Cheshvan חשון
Cheshvan — in Hebrew חשון — the eighth month. Cheshvan appears 17,195 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.3% more than chance alone would give (about 16,645; probability 1.1 × 10⁻⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 17,195
- Chance alone
- 16,645
- P (≥ found)
- 1.1 × 10⁻⁵
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, חשון appears 17,195 times in the Torah — 3.3% more than the 16,645 chance alone would give; the probability of 17,195 or more by chance alone is 1.1 × 10⁻⁵.
The shortest skip at which חשון appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 24:40, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), חשון is found 175,921 times; chance alone would give about 173,435.
- Genesis 4,212
- Exodus 3,591
- Leviticus 2,610
- Numbers 4,856
- Deuteronomy 1,926
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר־הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי לְפָנָיו יִשְׁלַח מַלְאָכוֹ אִתָּךְ וְהִצְלִיחַ דַּרְכֶּךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתִּי וּמִבֵּית אָבִֽי
And he said unto me: The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 31,374Open in the laboratory →
וְלִבְנֵי הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לְאַבְרָהָם נָתַן אַבְרָהָם מַתָּנֹת וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם מֵעַל יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ בְּעוֹדֶנּוּ חַי קֵדְמָה אֶל־אֶרֶץ קֶֽדֶם
But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 33,068Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא מֹשֶׁה לִקְרַאת חֹֽתְנוֹ וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ וַיִּשַּׁק־לוֹ וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ אִישׁ־לְרֵעֵהוּ לְשָׁלוֹם וַיָּבֹאוּ הָאֹֽהֱלָה
And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 104,422Open in the laboratory →
וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָן מִחוּץ לַפָּרֹכֶת וְאֶת־הַמְּנֹרָה נֹכַח הַשֻּׁלְחָן עַל צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן תֵּימָנָה וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן תִּתֵּן עַל־צֶלַע צָפֽוֹן
And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 117,065Open in the laboratory →
לְגֵרְשׁוֹן מִשְׁפַּחַת הַלִּבְנִי וּמִשְׁפַּחַת הַשִּׁמְעִי אֵלֶּה הֵם מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּֽי
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 191,172Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
66,427 sequences of חשון at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 66,429 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 4,212
- Exodus 3,591
- Leviticus 2,610
- Numbers 4,856
- Deuteronomy 2,084
- Joshua 2,646
- Judges 2,276
- Samuel 4,840
- Kings 4,469
- Isaiah 3,670
- Jeremiah 3,119
- Ezekiel 3,782
- The Twelve 2,407
- Psalms 4,667
- Proverbs 2,144
- Job 2,430
- Song of Songs 344
- Ruth 228
- Lamentations 408
- Ecclesiastes 755
- Esther 513
- Daniel 1,415
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,984
- Chronicles 5,977
Outside the Torah
וַֽיְהִי בָּעֵת הַהִיא וְיָֽרָבְעָם יָצָא מִירוּשָׁלִָם וַיִּמְצָא אֹתוֹ אֲחִיָּה הַשִּׁילֹנִי הַנָּבִיא בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְהוּא מִתְכַּסֶּה בְּשַׂלְמָה חֲדָשָׁה וּשְׁנֵיהֶם לְבַדָּם בַּשָּׂדֶֽה
And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 502,732Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלוֹם נַפְשִׁי נָשִׁיתִי טוֹבָֽה
And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,009,168Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי זֶרַח זִמְרִי וְאֵיתָן וְהֵימָן וְכַלְכֹּל וָדָרַע כֻּלָּם חֲמִשָּֽׁה
And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,099,476Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חשון — a Hebrew word: the eighth month. Searched as חשון, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 364.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- חשוון — a Hebrew word found 1,686 in the Torah (chance 1,653)
Questions
Is Cheshvan in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, חשון appears 17,195 times in the Torah — 3.3% more than the 16,645 chance alone would give; the probability of 17,195 or more by chance alone is 1.1 × 10⁻⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Cheshvan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 24:40 — the shortest of 17,195 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 16,645.
What is the gematria of Cheshvan in Hebrew?
Cheshvan is spelled חשון — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 364; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Cheshvan found in the whole Tanakh?
66,427 sequences of חשון at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 66,429 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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