Biblical names

Joshah יושה

Joshah (יושה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 141,021 sequences of Joshah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 18:14); chance alone would give about 145,104.

Found in the Torah
141,021
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

141,021 sequences of יושה 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 18:14, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 1,540,598 sequences of יושה, against about 1,511,961 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 34,643
  • Exodus 32,075
  • Leviticus 21,218
  • Numbers 29,312
  • Deuteronomy 23,773

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 18:14בראשית יח:ידskip 2, forward

    הֲיִפָּלֵא מֵיְהוָה דָּבָר לַמּוֹעֵד אָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ כָּעֵת חַיָּה וּלְשָׂרָה בֵֽן

    Is any thing too hard for the LORD. At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.’

    יושה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 18:14יךכעתחהלרבןותכחשיושה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 21,154Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 39:5בראשית לט:הskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי מֵאָז הִפְקִיד אֹתוֹ בְּבֵיתוֹ וְעַל כָּל־אֲשֶׁר יֶשׁ־לוֹ וַיְבָרֶךְ יְהוָה אֶת־בֵּית הַמִּצְרִי בִּגְלַל יוֹסֵף וַיְהִי בִּרְכַּת יְהוָה בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר יֶשׁ־לוֹ בַּבַּיִת וּבַשָּׂדֶֽה

    And it came to pass from the time that he appointed him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.

    יושה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 39:5ישלובבתבדויעזבכליושה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 57,825Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 2:25שמות ב:כהskip 2, forward

    וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּדַע אֱלֹהִֽים

    And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.

    יושה at skip 2, forward from Exodus 2:25ידעאלהםמהיהרעהאתיושה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 80,319Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 12:33שמות יב:לגskip 2, forward

    וַתֶּחֱזַק מִצְרַיִם עַל־הָעָם לְמַהֵר לְשַׁלְּחָם מִן־הָאָרֶץ כִּי אָמְרוּ כֻּלָּנוּ מֵתִֽים

    And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said: ‘We are all dead men.’

    יושה at skip 2, forward from Exodus 12:33כלנומתםיאעםאתבצקיושה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 95,971Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 14:27שמות יד:כזskip 2, forward

    וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יָדוֹ עַל־הַיָּם וַיָּשָׁב הַיָּם לִפְנוֹת בֹּקֶר לְאֵיתָנוֹ וּמִצְרַיִם נָסִים לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיְנַעֵר יְהוָה אֶת־מִצְרַיִם בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּֽם

    And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

    יושה at skip 2, forward from Exodus 14:27ידועלהםיביםלפנותיושה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 99,587Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, יושה appears 605,909 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 614,180, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 34,643
  • Exodus 32,075
  • Leviticus 21,218
  • Numbers 29,312
  • Deuteronomy 26,114
  • Joshua 22,750
  • Judges 22,487
  • Samuel 53,022
  • Kings 57,364
  • Isaiah 33,364
  • Jeremiah 42,965
  • Ezekiel 33,433
  • The Twelve 31,741
  • Psalms 33,924
  • Proverbs 8,818
  • Job 11,284
  • Song of Songs 2,084
  • Ruth 2,004
  • Lamentations 3,270
  • Ecclesiastes 4,913
  • Esther 5,420
  • Daniel 8,657
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 21,258
  • Chronicles 63,789

Outside the Torah

  1. Judges 9:48שופטים ט:מחskip 2, forward

    וַיַּעַל אֲבִימֶלֶךְ הַר־צַלְמוֹן הוּא וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֶת־הַקַּרְדֻּמּוֹת בְּיָדוֹ וַיִּכְרֹת שׂוֹכַת עֵצִים וַיִּשָּׂאֶהָ וַיָּשֶׂם עַל־שִׁכְמוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּוֹ מָה רְאִיתֶם עָשִׂיתִי מַהֲרוּ עֲשׂוּ כָמֽוֹנִי

    And Abimelech got him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder; and he said unto the people that were with him: ‘What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.’

    יושה at skip 2, forward from Judges 9:48שוכתעצםיאוישםעלשיושה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 362,640Open in the laboratory →

  2. Judges 16:27שופטים טז:כזskip 2, forward

    וְהַבַּיִת מָלֵא הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים וְשָׁמָּה כֹּל סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וְעַל־הַגָּג כִּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה הָרֹאִים בִּשְׂחוֹק שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן

    Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

    יושה at skip 2, forward from Judges 16:27אלפיםאשאהראיםבשחיושה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 373,808Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Samuel 4:3שמואל א ד:גskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבֹא הָעָם אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָמָּה נְגָפָנוּ יְהוָה הַיּוֹם לִפְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים נִקְחָה אֵלֵינוּ מִשִּׁלֹה אֶת־אֲרוֹן בְּרִית יְהוָה וְיָבֹא בְקִרְבֵּנוּ וְיֹשִׁעֵנוּ מִכַּף אֹיְבֵֽינוּ

    And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said: ‘Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that He may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.’

    יושה at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 4:3נקחהאלנמלאתארוןביושה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 388,634Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

יושה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as יושה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 321.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Joshah in the Torah codes?

141,021 sequences of יושה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 145,104 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Joshah in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 18:14 — the shortest of 141,021 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 145,104.

How is Joshah spelled in Hebrew?

Joshah is spelled יושה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 321.

Is Joshah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, יושה appears 605,909 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 614,180, so the count is in line with chance.

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