Biblical names

Jehosheba יהושבע

Jehosheba (יהושבע) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Jehosheba is found 272 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 18 (Genesis 24:21) — about what chance alone gives (about 282).

Found in the Torah
272
Chance alone
282
P (≥ found)
0.74
Shortest skip
18

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

272 sequences of יהושבע at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 282 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 18 — the first at Genesis 24:21, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 1,752 sequences of יהושבע, against about 1,795 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 76
  • Exodus 52
  • Leviticus 39
  • Numbers 55
  • Deuteronomy 50

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 24:21בראשית כד:כאskip 18, forward

    וְהָאִישׁ מִשְׁתָּאֵה לָהּ מַחֲרִישׁ לָדַעַת הַֽהִצְלִיחַ יְהוָה דַּרְכּוֹ אִם־לֹֽא

    And the man looked stedfastly on her; holding his peace, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

    יהושבע at skip 18, forward from Genesis 24:21עדאםכלולשתתותמהרותערכדהאלהשקתותרץעודאלהבארלשאבותשאבלכלגמליווהאשמשתאהלהמחרישלדעתהצליחיקוקדרכואםלאיהיכאשרכלוהגמליםלתותויקחהאישנזםזהבקעמשקלוושניצמידיםלידיהעשרהזהבמשקלםויאמרבתמיאתהגידינאליהישביתאביךמקוםלנולליןותאמריהושבע
    skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 30,446Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 37:9שמות לז:טskip 38, forward

    וַיִּהְיוּ הַכְּרֻבִים פֹּרְשֵׂי כְנָפַיִם לְמַעְלָה סֹֽכְכִים בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם עַל־הַכַּפֹּרֶת וּפְנֵיהֶם אִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו אֶל־הַכַּפֹּרֶת הָיוּ פְּנֵי הַכְּרֻבִֽים

    And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, screening the ark-cover with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the ark-cover were the faces of the cherubim.

    יהושבע at skip 38, forward from Exodus 37:9הויעששניכרביםזהבמקשהעתכרובאחדמקצהמזהוכרובאשהאתהכרביםמשניקצוותוויםלמעלהסככםבכנפיהםעלחיואלהכפרתיופניהכרבייםאמתיםארכואמהרחבוואזהבטהורויעלוזרזהבסבייבויעשזרזהלמסגרתוסביבויתןאתהטבתעלארבעהפאתהמסגרתהיוהטבעתבתיםלבשאתהבדיםעצישטיםויצףאתעשאתהכליםאשרעלהשלחןאתיהושבע
    skip 38, width 38 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 135,143Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 29:13שמות כט:יגskip 39, forward

    וְלָֽקַחְתָּ אֶֽת־כָּל־הַחֵלֶב הַֽמְכַסֶּה אֶת־הַקֶּרֶב וְאֵת הַיֹּתֶרֶת עַל־הַכָּבֵד וְאֵת שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶן וְהִקְטַרְתָּ הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה

    And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the lobe above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and make them smoke upon the altar.

    יהושבע at skip 39, forward from Exodus 29:13ושחטתאתהפרלפנייקוקפתחונתתהעלקרנתהמזבחבאצבעדהמזבחולקחתאתכלהחלבהמלהכבדואתשתהכליתואתהחזבחהואתבשרפרואתערוואחנהחטאתהואאתהאילהאחדתידיהםעלראהאילושחטתאקתעלהמזבחסיבואתהאילתוכרעיוונתתלנתחיוועלרמזבחהעלההואליקוקריחניתאתהאילהשניוסמךאהרןובלושחטתאתהאילולקחתמדמויהושבע
    skip 39, width 39 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 121,191Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 8:5בראשית ח:הskip 56, forward

    וְהַמַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר עַד הַחֹדֶשׁ הָֽעֲשִׂירִי בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ נִרְאוּ רָאשֵׁי הֶֽהָרִֽים

