Hour שעה
Hour is written שעה in Hebrew. Hour appears 525,952 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.0% more than chance alone would give (about 520,839; probability 7.6 × 10⁻¹³).
- Found in the Torah
- 525,952
- Chance alone
- 520,839
- P (≥ found)
- 7.6 × 10⁻¹³
- 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, שעה appears 525,952 times in the Torah — 1.0% more than the 520,839 chance alone would give; the probability of 525,952 or more by chance alone is 7.6 × 10⁻¹³.
The shortest skip at which שעה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:28, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), שעה is found 8,214,828 times; chance alone would give about 8,072,786.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 520,839 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 99,822
- Exodus 139,350
- Leviticus 81,548
- Numbers 118,511
- Deuteronomy 86,721
The shortest skips
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁהָ וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבְכָל־חַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God blessed them; and God said unto them: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,462Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וְהִנֵּה־טוֹב מְאֹד וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּֽׁי
And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,636Open in the laboratory →
וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה
And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,720Open in the laboratory →
וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה
And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,750Open in the laboratory →
וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אַף כִּֽי־אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹֽאכְלוּ מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּֽן
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: ‘Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,930Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,848,908 sequences of שעה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,847,595 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 99,822
- Exodus 139,350
- Leviticus 81,548
- Numbers 118,511
- Deuteronomy 90,918
- Joshua 78,594
- Judges 60,764
- Samuel 134,544
- Kings 171,788
- Isaiah 93,828
- Jeremiah 124,364
- Ezekiel 98,151
- The Twelve 83,457
- Psalms 91,922
- Proverbs 31,075
- Job 32,409
- Song of Songs 6,845
- Ruth 7,179
- Lamentations 7,871
- Ecclesiastes 19,990
- Esther 20,154
- Daniel 24,587
- Ezra–Nehemiah 66,924
- Chronicles 164,313
Outside the Torah
וּשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אֲבָנִים הֵקִים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן תַּחַת מַצַּב רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית וַיִּהְיוּ שָׁם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,462Open in the laboratory →
אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִישׁ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֶת־מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מִפְּנֵיכֶם עַֽד־עָבְרְכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם לְיַם־סוּף אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִישׁ מִפָּנֵינוּ עַד־עָבְרֵֽנוּ
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up from before us, until we were passed over,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,235Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ כָּל־מַלְכֵי הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן יָמָּה וְכָל־מַלְכֵי הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַיָּם אֵת אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִישׁ יְהוָה אֶת־מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מִפְּנֵי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד־עברנו וַיִּמַּס לְבָבָם וְלֹא־הָיָה בָם עוֹד רוּחַ מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until they were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,386Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שעה — a Hebrew word. Searched as שעה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 375.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Hour in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, שעה appears 525,952 times in the Torah — 1.0% more than the 520,839 chance alone would give; the probability of 525,952 or more by chance alone is 7.6 × 10⁻¹³.
What is the shortest skip for Hour in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:28 — the shortest of 525,952 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 520,839.
What is the gematria of Hour in Hebrew?
Hour is spelled שעה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 375.
How many times is Hour found in the whole Tanakh?
1,848,908 sequences of שעה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,847,595 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 520,839 here) beside the count.