Ishi ישעי
Ishi (ישעי) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Ishi is found 652,234 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 4:15) — 4.1% above the 626,607 chance alone would give (probability of 652,234 or more by chance alone: 3.6 × 10⁻²²⁷).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 652,234
- Chance alone · every skip
- 626,607
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 3.6 × 10⁻²²⁷
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,470
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 59,346 found · chance alone about 60,136 (probability of 59,346 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 652,234 sequences of ישעי across every skip (2–101,616), 4.1% above what chance alone gives (about 626,607); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.6 × 10⁻²²⁷ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 4:15, reading forward.
The longest skip at which ישעי was found in the Torah is 101,470 — at Deuteronomy 34:9, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 170,104
- Exodus 136,593
- Leviticus 91,464
- Numbers 135,329
- Deuteronomy 118,744
Examples across the range
5 of the 652,234 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- י ש ע יGenesis 4:15
… לוֹ יְהוָה לָכֵן כָּל־הֹרֵג קַיִן שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקָּם וַיָּשֶׂם יְהוָה לְקַיִן אוֹת …
And the LORD said unto him: ‘Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.’ And the LORD set a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,857 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ש ע יGenesis 4:15
Letter by letter
- י ש ע יGenesis 20:9
… חֲטָאָה גְדֹלָה מַעֲשִׂים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יֵֽעָשׂוּ עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִֽי
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: ‘What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,892 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ש ע יGenesis 20:9
- יExodus 18:25
… הָעָם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת שָׂרֵי חֲמִשִּׁים וְשָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרֹֽת
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שExodus 19:1
בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לְצֵאת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה בָּאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינָֽי
In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
- עExodus 19:3
וּמֹשֶׁה עָלָה אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים וַיִּקְרָא אֵלָיו יְהוָה …
And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying: ‘Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
- יExodus 19:4
אַתֶּם רְאִיתֶם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי לְמִצְרָיִם וָאֶשָּׂא אֶתְכֶם עַל־כַּנְפֵי נְשָׁרִים וָאָבִא אֶתְכֶם אֵלָֽי
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’wings, and brought you unto Myself.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 105,524 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יExodus 18:25
- יNumbers 22:6
… הַזֶּה כִּֽי־עָצוּם הוּא מִמֶּנִּי אוּלַי אוּכַל נַכֶּה־בּוֹ וַאֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּ מִן …
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me; peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שNumbers 22:24
וַֽיַּעֲמֹד מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה בְּמִשְׁעוֹל הַכְּרָמִים גָּדֵר מִזֶּה וְגָדֵר מִזֶּֽה
Then the angel of the LORD stood in a hollow way between the vineyards, a fence being on this side, and a fence on that side.
- עNumbers 22:41
וַיְהִי בַבֹּקֶר וַיִּקַּח בָּלָק אֶת־בִּלְעָם וַֽיַּעֲלֵהוּ בָּמוֹת בָּעַל וַיַּרְא מִשָּׁם קְצֵה הָעָֽם
And it came to pass in the morning that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into Bamoth-baal, and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
- יNumbers 23:21
לֹֽא־הִבִּיט אָוֶן בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא־רָאָה עָמָל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וּתְרוּעַת מֶלֶךְ בּֽוֹ
None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the shouting for the King is among them.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 225,596 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- יNumbers 22:6
- יDeuteronomy 34:9
… חָכְמָה כִּֽי־סָמַךְ מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יָדָיו עָלָיו וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֵלָיו בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל …
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שNumbers 8:16
… כָּל־רֶחֶם בְּכוֹר כֹּל מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָקַחְתִּי אֹתָם לִֽי
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
- עExodus 16:8
… מָה לֹא־עָלֵינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם כִּי עַל־יְהוָֽה
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- יGenesis 1:7
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
skip 101,470, width 101,470 — one row is 101,470 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,653 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,470 in the laboratory →
- יDeuteronomy 34:9
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), ישעי appears 11,277,278 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 11,531,751, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 287,670 found · chance alone about 287,139 (probability of 287,670 or more by chance alone: 0.16).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 779,791
- Exodus 572,197
- Leviticus 355,738
- Numbers 549,147
- Deuteronomy 491,824
- Joshua 369,462
- Judges 410,466
- Samuel 908,873
- Kings 952,592
- Isaiah 646,296
- Jeremiah 779,462
- Ezekiel 651,895
- The Twelve 528,673
- Psalms 800,262
- Proverbs 232,680
- Job 328,910
- Song of Songs 51,926
- Ruth 44,299
- Lamentations 60,903
- Ecclesiastes 92,081
- Esther 92,444
- Daniel 216,288
- Ezra–Nehemiah 368,244
- Chronicles 992,825
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- י ש ע יJudges 11:10
וַיֹּאמְרוּ זִקְנֵֽי־גִלְעָד אֶל־יִפְתָּח יְהוָה יִהְיֶה שֹׁמֵעַ בֵּֽינוֹתֵינוּ אִם־לֹא כִדְבָרְךָ כֵּן נַעֲשֶֽׂה
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah: ‘The LORD shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 364,836 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ש ע יJudges 11:10
- יJoshua 19:7
עַיִן רִמּוֹן וָעֶתֶר וְעָשָׁן עָרִים אַרְבַּע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן
Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שJoshua 19:9
מֵחֶבֶל בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה נַחֲלַת בְּנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן כִּֽי־הָיָה חֵלֶק בְּנֵֽי־יְהוּדָה …
Out of the allotment of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon, for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them; therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
- עJoshua 19:11
וְעָלָה גְבוּלָם לַיָּמָּה וּמַרְעֲלָה וּפָגַע בְּדַבָּשֶׁת וּפָגַע אֶל־הַנַּחַל אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי יָקְנְעָֽם
And their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam.
- יJoshua 19:12
וְשָׁב מִשָּׂרִיד קֵדְמָה מִזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עַל־גְּבוּל כִּסְלֹת תָּבֹר וְיָצָא אֶל־הַדָּֽבְרַת וְעָלָה יָפִֽיעַ
And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 333,625 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יJoshua 19:7
- י2 Chronicles 36:22
… פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר־יְהוָה בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ הֵעִיר יְהוָה אֶת־רוּחַ כּוֹרֶשׁ …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שEzekiel 46:18
… מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ יַנְחִל אֶת־בָּנָיו לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָפֻצוּ עַמִּי אִישׁ מֵאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ …
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that My people be not scattered every man from his possession.’
- ע1 Samuel 11:10
וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ מָחָר נֵצֵא אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָּנוּ כְּכָל־הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
And the men of Jabesh said: ‘To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.’
- יGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 398,919, width 398,919 — one row is 398,919 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,877 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,919 in the laboratory →
- י2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
ישעי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ישעי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 390.
As a plain word it stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 22:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ishi in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 652,234 sequences of ישעי across every skip (2–101,616), 4.1% above what chance alone gives (about 626,607); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.6 × 10⁻²²⁷ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Ishi in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:15 — the shortest of 652,234 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 626,607.
How is Ishi spelled in Hebrew?
Ishi is spelled ישעי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 390.
Is Ishi in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), ישעי appears 11,277,278 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 11,531,751, 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 626,607 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.