Jischak ישחק
Jischak (ישחק) is a person named in the Tanakh — Isaac. In the Torah codes, Jischak is found 5,926 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 31:26) — 3.6% above the 5,717 chance alone would give (probability of 5,926 or more by chance alone: 0.0031).
- Found in the Torah
- 5,926
- Chance alone
- 5,717
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0031
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 5,926 sequences of ישחק at skips 2–5,000, 3.6% above what chance alone gives (about 5,717); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0031 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 31:26, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 63,092 sequences of ישחק, against about 59,575 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,488
- Exodus 1,443
- Leviticus 879
- Numbers 1,551
- Deuteronomy 565
The shortest skips
שָׂא אֵת רֹאשׁ מַלְקוֹחַ הַשְּׁבִי בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה אַתָּה וְאֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְרָאשֵׁי אֲבוֹת הָעֵדָֽה
’Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’houses of the congregation;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 240,645Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ בְּרִיחֵי עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים חֲמִשָּׁה לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּן הָאֶחָֽת
And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 134,360Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶל־מֹשֶׁה אָמַר עֲלֵה אֶל־יְהוָה אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא וְשִׁבְעִים מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶם מֵרָחֹֽק
And unto Moses He said: ‘Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off;
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 112,519Open in the laboratory →
וְהַטּוּר הַשֵּׁנִי נֹפֶךְ סַפִּיר וְיָהֲלֹֽם
and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 119,186Open in the laboratory →
וְהַטּוּר הַשֵּׁנִי נֹפֶךְ סַפִּיר וְיָהֲלֹֽם
And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 138,401Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 21,169 sequences of ישחק at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 20,879); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
- Genesis 1,488
- Exodus 1,443
- Leviticus 879
- Numbers 1,551
- Deuteronomy 611
- Joshua 642
- Judges 605
- Samuel 1,239
- Kings 1,637
- Isaiah 1,433
- Jeremiah 1,023
- Ezekiel 1,102
- The Twelve 954
- Psalms 1,643
- Proverbs 868
- Job 938
- Song of Songs 107
- Ruth 126
- Lamentations 121
- Ecclesiastes 215
- Esther 158
- Daniel 347
- Ezra–Nehemiah 618
- Chronicles 1,421
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ כָל־שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים הֵמָּה וְהָאֲנָשִׁים כִּֽי־הִפְקִיד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל אֶת־גְּדַלְיָהוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־גְּדַלְיָהוּ הַמִּצְפָּה וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָה וְיוֹחָנָן בֶּן־קָרֵחַ וּשְׂרָיָה בֶן־תַּנְחֻמֶת הַנְּטֹפָתִי וְיַֽאֲזַנְיָהוּ בֶּן־הַמַּעֲכָתִי הֵמָּה וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶֽם
Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 575,069Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־גְּדַלְיָה הַמִּצְפָּתָה וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָהוּ וְיוֹחָנָן וְיוֹנָתָן בְּנֵֽי־קָרֵחַ וּשְׂרָיָה בֶן־תַּנְחֻמֶת וּבְנֵי עופי הַנְּטֹפָתִי וִֽיזַנְיָהוּ בֶּן־הַמַּעֲכָתִי הֵמָּה וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶֽם
then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 705,063Open in the laboratory →
לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל
For the Leader; [a Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 880,328Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ישחק — the Tanakh's own spelling: Isaac. Searched as ישחק, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 418.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 33:26. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Jischak appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 5,926 sequences of ישחק at skips 2–5,000, 3.6% above what chance alone gives (about 5,717); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0031 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Jischak in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Numbers 31:26 — the shortest of 5,926 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5,717.
How is Jischak spelled in Hebrew?
Jischak is spelled ישחק — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 418.
Is Jischak in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 21,169 sequences of ישחק at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 20,879); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 5,717 here) beside the count.