Heshmon חשמון
Heshmon (חשמון) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Heshmon appears 1,460 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 7.5% more than chance alone would give (about 1,358; probability 0.0033).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,460
- Chance alone
- 1,358
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0033
- Shortest skip
- 5
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, חשמון appears 1,460 times in the Torah — 7.5% more than the 1,358 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,460 or more by chance alone is 0.0033.
The shortest skip at which חשמון appears in the Torah is 5 — the first at Numbers 28:31, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), חשמון is found 10,923 times; chance alone would give about 10,706.
- Genesis 313
- Exodus 308
- Leviticus 234
- Numbers 451
- Deuteronomy 154
The shortest skips
מִלְּבַד עֹלַת הַתָּמִיד וּמִנְחָתוֹ תַּעֲשׂוּ תְּמִימִם יִהְיוּ־לָכֶם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶֽם
Beside the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, ye shall offer them—they shall be unto you without blemish—and their drink-offerings.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 236,607Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיְתָה עִמּוֹ וְקָרָא בוֹ כָּל־יְמֵי חַיָּיו לְמַעַן יִלְמַד לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו לִשְׁמֹר אֶֽת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת וְאֶת־הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה לַעֲשֹׂתָֽם
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 279,057Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי מַהֲלַלְאֵל חָמֵשׁ וְתִשְׁעִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died.
skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,129Open in the laboratory →
מִמּוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם תָּבִיאּוּ לֶחֶם תְּנוּפָה שְׁתַּיִם שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים סֹלֶת תִּהְיֶינָה חָמֵץ תֵּאָפֶינָה בִּכּוּרִים לַֽיהוָֽה
Ye shall bring out of your dwellings two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for first-fruits unto the LORD.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 177,016Open in the laboratory →
שָׁמוֹר אֶת־חֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב וְעָשִׂיתָ פֶּסַח לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי בְּחֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב הוֹצִיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִמִּצְרַיִם לָֽיְלָה
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God; for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 276,516Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
5,551 sequences of חשמון at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 5,478 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 313
- Exodus 308
- Leviticus 234
- Numbers 451
- Deuteronomy 171
- Joshua 202
- Judges 182
- Samuel 381
- Kings 373
- Isaiah 311
- Jeremiah 257
- Ezekiel 374
- The Twelve 205
- Psalms 368
- Proverbs 214
- Job 195
- Song of Songs 19
- Ruth 20
- Lamentations 33
- Ecclesiastes 70
- Esther 45
- Daniel 87
- Ezra–Nehemiah 270
- Chronicles 468
Outside the Torah
כִּי הַתְּרָפִים דִּבְּרוּ־אָוֶן וְהַקּֽוֹסְמִים חָזוּ שֶׁקֶר וַֽחֲלֹמוֹת הַשָּׁוא יְדַבֵּרוּ הֶבֶל יְנַֽחֵמוּן עַל־כֵּן נָסְעוּ כְמוֹ־צֹאן יַעֲנוּ כִּֽי־אֵין רֹעֶֽה
For the teraphim have spoken vanity, And the diviners have seen a lie, And the dreams speak falsely, They comfort in vain; Therefore they go their way like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 850,677Open in the laboratory →
יְחַלֵּץ עָנִי בְעָנְיוֹ וְיִגֶל בַּלַּחַץ אָזְנָֽם
He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, And openeth their ear by tribulation.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 990,202Open in the laboratory →
אָז תִּשְׂמַח בְּתוּלָה בְּמָחוֹל וּבַחֻרִים וּזְקֵנִים יַחְדָּו וְהָפַכְתִּי אֶבְלָם לְשָׂשׂוֹן וְנִחַמְתִּים וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים מִיגוֹנָֽם
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old together; For I will turn their mourning into joy, And will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 688,024Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חשמון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חשמון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 404.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Heshmon appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, חשמון appears 1,460 times in the Torah — 7.5% more than the 1,358 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,460 or more by chance alone is 0.0033.
What is the shortest skip for Heshmon in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading forward from Numbers 28:31 — the shortest of 1,460 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,358.
What is the gematria of Heshmon in Hebrew?
Heshmon is spelled חשמון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 404.
How many times is Heshmon found in the whole Tanakh?
5,551 sequences of חשמון at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 5,478 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 1,358 here) beside the count.