Holocaust (Shoah · שואה)
Holocaust (Shoah) — in Hebrew שואה — devastation; the Shoah, the Holocaust. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 122,180 sequences of Holocaust (Shoah), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 2:10); chance alone would give about 124,430.
- Found in the Torah
- 122,180
- Chance alone
- 124,430
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- 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 122,180 sequences of שואה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 124,430).
The shortest skip at which שואה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:10, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שואה is found 1,253,539 times; chance alone would give about 1,296,542.
- Genesis 28,964
- Exodus 26,849
- Leviticus 20,782
- Numbers 24,862
- Deuteronomy 20,723
The shortest skips
וְנָהָרּ יֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת־הַגָּן וּמִשָּׁם יִפָּרֵד וְהָיָה לְאַרְבָּעָה רָאשִֽׁים
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,163Open in the laboratory →
וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם וּבֵין כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה בְּכָל־בָּשָׂר וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶה עוֹד הַמַּיִם לְמַבּוּל לְשַׁחֵת כָּל־בָּשָֽׂר
that I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,969Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אַבְרָהָם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים וַיִּרְפָּא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאַמְהֹתָיו וַיֵּלֵֽדוּ
And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,308Open in the laboratory →
אִם־תַּעֲשֵׂה עִמָּנוּ רָעָה כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא נְגַֽעֲנוּךָ וְכַאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂינוּ עִמְּךָ רַק־טוֹב וַנְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם אַתָּה עַתָּה בְּרוּךְ יְהוָֽה
that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace; thou art now the blessed of the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,961Open in the laboratory →
מִֽי־כָמֹכָה בָּֽאֵלִם יְהוָה מִי כָּמֹכָה נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ נוֹרָא תְהִלֹּת עֹשֵׂה פֶֽלֶא
Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? Who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 100,327Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
425,956 sequences of שואה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 426,252 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 28,964
- Exodus 26,849
- Leviticus 20,782
- Numbers 24,862
- Deuteronomy 22,159
- Joshua 15,335
- Judges 16,056
- Samuel 42,183
- Kings 42,516
- Isaiah 20,012
- Jeremiah 30,719
- Ezekiel 24,255
- The Twelve 20,001
- Psalms 15,989
- Proverbs 4,626
- Job 6,003
- Song of Songs 1,160
- Ruth 1,246
- Lamentations 1,469
- Ecclesiastes 3,230
- Esther 4,332
- Daniel 5,506
- Ezra–Nehemiah 12,280
- Chronicles 35,422
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁאוּל אֶת־הָעָם שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים וַיָּבֹאוּ בְתוֹךְ־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־עַמּוֹן עַד־חֹם הַיּוֹם וַיְהִי הַנִּשְׁאָרִים וַיָּפֻצוּ וְלֹא נִשְׁאֲרוּ־בָם שְׁנַיִם יָֽחַד
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 399,074Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקָם שְׁמוּאֵל וַיַּעַל מִן־הַגִּלְגָּל גִּבְעַת בִּנְיָמִן וַיִּפְקֹד שָׁאוּל אֶת־הָעָם הַנִּמְצְאִים עִמּוֹ כְּשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת אִֽישׁ
And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeath-benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 401,990Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי הַיּוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹנָתָן בֶּן־שָׁאוּל אֶל־הַנַּעַר נֹשֵׂא כֵלָיו לְכָה וְנַעְבְּרָה אֶל־מַצַּב פְּלִשְׁתִּים אֲשֶׁר מֵעֵבֶר הַלָּז וּלְאָבִיו לֹא הִגִּֽיד
Now it fell upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bore his armour: ‘Come and let us go over to the Philistines’garrison, that is on yonder side. But he told not his father.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 402,479Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שואה — the Tanakh's own spelling: devastation; the Shoah, the Holocaust. Searched as שואה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 312.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 47:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shoah.
Questions
Is Holocaust (Shoah) in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 122,180 sequences of שואה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 124,430).
What is the shortest skip for Holocaust (Shoah) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:10 — the shortest of 122,180 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 124,430.
What is the gematria of Holocaust (Shoah) in Hebrew?
Holocaust is spelled שואה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 312.
How many times is Holocaust (Shoah) found in the whole Tanakh?
425,956 sequences of שואה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 426,252 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 124,430 here) beside the count.