Oath שבועה
Oath is written שבועה in Hebrew. Counted across every skip (2–76,212), the Torah holds 21,849 sequences of Oath, the shortest at skip 4 (Leviticus 22:23); chance alone would give about 21,675.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 21,849
- Chance alone · every skip
- 21,675
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.12
- Shortest skip
- 4
- Longest skip found
- 75,952
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,793 found · chance alone about 2,750 (probability of 2,793 or more by chance alone: 0.21).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 21,849 sequences of שבועה across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 21,675).
The shortest skip at which שבועה appears in the Torah is 4 — at Leviticus 22:23, reading backward.
The longest skip at which שבועה was found in the Torah is 75,952 — at Deuteronomy 34:10, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 5,330
- Exodus 4,726
- Leviticus 3,156
- Numbers 5,023
- Deuteronomy 3,614
Examples across the range
5 of the 21,849 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
- ש ב ו ע הLeviticus 22:23
וְשׁוֹר וָשֶׂה שָׂרוּעַ וְקָלוּט נְדָבָה תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתוֹ וּלְנֵדֶר לֹא יֵרָצֶֽה
Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing too long or too short, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 175,738 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- ש ב ו ע הLeviticus 22:23
- ש ב ו עGenesis 35:13
וַיַּעַל מֵעָלָיו אֱלֹהִים בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר אִתּֽוֹ
And God went up from him in the place where He spoke with him.
Letter by letter: the other 1 letter
- הGenesis 35:12
וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לְאַבְרָהָם וּלְיִצְחָק לְךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.’
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 51,508 of the TorahOpen at skip 6 in the laboratory →
- ש ב ו עGenesis 35:13
- שNumbers 4:16
… וּקְטֹרֶת הַסַּמִּים וּמִנְחַת הַתָּמִיד וְשֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה פְּקֻדַּת כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר …
And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil: he shall have the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, whether it be the sanctuary, or the furniture thereof.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- בNumbers 4:15
… בִּנְסֹעַ הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן יָבֹאוּ בְנֵי־קְהָת לָשֵׂאת וְלֹֽא־יִגְּעוּ אֶל …
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the holy furniture, and all the holy vessels, as the camp is to set forward—after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear them; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die…
- וNumbers 4:14
… הַמַּחְתֹּת אֶת־הַמִּזְלָגֹת וְאֶת־הַיָּעִים וְאֶת־הַמִּזְרָקֹת כֹּל כְּלֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּפָרְשׂוּ …
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the fire-pans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and set the staves thereof.
- עNumbers 4:12
… בֶּגֶד תְּכֵלֶת וְכִסּוּ אוֹתָם בְּמִכְסֵה עוֹר תָּחַשׁ וְנָתְנוּ עַל־הַמּֽוֹט
And they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on a bar.
- הNumbers 4:11
וְעַל מִזְבַּח הַזָּהָב יִפְרְשׂוּ בֶּגֶד תְּכֵלֶת וְכִסּוּ אֹתוֹ בְּמִכְסֵה עוֹר תָּחַשׁ וְשָׂמוּ אֶת־בַּדָּֽיו
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall set the staves thereof.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 193,597 of the TorahOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- שNumbers 4:16
- שExodus 15:11
מִֽי־כָמֹכָה בָּֽאֵלִם יְהוָה מִי כָּמֹכָה נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ נוֹרָא תְהִלֹּת עֹשֵׂה פֶֽלֶא
Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? Who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- בExodus 16:3
… לָשֹׂבַע כִּֽי־הוֹצֵאתֶם אֹתָנוּ אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה לְהָמִית אֶת־כָּל־הַקָּהָל …
and the children of Israel said unto them: ‘Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’
- וExodus 16:20
… עַד־בֹּקֶר וַיָּרֻם תּוֹלָעִים וַיִּבְאַשׁ וַיִּקְצֹף עֲלֵהֶם מֹשֶֽׁה
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and rotted; and Moses was wroth with them.
- עExodus 17:3
וַיִּצְמָא שָׁם הָעָם לַמַּיִם וַיָּלֶן הָעָם עַל־מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר לָמָּה זֶּה …
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said: ‘Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?’
- הExodus 18:5
… אֲשֶׁר־הוּא חֹנֶה שָׁם הַר הָאֱלֹהִֽים
And Jethro, Moses’father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God;
skip 1,004, width 1,004 — one row is 1,004 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 100,337 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,004 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 15:11
- שDeuteronomy 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 4 letters
- בNumbers 23:25
וַיֹּאמֶר בָּלָק אֶל־בִּלְעָם גַּם־קֹב לֹא תִקֳּבֶנּוּ גַּם־בָּרֵךְ לֹא תְבָרֲכֶֽנּוּ
And Balak said unto Balaam: ‘Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.’