    And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

    יהושבע at skip 56, forward from Genesis 8:5הארץוישכוהמיםויסכרומעשבוהמיםמעלהארץהלוךושובחדשהשביעיבשבעהעשריוםשהעשיריבעשריבאחדלחדשחאתחלוןהתבאשרעשהוישלץוישלחאתהינהמאתולראוחלכףרגלהותבאליואלהתבתהאליואלהתהויחלעודשבאליוהיונהלתערבוהנהעליחלעודשבעתימיםאחריםויוששמאותשנהבראשוןבאחדליראוהנהחרבופניהאדמהוביהושבע
    skip 56, width 56 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 9,372Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 39:2בראשית לט:בskip 102, forward

    וַיְהִי יְהוָה אֶת־יוֹסֵף וַיְהִי אִישׁ מַצְלִיחַ וַיְהִי בְּבֵית אֲדֹנָיו הַמִּצְרִֽי

    And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

    יהושבע at skip 102, forward from Genesis 39:2מטההאלהויכריהודהויאמרידותקחהמילדתותקשרעלידאשרעלידוהשניויקראשמוזקוקאתיוסףוהיאישמצליחרתאתוויפקדועלביתווכלקבכלאשרישלבביתובשדהובריםהאלהותאאשתאדניואאיננוגדולביתהזהממניווםיוםולאשמאליהלשכבאצכבהעמיויעזבבגדובידהוישעברילצחקבנובאאלילשכבדבואאדניואלביתוותדבראיהושבע
    skip 102, width 102 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 57,618Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

1,248 sequences of יהושבע at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,247 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 76
  • Exodus 52
  • Leviticus 39
  • Numbers 55
  • Deuteronomy 53
  • Joshua 56
  • Judges 48
  • Samuel 89
  • Kings 101
  • Isaiah 69
  • Jeremiah 96
  • Ezekiel 67
  • The Twelve 77
  • Psalms 67
  • Proverbs 20
  • Job 20
  • Song of Songs 5
  • Ruth 4
  • Lamentations 9
  • Ecclesiastes 11
  • Esther 13
  • Daniel 10
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 49
  • Chronicles 162

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Kings 9:2מלכים ב ט:בskip 3, backward

    וּבָאתָ שָׁמָּה וּרְאֵֽה־שָׁם יֵהוּא בֶן־יְהוֹשָׁפָט בֶּן־נִמְשִׁי וּבָאתָ וַהֲקֵֽמֹתוֹ מִתּוֹך אֶחָיו וְהֵבֵיאתָ אֹתוֹ חֶדֶר בְּחָֽדֶר

    And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber.

    יהושבע at skip 3, backward from 2 Kings 9:2דךולךרמתגלדואתמהראשםהואבןיהושפיהושבע
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 542,677Open in the laboratory →

  2. Ezekiel 27:31יחזקאל כז:לאskip 8, backward

    וְהִקְרִיחוּ אֵלַיִךְ קָרְחָה וְחָגְרוּ שַׂקִּים וּבָכוּ אֵלַיִךְ בְּמַר־נֶפֶשׁ מִסְפֵּד מָֽר

    And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, And gird them with sackcloth, And they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul With bitter lamentation.

    יהושבע at skip 8, backward from Ezekiel 27:31ועליךבקולםויזעקומרהויעלועפרלראשיהםאפריתפלווהקריחאליךקרחוחגרושקםובכואליךבמרנפשמספדמרונשאואליהושבע
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 766,633Open in the laboratory →

  3. Psalms 38:14תהלים לח:ידskip 11, backward

    וַאֲנִי כְחֵרֵשׁ לֹא אֶשְׁמָע וּכְאִלֵּם לֹא יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיו

    But I am as a deaf man, I hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

    יהושבע at skip 11, backward from Psalms 38:14םאיןאתיאהביורעימנגדנגעייעמדווקרובימרחקמדווינקשומקשינפשיודרירעתידברוהותומרמותכליוםיהגוואנכחרשלאאשמעוכאלםלאיפתחפיוואהיכאישאשרלאשיהושבע
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 877,577Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

יהושבע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as יהושבע, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 393.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 11:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Jehosheba in the Torah codes?

272 sequences of יהושבע at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 282 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Jehosheba in the Torah?

Skip 18, reading forward from Genesis 24:21 — the shortest of 272 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 282.

How is Jehosheba spelled in Hebrew?

Jehosheba is spelled יהושבע — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 393.

Is Jehosheba in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

1,248 sequences of יהושבע at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,247 that chance alone would produce.

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