Ashpenaz אשפנז
Ashpenaz (אשפנז) is a person named in the Tanakh. Ashpenaz appears 587 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), in line with the 556 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 587
- Chance alone · every skip
- 556
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.10
- Shortest skip
- 41
- Longest skip found
- 73,772
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 71 found · chance alone about 70.5 (probability of 71 or more by chance alone: 0.49).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–76,212), אשפנז appears 587 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 556, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which אשפנז appears in the Torah is 41 — at Genesis 12:4, reading forward.
The longest skip at which אשפנז was found in the Torah is 73,772 — at Genesis 2:2, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 143
- Exodus 127
- Leviticus 89
- Numbers 128
- Deuteronomy 100
Examples across the range
5 of the 587 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- אGenesis 12:4
… אֵלָיו יְהוָה וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתּוֹ לוֹט וְאַבְרָם בֶּן־חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה …
So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- ש פ ןGenesis 12:5
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם אֶת־שָׂרַי אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־לוֹט בֶּן־אָחִיו … כָּל־רְכוּשָׁם אֲשֶׁר רָכָשׁוּ וְאֶת־הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ בְחָרָן וַיֵּצְאוּ לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ אַרְצָה כְּנָֽעַן
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
- זGenesis 12:6
וַיַּעֲבֹר אַבְרָם בָּאָרֶץ עַד מְקוֹם שְׁכֶם עַד אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אָז בָּאָֽרֶץ
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
skip 41, width 41 — one row is 41 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 14,307 of the TorahOpen at skip 41 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 12:4
- אNumbers 7:44
כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מְלֵאָה קְטֹֽרֶת
one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שNumbers 7:43
… אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם …
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the …
- ףNumbers 7:42
… נָשִׂיא לִבְנֵי גָד אֶלְיָסָף בֶּן־דְּעוּאֵֽל
On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad:
- נNumbers 7:41
… עַתֻּדִים חֲמִשָּׁה כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה חֲמִשָּׁה זֶה …
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of …
- זNumbers 7:40
שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים אֶחָד לְחַטָּֽאת
one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
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- אNumbers 7:44
- אNumbers 26:27
… הַזְּבוּלֹנִי לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם שִׁשִּׁים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֽוֹת
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שNumbers 26:25
אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת יִשָּׂשכָר לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָה וְשִׁשִּׁים …
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
- פNumbers 26:22
אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת יְהוּדָה לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם שִׁשָּׁה …
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
- נNumbers 26:19
… וְאוֹנָן וַיָּמָת עֵר וְאוֹנָן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָֽעַן
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- זNumbers 26:16
לְאָזְנִי מִשְׁפַּחַת הָאָזְנִי לְעֵרִי מִשְׁפַּחַת הָעֵרִֽי
of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
skip 120, width 120 — one row is 120 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 232,257 of the TorahOpen at skip 120 in the laboratory →
- אNumbers 26:27
- אDeuteronomy 28:47
תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָבַדְתָּ אֶת …
because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שDeuteronomy 28:24
… יֵרֵד עָלֶיךָ עַד הִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ
The LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust; from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
- פDeuteronomy 28:4
בָּרוּךְ פְּרִֽי־בִטְנְךָ וּפְרִי אַדְמָתְךָ …
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the young of …
- נDeuteronomy 27:4
… הָאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם …
And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and …
- זDeuteronomy 26:8
… מִמִּצְרַיִם בְּיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרֹעַ נְטוּיָה וּבְמֹרָא גָּדֹל …
And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs …
skip 1,091, width 1,091 — one row is 1,091 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 293,856 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,091 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 28:47
- אGenesis 2:2
… אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת …
And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שGenesis 49:6
… בְאַפָּם הָרְגוּ אִישׁ וּבִרְצֹנָם עִקְּרוּ־שֽׁוֹר
Let my soul not come into their council; Unto their assembly let my glory not be not united; For in their anger they slew men, And in their …
- פLeviticus 7:7
… לָהֶם הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר יְכַפֶּר־בּוֹ לוֹ יִהְיֶֽה
As is the sin-offering, so is the guilt-offering; there is one law for them; the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it.
- ןNumbers 20:21
וַיְמָאֵן אֱדוֹם נְתֹן אֶת …
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; wherefore Israel turned away from him.
