Shammai שמי
Shammai (שמי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shammai appears 1,300,405 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,306,543 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,300,405
- Chance alone
- 1,306,543
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,300,405 sequences of שמי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,306,543 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which שמי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 12:20, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), שמי is found 20,367,341 times; chance alone would give about 20,250,849.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,306,543 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 309,218
- Exodus 307,460
- Leviticus 162,376
- Numbers 317,063
- Deuteronomy 204,288
The shortest skips
וַיְצַו עָלָיו פַּרְעֹה אֲנָשִׁים וַֽיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֽוֹ
And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him; and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,128Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקֻמוּ מִשָּׁם הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וַיַּשְׁקִפוּ עַל־פְּנֵי סְדֹם וְאַבְרָהָם הֹלֵךְ עִמָּם לְשַׁלְּחָֽם
And the men rose up from thence, and looked out toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,212Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפְנוּ מִשָּׁם הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וַיֵּלְכוּ סְדֹמָה וְאַבְרָהָם עוֹדֶנּוּ עֹמֵד לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,507Open in the laboratory →
אוּלַי יֵשׁ חֲמִשִּׁים צַדִּיקִם בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר הַאַף תִּסְפֶּה וְלֹא־תִשָּׂא לַמָּקוֹם לְמַעַן חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּיקִם אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ
Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,576Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־נָא יִחַר לַֽאדֹנָי וַאֲדַבֵּרָה אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֶֽעֱשֶׂה אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם שְׁלֹשִֽׁים
And he said: ‘Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not do it, if I find thirty there.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,983Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
5,497,127 sequences of שמי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 5,515,443 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 309,218
- Exodus 307,460
- Leviticus 162,376
- Numbers 317,063
- Deuteronomy 215,917
- Joshua 177,083
- Judges 196,919
- Samuel 433,894
- Kings 508,147
- Isaiah 289,799
- Jeremiah 364,023
- Ezekiel 316,520
- The Twelve 254,226
- Psalms 364,303
- Proverbs 124,667
- Job 146,743
- Song of Songs 25,434
- Ruth 25,465
- Lamentations 22,792
- Ecclesiastes 59,702
- Esther 68,242
- Daniel 76,837
- Ezra–Nehemiah 218,120
- Chronicles 512,177
Outside the Torah
וַיָּשֻׁבוּ שְׁנֵי הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וַיֵּרְדוּ מֵֽהָהָר וַיַּעַבְרוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וַיְסַפְּרוּ־לוֹ אֵת כָּל־הַמֹּצְאוֹת אוֹתָֽם
Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,492Open in the laboratory →
אַךְ רָחוֹק יִהְיֶה בֵּֽינֵיכֶם ובינו כְּאַלְפַּיִם אַמָּה בַּמִּדָּה אַֽל־תִּקְרְבוּ אֵלָיו לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר־תֵּֽדְעוּ אֶת־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָהּ כִּי לֹא עֲבַרְתֶּם בַּדֶּרֶךְ מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,888Open in the laboratory →
קְחוּ לָכֶם מִן־הָעָם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר אֲנָשִׁים אִישׁ־אֶחָד אִישׁ־אֶחָד מִשָּֽׁבֶט
’Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,863Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שמי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 350.
As a plain word it stands 66 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 48:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Shammai appear in the Torah codes?
1,300,405 sequences of שמי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,306,543 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Shammai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 12:20 — the shortest of 1,300,405 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,306,543.
What is the gematria of Shammai in Hebrew?
Shammai is spelled שמי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 350.
How many times is Shammai found in the whole Tanakh?
5,497,127 sequences of שמי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 5,515,443 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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