Biblical names

Jeshua ישוע

Jeshua (ישוע) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 57,233 sequences of Jeshua, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 24:2); chance alone would give about 58,186.

Found in the Torah
57,233
Chance alone
58,186
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

At skips 2–5,000, ישוע appears 57,233 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 58,186, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which ישוע appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 24:2, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), ישוע is found 610,785 times; chance alone would give about 606,293.

  • Genesis 15,269
  • Exodus 13,833
  • Leviticus 7,420
  • Numbers 12,005
  • Deuteronomy 8,706

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 24:2שמות כד:בskip 2, forward

    וְנִגַּשׁ מֹשֶׁה לְבַדּוֹ אֶל־יְהוָה וְהֵם לֹא יִגָּשׁוּ וְהָעָם לֹא יַעֲלוּ עִמּֽוֹ

    and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.’

    ישוע at skip 2, forward from Exodus 24:2קוהםלאגוהםלאיעלוישוע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 112,566Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 29:42שמות כט:מבskip 2, forward

    עֹלַת תָּמִיד לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם פֶּתַח אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר אִוָּעֵד לָכֶם שָׁמָּה לְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ שָֽׁם

    It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet with you, to speak there unto thee.

    ישוע at skip 2, forward from Exodus 29:42לדבראלךםנדתישמהלישוע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 122,873Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 21:26במדבר כא:כוskip 2, forward

    כִּי חֶשְׁבּוֹן עִיר סִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִי הִוא וְהוּא נִלְחַם בְּמֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב הָֽרִאשׁוֹן וַיִּקַּח אֶת־כָּל־אַרְצוֹ מִיָּדוֹ עַד־אַרְנֹֽן

    For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.

    ישוע at skip 2, forward from Numbers 21:26בנתיהכחבןירסיחןמישוע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 224,741Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 25:6במדבר כה:וskip 2, forward

    וְהִנֵּה אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּא וַיַּקְרֵב אֶל־אֶחָיו אֶת־הַמִּדְיָנִית לְעֵינֵי מֹשֶׁה וּלְעֵינֵי כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהֵמָּה בֹכִים פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד

    And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.

    ישוע at skip 2, forward from Numbers 25:6יתלעינמהליניכלעדישוע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 230,462Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 3:12דברים ג:יבskip 2, forward

    וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת יָרַשְׁנוּ בָּעֵת הַהִוא מֵעֲרֹעֵר אֲשֶׁר־עַל־נַחַל אַרְנֹן וַחֲצִי הַֽר־הַגִּלְעָד וְעָרָיו נָתַתִּי לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִי וְלַגָּדִֽי

    And this land we took in possession at that time; from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites;

    ישוע at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 3:12רץהזאתרנבתההואמעישוע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 255,205Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 269,117 sequences of ישוע at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 269,924).

  • Genesis 15,269
  • Exodus 13,833
  • Leviticus 7,420
  • Numbers 12,005
  • Deuteronomy 9,631
  • Joshua 9,870
  • Judges 10,427
  • Samuel 23,058
  • Kings 23,285
  • Isaiah 16,521
  • Jeremiah 15,928
  • Ezekiel 13,397
  • The Twelve 12,826
  • Psalms 19,552
  • Proverbs 6,482
  • Job 8,872
  • Song of Songs 1,370
  • Ruth 1,124
  • Lamentations 1,394
  • Ecclesiastes 2,303
  • Esther 2,095
  • Daniel 4,101
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 10,634
  • Chronicles 27,720

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 9:2שמואל ב ט:בskip 2, forward

    וּלְבֵית שָׁאוּל עֶבֶד וּשְׁמוֹ צִיבָא וַיִּקְרְאוּ־לוֹ אֶל־דָּוִד וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵלָיו הַאַתָּה צִיבָא וַיֹּאמֶר עַבְדֶּֽךָ

    Now there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him: ‘Art thou Ziba?’ And he said: ‘Thy servant is he.’

    ישוע at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 9:2נתןולבתאלבדושמוצישוע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 447,422Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Kings 2:33מלכים א ב:לגskip 2, forward

    וְשָׁבוּ דְמֵיהֶם בְּרֹאשׁ יוֹאָב וּבְרֹאשׁ זַרְעוֹ לְעֹלָם וּלְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֹ וּלְבֵיתוֹ וּלְכִסְאוֹ יִהְיֶה שָׁלוֹם עַד־עוֹלָם מֵעִם יְהוָֽה

    So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever; but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.’

    ישוע at skip 2, forward from 1 Kings 2:33כסאויההלםדעולםמעישוע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 482,533Open in the laboratory →

  3. Isaiah 40:24ישעיהו מ:כדskip 2, forward

    אַף בַּל־נִטָּעוּ אַף בַּל־זֹרָעוּ אַף בַּל־שֹׁרֵשׁ בָּאָרֶץ גִּזְעָם וְגַם־נָשַׁף בָּהֶם וַיִּבָשׁוּ וּסְעָרָה כַּקַּשׁ תִּשָּׂאֵֽם

    Scarce are they planted, Scarce are they sown, Scarce hath their stock taken root in the earth; When He bloweth upon them, they wither, And the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

    ישוע at skip 2, forward from Isaiah 40:24שףבהםובוסרהכקשתשישוע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 615,466Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

ישוע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ישוע, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 386.

As a plain word it stands 19 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Jeshua in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, ישוע appears 57,233 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 58,186, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Jeshua in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 24:2 — the shortest of 57,233 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 58,186.

What is the gematria of Jeshua in Hebrew?

Jeshua is spelled ישוע — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 386.

How many times is Jeshua found in the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 269,117 sequences of ישוע at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 269,924).

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