Chess שחמט
Chess is written שחמט in Hebrew. Chess appears 1,764 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,747 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,764
- Chance alone
- 1,747
- P (≥ found)
- 0.34
- Shortest skip
- 3
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, שחמט appears 1,764 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,747, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which שחמט appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 28:15, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שחמט is found 19,040 times; chance alone would give about 18,201.
- Genesis 240
- Exodus 429
- Leviticus 440
- Numbers 473
- Deuteronomy 182
The shortest skips
וְעָשִׂיתָ חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אֵפֹד תַּעֲשֶׂנּוּ זָהָב תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתֽוֹ
And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 119,029Open in the laboratory →
וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ אֹתָהּ הַכֹּהֵן וְאָמַר אֶל־הָֽאִשָּׁה אִם־לֹא שָׁכַב אִישׁ אֹתָךְ וְאִם־לֹא שָׂטִית טֻמְאָה תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ הִנָּקִי מִמֵּי הַמָּרִים הַֽמְאָרֲרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה
And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman: ‘If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 196,292Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַתָּה אֹתָהּ תַּחַת כַּרְכֹּב הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מִלְּמָטָּה וְהָיְתָה הָרֶשֶׁת עַד חֲצִי הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 117,451Open in the laboratory →
וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן לַיַּרְכָתַיִם יָֽמָּה
and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward;
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 116,625Open in the laboratory →
וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי הַמִּשְׁכָּן לַיַּרְכָתַיִם יָֽמָּה
and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 134,413Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 5,911 sequences of שחמט at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 5,808).
- Genesis 240
- Exodus 429
- Leviticus 440
- Numbers 473
- Deuteronomy 193
- Joshua 163
- Judges 112
- Samuel 256
- Kings 418
- Isaiah 330
- Jeremiah 248
- Ezekiel 345
- The Twelve 254
- Psalms 476
- Proverbs 298
- Job 261
- Song of Songs 40
- Ruth 23
- Lamentations 54
- Ecclesiastes 115
- Esther 85
- Daniel 81
- Ezra–Nehemiah 202
- Chronicles 375
Outside the Torah
בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי שִׁלַּח אֶת־הָעָם וַֽיְבָרֲכוּ אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֵּלְכוּ לְאָהֳלֵיהֶם שְׂמֵחִים וְטוֹבֵי לֵב עַל כָּל־הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה לְדָוִד עַבְדּוֹ וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַמּֽוֹ
On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown unto David His servant, and to Israel His people.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 497,378Open in the laboratory →
וּבְיוֹם עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁלֹשָׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי שִׁלַּח אֶת־הָעָם לְאָהֳלֵיהֶם שְׂמֵחִים וְטוֹבֵי לֵב עַל־הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה לְדָוִיד וְלִשְׁלֹמֹה וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַמּֽוֹ
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that the LORD had shown unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,151,487Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲדֹֽנִי־בֶזֶק שִׁבְעִים מְלָכִים בְּֽהֹנוֹת יְדֵיהֶם וְרַגְלֵיהֶם מְקֻצָּצִים הָיוּ מְלַקְּטִים תַּחַת שֻׁלְחָנִי כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי כֵּן שִׁלַּם־לִי אֱלֹהִים וַיְבִיאֻהוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם וַיָּמָת שָֽׁם
And Adoni-bezek said: ‘Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me.’ And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 345,051Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שחמט — a Hebrew word. Searched as שחמט, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 357.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Chess appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שחמט appears 1,764 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,747, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Chess in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 28:15 — the shortest of 1,764 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,747.
What is the gematria of Chess in Hebrew?
Chess is spelled שחמט — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 357.
How many times is Chess found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 5,911 sequences of שחמט at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 5,808).
Search it yourself
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