Mishma משמע
Mishma (משמע) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Mishma is found 413,868 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 5:8) — 4.5% above the 396,125 chance alone would give (probability of 413,868 or more by chance alone: 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁷²).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 413,868
- Chance alone · every skip
- 396,125
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁷²
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,589
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 38,772 found · chance alone about 38,016 (probability of 38,772 or more by chance alone: 5.7 × 10⁻⁵).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 413,868 sequences of משמע across every skip (2–101,616), 4.5% above what chance alone gives (about 396,125); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁷² by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 5:8, reading forward.
The longest skip at which משמע was found in the Torah is 101,589 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 89,700
- Exodus 90,831
- Leviticus 62,952
- Numbers 98,875
- Deuteronomy 71,510
Examples across the range
5 of the 413,868 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
- ם ש מ עExodus 5:8
… הַלְּבֵנִים אֲשֶׁר הֵם עֹשִׂים תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם תָּשִׂימוּ עֲלֵיהֶם לֹא תִגְרְעוּ מִמֶּנּוּ כִּֽי־נִרְפִּים …
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof; for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 83,967 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ש מ עExodus 5:8
Letter by letter
- ם ש ם עDeuteronomy 32:35
לִי נָקָם וְשִׁלֵּם לְעֵת תָּמוּט רַגְלָם כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם אֵידָם וְחָשׁ עֲתִדֹת לָֽמוֹ
Vengeance is Mine, and recompense, Against the time when their foot shall slip; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 301,915 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ם ש ם עDeuteronomy 32:35
- םNumbers 29:32
וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי פָּרִים שִׁבְעָה אֵילִם שְׁנָיִם כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר תְּמִימִֽם
And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שNumbers 29:35
בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשֽׂוּ
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no manner of servile work;
- םNumbers 29:37
מִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם לַפָּר לָאַיִל וְלַכְּבָשִׂים בְּמִסְפָּרָם כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט
their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance;
- עNumbers 29:39
אֵלֶּה תַּעֲשׂוּ לַיהוָה בְּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם לְבַד מִנִּדְרֵיכֶם וְנִדְבֹתֵיכֶם לְעֹלֹֽתֵיכֶם וּלְמִנְחֹתֵיכֶם וּלְנִסְכֵּיכֶם וּלְשַׁלְמֵיכֶֽם
These ye shall offer unto the LORD in your appointed seasons, beside your vows, and your freewill-offerings, whether they be your burnt-offerings, or your meal-offerings, or your drink-offerings, or your peace-offerings.
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 238,145 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- םNumbers 29:32
- םDeuteronomy 4:27
וְהֵפִיץ יְהוָה אֶתְכֶם בָּעַמִּים וְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם מְתֵי מִסְפָּר בַּגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר יְנַהֵג יְהוָה אֶתְכֶם שָֽׁמָּה
And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the LORD shall lead you away.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שDeuteronomy 4:11
וַתִּקְרְבוּן וַתַּֽעַמְדוּן תַּחַת הָהָר וְהָהָר בֹּעֵר בָּאֵשׁ עַד־לֵב הַשָּׁמַיִם חֹשֶׁךְ עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶֽל
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
- םDeuteronomy 3:26
וַיִּתְעַבֵּר יְהוָה בִּי לְמַעַנְכֶם וְלֹא שָׁמַע אֵלָי וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה …
But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and the LORD said unto me: ‘Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto Me of this matter.
- עDeuteronomy 3:10
כֹּל עָרֵי הַמִּישֹׁר וְכָל־הַגִּלְעָד וְכָל־הַבָּשָׁן עַד־סַלְכָה וְאֶדְרֶעִי עָרֵי מַמְלֶכֶת עוֹג בַּבָּשָֽׁן
all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.—
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 up the middle column. letter 258,089 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- םDeuteronomy 4:27
- םGenesis 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.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שExodus 16:8
… בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר לִשְׂבֹּעַ בִּשְׁמֹעַ יְהוָה אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר …
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- מNumbers 8:17
… בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֹתָם לִֽי
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- עDeuteronomy 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.
skip 101,589, width 101,589 — one row is 101,589 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 66 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,589 in the laboratory →
- םGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 5,848,239 sequences of משמע across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 5,937,404).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 149,003 found · chance alone about 147,841 (probability of 149,003 or more by chance alone: 0.0013).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 383,897
- Exodus 350,584
- Leviticus 223,674
- Numbers 362,706
- Deuteronomy 274,409
- Joshua 200,540
- Judges 195,296
- Samuel 441,546
- Kings 481,507
- Isaiah 314,985
- Jeremiah 413,369
- Ezekiel 353,875
- The Twelve 265,247
- Psalms 348,741
- Proverbs 121,381
- Job 140,066
- Song of Songs 24,510
- Ruth 21,373
- Lamentations 25,323
- Ecclesiastes 55,995
- Esther 64,188
- Daniel 100,756
- Ezra–Nehemiah 199,094
- Chronicles 485,177
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- מ ש ם עJudges 5:24
תְּבֹרַךְ מִנָּשִׁים יָעֵל אֵשֶׁת חֶבֶר הַקֵּינִי מִנָּשִׁים בָּאֹהֶל תְּבֹרָֽךְ
Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent shall she be blessed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 352,755 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- מ ש ם עJudges 5:24
- ם1 Kings 11:14
וַיָּקֶם יְהוָה שָׂטָן לִשְׁלֹמֹה אֵת הֲדַד הָאֲדֹמִי מִזֶּרַע הַמֶּלֶךְ הוּא בֶּאֱדֽוֹם
And the LORD raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ש1 Kings 11:16
כִּי שֵׁשֶׁת חֳדָשִׁים יָֽשַׁב־שָׁם יוֹאָב וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד־הִכְרִית כָּל־זָכָר בֶּאֱדֽוֹם
for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom—
- מ1 Kings 11:18
וַיָּקֻמוּ מִמִּדְיָן וַיָּבֹאוּ פָּארָן וַיִּקְחוּ אֲנָשִׁים עִמָּם …
And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
- ע1 Kings 11:19
וַיִּמְצָא הֲדַד חֵן בְּעֵינֵי פַרְעֹה מְאֹד וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אִשָּׁה אֶת …
And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
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 501,771 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ם1 Kings 11:14
- ם2 Chronicles 36:23
… הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ …
’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 3 letters
- שEzekiel 46:20
… אֲשֶׁר יְבַשְּׁלוּ־שָׁם הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־הָאָשָׁם וְאֶת־הַחַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר יֹאפוּ אֶת …
And he said unto me: ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt-offering and the sin-offering, where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.’
- מ1 Samuel 11:12
וַיֹּאמֶר הָעָם אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל מִי הָאֹמֵר שָׁאוּל יִמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ תְּנוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וּנְמִיתֵֽם
And the people said unto Samuel: ‘Who is he that said: Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.’
- עGenesis 1:7
… 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 398,893, width 398,893 — one row is 398,893 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,979 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,893 in the laboratory →
- ם2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
משמע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as משמע, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 450.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 21:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Mishma appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 413,868 sequences of משמע across every skip (2–101,616), 4.5% above what chance alone gives (about 396,125); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁷² by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Mishma in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 5:8 — the shortest of 413,868 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 396,125.
How is Mishma spelled in Hebrew?
Mishma is spelled משמע — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 450.
Is Mishma in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 5,848,239 sequences of משמע across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 5,937,404).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 396,125 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.