Hashum חשם
Hashum (חשם) is a person named in the Tanakh. Hashum appears 307,740 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.4% more than chance alone would give (about 297,653; probability 8.6 × 10⁻⁷⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 307,740
- Chance alone
- 297,653
- P (≥ found)
- 8.6 × 10⁻⁷⁶
- 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, חשם appears 307,740 times in the Torah — 3.4% more than the 297,653 chance alone would give; the probability of 307,740 or more by chance alone is 8.6 × 10⁻⁷⁶.
The shortest skip at which חשם appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:15, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), חשם is found 4,788,138 times; chance alone would give about 4,613,492.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 297,653 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 65,320
- Exodus 72,413
- Leviticus 45,528
- Numbers 88,043
- Deuteronomy 36,436
The shortest skips
וְזֶה אֲשֶׁר תַּֽעֲשֶׂה אֹתָהּ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אַמָּה אֹרֶךְ הַתֵּבָה חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אַמָּה קוֹמָתָֽהּ
And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,531Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּגְבְּרוּ הַמַּיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ חֲמִשִּׁים וּמְאַת יֽוֹם
And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,124Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ הָלוֹךְ וָשׁוֹב וַיַּחְסְרוּ הַמַּיִם מִקְצֵה חֲמִשִּׁים וּמְאַת יֽוֹם
And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,286Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־נֹחַ אַחַר הַמַּבּוּל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַֽחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָֽה
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,526Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי־נֹחַ תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,545Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, חשם appears 1,115,724 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.1% more than the 1,104,041 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,115,724 or more by chance alone is 6.3 × 10⁻²⁹.
- Genesis 65,320
- Exodus 72,413
- Leviticus 45,528
- Numbers 88,043
- Deuteronomy 38,692
- Joshua 37,211
- Judges 33,981
- Samuel 77,159
- Kings 95,406
- Isaiah 58,404
- Jeremiah 57,015
- Ezekiel 69,040
- The Twelve 42,835
- Psalms 69,928
- Proverbs 34,963
- Job 34,659
- Song of Songs 5,037
- Ruth 3,326
- Lamentations 6,727
- Ecclesiastes 16,090
- Esther 10,646
- Daniel 17,623
- Ezra–Nehemiah 40,061
- Chronicles 95,617
Outside the Torah
נְשֵׁיכֶם טַפְּכֶם וּמִקְנֵיכֶם יֵשְׁבוּ בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם מֹשֶׁה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן וְאַתֶּם תַּעַבְרוּ חֲמֻשִׁים לִפְנֵי אֲחֵיכֶם כֹּל גִּבּוֹרֵי הַחַיִל וַעֲזַרְתֶּם אוֹתָֽם
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and shall help them;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,706Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וּבְנֵי־גָד וַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה חֲמֻשִׁים לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם מֹשֶֽׁה
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed on armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke unto them;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,652Open in the laboratory →
ואראה בַשָּׁלָל אַדֶּרֶת שִׁנְעָר אַחַת טוֹבָה וּמָאתַיִם שְׁקָלִים כֶּסֶף וּלְשׁוֹן זָהָב אֶחָד חֲמִשִּׁים שְׁקָלִים מִשְׁקָלוֹ וָֽאֶחְמְדֵם וָֽאֶקָּחֵם וְהִנָּם טְמוּנִים בָּאָרֶץ בְּתוֹךְ הָאָֽהֳלִי וְהַכֶּסֶף תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ
When I saw among the spoil a goodly Shinar mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,826Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חשם — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חשם, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 348.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:34. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Husham.
Questions
Does Hashum appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, חשם appears 307,740 times in the Torah — 3.4% more than the 297,653 chance alone would give; the probability of 307,740 or more by chance alone is 8.6 × 10⁻⁷⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Hashum in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:15 — the shortest of 307,740 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 297,653.
What is the gematria of Hashum in Hebrew?
Hashum is spelled חשם — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 348.
How many times is Hashum found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, חשם appears 1,115,724 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.1% more than the 1,104,041 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,115,724 or more by chance alone is 6.3 × 10⁻²⁹.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 297,653 here) beside the count.