Jeshishai ישישי
Jeshishai (ישישי) is a person named in the Tanakh — Jehishai. Jeshishai appears 4,273 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 4,278 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 4,273
- Chance alone
- 4,278
- P (≥ found)
- 0.53
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
4,273 sequences of ישישי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 4,278 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which ישישי appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Genesis 35:10, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), ישישי is found 32,923 times; chance alone would give about 33,717.
- Genesis 1,244
- Exodus 972
- Leviticus 515
- Numbers 956
- Deuteronomy 586
The shortest skips
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לוֹ אֱלֹהִים שִׁמְךָ יַעֲקֹב לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵא שִׁמְךָ עוֹד יַעֲקֹב כִּי אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה שְׁמֶךָ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And God said unto him: ‘Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name’; and He called his name Israel.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 51,344Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְמָרֲרֻהוּ וָרֹבּוּ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻהוּ בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּֽים
The archers have dealt bitterly with him, And shot at him, and hated him;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 76,084Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּגַּשׁ אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמַר הַאַף תִּסְפֶּה צַדִּיק עִם־רָשָֽׁע
And Abraham drew near, and said: ‘Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,564Open in the laboratory →
דָּן וְנַפְתָּלִי גָּד וְאָשֵֽׁר
Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 78,156Open in the laboratory →
וּלְזֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים בָּקָר שְׁנַיִם אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה עַתֻּדִים חֲמִשָּׁה כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה חֲמִשָּׁה זֶה קָרְבַּן אֱלִיאָב בֶּן־חֵלֹֽן
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 199,614Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ישישי appears 21,695 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.2% more than the 21,431 chance alone would give; the probability of 21,695 or more by chance alone is 0.04.
- Genesis 1,244
- Exodus 972
- Leviticus 515
- Numbers 956
- Deuteronomy 770
- Joshua 633
- Judges 948
- Samuel 1,891
- Kings 2,311
- Isaiah 1,177
- Jeremiah 1,231
- Ezekiel 1,063
- The Twelve 919
- Psalms 1,694
- Proverbs 509
- Job 676
- Song of Songs 117
- Ruth 84
- Lamentations 120
- Ecclesiastes 188
- Esther 140
- Daniel 358
- Ezra–Nehemiah 931
- Chronicles 2,248
Outside the Torah
שָׂא נָא לְפֶשַׁע אֲמָתֶךָ כִּי עָשֹֽׂה־יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה לַֽאדֹנִי בַּיִת נֶאֱמָן כִּי־מִלְחֲמוֹת יְהוָה אֲדֹנִי נִלְחָם וְרָעָה לֹא־תִמָּצֵא בְךָ מִיָּמֶֽיךָ
Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil is not found in thee all thy days.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 426,082Open in the laboratory →
וּבֹשׁוּ עֹבְדֵי פִשְׁתִּים שְׂרִיקוֹת וְאֹרְגִים חוֹרָֽי
Moreover they that work in combed flax, And they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 593,291Open in the laboratory →
וְשִׁלַּמְתִּי לְבָבֶל וּלְכֹל יוֹשְׁבֵי כַשְׂדִּים אֵת כָּל־רָעָתָם אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ בְצִיּוֹן לְעֵֽינֵיכֶם נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea All their evil that they have done in Zion, in your sight; Saith the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 722,833Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ישישי — the Tanakh's own spelling: Jehishai. Searched as ישישי, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 630.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 5:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Jeshishai in the Torah codes?
4,273 sequences of ישישי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 4,278 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Jeshishai in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Genesis 35:10 — the shortest of 4,273 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,278.
What is the gematria of Jeshishai in Hebrew?
Jeshishai is spelled ישישי — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 630.
How many times is Jeshishai found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ישישי appears 21,695 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.2% more than the 21,431 chance alone would give; the probability of 21,695 or more by chance alone is 0.04.
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