- וLeviticus 8:35
וּפֶתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד תֵּשְׁבוּ יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה …
And at the door of the tent of meeting shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not; for so I am commanded.
- עGenesis 50:5
אָבִי הִשְׁבִּיעַנִי לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מֵת בְּקִבְרִי …
My father made me swear, saying: Lo, I die; in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come back.’ .
- הGenesis 1:20
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה …
And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’
skip 75,952, width 75,952 — one row is 75,952 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,718 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,952 in the laboratory →
- שDeuteronomy 34:10
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–299,260), שבועה appears 326,209 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 327,578, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 10,738 found · chance alone about 10,853 (probability of 10,738 or more by chance alone: 0.87).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 19,429
- Exodus 18,874
- Leviticus 12,066
- Numbers 19,449
- Deuteronomy 14,794
- Joshua 10,950
- Judges 11,073
- Samuel 26,463
- Kings 30,175
- Isaiah 17,824
- Jeremiah 21,126
- Ezekiel 18,683
- The Twelve 13,979
- Psalms 19,383
- Proverbs 7,250
- Job 7,726
- Song of Songs 1,311
- Ruth 1,385
- Lamentations 1,346
- Ecclesiastes 3,245
- Esther 3,936
- Daniel 5,243
- Ezra–Nehemiah 11,341
- Chronicles 29,158
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש ב ו ע הEzekiel 14:21
… אַרְבַּעַת שְׁפָטַי הָרָעִים חֶרֶב וְרָעָב וְחַיָּה רָעָה וָדֶבֶר שִׁלַּחְתִּי אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִָם לְהַכְרִית מִמֶּנָּה אָדָם …
For thus saith the Lord GOD: How much more when I send My four sore judgments against Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 744,613 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ב ו ע הEzekiel 14:21
- שPsalms 145:19
רְצוֹן־יְרֵאָיו יַעֲשֶׂה וְֽאֶת־שַׁוְעָתָם יִשְׁמַע וְיוֹשִׁיעֵֽם
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him; He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- בPsalms 145:15
עֵֽינֵי־כֹל אֵלֶיךָ יְשַׂבֵּרוּ וְאַתָּה נֽוֹתֵן־לָהֶם אֶת־אָכְלָם בְּעִתּֽוֹ
The eyes of all wait for Thee, And Thou givest them their food in due season.
- וPsalms 145:12
לְהוֹדִיעַ לִבְנֵי הָאָדָם גְּבוּרֹתָיו וּכְבוֹד הֲדַר מַלְכוּתֽוֹ
To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, And the glory of the majesty of His kingdom.
- עPsalms 145:9
טוֹב־יְהוָה לַכֹּל וְרַחֲמָיו עַל־כָּל־מַעֲשָֽׂיו
The LORD is good to all; And His tender mercies are over all His works.
- הPsalms 145:5
הֲדַר כְּבוֹד הוֹדֶךָ וְדִבְרֵי נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ אָשִֽׂיחָה
The glorious splendour of Thy majesty, And Thy wondrous works, will I rehearse.
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 up the middle column. letter 935,595 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שPsalms 145:19
- ש2 Chronicles 36:5
… וְאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָֽיו
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- בPsalms 74:8
אָמְרוּ בְלִבָּם נִינָם יָחַד שָׂרְפוּ כָל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵל בָּאָֽרֶץ
They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; They have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.
- וIsaiah 24:15
עַל־כֵּן בָּאֻרִים כַּבְּדוּ יְהוָה בְּאִיֵּי הַיָּם שֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
’Therefore glorify ye the LORD in the regions of light, Even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.’
- עDeuteronomy 31:10
וַיְצַו מֹשֶׁה אוֹתָם לֵאמֹר מִקֵּץ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בְּמֹעֵד שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה בְּחַג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת
And Moses commanded them, saying: ‘At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
- הGenesis 1:3
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר
And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.
skip 298,923, width 298,923 — one row is 298,923 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,195,780 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,923 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:5
The spelling
שבועה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שבועה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 383.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Ecclesiastes 9:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Oath in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 21,849 sequences of שבועה across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 21,675).
What is the shortest skip for Oath in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading backward from Leviticus 22:23 — the shortest of 21,849 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 21,675.
What is the gematria of Oath in Hebrew?
Oath is spelled שבועה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 383.
How many times is Oath found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–299,260), שבועה appears 326,209 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 327,578, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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