Beeshterah בעשתרה
Beeshterah (בעשתרה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Beeshterah is found 104 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 150 (Numbers 10:11) — about what chance alone gives (about 95.3).
- Found in the Torah
- 104
- Chance alone
- 95.3
- P (≥ found)
- 0.20
- Shortest skip
- 150
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
104 sequences of בעשתרה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 95.3 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 150 — the first at Numbers 10:11, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 660 sequences of בעשתרה, against about 606 from chance alone.
- Genesis 19
- Exodus 29
- Leviticus 16
- Numbers 24
- Deuteronomy 16
The shortest skips
וַיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּעֶשְׂרִים בַּחֹדֶשׁ נַעֲלָה הֶֽעָנָן מֵעַל מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻֽת
And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.
skip 150, width 150 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 205,624Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַתָּ אֶל־חֹשֶׁן הַמִּשְׁפָּט אֶת־הָאוּרִים וְאֶת־הַתֻּמִּים וְהָיוּ עַל־לֵב אַהֲרֹן בְּבֹאוֹ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְנָשָׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת־מִשְׁפַּט בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל־לִבּוֹ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה תָּמִֽיד
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
skip 170, width 170 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 119,856Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ יְמֵי בְכִיתוֹ וַיְדַבֵּר יוֹסֵף אֶל־בֵּית פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֵיכֶם דַּבְּרוּ־נָא בְּאָזְנֵי פַרְעֹה לֵאמֹֽר
And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying: ‘If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying:
skip 172, width 172 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 76,799Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־יַרְחִיב יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ וְנָתַן לְךָ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָתֵת לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ
And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which He promised to give unto thy fathers—
skip 191, width 191 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 280,787Open in the laboratory →
בְּאֵר חֲפָרוּהָ שָׂרִים כָּרוּהָ נְדִיבֵי הָעָם בִּמְחֹקֵק בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָם וּמִמִּדְבָּר מַתָּנָֽה
The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness to Mattanah;
skip 317, width 317 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 224,362Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
303 sequences of בעשתרה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 300 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 19
- Exodus 29
- Leviticus 16
- Numbers 24
- Deuteronomy 19
- Joshua 11
- Judges 14
- Samuel 15
- Kings 21
- Isaiah 14
- Jeremiah 18
- Ezekiel 26
- The Twelve 14
- Psalms 13
- Proverbs 4
- Job 9
- Song of Songs 1
- Ruth 2
- Ecclesiastes 2
- Esther 6
- Daniel 3
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6
- Chronicles 17
Outside the Torah
וְעַתָּה הֲלֹא בֹעַז מֹֽדַעְתָּנוּ אֲשֶׁר הָיִית אֶת־נַעֲרוֹתָיו הִנֵּה־הוּא זֹרֶה אֶת־גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעֹרִים הַלָּֽיְלָה
And now is there not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,003,774Open in the laboratory →
כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַת סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה וּשְׁכֵנֶיהָ אָמַר יְהוָה לֹֽא־יֵשֵׁב שָׁם אִישׁ וְלֹֽא־יָגוּר בָּהּ בֶּן־אָדָֽם
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah And the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, No man shall abide there, Neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
skip 70, width 70 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 717,787Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ כְּדַבֵּר אַחַת הַנְּבָלוֹת תְּדַבֵּרִי גַּם אֶת־הַטּוֹב נְקַבֵּל מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים וְאֶת־הָרָע לֹא נְקַבֵּל בְּכָל־זֹאת לֹא־חָטָא אִיּוֹב בִּשְׂפָתָֽיו
But he said unto her: ‘Thou speakest as one of the impious women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?’ For all this did not Job sin with his lips.
skip 92, width 92 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 965,769Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בעשתרה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בעשתרה, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 977.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 21:27. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Beeshterah appear in the Torah codes?
104 sequences of בעשתרה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 95.3 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Beeshterah in the Torah?
Skip 150, reading backward from Numbers 10:11 — the shortest of 104 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 95.3.
How is Beeshterah spelled in Hebrew?
Beeshterah is spelled בעשתרה — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 977.
Is Beeshterah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
303 sequences of בעשתרה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 300 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 95.3 here) beside the count.