Breastplate חשן
Breastplate — in Hebrew חשן — the breastplate of the High Priest. In the Torah codes, Breastplate is found 175,660 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 5:6) — 4.8% above the 167,583 chance alone would give (probability of 175,660 or more by chance alone: 1.3 × 10⁻⁸⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 175,660
- Chance alone
- 167,583
- P (≥ found)
- 1.3 × 10⁻⁸⁵
- 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 175,660 sequences of חשן at skips 2–5,000, 4.8% above what chance alone gives (about 167,583); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.3 × 10⁻⁸⁵ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:6, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 2,696,581 sequences of חשן, against about 2,597,457 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 167,583 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 40,301
- Exodus 37,563
- Leviticus 25,837
- Numbers 52,969
- Deuteronomy 18,990
The shortest skips
וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁת חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־אֱנֽוֹשׁ
And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,652Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי אֱנוֹשׁ חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,871Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־יָֽרֶד
And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,029Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי־תֶרַח חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת תֶּרַח בְּחָרָֽן
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,115Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָם כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֵלָיו יְהוָה וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתּוֹ לוֹט וְאַבְרָם בֶּן־חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה בְּצֵאתוֹ מֵחָרָֽן
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.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,313Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 623,680 sequences of חשן at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 614,834); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.1 × 10⁻²⁹ by chance alone.
- Genesis 40,301
- Exodus 37,563
- Leviticus 25,837
- Numbers 52,969
- Deuteronomy 20,248
- Joshua 23,196
- Judges 19,982
- Samuel 41,811
- Kings 43,947
- Isaiah 32,081
- Jeremiah 29,401
- Ezekiel 36,271
- The Twelve 21,342
- Psalms 43,197
- Proverbs 19,790
- Job 22,042
- Song of Songs 3,251
- Ruth 2,273
- Lamentations 3,866
- Ecclesiastes 7,718
- Esther 5,178
- Daniel 14,654
- Ezra–Nehemiah 26,226
- Chronicles 50,536
Outside the Torah
וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה הֶחֱיָה יְהוָה אוֹתִי כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר זֶה אַרְבָּעִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה מֵאָז דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר־הָלַךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי הַיּוֹם בֶּן־חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָֽה
And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as He spoke, these forty and five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 327,277Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לוֹ יְהוֹנָתָן מָחָר חֹדֶשׁ וְנִפְקַדְתָּ כִּי יִפָּקֵד מוֹשָׁבֶֽךָ
And Jonathan said unto him: ‘To-morrow is the new moon; and thou wilt be missed, thy seat will be empty.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 417,178Open in the laboratory →
הָרֵי בַגִּלְבֹּעַ אַל־טַל וְאַל־מָטָר עֲלֵיכֶם וּשְׂדֵי תְרוּמֹת כִּי שָׁם נִגְעַל מָגֵן גִּבּוֹרִים מָגֵן שָׁאוּל בְּלִי מָשִׁיחַ בַּשָּֽׁמֶן
Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, Neither fields of choice fruits; For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 436,070Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חשן — the Tanakh's own spelling: the breastplate of the High Priest. Searched as חשן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 358.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 28:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Breastplate in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 175,660 sequences of חשן at skips 2–5,000, 4.8% above what chance alone gives (about 167,583); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.3 × 10⁻⁸⁵ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Breastplate in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:6 — the shortest of 175,660 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 167,583.
How is Breastplate spelled in Hebrew?
Breastplate is spelled חשן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 358.
Is Breastplate in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 623,680 sequences of חשן at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 614,834); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.1 × 10⁻²⁹ 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 167,583 here) beside the count.