Heaven שמים
Heaven — in Hebrew שמים — heaven, sky. In the Torah codes, Heaven is found 107,217 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 18:30) — 0.5% above the 106,635 chance alone would give (probability of 107,217 or more by chance alone: 0.04).
- Found in the Torah
- 107,217
- Chance alone
- 106,635
- P (≥ found)
- 0.04
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 107,217 sequences of שמים at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 106,635); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 18:30, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 1,092,599 sequences of שמים, against about 1,111,123 from chance alone.
- Genesis 23,770
- Exodus 26,287
- Leviticus 13,179
- Numbers 28,304
- Deuteronomy 15,677
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־נָא יִחַר לַֽאדֹנָי וַאֲדַבֵּרָה אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֶֽעֱשֶׂה אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם שְׁלֹשִֽׁים
And he said: ‘Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not do it, if I find thirty there.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,983Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־נָא יִחַר לַֽאדֹנָי וַאֲדַבֵּרָה אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֶֽעֱשֶׂה אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם שְׁלֹשִֽׁים
And he said: ‘Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not do it, if I find thirty there.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 22,007Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב אֶת־פְּנֵי לָבָן וְהִנֵּה אֵינֶנּוּ עִמּוֹ כִּתְמוֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 43,721Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּלְכוּ אֶחָיו לִרְעוֹת אֶׄתׄ־צֹאן אֲבִיהֶם בִּשְׁכֶֽם
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 54,721Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹאוּ הָרֹעִים וַיְגָרְשׁוּם וַיָּקָם מֹשֶׁה וַיּוֹשִׁעָן וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת־צֹאנָֽם
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 79,924Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שמים appears 454,215 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 454,865, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 23,770
- Exodus 26,287
- Leviticus 13,179
- Numbers 28,304
- Deuteronomy 17,080
- Joshua 14,115
- Judges 16,183
- Samuel 34,042
- Kings 41,447
- Isaiah 23,388
- Jeremiah 30,846
- Ezekiel 27,197
- The Twelve 21,799
- Psalms 29,558
- Proverbs 10,133
- Job 11,824
- Song of Songs 2,013
- Ruth 2,082
- Lamentations 1,902
- Ecclesiastes 5,204
- Esther 5,925
- Daniel 5,970
- Ezra–Nehemiah 19,239
- Chronicles 42,728
Outside the Torah
אַךְ רָחוֹק יִהְיֶה בֵּֽינֵיכֶם ובינו כְּאַלְפַּיִם אַמָּה בַּמִּדָּה אַֽל־תִּקְרְבוּ אֵלָיו לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר־תֵּֽדְעוּ אֶת־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָהּ כִּי לֹא עֲבַרְתֶּם בַּדֶּרֶךְ מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,888Open in the laboratory →
חָדְלוּ פְרָזוֹן בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל חָדֵלּוּ עַד שַׁקַּמְתִּי דְּבוֹרָה שַׁקַּמְתִּי אֵם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that thou didst arise, Deborah, That thou didst arise a mother in Israel. .
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 351,961Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּגִּדוּ לְיוֹתָם וַיֵּלֶךְ וַֽיַּעֲמֹד בְּרֹאשׁ הַר־גְּרִזִים וַיִּשָּׂא קוֹלוֹ וַיִּקְרָא וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַי בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם וְיִשְׁמַע אֲלֵיכֶם אֱלֹהִֽים
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them: ‘Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 360,304Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמים — the Tanakh's own spelling: heaven, sky. Searched as שמים, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 390.
As a plain word it stands 93 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 1:8. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- שמיים — the Tanakh's own spelling found 10,914 in the Torah (chance 10,945)
Questions
Is Heaven in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 107,217 sequences of שמים at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 106,635); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Heaven in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 18:30 — the shortest of 107,217 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 106,635.
How is Heaven spelled in Hebrew?
Heaven is spelled שמים — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 390; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Heaven in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שמים appears 454,215 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 454,865, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 106,635 here) beside the count.