Flesh בשר
Flesh — in Hebrew בשר — flesh, meat. Flesh appears 7,828,771 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), 3.3% more than chance alone would give (about 7,577,459; probability below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 7,828,771
- Chance alone · every skip
- 7,577,459
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,357
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 483,049 found · chance alone about 488,882 (probability of 483,049 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), בשר appears 7,828,771 times in the Torah — 3.3% more than the 7,577,459 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,828,771 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
The shortest skip at which בשר appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 8:5, reading forward.
The longest skip at which בשר was found in the Torah is 152,357 — at Genesis 1:4, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 7,577,459 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,950,963
- Exodus 1,486,340
- Leviticus 1,194,777
- Numbers 1,774,201
- Deuteronomy 1,422,490
Examples across the range
5 of the 7,828,771 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ב ש רGenesis 8:5
וְהַמַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר עַד הַחֹדֶשׁ הָֽעֲשִׂירִי בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ נִרְאוּ רָאשֵׁי הֶֽהָרִֽים
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,369 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ב ש רGenesis 8:5
Letter by letter
- ב ש רGenesis 14:5
… אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־רְפָאִים בְּעַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם וְאֶת־הַזּוּזִים בְּהָם וְאֵת …
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,278 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ב ש רGenesis 14:5
- בExodus 3:20
… מִצְרַיִם בְּכֹל נִפְלְאֹתַי אֲשֶׁר אֶֽעֱשֶׂה בְּקִרְבּוֹ וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן יְשַׁלַּח אֶתְכֶֽם
And I will put forth My hand, and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in the midst thereof. And after that he will let you go.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שExodus 3:22
… בֵּיתָהּ כְּלֵי־כֶסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב וּשְׂמָלֹת וְשַׂמְתֶּם עַל־בְּנֵיכֶם וְעַל־בְּנֹתֵיכֶם …
but every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment; and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.’
- רExodus 4:2
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו יְהוָה מזה בְיָדֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר מַטֶּֽה
And the LORD said unto him: ‘What is that in thy hand?’ And he said: ‘A rod.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 81,718 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- בExodus 3:20
- בLeviticus 4:28
… אֵלָיו חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא וְהֵבִיא קָרְבָּנוֹ שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים תְּמִימָה נְקֵבָה עַל …
if his sin, which he hath sinned, be known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שLeviticus 5:9
וְהִזָּה מִדַּם הַחַטָּאת עַל־קִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְהַנִּשְׁאָר בַּדָּם יִמָּצֵה אֶל־יְסוֹד הַמִּזְבֵּחַ חַטָּאת הֽוּא
And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin-offering.
- רLeviticus 5:26
וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְנִסְלַח לוֹ עַל־אַחַת מִכֹּל אֲשֶֽׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה לְאַשְׁמָה בָֽהּ
And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he shall be forgiven, concerning whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 145,811 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- בLeviticus 4:28
- בGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שLeviticus 8:30
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה מִשֶּׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וּמִן־הַדָּם אֲשֶׁר …
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’garments with him.
- רDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
skip 152,357, width 152,357 — one row is 152,357 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 134 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,357 in the laboratory →
- בGenesis 1:4
Across the Tanakh
106,696,115 sequences of בשר across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 107,904,144 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,795,210 found · chance alone about 1,794,963 (probability of 1,795,210 or more by chance alone: 0.43).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 7,492,778
- Exodus 5,365,994
- Leviticus 4,177,596
- Numbers 6,121,713
- Deuteronomy 5,017,787
- Joshua 3,601,690
- Judges 3,519,322
- Samuel 8,202,854
- Kings 9,156,738
- Isaiah 5,407,178
- Jeremiah 7,654,534
- Ezekiel 6,555,231
- The Twelve 4,856,865
- Psalms 6,389,186
- Proverbs 2,503,105
- Job 2,444,542
- Song of Songs 408,300
- Ruth 374,685
- Lamentations 576,065
- Ecclesiastes 914,155
- Esther 965,966
- Daniel 1,937,734
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,659,771
- Chronicles 9,392,326
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ב ש רJoshua 4:19
וְהָעָם עָלוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בַּגִּלְגָּל בִּקְצֵה מִזְרַח יְרִיחֽוֹ
And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,006 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ב ש רJoshua 4:19
- בJudges 2:4
… אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֶֽל־כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּשְׂאוּ הָעָם אֶת־קוֹלָם …
And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שJudges 2:6
וַיְשַׁלַּח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־הָעָם וַיֵּלְכוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ לְנַחֲלָתוֹ לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
- רJudges 2:7
… מַעֲשֵׂה יְהוָה הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 346,971 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- בJudges 2:4
- ב2 Chronicles 36:23
… לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּֽיהוּדָה מִֽי־בָכֶם מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ יְהוָה …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שIsaiah 25:6
… צְבָאוֹת לְכָל־הָֽעַמִּים בָּהָר הַזֶּה מִשְׁתֵּה שְׁמָנִים מִשְׁתֵּה שְׁמָרִים שְׁמָנִים מְמֻחָיִם …
And in this mountain will the LORD of hosts make unto all peoples A feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
- רGenesis 1:7
… אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
skip 598,369, width 598,369 — one row is 598,369 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,010 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,369 in the laboratory →
- ב2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
בשר — the Tanakh's own spelling: flesh, meat. Searched as בשר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 502.
As a plain word it stands 119 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 2:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Flesh in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–152,424), בשר appears 7,828,771 times in the Torah — 3.3% more than the 7,577,459 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,828,771 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
What is the shortest skip for Flesh in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:5 — the shortest of 7,828,771 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 7,577,459.
What is the gematria of Flesh in Hebrew?
Flesh is spelled בשר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 502.
How many times is Flesh found in the whole Tanakh?
106,696,115 sequences of בשר across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 107,904,144 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 7,577,459 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.