Bat Sheva (Bath-sheba · בת שבע)
Bat Sheva (Bath-sheba · בת שבע) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 303,645 sequences of שבע (from Bat Sheva), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 19:1); chance alone would give about 303,444.
- Found in the Torah (שבע)
- 303,645
- Chance alone
- 303,444
- P (≥ found)
- 0.36
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for שבע, and בת has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
303,645 sequences of שבע at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 303,444 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 19:1, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 4,657,225 sequences of שבע, against about 4,703,250 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 303,444 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 68,889
- Exodus 70,511
- Leviticus 43,471
- Numbers 73,058
- Deuteronomy 47,716
The shortest skips
וַיָּבֹאוּ שְׁנֵי הַמַּלְאָכִים סְדֹמָה בָּעֶרֶב וְלוֹט יֹשֵׁב בְּשַֽׁעַר־סְדֹם וַיַּרְא־לוֹט וַיָּקָם לִקְרָאתָם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַפַּיִם אָֽרְצָה
And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he fell down on his face to the earth;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 22,210Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַל לוֹט מִצּוֹעַר וַיֵּשֶׁב בָּהָר וּשְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָיו עִמּוֹ כִּי יָרֵא לָשֶׁבֶת בְּצוֹעַר וַיֵּשֶׁב בַּמְּעָרָה הוּא וּשְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָֽיו
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,894Open in the laboratory →
לְכָה נַשְׁקֶה אֶת־אָבִינוּ יַיִן וְנִשְׁכְּבָה עִמּוֹ וּנְחַיֶּה מֵאָבִינוּ זָֽרַע
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,989Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַתֹּאמֶר הַבְּכִירָה אֶל־הַצְּעִירָה הֵן־שָׁכַבְתִּי אֶמֶשׁ אֶת־אָבִי נַשְׁקֶנּוּ יַיִן גַּם־הַלַּיְלָה וּבֹאִי שִׁכְבִי עִמּוֹ וּנְחַיֶּה מֵאָבִינוּ זָֽרַע
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: ‘Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,134Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה הָשֵׁב אֵֽשֶׁת־הָאִישׁ כִּֽי־נָבִיא הוּא וְיִתְפַּלֵּל בַּֽעַדְךָ וֶֽחְיֵה וְאִם־אֵֽינְךָ מֵשִׁיב דַּע כִּי־מוֹת תָּמוּת אַתָּה וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ
Now therefore restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,719Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,183,744 sequences of שבע at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 1,181,742); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
- Genesis 68,889
- Exodus 70,511
- Leviticus 43,471
- Numbers 73,058
- Deuteronomy 49,897
- Joshua 42,757
- Judges 40,205
- Samuel 89,131
- Kings 109,553
- Isaiah 60,210
- Jeremiah 73,381
- Ezekiel 62,422
- The Twelve 49,497
- Psalms 68,123
- Proverbs 32,811
- Job 29,634
- Song of Songs 5,165
- Ruth 5,044
- Lamentations 5,511
- Ecclesiastes 12,235
- Esther 12,268
- Daniel 18,168
- Ezra–Nehemiah 48,815
- Chronicles 112,988
Outside the Torah
וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר־בָּא עֲלֵיכֶם כָּל־הַדָּבָר הַטּוֹב אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲלֵיכֶם כֵּן יָבִיא יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם אֵת כָּל־הַדָּבָר הָרָע עַד־הַשְׁמִידוֹ אוֹתְכֶם מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה הַטּוֹבָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which the LORD your God spoke unto you, so shall the LORD bring upon you all the evil things, until He have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 342,129Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּךְ אוֹתָם שׁוֹק עַל־יָרֵךְ מַכָּה גְדוֹלָה וַיֵּרֶד וַיֵּשֶׁב בִּסְעִיף סֶלַע עֵיטָֽם
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 371,106Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא דָוִד וַאֲבִישַׁי אֶל־הָעָם לַיְלָה וְהִנֵּה שָׁאוּל שֹׁכֵב יָשֵׁן בַּמַּעְגָּל וַחֲנִיתוֹ מְעוּכָֽה־בָאָרֶץ מראשתו וְאַבְנֵר וְהָעָם שֹׁכְבִים סביבתו
So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the barricade, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 427,645Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בת שבע — the Tanakh's own spelling: Bath-sheba. Searched as שבע, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 372.
As a plain word it stands 188 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 5:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Bath-sheba.
Questions
Is Bat Sheva (Bath-sheba) in the Torah codes?
303,645 sequences of שבע at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 303,444 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Bat Sheva (Bath-sheba) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:1 — the shortest of 303,645 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 303,444.
How is Bat Sheva (Bath-sheba) spelled in Hebrew?
Bat Sheva is spelled בת שבע — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 372.
Is Bat Sheva (Bath-sheba) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,183,744 sequences of שבע at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 1,181,742); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 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 303,444 here) beside the count.