Shaashgaz שעשגז
Shaashgaz (שעשגז) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shaashgaz appears 11 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 14.2 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 11
- Chance alone
- 14.2
- P (≥ found)
- 0.84
- Shortest skip
- 89
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
11 sequences of שעשגז at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 14.2 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which שעשגז appears in the Torah is 89 — the first at Genesis 44:15, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), שעשגז is found 121 times; chance alone would give about 112.
- Genesis 6
- Leviticus 1
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 2
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם יוֹסֵף מָֽה־הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם הֲלוֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּֽי־נַחֵשׁ יְנַחֵשׁ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר כָּמֹֽנִי
And Joseph said unto them: ‘What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I will indeed divine?’
skip 89, width 89 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 67,741Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן לָבָן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב הַבָּנוֹת בְּנֹתַי וְהַבָּנִים בָּנַי וְהַצֹּאן צֹאנִי וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה רֹאֶה לִי־הוּא וְלִבְנֹתַי מָֽה־אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לָאֵלֶּה הַיּוֹם אוֹ לִבְנֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר יָלָֽדוּ
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: ‘The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne?
skip 92, width 92 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 45,912Open in the laboratory →
כָּֽל־הַפְּקֻדִים אֲשֶׁר פָּקַד מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן וּנְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם וּלְבֵית אֲבֹתָֽם
All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers’houses,
skip 934, width 934 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 195,057Open in the laboratory →
כִּי הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם לֹֽא־נִפְלֵאת הִוא מִמְּךָ וְלֹא רְחֹקָה הִֽוא
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.
skip 1,502, width 1,502 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 297,774Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽיטְבוּ דִבְרֵיהֶם בְּעֵינֵי חֲמוֹר וּבְעֵינֵי שְׁכֶם בֶּן־חֲמֽוֹר
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
skip 1,788, width 1,788 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 50,028Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שעשגז appears 78 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 67.2, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 6
- Leviticus 1
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 2
- Joshua 8
- Judges 3
- Samuel 6
- Kings 5
- Isaiah 5
- Jeremiah 2
- Ezekiel 1
- The Twelve 7
- Psalms 5
- Proverbs 3
- Job 5
- Esther 6
- Daniel 2
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4
- Chronicles 5
Outside the Torah
וּפְנֵיהֶם וְכַנְפֵיהֶם פְּרֻדוֹת מִלְמָעְלָה לְאִישׁ שְׁתַּיִם חֹבְרוֹת אִישׁ וּשְׁתַּיִם מְכַסּוֹת אֵת גְּוִיֹתֵיהֶֽנָה
Thus were their faces; and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
skip 77, width 77 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 727,970Open in the laboratory →
אִישׁ הָיָה בְאֶֽרֶץ־עוּץ אִיּוֹב שְׁמוֹ וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ הַהוּא תָּם וְיָשָׁר וִירֵא אֱלֹהִים וְסָר מֵרָֽע
THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was whole-hearted and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil.
skip 110, width 110 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 964,012Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא כָל־הָעָם לְהַבְרוֹת אֶת־דָּוִד לֶחֶם בְּעוֹד הַיּוֹם וַיִּשָּׁבַע דָּוִד לֵאמֹר כֹּה יַעֲשֶׂה־לִּי אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יֹסִיף כִּי אִם־לִפְנֵי בֽוֹא־הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ אֶטְעַם־לֶחֶם אוֹ כָל־מְאֽוּמָה
And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying: ‘God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down.’
skip 113, width 113 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 440,580Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שעשגז — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שעשגז, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 680.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Esther 2:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shaashgaz in the Torah codes?
11 sequences of שעשגז at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 14.2 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Shaashgaz in the Torah?
Skip 89, reading backward from Genesis 44:15 — the shortest of 11 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 14.2.
What is the gematria of Shaashgaz in Hebrew?
Shaashgaz is spelled שעשגז — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 680.
How many times is Shaashgaz found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שעשגז appears 78 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 67.2, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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