Semachiah סמכיהו

Semachiah (סמכיהו) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Semachiah is found 373 times across every skip (2–60,969), the shortest at skip 123 (Leviticus 7:4) — about what chance alone gives (about 345).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 373
Chance alone · every skip: 345
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.07
Shortest skip: 123
Longest skip found: 59,995

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 6 letters (2–60,969), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 66 found · chance alone about 54.2 (probability of 66 or more by chance alone: 0.07).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 373 sequences of סמכיהו across every skip (2–60,969) — about what chance alone gives (about 345).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 123 — at Leviticus 7:4, reading forward.

The longest skip at which סמכיהו was found in the Torah is 59,995 — at Deuteronomy 32:19, reading backward; a spelling of 6 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 60,969.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 102
Exodus 81
Leviticus 38
Numbers 91
Deuteronomy 61

Examples across the range

5 of the 373 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.

shortest skipLeviticus 7:4ויקרא ז:דskip 123, forward
Letter by letter
1. סLeviticus 7:4
  … 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 …
2. םLeviticus 7:7
  … כָּֽאָשָׁם תּוֹרָה אַחַת לָהֶם הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר יְכַפֶּר …
  As is the sin-offering, so is the guilt-offering; there is one law for them; the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it.
3. כLeviticus 7:10
  וְכָל־מִנְחָה בְלוּלָֽה־בַשֶּׁמֶן …
  And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another.
4. יLeviticus 7:12
  … מַצּוֹת בְּלוּלֹת בַּשֶּׁמֶן וּרְקִיקֵי מַצּוֹת מְשֻׁחִים בַּשָּׁמֶן …
  If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened …
5. הLeviticus 7:14
  … דַּם הַשְּׁלָמִים לוֹ יִהְיֶֽה
  And of it he shall present one out of each offering for a gift unto the LORD; it shall be the priest’s that dasheth the blood of the …
6. וLeviticus 7:17
  וְהַנּוֹתָר מִבְּשַׂר הַזָּבַח בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בָּאֵשׁ יִשָּׂרֵֽף
  But that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
skip 123, width 123 — one row is 123 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 149,126 of the TorahOpen at skip 123 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 27:6ויקרא כז:וskip 215, forward
1. סLeviticus 27:6
  … הַזָּכָר חֲמִשָּׁה שְׁקָלִים כָּסֶף וְלַנְּקֵבָה עֶרְכְּךָ שְׁלֹשֶׁת …
  And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy valuation shall be for the male five shekels of silver, and for the female …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. מLeviticus 27:10
  לֹא יַחֲלִיפֶנּוּ וְלֹֽא־יָמִיר אֹתוֹ טוֹב בְּרָע …
  He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then both it …
2. כLeviticus 27:14
  … בֵּיתוֹ קֹדֶשׁ לַֽיהוָה וְהֶעֱרִיכוֹ הַכֹּהֵן בֵּין טוֹב …
  And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as the priest …
3. יLeviticus 27:18
  … אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף עַל־פִּי הַשָּׁנִים הַנּוֹתָרֹת עַד …
  But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the …
4. הLeviticus 27:23
  וְחִשַּׁב־לוֹ הַכֹּהֵן אֵת מִכְסַת הָֽעֶרְכְּךָ …
  then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation in that day, as …
5. וLeviticus 27:27
  … וְיָסַף חֲמִשִׁתוֹ עָלָיו וְאִם־לֹא יִגָּאֵל וְנִמְכַּר …
  And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thy valuation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof; or if …
skip 215, width 215 — one row is 215 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 184,963 of the TorahOpen at skip 215 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 15:24במדבר טו:כדskip 266, backward
1. סNumbers 15:24
  … נִיחֹחַ לַֽיהוָה וּמִנְחָתוֹ וְנִסְכּוֹ כַּמִּשְׁפָּט וּשְׂעִיר־עִזִּים …
  then it shall be, if it be done in error by the congregation, it being hid from their eyes, that all the congregation shall offer one young …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. םNumbers 15:19
  וְהָיָה בַּאֲכָלְכֶם מִלֶּחֶם הָאָרֶץ תָּרִימוּ תְרוּמָה לַיהוָֽה
  then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall set apart a portion for a gift unto the LORD.
2. כNumbers 15:13
