Rabshakeh רב שקה
Rabshakeh (רב שקה) is a person named in the Tanakh — Rab-shakeh. In the Torah codes, שקה (from Rabshakeh) is found 220,586 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 2:23) — 1.5% above the 217,364 chance alone would give (probability of 220,586 or more by chance alone: 2.7 × 10⁻¹²).
- Found in the Torah (שקה)
- 220,586
- Chance alone
- 217,364
- P (≥ found)
- 2.7 × 10⁻¹²
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for שקה, and רב has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 220,586 sequences of שקה at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 217,364); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.7 × 10⁻¹² by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:23, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 3,537,036 sequences of שקה, against about 3,369,043 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 217,364 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 45,639
- Exodus 53,787
- Leviticus 39,990
- Numbers 51,802
- Deuteronomy 29,368
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת
And the man said: ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,822Open in the laboratory →
הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר־קָנָה אַבְרָהָם מֵאֵת בְּנֵי־חֵת שָׁמָּה קֻבַּר אַבְרָהָם וְשָׂרָה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ
the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 33,258Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּנְהַג אֶת־כָּל־מִקְנֵהוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־רְכֻשׁוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכָשׁ מִקְנֵה קִנְיָנוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכַשׁ בְּפַדַּן אֲרָם לָבוֹא אֶל־יִצְחָק אָבִיו אַרְצָה כְּנָֽעַן
and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,504Open in the laboratory →
בַּמְּעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי־מַמְרֵא בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן אֲשֶׁר קָנָה אַבְרָהָם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה מֵאֵת עֶפְרֹן הַחִתִּי לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 76,469Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֹתוֹ בָנָיו אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ בִּמְעָרַת שְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה אַבְרָהָם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה לַאֲחֻזַּת־קֶבֶר מֵאֵת עֶפְרֹן הַחִתִּי עַל־פְּנֵי מַמְרֵֽא
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, in front of Mamre.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 77,326Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שקה appears 670,668 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 671,156, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 45,639
- Exodus 53,787
- Leviticus 39,990
- Numbers 51,802
- Deuteronomy 30,738
- Joshua 20,807
- Judges 19,503
- Samuel 42,797
- Kings 57,222
- Isaiah 40,644
- Jeremiah 47,034
- Ezekiel 35,997
- The Twelve 32,937
- Psalms 32,786
- Proverbs 14,066
- Job 11,426
- Song of Songs 2,361
- Ruth 2,708
- Lamentations 2,747
- Ecclesiastes 5,780
- Esther 5,767
- Daniel 10,071
- Ezra–Nehemiah 18,033
- Chronicles 46,026
Outside the Torah
וְאֶת־עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף אֲשֶׁר־הֶעֱלוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם קָבְרוּ בִשְׁכֶם בְּחֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה יַעֲקֹב מֵאֵת בְּנֵֽי־חֲמוֹר אֲבִֽי־שְׁכֶם בְּמֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה וַיִּֽהְיוּ לִבְנֵֽי־יוֹסֵף לְנַחֲלָֽה
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 344,554Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּרֶם הַטַּבָּח אֶת־הַשּׁוֹק וְהֶעָלֶיהָ וַיָּשֶׂם לִפְנֵי שָׁאוּל וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה הַנִּשְׁאָר שִׂים־לְפָנֶיךָ אֱכֹל כִּי לַמּוֹעֵד שָֽׁמוּר־לְךָ לֵאמֹר הָעָם קָרָאתִי וַיֹּאכַל שָׁאוּל עִם־שְׁמוּאֵל בַּיּוֹם הַהֽוּא
And the cook took up the thigh, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And [Samuel] said: ‘Behold that which hath been reserved! set it before thee and eat; because unto the appointed time hath it been kept for thee, for I said: I have invited the people.’ So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 396,339Open in the laboratory →
וְלָרָשׁ אֵֽין־כֹּל כִּי אִם־כִּבְשָׂה אַחַת קְטַנָּה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה וַיְחַיֶּהָ וַתִּגְדַּל עִמּוֹ וְעִם־בָּנָיו יַחְדָּו מִפִּתּוֹ תֹאכַל וּמִכֹּסוֹ תִשְׁתֶּה וּבְחֵיקוֹ תִשְׁכָּב וַתְּהִי־לוֹ כְּבַֽת
but the poor man had nothing save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and reared; and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 451,256Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
רב שקה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Rab-shakeh. Searched as שקה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 405.
As a plain word it stands 16 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 18:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Rabshakeh in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 220,586 sequences of שקה at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 217,364); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.7 × 10⁻¹² by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Rabshakeh in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:23 — the shortest of 220,586 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 217,364.
How is Rabshakeh spelled in Hebrew?
Rabshakeh is spelled רב שקה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 405.
Is Rabshakeh in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שקה appears 670,668 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 671,156, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 217,364 here) beside the count.