Leshem לשם
Leshem (לשם) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Leshem appears 14,369,503 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), 3.8% more than chance alone would give (about 13,842,402; probability below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 14,369,503
- Chance alone · every skip
- 13,842,402
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,339
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: 899,910 found · chance alone about 893,083 (probability of 899,910 or more by chance alone: 2.7 × 10⁻¹³).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), לשם appears 14,369,503 times in the Torah — 3.8% more than the 13,842,402 chance alone would give; the probability of 14,369,503 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
The shortest skip at which לשם appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 3:13, reading forward.
The longest skip at which לשם was found in the Torah is 152,339 — at Deuteronomy 34:10, 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 13,842,402 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 3,310,610
- Exodus 2,853,377
- Leviticus 2,125,359
- Numbers 3,341,173
- Deuteronomy 2,738,984
Examples across the range
5 of the 14,369,503 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 מGenesis 3:13
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לָאִשָּׁה מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂית וַתֹּאמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה הַנָּחָשׁ הִשִּׁיאַנִי וָאֹכֵֽל
And the LORD God said unto the woman: ‘What is this thou hast done?’ And the woman said: ‘The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,537 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ל ש מGenesis 3:13
Letter by letter
- ל ש םGenesis 14:18
וּמַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם הוֹצִיא לֶחֶם וָיָיִן וְהוּא כֹהֵן לְאֵל עֶלְיֽוֹן
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,013 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ל ש םGenesis 14:18
- לExodus 10:21
… יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה נְטֵה יָֽדְךָ עַל־הַשָּׁמַיִם וִיהִי חֹשֶׁךְ עַל־אֶרֶץ …
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שExodus 10:23
… אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו וְלֹא־קָמוּ אִישׁ מִתַּחְתָּיו שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים וּֽלְכָל־בְּנֵי …
they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
- םExodus 10:24
… וּבְקַרְכֶם יֻצָּג גַּֽם־טַפְּכֶם יֵלֵךְ עִמָּכֶֽם
And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said: ‘Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed; let your little ones also go with you.’
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 92,886 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- לExodus 10:21
- לGenesis 4:17
וַיֵּדַע קַיִן אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת־חֲנוֹךְ וַֽיְהִי בֹּנֶה עִיר …
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he builded a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שGenesis 5:13
וַיְחִי קֵינָן אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
- מGenesis 6:3
… לְעֹלָם בְּשַׁגַּם הוּא בָשָׂר וְהָיוּ יָמָיו מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָֽה
And the LORD said: ‘My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.’
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 4,954 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- לGenesis 4:17
- לDeuteronomy 34:10
וְלֹֽא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר יְדָעוֹ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שLeviticus 8:28
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֹתָם מֵעַל כַּפֵּיהֶם וַיַּקְטֵר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה …
And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- םGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 152,339, width 152,339 — one row is 152,339 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,699 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,339 in the laboratory →
- לDeuteronomy 34:10
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–598,520), לשם appears 209,591,977 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 212,354,104, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 3,549,518 found · chance alone about 3,532,466 (probability of 3,549,518 or more by chance alone: 6.2 × 10⁻²⁰).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 13,268,276
- Exodus 10,779,903
- Leviticus 7,760,879
- Numbers 12,064,354
- Deuteronomy 10,082,090
- Joshua 7,050,683
- Judges 7,119,887
- Samuel 18,571,085
- Kings 17,855,741
- Isaiah 10,639,944
- Jeremiah 14,767,847
- Ezekiel 11,672,153
- The Twelve 8,673,157
- Psalms 13,510,005
- Proverbs 4,085,563
- Job 5,267,488
- Song of Songs 727,906
- Ruth 880,587
- Lamentations 969,219
- Ecclesiastes 2,115,661
- Esther 2,182,628
- Daniel 4,781,119
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,384,114
- Chronicles 18,381,688
Outside the Torah
- ל שJoshua 1:3
כָּל־מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר תִּדְרֹךְ כַּֽף־רַגְלְכֶם בּוֹ לָכֶם נְתַתִּיו כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶל־מֹשֶֽׁה
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses.
Letter by letter: the other 1 letter
- מJoshua 1:4
מֵהַמִּדְבָּר וְהַלְּבָנוֹן הַזֶּה וְֽעַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדוֹל …
From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,013 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ל שJoshua 1:3
- לJudges 2:18
… כִּֽי־יִנָּחֵם יְהוָה מִנַּֽאֲקָתָם מִפְּנֵי לֹחֲצֵיהֶם וְדֹחֲקֵיהֶֽם
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repented the LORD because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and crushed them.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שJudges 2:19
… לָהֶם לֹא הִפִּילוּ מִמַּעַלְלֵיהֶם וּמִדַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָֽׁה
But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to worship them; they left nothing undone of their practices, nor of their stubborn way.
- םJudges 2:21
גַּם־אֲנִי לֹא אוֹסִיף לְהוֹרִישׁ אִישׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶם מִן־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר־עָזַב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיָּמֹֽת
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
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 347,851 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- לJudges 2:18
- ל2 Chronicles 36:23
… בִּירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּֽיהוּדָה מִֽי־בָכֶם 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 25:5
כְּחֹרֶב בְּצָיוֹן שְׁאוֹן זָרִים תַּכְנִיעַ חֹרֶב בְּצֵל עָב זְמִיר עָֽרִיצִים יַעֲנֶֽה
As the heat in a dry place, Thou didst subdue the noise of strangers; As the heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones was brought low.
- םGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 598,445, width 598,445 — one row is 598,445 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,023 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,445 in the laboratory →
- ל2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
לשם — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as לשם, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 370.
As a plain word it stands 32 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 28:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Leshem appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–152,424), לשם appears 14,369,503 times in the Torah — 3.8% more than the 13,842,402 chance alone would give; the probability of 14,369,503 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
What is the shortest skip for Leshem in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:13 — the shortest of 14,369,503 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 13,842,402.
What is the gematria of Leshem in Hebrew?
Leshem is spelled לשם — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 370.
How many times is Leshem found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–598,520), לשם appears 209,591,977 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 212,354,104, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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