Seir שעיר
Seir (שעיר) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 34,548 sequences of Seir, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 21:33); chance alone would give about 34,541.
- Found in the Torah
- 34,548
- Chance alone
- 34,541
- P (≥ found)
- 0.48
- Shortest skip
- 2
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, שעיר appears 34,548 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 34,541, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 21:33, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 358,635 sequences of שעיר, against about 359,908 from chance alone.
- Genesis 8,676
- Exodus 8,777
- Leviticus 3,836
- Numbers 7,733
- Deuteronomy 5,526
The shortest skips
וַיִּטַּע אֶשֶׁל בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע וַיִּקְרָא־שָׁם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה אֵל עוֹלָֽם
And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 26,916Open in the laboratory →
אֲדֹנִי שְׁמָעֵנִי אֶרֶץ אַרְבַּע מֵאֹת שֶֽׁקֶל־כֶּסֶף בֵּינִי וּבֵֽינְךָ מַה־הִוא וְאֶת־מֵתְךָ קְבֹֽר
’My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,014Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לֵאמֹר הֵן בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹֽא־שָׁמְעוּ אֵלַי וְאֵיךְ יִשְׁמָעֵנִי פַרְעֹה וַאֲנִי עֲרַל שְׂפָתָֽיִם
And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying: ‘Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 85,412Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁמַעְתָּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְשָׁמַרְתָּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אֲשֶׁר יִיטַב לְךָ וַאֲשֶׁר תִּרְבּוּן מְאֹד כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֶיךָ לָךְ אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָֽשׁ
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee—a land flowing with milk and honey.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 261,416Open in the laboratory →
וַעֲשֵׂה כְּרוּב אֶחָד מִקָּצָה מִזֶּה וּכְרוּב־אֶחָד מִקָּצָה מִזֶּה מִן־הַכַּפֹּרֶת תַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִים עַל־שְׁנֵי קְצוֹתָֽיו
And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the ark-cover shall ye make the cherubim of the two ends thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 114,167Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 142,128 sequences of שעיר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 141,755).
- Genesis 8,676
- Exodus 8,777
- Leviticus 3,836
- Numbers 7,733
- Deuteronomy 5,992
- Joshua 5,926
- Judges 5,229
- Samuel 9,984
- Kings 13,377
- Isaiah 8,527
- Jeremiah 8,723
- Ezekiel 7,106
- The Twelve 6,290
- Psalms 9,643
- Proverbs 3,874
- Job 4,385
- Song of Songs 639
- Ruth 693
- Lamentations 633
- Ecclesiastes 1,506
- Esther 1,309
- Daniel 2,086
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,037
- Chronicles 12,147
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָעָם אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נַעֲבֹד וּבְקוֹלוֹ נִשְׁמָֽע
And the people said unto Joshua: ‘The LORD our God will we serve, and unto His voice will we hearken.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 344,070Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹֽא־עָשׂוּ חֶסֶד עִם־בֵּית יְרֻבַּעַל גִּדְעוֹן כְּכָל־הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown unto Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,800Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ שִׁמְשׁוֹן אִם־יַאַסְרֻנִי בְּשִׁבְעָה יְתָרִים לַחִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־חֹרָבוּ וְחָלִיתִי וְהָיִיתִי כְּאַחַד הָאָדָֽם
And Samson said unto her: ‘If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 372,339Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שעיר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שעיר, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 580.
As a plain word it stands 51 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 14:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Seir in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שעיר appears 34,548 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 34,541, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Seir in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 21:33 — the shortest of 34,548 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 34,541.
How is Seir spelled in Hebrew?
Seir is spelled שעיר — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 580.
Is Seir in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 142,128 sequences of שעיר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 141,755).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 34,541 here) beside the count.