Bashemath בשמת
Bashemath (בשמת) is a person named in the Tanakh — Basemath. Bashemath appears 39,839 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 39,515 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 39,839
- Chance alone
- 39,515
- P (≥ found)
- 0.05
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 39,839 sequences of בשמת at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 39,515).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 4:19, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 429,935 sequences of בשמת, against about 411,746 from chance alone.
- Genesis 7,873
- Exodus 9,200
- Leviticus 6,530
- Numbers 9,922
- Deuteronomy 6,314
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְיָן לֵךְ שֻׁב מִצְרָיִם כִּי־מֵתוּ כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁים הַֽמְבַקְשִׁים אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian: ‘Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 82,927Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בַדֶּרֶךְ בַּמָּלוֹן וַיִּפְגְּשֵׁהוּ יְהוָה וַיְבַקֵּשׁ הֲמִיתֽוֹ
And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 83,205Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵהֶם יֵרֶא יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם וְיִשְׁפֹּט אֲשֶׁר הִבְאַשְׁתֶּם אֶת־רֵיחֵנוּ בְּעֵינֵי פַרְעֹה וּבְעֵינֵי עֲבָדָיו לָֽתֶת־חֶרֶב בְּיָדָם לְהָרְגֵֽנוּ
and they said unto them: ‘The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 84,627Open in the laboratory →
וְזֹאת עֲשׂוּ לָהֶם וְחָיוּ וְלֹא יָמֻתוּ בְּגִשְׁתָּם אֶת־קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו יָבֹאוּ וְשָׂמוּ אוֹתָם אִישׁ אִישׁ עַל־עֲבֹדָתוֹ וְאֶל־מַשָּׂאֽוֹ
but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 193,707Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַתִּשָּׂא אֵֽשֶׁת־אֲדֹנָיו אֶת־עֵינֶיהָ אֶל־יוֹסֵף וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁכְבָה עִמִּֽי
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said: ‘Lie with me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 57,954Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 138,364 sequences of בשמת at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 137,467); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0078 by chance alone.
- Genesis 7,873
- Exodus 9,200
- Leviticus 6,530
- Numbers 9,922
- Deuteronomy 6,772
- Joshua 4,176
- Judges 4,375
- Samuel 9,309
- Kings 12,683
- Isaiah 5,756
- Jeremiah 9,569
- Ezekiel 9,713
- The Twelve 5,448
- Psalms 7,025
- Proverbs 3,348
- Job 2,824
- Song of Songs 584
- Ruth 531
- Lamentations 836
- Ecclesiastes 1,501
- Esther 1,672
- Daniel 1,830
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,942
- Chronicles 11,945
Outside the Torah
וּדְבַר־אַבְנֵר הָיָה עִם־זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר גַּם־תְּמוֹל גַּם־שִׁלְשֹׁם הֱיִיתֶם מְבַקְשִׁים אֶת־דָּוִד לְמֶלֶךְ עֲלֵיכֶֽם
And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying: ‘In times past ye sought for David to be king over you;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 439,394Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־הָאָרֶץ מְבַקְשִׁים אֶת־פְּנֵי שְׁלֹמֹה לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת־חָכְמָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן אֱלֹהִים בְּלִבּֽוֹ
And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 500,640Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵמָּה מְבִאִים אִישׁ מִנְחָתוֹ כְּלֵי כֶסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב וּשְׂלָמוֹת וְנֵשֶׁק וּבְשָׂמִים סוּסִים וּפְרָדִים דְּבַר־שָׁנָה בְּשָׁנָֽה
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 500,709Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בשמת — the Tanakh's own spelling: Basemath. Searched as בשמת, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 742.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 26:34. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Bashemath in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 39,839 sequences of בשמת at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 39,515).
What is the shortest skip for Bashemath in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 4:19 — the shortest of 39,839 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 39,515.
How is Bashemath spelled in Hebrew?
Bashemath is spelled בשמת — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 742.
Is Bashemath in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 138,364 sequences of בשמת at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 137,467); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0078 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 39,515 here) beside the count.