Ishma ישמא
Ishma (ישמא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Ishma appears 1,243,806 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 3.8% more than chance alone would give (about 1,198,366; probability below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 1,243,806
- Chance alone · every skip
- 1,198,366
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,557
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: 113,775 found · chance alone about 115,008 (probability of 113,775 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), ישמא appears 1,243,806 times in the Torah — 3.8% more than the 1,198,366 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,243,806 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
The shortest skip at which ישמא appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 47:29, reading forward.
The longest skip at which ישמא was found in the Torah is 101,557 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, 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 320,196
- Exodus 256,269
- Leviticus 177,565
- Numbers 263,689
- Deuteronomy 226,087
Examples across the range
5 of the 1,243,806 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 ם אGenesis 47:29
… לוֹ אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ שִֽׂים־נָא יָדְךָ תַּחַת יְרֵכִי וְעָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי …
And the time drew near that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him: ‘If now I have found favour in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 73,741 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ש ם אGenesis 47:29
Letter by letter
- י ש מ אExodus 31:15
שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים יֵעָשֶׂה מְלָאכָה וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן קֹדֶשׁ …
Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD; whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 125,456 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ש מ אExodus 31:15
- יExodus 11:3
… גָּדוֹל מְאֹד בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּעֵינֵי עַבְדֵֽי־פַרְעֹה וּבְעֵינֵי הָעָֽם
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שExodus 11:5
… הַיֹּשֵׁב עַל־כִּסְאוֹ עַד בְּכוֹר הַשִּׁפְחָה אֲשֶׁר אַחַר הָרֵחָיִם וְכֹל בְּכוֹר …
and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of cattle.
- מExodus 11:7
… יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יֶֽחֱרַץ־כֶּלֶב לְשֹׁנוֹ לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד־בְּהֵמָה לְמַעַן תֵּֽדְעוּן אֲשֶׁר …
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
- אExodus 11:8
… אַתָּה וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־בְּרַגְלֶיךָ וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן אֵצֵא וַיֵּצֵא מֵֽעִם־פַּרְעֹה …
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down unto me, saying: Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee; and after that I will go out.’ And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
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 93,519 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יExodus 11:3
- יNumbers 10:32
וְהָיָה כִּי־תֵלֵךְ עִמָּנוּ וְהָיָה הַטּוֹב הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר יֵיטִיב יְהוָה עִמָּנוּ וְהֵטַבְנוּ לָֽךְ
And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שNumbers 11:16
… יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֶסְפָה־לִּי שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יָדַעְתָּ …
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Gather unto Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee.
- םNumbers 11:31
… הַיָּם וַיִּטֹּשׁ עַל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה כְּדֶרֶךְ יוֹם כֹּה וּכְדֶרֶךְ יוֹם כֹּה סְבִיבוֹת …
And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought across quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth.
- אNumbers 13:1
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
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 206,489 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- יNumbers 10:32
- יDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שNumbers 8:17
… הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֹתָם לִֽי
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- מExodus 16:8
… אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם מַלִּינִם עָלָיו וְנַחְנוּ מָה לֹא־עָלֵינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם כִּי עַל …
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.’
- אGenesis 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 101,557, width 101,557 — one row is 101,557 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,809 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,557 in the laboratory →
- יDeuteronomy 34:12
Across the Tanakh
17,369,931 sequences of ישמא across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 17,668,723 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 436,505 found · chance alone about 439,949 (probability of 436,505 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,208,189
- Exodus 888,204
- Leviticus 557,519
- Numbers 857,145
- Deuteronomy 763,479
- Joshua 572,141
- Judges 636,698
- Samuel 1,419,942
- Kings 1,486,424
- Isaiah 999,152
- Jeremiah 1,201,917
- Ezekiel 999,077
- The Twelve 801,146
- Psalms 1,212,741
- Proverbs 352,841
- Job 498,737
- Song of Songs 78,778
- Ruth 66,612
- Lamentations 92,063
- Ecclesiastes 140,166
- Esther 140,877
- Daniel 327,458
- Ezra–Nehemiah 558,662
- Chronicles 1,509,963
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- י ש מ א1 Samuel 16:4
וַיַּעַשׂ שְׁמוּאֵל אֵת אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה וַיָּבֹא …
And Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said: ‘Comest thou peaceably?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 407,995 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ש מ א1 Samuel 16:4
- יJoshua 9:6
וַיֵּלְכוּ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה הַגִּלְגָּל וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו …
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel: ‘We are come from a far country; now therefore make ye a covenant with us.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שJoshua 9:7
ויאמרו אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַחִוִּי אוּלַי בְּקִרְבִּי אַתָּה יוֹשֵׁב וְאֵיךְ אכרות־לְךָ בְרִֽית
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites: ‘Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?’
- םJoshua 9:9
… מֵאֶרֶץ רְחוֹקָה מְאֹד בָּאוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ לְשֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְנוּ שָׁמְעוֹ …
And they said unto him: ‘From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God; for we have heard the fame of Him, and all that He did in Egypt,
- אJoshua 9:10
… מֶלֶךְ חֶשְׁבּוֹן וּלְעוֹג מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁן אֲשֶׁר בְּעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת
and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
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 317,952 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יJoshua 9:6
- י2 Chronicles 36:23
… פָּרַס כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שEzekiel 46:19
… עַל־כֶּתֶף הַשַּׁעַר אֶל־הַלִּשְׁכוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַפֹּנוֹת צָפוֹנָה וְהִנֵּה …
Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north; and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.
- ם1 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.’
- אGenesis 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 398,953, width 398,953 — one row is 398,953 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,966 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,953 in the laboratory →
- י2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
ישמא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ישמא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 351.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ishma in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), ישמא appears 1,243,806 times in the Torah — 3.8% more than the 1,198,366 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,243,806 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
What is the shortest skip for Ishma in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 47:29 — the shortest of 1,243,806 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 1,198,366.
What is the gematria of Ishma in Hebrew?
Ishma is spelled ישמא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 351.
How many times is Ishma found in the whole Tanakh?
17,369,931 sequences of ישמא across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 17,668,723 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 1,198,366 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.