Shamer שמר
Shamer (שמר) is a person named in the Tanakh — Shemer. Shamer appears 11,709,885 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), 0.7% more than chance alone would give (about 11,631,596; probability 1.2 × 10⁻¹¹⁶).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 11,709,885
- Chance alone · every skip
- 11,631,596
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.2 × 10⁻¹¹⁶
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,390
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 747,502 found · chance alone about 750,447 (probability of 747,502 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), שמר appears 11,709,885 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 11,631,596 chance alone would give; the probability of 11,709,885 or more by chance alone is 1.2 × 10⁻¹¹⁶.
The shortest skip at which שמר appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 1:11, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שמר was found in the Torah is 152,390 — at Genesis 1:1, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 11,631,596 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 2,580,052
- Exodus 2,661,600
- Leviticus 1,753,394
- Numbers 2,698,322
- Deuteronomy 2,016,517
Examples across the range
5 of the 11,709,885 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.
Letter by letter
- ש מ רGenesis 1:11
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּֽדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי …
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 469 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ רGenesis 1:11
Letter by letter
- ש מ רGenesis 1:12
וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹֽשֶׂה־פְּרִי …
And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 529 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ רGenesis 1:12
- שExodus 2:14
וַיֹּאמֶר מִי שָֽׂמְךָ לְאִישׁ שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט עָלֵינוּ הַלְהָרְגֵנִי אַתָּה אֹמֵר כַּאֲשֶׁר …
And he said: ‘Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian?’ And Moses feared, and said: ‘Surely the thing is known.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- מExodus 2:15
… לַהֲרֹג אֶת־מֹשֶׁה וַיִּבְרַח מֹשֶׁה מִפְּנֵי פַרְעֹה וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִדְיָן וַיֵּשֶׁב …
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
- רExodus 2:17
וַיָּבֹאוּ הָרֹעִים וַיְגָרְשׁוּם וַיָּקָם מֹשֶׁה וַיּוֹשִׁעָן וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת־צֹאנָֽם
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 79,723 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 2:14
- שGenesis 1:21
… הַגְּדֹלִים וְאֵת כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת …
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- מGenesis 2:7
… יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים …
Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- רGenesis 3:2
וַתֹּאמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ מִפְּרִי עֵֽץ־הַגָּן נֹאכֵֽל
And the woman said unto the serpent: ‘Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 999 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 1:21
- שGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- םLeviticus 8:28
… כַּפֵּיהֶם וַיַּקְטֵר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל־הָעֹלָה מִלֻּאִים הֵם לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִשֶּׁה הוּא …
And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- רDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
skip 152,390, width 152,390 — one row is 152,390 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 4 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,390 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 1:1
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 163,021,656 sequences of שמר across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 163,684,511).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,724,468 found · chance alone about 2,722,858 (probability of 2,724,468 or more by chance alone: 0.16).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 9,857,041
- Exodus 9,790,470
- Leviticus 6,380,107
- Numbers 9,860,076
- Deuteronomy 7,443,327
- Joshua 5,490,634
- Judges 5,481,917
- Samuel 13,271,030
- Kings 14,591,543
- Isaiah 8,475,132
- Jeremiah 10,403,760
- Ezekiel 9,249,031
- The Twelve 6,943,200
- Psalms 9,626,966
- Proverbs 3,702,056
- Job 3,896,929
- Song of Songs 706,637
- Ruth 720,054
- Lamentations 709,845
- Ecclesiastes 1,697,887
- Esther 2,019,267
- Daniel 2,630,293
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,643,382
- Chronicles 14,431,072
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש ם רJoshua 2:1
… בִּן־נוּן מִֽן־הַשִּׁטִּים שְׁנַֽיִם־אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים חֶרֶשׁ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ רְאוּ אֶת …
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: ‘Go view the land, and Jericho.’ And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,046 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ם רJoshua 2:1
- שJudges 5:17
… יָשַׁב לְחוֹף יַמִּים וְעַל מִפְרָצָיו יִשְׁכּֽוֹן
Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; And Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships? Asher dwelt at the shore of the sea, And abideth by its bays.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- מJudges 5:20
מִן־שָׁמַיִם נִלְחָמוּ הַכּֽוֹכָבִים מִמְּסִלּוֹתָם נִלְחֲמוּ עִם־סִיסְרָֽא
They fought from heaven, The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
- רJudges 5:23
אוֹרוּ מֵרוֹז אָמַר מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה אֹרוּ …
’Curse ye Meroz’, said the angel of the LORD, ‘Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of the LORD, To the help of the LORD against the mighty.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 352,490 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שJudges 5:17
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
… הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- מIsaiah 25:4
כִּֽי־הָיִיתָ מָעוֹז לַדָּל מָעוֹז לָאֶבְיוֹן בַּצַּר־לוֹ מַחְסֶה מִזֶּרֶם …
For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, A stronghold to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.
- רGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 598,454, width 598,454 — one row is 598,454 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,976 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,454 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
שמר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shemer. Searched as שמר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 540.
As a plain word it stands 67 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 37:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shomer.
Questions
Does Shamer appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–152,424), שמר appears 11,709,885 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 11,631,596 chance alone would give; the probability of 11,709,885 or more by chance alone is 1.2 × 10⁻¹¹⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Shamer in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:11 — the shortest of 11,709,885 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 11,631,596.
What is the gematria of Shamer in Hebrew?
Shamer is spelled שמר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 540.
How many times is Shamer found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 163,021,656 sequences of שמר across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 163,684,511).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 11,631,596 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.