- זDeuteronomy 29:23
… יְהוָה כָּכָה לָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מֶה חֳרִי הָאַף …
even all the nations shall say ‘Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?’
skip 73,772, width 73,772 — one row is 73,772 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 1,715 of the TorahOpen at skip 73,772 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 2:2
Across the Tanakh
7,184 sequences of אשפנז across every skip (2–299,260) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 7,439 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 240 found · chance alone about 246 (probability of 240 or more by chance alone: 0.67).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 537
- Exodus 402
- Leviticus 274
- Numbers 402
- Deuteronomy 344
- Joshua 192
- Judges 252
- Samuel 644
- Kings 614
- Isaiah 331
- Jeremiah 525
- Ezekiel 445
- The Twelve 328
- Psalms 365
- Proverbs 128
- Job 200
- Song of Songs 19
- Ruth 35
- Lamentations 36
- Ecclesiastes 71
- Esther 68
- Daniel 174
- Ezra–Nehemiah 215
- Chronicles 583
Outside the Torah
- אMalachi 1:10
… בָּכֶם אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת וּמִנְחָה לֹֽא־אֶרְצֶה …
Oh that there were even one among you that would shut the doors, That ye might not kindle fire on Mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שMalachi 1:11
… טְהוֹרָה כִּֽי־גָדוֹל שְׁמִי בַּגּוֹיִם אָמַר יְהוָה …
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My name is great among the nations; And in every place offerings are …
- פMalachi 1:13
וַאֲמַרְתֶּם הִנֵּה מַתְּלָאָה וְהִפַּחְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ אָמַר יְהוָה …
Ye say also: ‘Behold, what a weariness is it!’ And ye have snuffed at it, Saith the LORD of hosts; And ye have brought that which was taken …
- נMalachi 1:14
וְאָרוּר נוֹכֵל וְיֵשׁ בְּעֶדְרוֹ זָכָר וְנֹדֵר וְזֹבֵחַ …
But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, Whereas he hath in his flock a male, And voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing …
- זMalachi 2:1
וְעַתָּה אֲלֵיכֶם הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת הַכֹּהֲנִֽים
And now, this commandment Is for you, O ye priests.
skip 84, width 84 — one row is 84 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 855,800 of the TanakhOpen at skip 84 in the laboratory →
- אMalachi 1:10
- אJeremiah 39:14
… אֲחִיקָם בֶּן־שָׁפָן לְהוֹצִאֵהוּ אֶל־הַבָּיִת וַיֵּשֶׁב …
they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שJeremiah 39:16
… יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנְנִי מבי אֶת …
’Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring My words upon …
- פJeremiah 39:17
… אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה יָגוֹר מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם
But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
- ןJeremiah 40:1
… נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן רַב־טַבָּחִים מִן־הָֽרָמָה בְּקַחְתּוֹ אֹתוֹ …
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken …
- זJeremiah 40:2
… דִּבֶּר אֶת־הָרָעָה הַזֹּאת אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּֽה
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him: ‘The LORD thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;
skip 105, width 105 — one row is 105 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 704,093 of the TanakhOpen at skip 105 in the laboratory →
- אJeremiah 39:14
- א2 Chronicles 34:30
… מִגָּדוֹל וְעַד־קָטָן וַיִּקְרָא בְאָזְנֵיהֶם אֶת־כָּל …
And the king went up to the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שPsalms 77:20
בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּךָ ושביליך בְּמַיִם רַבִּים וְעִקְּבוֹתֶיךָ …
Thy way was in the sea, And Thy path in the great waters, And Thy footsteps were not known.
- פIsaiah 30:13
… נִשְׂגָּבָה אֲשֶׁר־פִּתְאֹם לְפֶתַע יָבוֹא שִׁבְרָֽהּ
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an …
- ןJoshua 4:8
… וַיַּעֲבִרוּם עִמָּם אֶל־הַמָּלוֹן וַיַּנִּחוּם שָֽׁם
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD spoke unto …
- זGenesis 12:12
… הַמִּצְרִים וְאָמְרוּ אִשְׁתּוֹ זֹאת וְהָרְגוּ אֹתִי וְאֹתָךְ …
And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say: This is his wife; and they will kill me, but thee they …
skip 294,623, width 294,623 — one row is 294,623 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,193,256 of the TanakhOpen at skip 294,623 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 34:30
The spelling
אשפנז — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אשפנז, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 438.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Ashpenaz appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–76,212), אשפנז appears 587 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 556, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Ashpenaz in the Torah?
Skip 41, reading forward from Genesis 12:4 — the shortest of 587 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 556.
What is the gematria of Ashpenaz in Hebrew?
Ashpenaz is spelled אשפנז — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 438.
How many times is Ashpenaz found in the whole Tanakh?
7,184 sequences of אשפנז across every skip (2–299,260) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 7,439 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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