Biblical names

Elishah אלישה

Elishah (אלישה) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Elishah is found 8,894 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 12:23) — about what chance alone gives (about 9,023).

Found in the Torah
8,894
Chance alone
9,023
P (≥ found)
0.91
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

8,894 sequences of אלישה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 9,023 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which אלישה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 12:23, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), אלישה is found 69,444 times; chance alone would give about 71,108.

  • Genesis 2,062
  • Exodus 1,890
  • Leviticus 1,345
  • Numbers 1,984
  • Deuteronomy 1,613

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 12:23שמות יב:כגskip 2, backward

    וְעָבַר יְהוָה לִנְגֹּף אֶת־מִצְרַיִם וְרָאָה אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף וְעַל שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת וּפָסַח יְהוָה עַל־הַפֶּתַח וְלֹא יִתֵּן הַמַּשְׁחִית לָבֹא אֶל־בָּתֵּיכֶם לִנְגֹּֽף

    For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

    אלישה at skip 2, backward from Exodus 12:23ולאיתןמחתבאלבתיכםאלישה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 95,403Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 1:1במדבר א:אskip 2, backward

    וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְבַּר סִינַי בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹֽר

    AND THE LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying:

    אלישה at skip 2, backward from Numbers 1:1שניבשנהנתצתםמארץמאלישה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 186,450Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 9:1במדבר ט:אskip 2, backward

    וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְמִדְבַּר־סִינַי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן לֵאמֹֽר

    And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying:

    אלישה at skip 2, backward from Numbers 9:1יניבשנהנתצתםמארץמאלישה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 203,824Open in the laboratory →

  4. Leviticus 21:23ויקרא כא:כגskip 3, backward

    אַךְ אֶל־הַפָּרֹכֶת לֹא יָבֹא וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לֹא יִגַּשׁ כִּֽי־מוּם בּוֹ וְלֹא יְחַלֵּל אֶת־מִקְדָּשַׁי כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם

    Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not My holy places; for I am the LORD who sanctify them.

    אלישה at skip 3, backward from Leviticus 21:23יהקדשיםומןקדיםאכאךלהפרכתלאיבאלישה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 174,458Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 29:20דברים כט:כskip 4, backward

    וְהִבְדִּילוֹ יְהוָה לְרָעָה מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּכֹל אָלוֹת הַבְּרִית הַכְּתוּבָה בְּסֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּֽה

    and the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.

    אלישה at skip 4, backward from Deuteronomy 29:20הבדילויקוקלרעמכלבטישראככללותהבריתהכתובהאלישה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 296,561Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, אלישה appears 33,109 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 33,378, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 2,062
  • Exodus 1,890
  • Leviticus 1,345
  • Numbers 1,984
  • Deuteronomy 1,772
  • Joshua 1,109
  • Judges 1,264
  • Samuel 3,404
  • Kings 3,616
  • Isaiah 1,297
  • Jeremiah 2,430
  • Ezekiel 1,759
  • The Twelve 1,552
  • Psalms 1,380
  • Proverbs 352
  • Job 600
  • Song of Songs 76
  • Ruth 136
  • Lamentations 122
  • Ecclesiastes 326
  • Esther 257
  • Daniel 600
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 913
  • Chronicles 2,863

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 14:15שמואל ב יד:טוskip 2, forward

    וְעַתָּה אֲשֶׁר־בָּאתִי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲדֹנִי אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה כִּי יֵֽרְאֻנִי הָעָם וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּא אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אוּלַי יַעֲשֶׂה הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַר אֲמָתֽוֹ

    Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid; and thy handmaid said: I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

    אלישה at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 14:15אלהמלךויעהמלךאתדבאלישה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 456,481Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Chronicles 12:10דברי הימים א יב:יskip 2, backward

    עֵזֶר הָרֹאשׁ עֹבַדְיָה הַשֵּׁנִי אֱלִיאָב הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁי

    Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third;

    אלישה at skip 2, backward from 1 Chronicles 12:10אשעבדיהנאיבהשלשימאלישה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,117,064Open in the laboratory →

  3. Haggai 1:6חגי א:וskip 3, forward

    זְרַעְתֶּם הַרְבֵּה וְהָבֵא מְעָט אָכוֹל וְאֵין־לְשָׂבְעָה שָׁתוֹ וְאֵין־לְשָׁכְרָה לָבוֹשׁ וְאֵין־לְחֹם לוֹ וְהַמִּשְׂתַּכֵּר מִשְׂתַּכֵּר אֶל־צְרוֹר נָקֽוּב

    Ye have sown much, and brought in little, Ye eat, but ye have not enough, Ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink, Ye clothe you, but there is none warm; And he that earneth wages earneth wages For a bag with holes.

    אלישה at skip 3, forward from Haggai 1:6רבהוהבאמעטכוואןלבעשתוואיןלשכאלישה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 840,691Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אלישה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אלישה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 346.

As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Elishah in the Torah codes?

8,894 sequences of אלישה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 9,023 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Elishah in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Exodus 12:23 — the shortest of 8,894 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 9,023.

What is the gematria of Elishah in Hebrew?

Elishah is spelled אלישה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 346.

How many times is Elishah found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, אלישה appears 33,109 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 33,378, so the count is in line with chance.

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