  כָּל־הָאֶזְרָח יַעֲשֶׂה־כָּכָה …
  All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in presenting an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
3. יNumbers 15:6
  אוֹ לָאַיִל תַּעֲשֶׂה מִנְחָה סֹלֶת …
  Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil;
4. הNumbers 14:45
  … וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּהָר הַהוּא וַיַּכּוּם וַֽיַּכְּתוּם עַד …
  Then the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who dwelt in that hill-country, came down, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.
5. וNumbers 14:40
  וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ בַבֹּקֶר וַיַּֽעֲלוּ אֶל־רֹאשׁ־הָהָר …
  And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up to the top of the mountain, saying: ‘Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place …
skip 266, width 266 — one row is 266 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 214,379 of the TorahOpen at skip 266 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 15:5בראשית טו:הskip 1,091, backward
1. סGenesis 15:5
  … הַבֶּט־נָא הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וּסְפֹר הַכּוֹכָבִים אִם־תּוּכַל …
  And He brought him forth abroad, and said: ‘Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them’; and He said unto …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. מGenesis 14:8
  … צֹעַר וַיַּֽעַרְכוּ אִתָּם מִלְחָמָה בְּעֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּֽים
  And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela—the …
2. כGenesis 13:6
  … יַחְדָּו כִּֽי־הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב וְלֹא יָֽכְלוּ …
  And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell …
3. יGenesis 12:4
  … דִּבֶּר אֵלָיו יְהוָה וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתּוֹ לוֹט וְאַבְרָם …
  So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of …
4. הGenesis 11:11
  … אַרְפַּכְשָׁד חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
  And Shem lived after he begot Arpachshad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
5. וGenesis 10:16
  וְאֶת־הַיְבוּסִי וְאֶת־הָאֱמֹרִי וְאֵת הַגִּרְגָּשִֽׁי
  and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;
skip 1,091, width 1,091 — one row is 1,091 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 17,570 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,091 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 32:19דברים לב:יטskip 59,995, backward
1. סDeuteronomy 32:19
  וַיַּרְא יְהוָה וַיִּנְאָץ מִכַּעַס בָּנָיו וּבְנֹתָֽיו
  And the LORD saw, and spurned, Because of the provoking of His sons and His daughters.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. םNumbers 31:40
  … שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר אָלֶף וּמִכְסָם לַֽיהוָה שְׁנַיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים …
  And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD’S tribute was thirty and two persons.
2. ךLeviticus 25:35
  וְכִֽי־יָמוּךְ אָחִיךָ וּמָטָה יָדוֹ עִמָּךְ …
  And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he live with …
3. יExodus 29:16
  וְשָׁחַטְתָּ אֶת־הָאָיִל וְלָֽקַחְתָּ אֶת־דָּמוֹ …
  And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and dash it round about against the altar.
4. הGenesis 41:26
  שֶׁבַע פָּרֹת הַטֹּבֹת שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הֵנָּה …
  The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
5. וGenesis 1:27
  וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם …
  And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
skip 59,995, width 59,995 — one row is 59,995 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 301,307 of the TorahOpen at skip 59,995 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 6,684 sequences of סמכיהו across every skip (2–239,408), 5.0% above what chance alone gives (about 6,363); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.3 × 10⁻⁵ by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 271 found · chance alone about 263 (probability of 271 or more by chance alone: 0.32).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 379
Exodus 319
Leviticus 177
Numbers 372
Deuteronomy 229
Joshua 160
Judges 223
Samuel 291
Kings 612
Isaiah 469
Jeremiah 422
Ezekiel 359
The Twelve 385
Psalms 722
Proverbs 279
Job 184
Song of Songs 33
Ruth 8
Lamentations 28
Ecclesiastes 68
Esther 129
Daniel 146
Ezra–Nehemiah 237
Chronicles 453

