר בָּהֵן עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
Yet these may ye eat of all winged swarming things that go upon all fours, which have jointed legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 156,215Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא־תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ פֶסֶל כָּל־תְּמוּנָה אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל וַאֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת וַאֲשֶׁר בַּמַּיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָֽרֶץ
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, even any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 259,820Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 27,233 sequences of אכשף at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 27,995).
- Genesis 1,758
- Exodus 1,696
- Leviticus 1,398
- Numbers 1,555
- Deuteronomy 1,726
- Joshua 664
- Judges 849
- Samuel 2,200
- Kings 2,270
- Isaiah 1,595
- Jeremiah 1,605
- Ezekiel 1,719
- The Twelve 1,230
- Psalms 1,728
- Proverbs 790
- Job 1,026
- Song of Songs 106
- Ruth 157
- Lamentations 113
- Ecclesiastes 290
- Esther 306
- Daniel 475
- Ezra–Nehemiah 524
- Chronicles 1,453
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּסֶף עוֹד אַבְנֵר לֵאמֹר אֶל־עֲשָׂהאֵל סוּר לְךָ מֵאַֽחֲרָי לָמָּה אַכֶּכָּה אַרְצָה וְאֵיךְ אֶשָּׂא פָנַי אֶל־יוֹאָב אָחִֽיךָ
And Abner said again to Asahel: ‘Turn thee aside from following me; wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 437,709Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם אֶל־מִדְבַּר הָֽעַמִּים וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי אִתְּכֶם שָׁם פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I plead with you face to face.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 754,693Open in the laboratory →
בֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ כָּרַע נָפַל שָׁכָב בֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ כָּרַע נָפָל בַּאֲשֶׁר כָּרַע שָׁם נָפַל שָׁדֽוּד
At her feet he sunk, he fell, he lay; At her feet he sunk, he fell; Where he sunk, there he fell down dead.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 352,914Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אכשף — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אכשף, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 401.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 11:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Achshaph in the Bible code?
8,024 sequences of אכשף at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 8,353 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Achshaph in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading backward from Exodus 25:4 — the shortest of 8,024 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 8,353.
What is the gematria of Achshaph in Hebrew?
Achshaph is spelled אכשף — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 401.
How many times is Achshaph found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 27,233 sequences of אכשף at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 27,995).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 8,353 here) beside the count.