Nehushta נחשתא
Nehushta (נחשתא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Nehushta appears 921 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 6.9% more than chance alone would give (about 861; probability 0.02).
- Found in the Torah
- 921
- Chance alone
- 861
- P (≥ found)
- 0.02
- Shortest skip
- 14
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, נחשתא appears 921 times in the Torah — 6.9% more than the 861 chance alone would give; the probability of 921 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
The shortest skip at which נחשתא appears in the Torah is 14 — the first at Exodus 30:10, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), נחשתא is found 7,452 times; chance alone would give about 6,788.
- Genesis 212
- Exodus 220
- Leviticus 166
- Numbers 222
- Deuteronomy 101
The shortest skips
וְכִפֶּר אַהֲרֹן עַל־קַרְנֹתָיו אַחַת בַּשָּׁנָה מִדַּם חַטַּאת הַכִּפֻּרִים אַחַת בַּשָּׁנָה יְכַפֵּר עָלָיו לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם קֹֽדֶשׁ־קָֽדָשִׁים הוּא לַיהוָֽה
And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement for it throughout your generations; it is most holy unto the LORD.’
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 123,501Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשָׁב מֹשֶׁה אֶל־יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר אֲדֹנָי לָמָה הֲרֵעֹתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה לָמָּה זֶּה שְׁלַחְתָּֽנִי
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said: ‘Lord, wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that Thou hast sent me?
skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 84,695Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רְאוּ קָרָא יְהוָה בְּשֵׁם בְּצַלְאֵל בֶּן־אוּרִי בֶן־חוּר לְמַטֵּה יְהוּדָֽה
And Moses said unto the children of Israel: ‘See, the LORD hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
skip 36, width 36 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 132,431Open in the laboratory →
לְמַטֵּה אֶפְרָיִם הוֹשֵׁעַ בִּן־נֽוּן
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
skip 55, width 55 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 209,723Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם מֹשֶׁה הַֽחִיִּיתֶם כָּל־נְקֵבָֽה
And Moses said unto them: ‘Have ye saved all the women alive?
skip 57, width 57 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 240,140Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, נחשתא appears 2,678 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.6% more than the 2,584 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,678 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
- Genesis 212
- Exodus 220
- Leviticus 166
- Numbers 222
- Deuteronomy 102
- Joshua 96
- Judges 89
- Samuel 194
- Kings 198
- Isaiah 118
- Jeremiah 144
- Ezekiel 195
- The Twelve 91
- Psalms 126
- Proverbs 59
- Job 77
- Song of Songs 17
- Ruth 7
- Lamentations 14
- Ecclesiastes 21
- Esther 14
- Daniel 55
- Ezra–Nehemiah 88
- Chronicles 153
Outside the Torah
וְטוֹב מִשְּׁנֵיהֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עֲדֶן לֹא הָיָה אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־רָאָה אֶת־הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הָרָע אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
but better than they both is he that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,015,321Open in the laboratory →
וַעֲדָיָה בֶּן־יְרֹחָם בֶּן־פַּשְׁחוּר בֶּן־מַלְכִּיָּה וּמַעְשַׂי בֶּן־עֲדִיאֵל בֶּן־יַחְזֵרָה בֶּן־מְשֻׁלָּם בֶּן־מְשִׁלֵּמִית בֶּן־אִמֵּֽר
and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,112,167Open in the laboratory →
וְהִנַּחְתֶּם שִׁמְכֶם לִשְׁבוּעָה לִבְחִירַי וֶהֱמִיתְךָ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְלַעֲבָדָיו יִקְרָא שֵׁם אַחֵֽר
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto Mine elect: ‘So may the Lord GOD slay thee’; But He shall call His servants by another name;
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 640,359Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נחשתא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נחשתא, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 759.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 24:8. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Nehushta appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, נחשתא appears 921 times in the Torah — 6.9% more than the 861 chance alone would give; the probability of 921 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
What is the shortest skip for Nehushta in the Torah?
Skip 14, reading forward from Exodus 30:10 — the shortest of 921 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 861.
What is the gematria of Nehushta in Hebrew?
Nehushta is spelled נחשתא — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 759.
How many times is Nehushta found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, נחשתא appears 2,678 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.6% more than the 2,584 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,678 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
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