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahZechariah 3:4זכריה ג:דskip 14, backward
1. ס מZechariah 3:4
  וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָעֹמְדִים לְפָנָיו לֵאמֹר הָסִירוּ הַבְּגָדִים הַצֹּאִים מֵעָלָיו …
  And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying: ‘Take the filthy garments from off him.’ And unto him he said: ‘Behold …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ך י הZechariah 3:3
  וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ הָיָה לָבֻשׁ בְּגָדִים צוֹאִים וְעֹמֵד לִפְנֵי הַמַּלְאָֽךְ
  Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
2. וZechariah 3:2
  … בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָם הֲלוֹא זֶה אוּד מֻצָּל מֵאֵֽשׁ
  And the LORD said unto Satan: ‘The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan, yea, the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee; is not this man a brand …
skip 14, width 14 — one row is 14 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 844,878 of the TanakhOpen at skip 14 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipProverbs 18:6משלי יח:וskip 117, forward
1. סProverbs 18:6
  שִׂפְתֵי כְסִיל יָבֹאֽוּ בְרִיב וּפִיו לְֽמַהֲלֻמוֹת יִקְרָֽא
  A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for strokes.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. םProverbs 18:10
  מִגְדַּל־עֹז שֵׁם יְהוָה בּֽוֹ־יָרוּץ …
  The name of the LORD is a strong tower: The righteous runneth into it, and is set up on high.
2. כProverbs 18:14
  רֽוּחַ־אִישׁ יְכַלְכֵּל מַחֲלֵהוּ וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה …
  The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?
3. יProverbs 18:18
  מִדְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּית הַגּוֹרָל וּבֵין עֲצוּמִים יַפְרִֽיד
  The lot causeth strife to cease, And parteth asunder the contentious.
4. הProverbs 18:22
  מָצָא אִשָּׁה מָצָא טוֹב וַיָּפֶק רָצוֹן מֵיְהוָֽה
  Whoso findeth a wife findeth a great good, And obtaineth favour of the LORD.
5. וProverbs 19:2
  … נֶפֶשׁ לֹא־טוֹב וְאָץ בְּרַגְלַיִם חוֹטֵֽא
  Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
skip 117, width 117 — one row is 117 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 951,882 of the TanakhOpen at skip 117 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:8דברי הימים ב לו:חskip 238,818, backward
1. ס2 Chronicles 36:8
  … הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וִֽיהוּדָה …
  Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. מProverbs 24:11
  הַצֵּל לְקֻחִים לַמָּוֶת וּמָטִים לַהֶרֶג אִם־תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ
  Deliver them that are drawn unto death; And those that are ready to be slain wilt thou forbear to rescue?
2. כJeremiah 49:28
  לְקֵדָר וּֽלְמַמְלְכוֹת חָצוֹר אֲשֶׁר הִכָּה נבוכדראצור מֶֽלֶךְ …
  Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith the LORD: Arise ye, go up against Kedar, And …
3. י1 Kings 1:40
  … וְהָעָם מְחַלְּלִים בַּחֲלִלִים וּשְׂמֵחִים שִׂמְחָה גְדוֹלָה וַתִּבָּקַע …
  And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound …
4. הNumbers 31:26
  … וּבַבְּהֵמָה אַתָּה וְאֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְרָאשֵׁי אֲבוֹת הָעֵדָֽה
  ’Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’houses of …
5. וGenesis 2:4
  … וְהָאָרֶץ בְּהִבָּֽרְאָם בְּיוֹם עֲשׂוֹת יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶרֶץ …
  These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
skip 238,818, width 238,818 — one row is 238,818 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,195,937 of the TanakhOpen at skip 238,818 in the laboratory →

The spelling

סמכיהו — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as סמכיהו, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 141.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Semachiah in the Tanakh

Questions

Is Semachiah in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 373 sequences of סמכיהו across every skip (2–60,969) — about what chance alone gives (about 345).

What is the shortest skip for Semachiah in the Torah?

Skip 123, reading forward from Leviticus 7:4 — the shortest of 373 sequences across every skip (2–60,969), where chance alone would give about 345.

How is Semachiah spelled in Hebrew?

Semachiah is spelled סמכיהו — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 141.

Is Semachiah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

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