Irshemesh עיר שמש
Irshemesh (עיר שמש) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Ir-shemesh. עיר (from Irshemesh) appears 680,161 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 680,876 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (עיר)
- 680,161
- Chance alone
- 680,876
- P (≥ found)
- 0.81
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for עיר, and שמש has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
680,161 sequences of עיר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 680,876 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which עיר appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 14:13, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), עיר is found 10,151,720 times; chance alone would give about 10,553,287.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 680,876 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 194,278
- Exodus 159,368
- Leviticus 75,634
- Numbers 135,101
- Deuteronomy 115,780
The shortest skips
וַיָּבֹא הַפָּלִיט וַיַּגֵּד לְאַבְרָם הָעִבְרִי וְהוּא שֹׁכֵן בְּאֵֽלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא הָאֱמֹרִי אֲחִי אֶשְׁכֹּל וַאֲחִי עָנֵר וְהֵם בַּעֲלֵי בְרִית־אַבְרָֽם
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew—now he dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,757Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָם יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי־גֵר יִהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא לָהֶם וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָֽה
And He said unto Abram: ‘Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,912Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּטַּע אֶשֶׁל בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע וַיִּקְרָא־שָׁם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה אֵל עוֹלָֽם
And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 26,918Open in the laboratory →
אֲדֹנִי שְׁמָעֵנִי אֶרֶץ אַרְבַּע מֵאֹת שֶֽׁקֶל־כֶּסֶף בֵּינִי וּבֵֽינְךָ מַה־הִוא וְאֶת־מֵתְךָ קְבֹֽר
’My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,016Open in the laboratory →
יְהִי־דָן נָחָשׁ עֲלֵי־דֶרֶךְ שְׁפִיפֹן עֲלֵי־אֹרַח הַנֹּשֵׁךְ עִקְּבֵי־סוּס וַיִּפֹּל רֹכְבוֹ אָחֽוֹר
Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned snake in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 75,897Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, עיר appears 2,925,438 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.1% more than the 2,921,802 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,925,438 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
- Genesis 194,278
- Exodus 159,368
- Leviticus 75,634
- Numbers 135,101
- Deuteronomy 122,815
- Joshua 117,674
- Judges 103,701
- Samuel 198,477
- Kings 249,521
- Isaiah 187,973
- Jeremiah 197,692
- Ezekiel 162,845
- The Twelve 143,111
- Psalms 221,073
- Proverbs 76,752
- Job 101,301
- Song of Songs 13,132
- Ruth 13,203
- Lamentations 13,985
- Ecclesiastes 27,857
- Esther 22,953
- Daniel 54,343
- Ezra–Nehemiah 94,586
- Chronicles 238,063
Outside the Torah
וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם הֵקִים תַּחְתָּם אֹתָם מָל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כִּי־עֲרֵלִים הָיוּ כִּי לֹא־מָלוּ אוֹתָם בַּדָּֽרֶךְ
And He raised up their children in their stead; them did Joshua circumcise; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised by the way.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,869Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ כַּעֲלוֹת הַשַּׁחַר וַיָּסֹבּוּ אֶת־הָעִיר כַּמִּשְׁפָּט הַזֶּה שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים רַק בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא סָבְבוּ אֶת־הָעִיר שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִֽים
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times; only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,423Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹת מֶֽלֶךְ־הָעַי וַֽיְמַהֲרוּ וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ וַיֵּצְאוּ אַנְשֵֽׁי־הָעִיר לִקְרַֽאת־יִשְׂרָאֵל לַֽמִּלְחָמָה הוּא וְכָל־עַמּוֹ לַמּוֹעֵד לִפְנֵי הָֽעֲרָבָה וְהוּא לֹא יָדַע כִּֽי־אֹרֵב לוֹ מֵאַחֲרֵי הָעִֽיר
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hastened and rose up early and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, in front of the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,203Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עיר שמש — the Tanakh's own spelling: Ir-shemesh. Searched as עיר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 280.
As a plain word it stands 139 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- שמש — the Tanakh's own spelling found 331,840 in the Torah (chance 322,847)
Questions
Does Irshemesh appear in the Torah codes?
680,161 sequences of עיר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 680,876 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Irshemesh in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:13 — the shortest of 680,161 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 680,876.
What is the gematria of Irshemesh in Hebrew?
Irshemesh is spelled עיר שמש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 280; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Irshemesh found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, עיר appears 2,925,438 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.1% more than the 2,921,802 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,925,438 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
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