Ishvah ישוה
Ishvah (ישוה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Ishvah appears 141,598 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 145,104 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 141,598
- Chance alone
- 145,104
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
141,598 sequences of ישוה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 145,104 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:9, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 1,522,964 sequences of ישוה, against about 1,511,961 from chance alone.
- Genesis 34,569
- Exodus 32,761
- Leviticus 21,250
- Numbers 28,985
- Deuteronomy 24,033
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 388Open in the laboratory →
וּבְאֵלֶּה לֹא־הָיָה אִישׁ מִפְּקוּדֵי מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר פָּקְדוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמִדְבַּר סִינָֽי
But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 233,909Open in the laboratory →
וְהֶבֶל הֵבִיא גַם־הוּא מִבְּכֹרוֹת צֹאנוֹ וּמֵֽחֶלְבֵהֶן וַיִּשַׁע יְהוָה אֶל־הֶבֶל וְאֶל־מִנְחָתֽוֹ
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 4,379Open in the laboratory →
מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה תִּֽקַּח־לְךָ שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא טְהֹרָה הִוא שְׁנַיִם אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּֽוֹ
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, each with his mate; and of the beasts that are not clean two [and two], each with his mate;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 8,039Open in the laboratory →
וּלְשֵׁם יֻלַּד גַּם־הוּא אֲבִי כָּל־בְּנֵי־עֵבֶר אֲחִי יֶפֶת הַגָּדֽוֹל
And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 12,306Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
606,229 sequences of ישוה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 614,180 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 34,569
- Exodus 32,761
- Leviticus 21,250
- Numbers 28,985
- Deuteronomy 26,240
- Joshua 23,048
- Judges 22,386
- Samuel 53,138
- Kings 57,537
- Isaiah 32,975
- Jeremiah 43,034
- Ezekiel 33,856
- The Twelve 30,941
- Psalms 34,769
- Proverbs 8,907
- Job 11,194
- Song of Songs 2,262
- Ruth 2,054
- Lamentations 2,807
- Ecclesiastes 5,258
- Esther 5,254
- Daniel 8,302
- Ezra–Nehemiah 21,703
- Chronicles 62,999
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעַשׂ־לוֹ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ חַֽרְבוֹת צֻרִים וַיָּמָל אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־גִּבְעַת הָעֲרָלֽוֹת
And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-ha-araloth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,525Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ לוֹ אֵהוּד חֶרֶב וְלָהּ שְׁנֵי פֵיוֹת גֹּמֶד אָרְכָּהּ וַיַּחְגֹּר אוֹתָהּ מִתַּחַת לְמַדָּיו עַל יֶרֶךְ יְמִינֽוֹ
And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 349,141Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ אוֹתוֹ גִדְעוֹן לְאֵפוֹד וַיַּצֵּג אוֹתוֹ בְעִירוֹ בְּעָפְרָה וַיִּזְנוּ כָֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֲרָיו שָׁם וַיְהִי לְגִדְעוֹן וּלְבֵיתוֹ לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah; and all Israel went astray after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,396Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ישוה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ישוה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 321.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Hosea 10:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Ishvah appear in the Torah codes?
141,598 sequences of ישוה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 145,104 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Ishvah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:9 — the shortest of 141,598 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 145,104.
How is Ishvah spelled in Hebrew?
Ishvah is spelled ישוה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 321.
Is Ishvah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
606,229 sequences of ישוה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 614,180 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 145,104 here) beside the count.