Ishpan ישפן
Ishpan (ישפן) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Ishpan is found 129,562 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 9:16) — 8.1% above the 119,805 chance alone would give (probability of 129,562 or more by chance alone: 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁷⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 129,562
- Chance alone · every skip
- 119,805
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁷⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,397
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: 11,802 found · chance alone about 11,498 (probability of 11,802 or more by chance alone: 0.0024).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 129,562 sequences of ישפן across every skip (2–101,616), 8.1% above what chance alone gives (about 119,805); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁷⁰ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 9:16, reading backward.
The longest skip at which ישפן was found in the Torah is 101,397 — at Genesis 1:6, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 33,091
- Exodus 27,946
- Leviticus 19,070
- Numbers 27,016
- Deuteronomy 22,439
Examples across the range
5 of the 129,562 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 פ ןExodus 9:16
וְאוּלָם בַּעֲבוּר זֹאת הֶעֱמַדְתִּיךָ בַּעֲבוּר הַרְאֹתְךָ אֶת־כֹּחִי וּלְמַעַן סַפֵּר שְׁמִי בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ
But in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 90,495 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ש פ ןExodus 9:16
Letter by letter
- י ש פ נLeviticus 23:17
מִמּוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם תָּבִיאּוּ לֶחֶם תְּנוּפָה שְׁתַּיִם שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים סֹלֶת תִּהְיֶינָה חָמֵץ תֵּאָפֶינָה בִּכּוּרִים לַֽיהוָֽה
Ye shall bring out of your dwellings two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for first-fruits unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 176,996 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ש פ נLeviticus 23:17
- יLeviticus 11:9
אֶת־זֶה תֹּֽאכְלוּ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ סְנַפִּיר וְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂת …
These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them may ye eat.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שLeviticus 11:10
… שֶׁרֶץ הַמַּיִם וּמִכֹּל נֶפֶשׁ הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּיִם שֶׁקֶץ הֵם לָכֶֽם
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are a detestable thing unto you,
- ףLeviticus 11:13
וְאֶת־אֵלֶּה תְּשַׁקְּצוּ מִן־הָעוֹף לֹא יֵאָכְלוּ שֶׁקֶץ הֵם אֶת …
And these ye shall have in detestation among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are a detestable thing: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;
- נLeviticus 11:16
וְאֵת בַּת הַֽיַּעֲנָה וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁחַף וְאֶת־הַנֵּץ לְמִינֵֽהוּ
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;
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 155,799 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יLeviticus 11:9
- יNumbers 13:28
… גְּדֹלֹת מְאֹד וְגַם־יְלִדֵי הָֽעֲנָק רָאִינוּ שָֽׁם
Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are fierce, and the cities are fortified, and very great; and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שNumbers 14:13
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־יְהוָה וְשָׁמְעוּ מִצְרַיִם כִּֽי־הֶעֱלִיתָ בְכֹחֲךָ אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה מִקִּרְבּֽוֹ
And Moses said unto the LORD: ‘When the Egyptians shall hear—for Thou broughtest up this people in Thy might from among them—
- פNumbers 14:32
וּפִגְרֵיכֶם אַתֶּם יִפְּלוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּֽה
But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.
- ןNumbers 15:6
אוֹ לָאַיִל תַּעֲשֶׂה מִנְחָה סֹלֶת שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן שְׁלִשִׁית הַהִֽין
Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil;
skip 1,001, width 1,001 — one row is 1,001 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 210,617 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,001 in the laboratory →
- יNumbers 13:28
- יGenesis 1:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שExodus 16:8
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה בְּתֵת יְהוָה לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר …
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.’
- פNumbers 8:13
וְהַֽעֲמַדְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְלִפְנֵי בָנָיו וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לַֽיהוָֽה
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto the LORD.
- נDeuteronomy 34:4
… לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה הֶרְאִיתִיךָ בְעֵינֶיךָ וְשָׁמָּה לֹא תַעֲבֹֽר …
And the LORD said unto him: ‘This is the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying: I will give it unto thy seed; I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.’
skip 101,397, width 101,397 — one row is 101,397 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 226 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,397 in the laboratory →
- יGenesis 1:6
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), ישפן appears 1,847,328 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,880,206, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 47,191 found · chance alone about 46,817 (probability of 47,191 or more by chance alone: 0.04).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 124,900
- Exodus 92,699
- Leviticus 58,299
- Numbers 89,531
- Deuteronomy 79,909
- Joshua 60,350
- Judges 67,329
- Samuel 149,007
- Kings 157,392
- Isaiah 106,956
- Jeremiah 130,604
- Ezekiel 108,579
- The Twelve 86,573
- Psalms 130,839
- Proverbs 38,048
- Job 54,202
- Song of Songs 8,662
- Ruth 7,127
- Lamentations 9,996
- Ecclesiastes 15,194
- Esther 14,878
- Daniel 35,512
- Ezra–Nehemiah 60,295
- Chronicles 160,447
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- י ש פ ן1 Kings 8:37
… כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה בָאָרֶץ דֶּבֶר כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה שִׁדָּפוֹן יֵרָקוֹן אַרְבֶּה חָסִיל כִּי יִהְיֶה …
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 495,377 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ש פ ן1 Kings 8:37
- י1 Samuel 14:13
… אַחֲרָיו וַֽיִּפְּלוּ לִפְנֵי יוֹנָתָן וְנֹשֵׂא כֵלָיו מְמוֹתֵת אַחֲרָֽיו
And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan; and his armour-bearer slew them after him.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ש1 Samuel 14:15
… בַמַּחֲנֶה בַשָּׂדֶה וּבְכָל־הָעָם הַמַּצָּב וְהַמַּשְׁחִית חָרְדוּ גַּם־הֵמָּה וַתִּרְגַּז הָאָרֶץ …
And there was a trembling in the camp in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked; so it grew into a terror from God.
- פ1 Samuel 14:17
וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל לָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ פִּקְדוּ־נָא וּרְאוּ מִי הָלַךְ מֵעִמָּנוּ …
Then said Saul unto the people that were with him: ‘Number now, and see who is gone from us.’ And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armour-bearer were not there.
- נ1 Samuel 14:18
וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל לַֽאֲחִיָּה הַגִּישָׁה אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים כִּֽי־הָיָה אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And Saul said unto Ahijah: ‘Bring hither the ark of God.’ For the ark of God was there at that time with the children of Israel.
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 403,295 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- י1 Samuel 14:13
- י2 Chronicles 36:17
וַיַּעַל עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת־מֶלֶךְ כשדיים וַיַּהֲרֹג …
Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.
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.
- פ1 Samuel 12:2
… וּבָנַי הִנָּם אִתְּכֶם וַאֲנִי הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי לִפְנֵיכֶם מִנְּעֻרַי עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.
- נGenesis 1:21
… הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב …
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 398,493, width 398,493 — one row is 398,493 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,506 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,493 in the laboratory →
- י2 Chronicles 36:17
The spelling
ישפן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ישפן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 440.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ishpan in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 129,562 sequences of ישפן across every skip (2–101,616), 8.1% above what chance alone gives (about 119,805); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁷⁰ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Ishpan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Exodus 9:16 — the shortest of 129,562 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 119,805.
How is Ishpan spelled in Hebrew?
Ishpan is spelled ישפן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 440.
Is Ishpan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), ישפן appears 1,847,328 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,880,206, 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 119,805 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.