Observe שמור
Observe — in Hebrew שמור — keep, observe; the Sabbath command in Deuteronomy. In the Torah codes, Observe is found 776,423 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 24:45) — about what chance alone gives (about 776,653).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 776,423
- Chance alone · every skip
- 776,653
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.60
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,570
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: 73,870 found · chance alone about 74,536 (probability of 73,870 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
In the Torah
776,423 sequences of שמור across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 776,653 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which שמור appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 24:45, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שמור was found in the Torah is 101,570 — at Deuteronomy 34:10, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 177,393
- Exodus 175,864
- Leviticus 111,996
- Numbers 175,898
- Deuteronomy 135,272
Examples across the range
5 of the 776,423 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 מ ו רGenesis 24:45
… וְהִנֵּה רִבְקָה יֹצֵאת וְכַדָּהּ עַל־שִׁכְמָהּ וַתֵּרֶד הָעַיְנָה וַתִּשְׁאָב וָאֹמַר אֵלֶיהָ הַשְׁקִינִי …
And before I had done speaking to my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew. And I said unto her: Let me drink, I pray thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 31,690 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ו רGenesis 24:45
Letter by letter
- ש מ ו רExodus 14:7
וַיִּקַּח שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת רֶכֶב בָּחוּר וְכֹל רֶכֶב מִצְרָיִם וְשָׁלִשִׁם עַל־כֻּלּֽוֹ
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 98,347 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ו רExodus 14:7
- שExodus 32:14
וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהוָה עַל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לַעֲשׂוֹת לְעַמּֽוֹ
And the LORD repented of the evil which He said He would do unto His people.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מExodus 32:16
וְהַלֻּחֹת מַעֲשֵׂה אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹהִים הוּא חָרוּת עַל־הַלֻּחֹֽת
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
- וExodus 32:18
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵין קוֹל עֲנוֹת גְּבוּרָה וְאֵין קוֹל עֲנוֹת חֲלוּשָׁה קוֹל עַנּוֹת אָנֹכִי שֹׁמֵֽעַ
And he said: ‘It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear.’
- רExodus 32:20
וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ וַיִּשְׂרֹף בָּאֵשׁ וַיִּטְחַן עַד …
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
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 126,577 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 32:14
- שLeviticus 7:4
… הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַכְּסָלִים וְאֶת־הַיֹּתֶרֶת עַל …
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away by the kidneys.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מLeviticus 7:24
וְחֵלֶב נְבֵלָה וְחֵלֶב טְרֵפָה יֵעָשֶׂה לְכָל־מְלָאכָה וְאָכֹל לֹא תֹאכְלֻֽהוּ
And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service; but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
- וLeviticus 8:7
… הַמְּעִיל וַיִּתֵּן עָלָיו אֶת־הָאֵפֹד וַיַּחְגֹּר אֹתוֹ בְּחֵשֶׁב הָֽאֵפֹד וַיֶּאְפֹּד לוֹ …
And he put upon him the tunic, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
- רLeviticus 8:24
… בֹּהֶן יָדָם הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן רַגְלָם הַיְמָנִית וַיִּזְרֹק מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הַדָּם …
And Aaron’s sons were brought, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot; and Moses dashed the blood against the altar round about.
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 149,120 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שLeviticus 7:4
- 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 3 letters
- םNumbers 8:16
כִּי נְתֻנִים נְתֻנִים הֵמָּה לִי מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל …
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
- וExodus 16:7
וּבֹקֶר וּרְאִיתֶם אֶת־כְּבוֹד יְהוָה בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם עַל …
and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?’
- רGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 101,570, width 101,570 — one row is 101,570 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,712 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,570 in the laboratory →
- שDeuteronomy 34:10
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 11,809,979 sequences of שמור across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 11,814,834).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 292,903 found · chance alone about 294,188 (probability of 292,903 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 709,442
- Exodus 701,189
- Leviticus 449,905
- Numbers 699,633
- Deuteronomy 530,832
- Joshua 388,297
- Judges 384,941
- Samuel 941,434
- Kings 1,050,809
- Isaiah 616,722
- Jeremiah 765,444
- Ezekiel 680,378
- The Twelve 512,743
- Psalms 708,721
- Proverbs 275,541
- Job 287,277
- Song of Songs 52,048
- Ruth 52,872
- Lamentations 52,380
- Ecclesiastes 125,283
- Esther 148,452
- Daniel 194,324
- Ezra–Nehemiah 415,608
- Chronicles 1,065,704
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש מ ו רJoshua 13:19
וְקִרְיָתַיִם וְשִׂבְמָה וְצֶרֶת הַשַּׁחַר בְּהַר הָעֵֽמֶק
and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zerethshahar in the mount of the valley;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,851 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ו רJoshua 13:19
- שJudges 9:54
… חַרְבְּךָ וּמוֹתְתֵנִי פֶּן־יֹאמְרוּ לִי אִשָּׁה הֲרָגָתְהוּ וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ נַעֲרוֹ וַיָּמֹֽת
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armour-bearer, and said unto him: ‘Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me: A woman slew him.’ And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- םJudges 9:56
וַיָּשֶׁב אֱלֹהִים אֵת רָעַת אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְאָבִיו לַהֲרֹג אֶת־שִׁבְעִים אֶחָֽיו
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
- וJudges 10:1
… יִשְׂרָאֵל תּוֹלָע בֶּן־פּוּאָה בֶּן־דּוֹדוֹ אִישׁ יִשָּׂשכָר וְהֽוּא־יֹשֵׁב בְּשָׁמִיר …
And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.
- רJudges 10:3
וַיָּקָם אַחֲרָיו יָאִיר הַגִּלְעָדִי וַיִּשְׁפֹּט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָֽה
And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years.
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 363,040 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שJudges 9:54
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
… פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּֽיהוּדָה מִֽי־בָכֶם מִכָּל …
’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
- םEzekiel 46:19
… אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַפֹּנוֹת צָפוֹנָה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁם מָקוֹם בירכתם יָֽמָּה
Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north; and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.
- ו1 Samuel 11:11
וַיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁאוּל אֶת־הָעָם שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים …
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
- רGenesis 1:3
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר
And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.
skip 398,967, width 398,967 — one row is 398,967 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,004 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,967 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
שמור — the Tanakh's own spelling: keep, observe; the Sabbath command in Deuteronomy. Searched as שמור, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 546.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 5:12. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shamir.
Questions
Does Observe appear in the Torah codes?
776,423 sequences of שמור across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 776,653 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Observe in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 24:45 — the shortest of 776,423 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 776,653.
What is the gematria of Observe in Hebrew?
Observe is spelled שמור — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 546.
How many times is Observe found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 11,809,979 sequences of שמור across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 11,814,834).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 776,653 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.