Lasha לשע
Lasha (לשע) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Lasha is found 6,434,856 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:31) — 3.7% above the 6,206,736 chance alone would give (probability of 6,434,856 or more by chance alone: below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 6,434,856
- Chance alone · every skip
- 6,206,736
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,389
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 402,655 found · chance alone about 400,446 (probability of 402,655 or more by chance alone: 0.00024).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 6,434,856 sequences of לשע across every skip (2–152,424), 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 6,206,736); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 1:31, reading forward.
The longest skip at which לשע was found in the Torah is 152,389 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 6,206,736 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,475,826
- Exodus 1,280,731
- Leviticus 953,482
- Numbers 1,500,250
- Deuteronomy 1,224,567
Examples across the range
5 of the 6,434,856 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ל ש עGenesis 1:31
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וְהִנֵּה־טוֹב מְאֹד וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב …
And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,634 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ל ש עGenesis 1:31
Letter by letter
- ל ש עGenesis 3:10
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶת־קֹלְךָ שָׁמַעְתִּי בַּגָּן וָאִירָא כִּֽי־עֵירֹם אָנֹכִי וָאֵחָבֵֽא
And he said: ‘I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,398 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ל ש עGenesis 3:10
- לExodus 6:9
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה כֵּן אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא שָֽׁמְעוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה מִקֹּצֶר רוּחַ וּמֵעֲבֹדָה קָשָֽׁה
And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שExodus 6:12
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לֵאמֹר הֵן בְּנֵֽי …
And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying: ‘Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?’
- עExodus 6:13
… וַיְצַוֵּם אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶל־פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם לְהוֹצִיא אֶת־בְּנֵֽי …
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 85,274 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- לExodus 6:9
- לLeviticus 11:22
… אֶת־הָֽאַרְבֶּה לְמִינוֹ וְאֶת־הַסָּלְעָם לְמִינֵהוּ וְאֶת־הַחַרְגֹּל לְמִינֵהוּ וְאֶת־הֶחָגָב …
even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds, and the grasshopper after its kinds.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שLeviticus 11:43
אַל־תְּשַׁקְּצוּ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם בְּכָל־הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ וְלֹא תִֽטַּמְּאוּ בָּהֶם וְנִטְמֵתֶם בָּֽם
Ye shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarmeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
- עLeviticus 13:5
… הַכֹּהֵן בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְהִנֵּה הַנֶּגַע עָמַד בְּעֵינָיו לֹֽא־פָשָׂה הַנֶּגַע בָּעוֹר …
And the priest shall look on him the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague stay in its appearance, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 156,310 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- לLeviticus 11:22
- לDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שLeviticus 8:29
… תְנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה מֵאֵיל הַמִּלֻּאִים לְמֹשֶׁה הָיָה לְמָנָה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה …
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD; it was Moses’portion of the ram of consecration; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- עGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 152,389, width 152,389 — one row is 152,389 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,850 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,389 in the laboratory →
- לDeuteronomy 34:12
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 94,950,171 sequences of לשע across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 96,188,173).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,605,539 found · chance alone about 1,600,070 (probability of 1,605,539 or more by chance alone: 7.8 × 10⁻⁶).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 6,009,477
- Exodus 4,881,717
- Leviticus 3,522,066
- Numbers 5,463,723
- Deuteronomy 4,553,910
- Joshua 3,189,073
- Judges 3,218,873
- Samuel 8,408,322
- Kings 8,091,594
- Isaiah 4,821,168
- Jeremiah 6,696,439
- Ezekiel 5,283,922
- The Twelve 3,930,277
- Psalms 6,118,523
- Proverbs 1,854,836
- Job 2,393,878
- Song of Songs 331,288
- Ruth 400,379
- Lamentations 439,382
- Ecclesiastes 958,333
- Esther 987,759
- Daniel 2,168,753
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,898,897
- Chronicles 8,327,582
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ל ש עJoshua 5:6
… אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה הַיֹּצְאִים מִמִּצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה …
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD…
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,763 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ל ש עJoshua 5:6
- לJudges 3:6
וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיהֶם לָהֶם לְנָשִׁים וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיהֶם נָתְנוּ לִבְנֵיהֶם וַיַּעַבְדוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם
and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שJudges 3:8
וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם בְּיַד כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִם מֶלֶךְ …
Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He gave them over into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim; and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
- עJudges 3:9
… יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה וַיָּקֶם יְהוָה מוֹשִׁיעַ לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיּֽוֹשִׁיעֵם אֵת עָתְנִיאֵל …
And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 348,499 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- לJudges 3:6
- ל2 Chronicles 36:23
… מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וְיָֽעַל
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שIsaiah 25:6
… שְׁמָנִים מִשְׁתֵּה שְׁמָרִים שְׁמָנִים מְמֻחָיִם שְׁמָרִים מְזֻקָּקִֽים
And in this mountain will the LORD of hosts make unto all peoples A feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
- עGenesis 1:7
… מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
skip 598,374, width 598,374 — one row is 598,374 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,042 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,374 in the laboratory →
- ל2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
לשע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as לשע, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 400.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Lasha in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 6,434,856 sequences of לשע across every skip (2–152,424), 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 6,206,736); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Lasha in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:31 — the shortest of 6,434,856 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 6,206,736.
How is Lasha spelled in Hebrew?
Lasha is spelled לשע — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 400.
Is Lasha in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 94,950,171 sequences of לשע across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 96,188,173).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 6,206,736 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.