Joy שמחה
Joy — in Hebrew שמחה — joy, gladness. Joy appears 27,742 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% more than chance alone would give (about 27,164; probability 0.00024).
- Found in the Torah
- 27,742
- Chance alone
- 27,164
- P (≥ found)
- 0.00024
- 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, שמחה appears 27,742 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 27,164 chance alone would give; the probability of 27,742 or more by chance alone is 0.00024.
The shortest skip at which שמחה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 14:2, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שמחה is found 297,763 times; chance alone would give about 283,047.
- Genesis 5,233
- Exodus 7,279
- Leviticus 4,349
- Numbers 7,360
- Deuteronomy 3,521
The shortest skips
עָשׂוּ מִלְחָמָה אֶת־בֶּרַע מֶלֶךְ סְדֹם וְאֶת־בִּרְשַׁע מֶלֶךְ עֲמֹרָה שִׁנְאָב מֶלֶךְ אַדְמָה וְשֶׁמְאֵבֶר מֶלֶךְ צביים וּמֶלֶךְ בֶּלַע הִיא־צֹֽעַר
that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela—the same is Zoar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,095Open in the laboratory →
כִּי יִגְנֹֽב־אִישׁ שׁוֹר אוֹ־שֶׂה וּטְבָחוֹ אוֹ מְכָרוֹ חֲמִשָּׁה בָקָר יְשַׁלֵּם תַּחַת הַשּׁוֹר וְאַרְבַּע־צֹאן תַּחַת הַשֶּֽׂה
If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,696Open in the laboratory →
מִלְּבַד עֹלַת הַחֹדֶשׁ וּמִנְחָתָהּ וְעֹלַת הַתָּמִיד וּמִנְחָתָהּ וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָֽה
beside the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering thereof, and the continual burnt-offering and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 236,863Open in the laboratory →
וְהַלֻּחֹת מַעֲשֵׂה אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹהִים הוּא חָרוּת עַל־הַלֻּחֹֽת
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 126,661Open in the laboratory →
עֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת אֹרֶךְ הַקָּרֶשׁ וְאַמָּה וַחֲצִי הָֽאַמָּה רֹחַב הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד
Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 116,078Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
93,960 sequences of שמחה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 93,843 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 5,233
- Exodus 7,279
- Leviticus 4,349
- Numbers 7,360
- Deuteronomy 3,793
- Joshua 3,594
- Judges 2,788
- Samuel 6,221
- Kings 8,566
- Isaiah 4,606
- Jeremiah 5,503
- Ezekiel 5,845
- The Twelve 4,007
- Psalms 4,883
- Proverbs 2,029
- Job 1,767
- Song of Songs 341
- Ruth 352
- Lamentations 390
- Ecclesiastes 1,257
- Esther 1,155
- Daniel 1,095
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,580
- Chronicles 7,967
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעַרְכוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים לִקְרַאת יִשְׂרָאֵל וַתִּטֹּשׁ הַמִּלְחָמָה וַיִּנָּגֶף יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּכּוּ בַמַּֽעֲרָכָה בַּשָּׂדֶה כְּאַרְבַּעַת אֲלָפִים אִֽישׁ
And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel; and when the battle was spread, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 388,518Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־בָּא חוּשַׁי הָאַרְכִּי רֵעֶה דָוִד אֶל־אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר חוּשַׁי אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹם יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ יְחִי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom: ‘Long live the king, long live the king.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 461,168Open in the laboratory →
ויבאו רְחַבְעָם יְרוּשָׁלִַם וַיַּקְהֵל אֶת־כָּל־בֵּית יְהוּדָה וְאֶת־שֵׁבֶט בִּנְיָמִן מֵאָה וּשְׁמֹנִים אֶלֶף בָּחוּר עֹשֵׂה מִלְחָמָה לְהִלָּחֵם עִם־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהָשִׁיב אֶת־הַמְּלוּכָה לִרְחַבְעָם בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹֽה
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men that were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 505,087Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמחה — the Tanakh's own spelling: joy, gladness. Searched as שמחה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 353.
As a plain word it stands 35 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 1:40. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Simcha.
Other spellings
- ג׳וי — the name in Hebrew letters found 216,810 in the Torah (chance 215,022)
Questions
Is Joy in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, שמחה appears 27,742 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 27,164 chance alone would give; the probability of 27,742 or more by chance alone is 0.00024.
What is the shortest skip for Joy in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:2 — the shortest of 27,742 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 27,164.
What is the gematria of Joy in Hebrew?
Joy is spelled שמחה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 353; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Joy found in the whole Tanakh?
93,960 sequences of שמחה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 93,843 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 27,164 here) beside the count.