Shabbat (Sabbath · שבת)
Shabbat (Sabbath) — in Hebrew שבת — the Sabbath, the seventh day of rest. In the Torah codes, Shabbat (Sabbath) is found 486,312 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 12:15) — 0.4% above the 484,162 chance alone would give (probability of 486,312 or more by chance alone: 0.001).
- Found in the Torah
- 486,312
- Chance alone
- 484,162
- P (≥ found)
- 0.001
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 486,312 sequences of שבת at skips 2–5,000, 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 484,162); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.001 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 12:15, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 7,435,373 sequences of שבת, against about 7,504,297 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 484,162 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 102,840
- Exodus 113,041
- Leviticus 80,640
- Numbers 105,657
- Deuteronomy 84,134
The shortest skips
וַיִּרְאוּ אֹתָהּ שָׂרֵי פַרְעֹה וַיְהַֽלְלוּ אֹתָהּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה וַתֻּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה בֵּית פַּרְעֹֽה
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,907Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֲדֹנָי יֱהוִה מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִי וְאָנֹכִי הוֹלֵךְ עֲרִירִי וּבֶן־מֶשֶׁק בֵּיתִי הוּא דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶֽזֶר
And Abram said: ‘O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,431Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־מִקְנַת כַּסְפּוֹ כָּל־זָכָר בְּאַנְשֵׁי בֵּית אַבְרָהָם וַיָּמָל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתָם בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,289Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתוֹ יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מֵאֵת בֶּן־נֵכָר נִמֹּלוּ אִתּֽוֹ
And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,444Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּשְׁקֶיןָ אֶת־אֲבִיהֶן יַיִן בַּלַּיְלָה הוּא וַתָּבֹא הַבְּכִירָה וַתִּשְׁכַּב אֶת־אָבִיהָ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע בְּשִׁכְבָהּ וּבְקׄוּמָֽהּ
And they made their father drink wine that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,046Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,673,814 sequences of שבת at skips 2–5,000, 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 1,666,849); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.5 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.
- Genesis 102,840
- Exodus 113,041
- Leviticus 80,640
- Numbers 105,657
- Deuteronomy 87,111
- Joshua 51,859
- Judges 52,738
- Samuel 118,531
- Kings 156,054
- Isaiah 70,689
- Jeremiah 109,950
- Ezekiel 118,296
- The Twelve 62,795
- Psalms 86,514
- Proverbs 42,725
- Job 34,293
- Song of Songs 7,458
- Ruth 7,912
- Lamentations 8,245
- Ecclesiastes 17,578
- Esther 18,642
- Daniel 22,655
- Ezra–Nehemiah 56,072
- Chronicles 141,519
Outside the Torah
וַיַּשְׁבַּע יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בָּעֵת הַהִיא לֵאמֹר אָרוּר הָאִישׁ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר יָקוּם וּבָנָה אֶת־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת אֶת־יְרִיחוֹ בִּבְכֹרוֹ יְיַסְּדֶנָּה וּבִצְעִירוֹ יַצִּיב דְּלָתֶֽיהָ
And Joshua charged the people with an oath at that time, saying: ‘Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city, even Jericho; with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,237Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשָׁב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בָּעֵת הַהִיא וַיִּלְכֹּד אֶת־חָצוֹר וְאֶת־מַלְכָּהּ הִכָּה בֶחָרֶב כִּֽי־חָצוֹר לְפָנִים הִיא רֹאשׁ כָּל־הַמַּמְלָכוֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה
And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 322,942Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בָּעֵת הַהִיא וַיַּכְרֵת אֶת־הָֽעֲנָקִים מִן־הָהָר מִן־חֶבְרוֹן מִן־דְּבִר מִן־עֲנָב וּמִכֹּל הַר יְהוּדָה וּמִכֹּל הַר יִשְׂרָאֵל עִם־עָרֵיהֶם הֶחֱרִימָם יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ
And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,682Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שבת — the Tanakh's own spelling: the Sabbath, the seventh day of rest. Searched as שבת, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 702.
As a plain word it stands 40 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 2:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Sabbath, Shabbos.
Questions
Is Shabbat (Sabbath) in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 486,312 sequences of שבת at skips 2–5,000, 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 484,162); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.001 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Shabbat (Sabbath) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 12:15 — the shortest of 486,312 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 484,162.
How is Shabbat (Sabbath) spelled in Hebrew?
Shabbat is spelled שבת — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 702.
Is Shabbat (Sabbath) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,673,814 sequences of שבת at skips 2–5,000, 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 1,666,849); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.5 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 484,162 here) beside the count.