Oil שמן
Oil is written שמן in Hebrew. Oil appears 9,134,211 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), 0.8% more than chance alone would give (about 9,065,265; probability 4.6 × 10⁻¹¹⁶).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 9,134,211
- Chance alone · every skip
- 9,065,265
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 4.6 × 10⁻¹¹⁶
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,276
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: 589,076 found · chance alone about 584,872 (probability of 589,076 or more by chance alone: 2.0 × 10⁻⁸).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), שמן appears 9,134,211 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 9,065,265 chance alone would give; the probability of 9,134,211 or more by chance alone is 4.6 × 10⁻¹¹⁶.
The shortest skip at which שמן appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 5:5, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שמן was found in the Torah is 152,276 — at Deuteronomy 34:9, 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 9,065,265 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 2,022,739
- Exodus 2,058,173
- Leviticus 1,368,112
- Numbers 2,110,311
- Deuteronomy 1,574,876
Examples across the range
5 of the 9,134,211 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 ם נGenesis 5:5
וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי אָדָם אֲשֶׁר־חַי תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,636 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ם נGenesis 5:5
Letter by letter
- ש ם נGenesis 5:15
וַֽיְחִי מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־יָֽרֶד
And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,038 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ם נGenesis 5:15
- שExodus 4:9
… גַּם לִשְׁנֵי הָאֹתוֹת הָאֵלֶּה וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּן לְקֹלֶךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ מִמֵּימֵי הַיְאֹר וְשָׁפַכְתָּ …
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- םExodus 4:10
… אֲדֹנָי לֹא אִישׁ דְּבָרִים אָנֹכִי גַּם מִתְּמוֹל גַּם מִשִּׁלְשֹׁם גַּם מֵאָז …
And Moses said unto the LORD: ‘Oh Lord, I am not a man of words, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.’
- נExodus 4:11
… אוֹ פִקֵּחַ אוֹ עִוֵּר הֲלֹא אָנֹכִי יְהוָֽה
And the LORD said unto him: ‘Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the LORD?
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 82,306 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 4:9
- שGenesis 5:29
… מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂנוּ וּמֵעִצְּבוֹן יָדֵינוּ מִן־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר אֵֽרְרָהּ יְהוָֽה
And he called his name Noah, saying: ‘This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- מGenesis 6:17
… אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ רוּחַ חַיִּים מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָרֶץ יִגְוָֽע
And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish.
- נGenesis 7:15
וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־נֹחַ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם מִכָּל־הַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ רוּחַ חַיִּֽים
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.
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 6,675 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 5:29
- שDeuteronomy 34:9
… וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- מLeviticus 8:29
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הֶחָזֶה וַיְנִיפֵהוּ תְנוּפָה לִפְנֵי …
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD; it was Moses’portion of the ram of consecration; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- ןGenesis 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 152,276, width 152,276 — one row is 152,276 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,696 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,276 in the laboratory →
- שDeuteronomy 34:9
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 132,040,904 sequences of שמן across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 132,491,049).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,199,266 found · chance alone about 2,203,961 (probability of 2,199,266 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 8,014,030
- Exodus 7,910,170
- Leviticus 5,152,888
- Numbers 7,986,439
- Deuteronomy 6,040,478
- Joshua 4,458,441
- Judges 4,440,523
- Samuel 10,741,527
- Kings 11,846,830
- Isaiah 6,870,516
- Jeremiah 8,422,808
- Ezekiel 7,496,861
- The Twelve 5,613,861
- Psalms 7,791,798
- Proverbs 3,000,397
- Job 3,155,011
- Song of Songs 569,842
- Ruth 580,721
- Lamentations 573,175
- Ecclesiastes 1,367,543
- Esther 1,629,042
- Daniel 2,123,009
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,563,029
- Chronicles 11,691,965
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש מ נJoshua 13:6
… מִשְׂרְפֹת מַיִם כָּל־צִידֹנִים אָֽנֹכִי אוֹרִישֵׁם מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רַק הַפִּלֶהָ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל …
all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Zidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel; only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,206 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ נJoshua 13:6
- שJudges 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;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- םJudges 2:23
וַיַּנַּח יְהוָה אֶת־הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה לְבִלְתִּי הוֹרִישָׁם מַהֵר וְלֹא נְתָנָם בְּיַד־יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ
So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered He them into the hand of Joshua.
- ןJudges 3:2
רַק לְמַעַן דַּעַת דֹּרוֹת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְלַמְּדָם מִלְחָמָה רַק אֲשֶׁר־לְפָנִים לֹא יְדָעֽוּם
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof;
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 348,045 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שJudges 2:21
- ש2 Chronicles 36:22
וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- מIsaiah 25:2
כִּי שַׂמְתָּ מֵעִיר לַגָּל קִרְיָה בְצוּרָה לְמַפֵּלָה אַרְמוֹן זָרִים מֵעִיר לְעוֹלָם לֹא יִבָּנֶֽה
For Thou hast made of a city a heap, Of a fortified city a ruin; A castle of strangers to be no city, It shall never be built. .
- נGenesis 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.
skip 598,385, width 598,385 — one row is 598,385 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,845 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,385 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
שמן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שמן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 390.
As a plain word it stands 61 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 28:18. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Oil in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–152,424), שמן appears 9,134,211 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 9,065,265 chance alone would give; the probability of 9,134,211 or more by chance alone is 4.6 × 10⁻¹¹⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Oil in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:5 — the shortest of 9,134,211 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 9,065,265.
What is the gematria of Oil in Hebrew?
Oil is spelled שמן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 390.
How many times is Oil found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 132,040,904 sequences of שמן across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 132,491,049).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 9,065,265 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.