Joshebbash-Shebeth בשבת
Joshebbash-Shebeth (בשבת) is a person named in the Tanakh — Josheb-basshebeth. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 25,643 sequences of Joshebbash-Shebeth, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 24:5); chance alone would give about 25,743.
- Found in the Torah
- 25,643
- Chance alone
- 25,743
- P (≥ found)
- 0.73
- 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, בשבת appears 25,643 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 25,743, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 24:5, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 273,733 sequences of בשבת, against about 268,234 from chance alone.
- Genesis 5,600
- Exodus 5,409
- Leviticus 4,328
- Numbers 5,963
- Deuteronomy 4,343
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָעֶבֶד אוּלַי לֹא־תֹאבֶה הָֽאִשָּׁה לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרַי אֶל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הֶֽהָשֵׁב אָשִׁיב אֶת־בִּנְךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָצָאתָ מִשָּֽׁם
And the servant said unto him: ‘Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs bring thy son back unto the land from whence thou camest?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,587Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בְהַקְשֹׁתָהּ בְּלִדְתָּהּ וַתֹּאמֶר לָהּ הַמְיַלֶּדֶת אַל־תִּירְאִי כִּֽי־גַם־זֶה לָךְ בֵּֽן
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the mid-wife said unto her: ‘Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 51,665Open in the laboratory →
וְהַבָּא אֶל־הַבַּיִת כָּל־יְמֵי הִסְגִּיר אֹתוֹ יִטְמָא עַד־הָעָֽרֶב
Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 163,824Open in the laboratory →
וַתָּנַח הַתֵּבָה בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּשִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ עַל הָרֵי אֲרָרָֽט
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 9,312Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָהּ וַיַּחֲזִקוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים בְּיָדוֹ וּבְיַד־אִשְׁתּוֹ וּבְיַד שְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָיו בְּחֶמְלַת יְהוָה עָלָיו וַיֹּצִאֻהוּ וַיַּנִּחֻהוּ מִחוּץ לָעִֽיר
But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him. And they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 23,145Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 91,127 sequences of בשבת at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 90,621); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.05 by chance alone.
- Genesis 5,600
- Exodus 5,409
- Leviticus 4,328
- Numbers 5,963
- Deuteronomy 4,580
- Joshua 2,788
- Judges 2,795
- Samuel 6,411
- Kings 8,757
- Isaiah 3,537
- Jeremiah 6,091
- Ezekiel 6,446
- The Twelve 3,386
- Psalms 4,508
- Proverbs 2,484
- Job 1,734
- Song of Songs 352
- Ruth 356
- Lamentations 506
- Ecclesiastes 944
- Esther 905
- Daniel 1,335
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,402
- Chronicles 8,510
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי לִמְנַשֶּׁה בְּיִשָּׂשכָר וּבְאָשֵׁר בֵּית־שְׁאָן וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְיִבְלְעָם וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְֽאֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי דֹאר וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵי עֵֽין־דֹּר וּבְנֹתֶיהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵי תַעְנַךְ וּבְנֹתֶיהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵי מְגִדּוֹ וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ שְׁלֹשֶׁת הַנָּֽפֶת
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three regions.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 331,214Open in the laboratory →
רַק חֲטָאֵי יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִיא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹֽא־סָר יֵהוּא מֵאַֽחֲרֵיהֶם עֶגְלֵי הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר בֵּֽית־אֵל וַאֲשֶׁר בְּדָֽן
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 547,004Open in the laboratory →
כְּבֹשֶׁת גַּנָּב כִּי יִמָּצֵא כֵּן הֹבִישׁוּ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה מַלְכֵיהֶם שָֽׂרֵיהֶם וְכֹהֲנֵיהֶם וּנְבִיאֵיהֶֽם
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 644,896Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בשבת — the Tanakh's own spelling: Josheb-basshebeth. Searched as בשבת, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 704.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 11:26. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Joshebbash-Shebeth in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, בשבת appears 25,643 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 25,743, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Joshebbash-Shebeth in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 24:5 — the shortest of 25,643 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 25,743.
How is Joshebbash-Shebeth spelled in Hebrew?
Joshebbash-Shebeth is spelled בשבת — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 704.
Is Joshebbash-Shebeth in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 91,127 sequences of בשבת at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 90,621); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.05 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 25,743 here) beside the count.