Biblical names

Hashubah חשבה

Hashubah (חשבה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Hashubah appears 18,007 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.8% more than chance alone would give (about 17,696; probability 0.01).

Found in the Torah
18,007
Chance alone
17,696
P (≥ found)
0.01
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, חשבה appears 18,007 times in the Torah — 1.8% more than the 17,696 chance alone would give; the probability of 18,007 or more by chance alone is 0.01.

The shortest skip at which חשבה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:14, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), חשבה is found 189,142 times; chance alone would give about 184,392.

  • Genesis 3,586
  • Exodus 4,133
  • Leviticus 3,105
  • Numbers 4,831
  • Deuteronomy 2,352

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 8:14בראשית ח:ידskip 2, forward

    וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּשִׁבְעָה וְעֶשְׂרִים יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ יָבְשָׁה הָאָֽרֶץ

    And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.

    חשבה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 8:14יםיוםלדישהארץוידחשבה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 9,853Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 24:63בראשית כד:סגskip 3, forward

    וַיֵּצֵא יִצְחָק לָשׂוּחַ בַּשָּׂדֶה לִפְנוֹת עָרֶב וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה גְמַלִּים בָּאִֽים

    And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.

    חשבה at skip 3, forward from Genesis 24:63הנגבויצאיצקלוחשדלפנותערבויחשבה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 32,607Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 28:9שמות כח:טskip 4, forward

    וְלָקַחְתָּ אֶת־שְׁתֵּי אַבְנֵי־שֹׁהַם וּפִתַּחְתָּ עֲלֵיהֶם שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

    חשבה at skip 4, forward from Exodus 28:9שניוששמשזרולקתאתתיאנישםופתחתעליהםשמוחשבה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 118,718Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 26:44במדבר כו:מדskip 4, forward

    בְּנֵי אָשֵׁר לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְיִמְנָה מִשְׁפַּחַת הַיִּמְנָה לְיִשְׁוִי מִשְׁפַּחַת הַיִּשְׁוִי לִבְרִיעָה מִשְׁפַּחַת הַבְּרִיעִֽי

    The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

    חשבה at skip 4, forward from Numbers 26:44הימנהלישוימשפתהיוילריעמשפחתהבריעילבנחשבה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 233,018Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 26:5שמות כו:הskip 4, backward

    חֲמִשִּׁים לֻֽלָאֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה בַּיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת וַחֲמִשִּׁים לֻֽלָאֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה בִּקְצֵה הַיְרִיעָה אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּחְבֶּרֶת הַשֵּׁנִית מַקְבִּילֹת הַלֻּלָאֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחֹתָֽהּ

    Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one to another.

    חשבה at skip 4, backward from Exodus 26:5תהיריעההקיצונבמחרתהניתמשיםללאתתעשהביחשבה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 115,445Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

61,509 sequences of חשבה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 61,863 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 3,586
  • Exodus 4,133
  • Leviticus 3,105
  • Numbers 4,831
  • Deuteronomy 2,522
  • Joshua 2,301
  • Judges 1,790
  • Samuel 4,139
  • Kings 5,983
  • Isaiah 2,869
  • Jeremiah 3,470
  • Ezekiel 3,729
  • The Twelve 2,442
  • Psalms 3,101
  • Proverbs 1,415
  • Job 1,147
  • Song of Songs 228
  • Ruth 172
  • Lamentations 324
  • Ecclesiastes 870
  • Esther 464
  • Daniel 902
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 2,188
  • Chronicles 5,798

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 18:9שמואל ב יח:טskip 2, forward

    וַיִּקָּרֵא אַבְשָׁלוֹם לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִד וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם רֹכֵב עַל־הַפֶּרֶד וַיָּבֹא הַפֶּרֶד תַּחַת שׂוֹבֶךְ הָאֵלָה הַגְּדוֹלָה וַיֶּחֱזַק רֹאשׁוֹ בָאֵלָה וַיֻּתַּן בֵּין הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ וְהַפֶּרֶד אֲשֶׁר־תַּחְתָּיו עָבָֽר

    And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

    חשבה at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 18:9אהפרדתתוךאלההגדוחשבה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 464,207Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Kings 9:25מלכים א ט:כהskip 2, forward

    וְהֶעֱלָה שְׁלֹמֹה שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה עֹלוֹת וּשְׁלָמִים עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה לַיהוָה וְהַקְטֵיר אִתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְשִׁלַּם אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת

    And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, offering thereby, upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

    חשבה at skip 2, forward from 1 Kings 9:25עלהמזבארנליקוקוהחשבה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 499,032Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Chronicles 3:12דברי הימים ב ג:יבskip 2, forward

    וּכְנַף הַכְּרוּב הָאֶחָד אַמּוֹת חָמֵשׁ מַגִּיעַ לְקִיר הַבָּיִת וְהַכָּנָף הָאַחֶרֶת אַמּוֹת חָמֵשׁ דְּבֵקָה לִכְנַף הַכְּרוּב הָאַחֵֽר

    And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

    חשבה at skip 2, forward from 2 Chronicles 3:12רתאמותמדקלכנףהכרחשבה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,145,282Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

חשבה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חשבה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 315.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 50:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Hashubah in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, חשבה appears 18,007 times in the Torah — 1.8% more than the 17,696 chance alone would give; the probability of 18,007 or more by chance alone is 0.01.

What is the shortest skip for Hashubah in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:14 — the shortest of 18,007 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 17,696.

What is the gematria of Hashubah in Hebrew?

Hashubah is spelled חשבה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 315.

How many times is Hashubah found in the whole Tanakh?

61,509 sequences of חשבה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 61,863 that chance alone would produce.

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