Shammua שמוע
Shammua (שמוע) is a person named in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 479,408 sequences of Shammua, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 49:23); chance alone would give about 482,061.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 479,408
- Chance alone · every skip
- 482,061
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,553
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 45,918 found · chance alone about 46,264 (probability of 45,918 or more by chance alone: 0.95).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), שמוע appears 479,408 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 482,061, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which שמוע appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 49:23, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שמוע was found in the Torah is 101,553 — at Genesis 1:1, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 109,541
- Exodus 107,964
- Leviticus 68,686
- Numbers 109,160
- Deuteronomy 84,057
Examples across the range
5 of the 479,408 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 ו עGenesis 49:23
וַֽיְמָרֲרֻהוּ וָרֹבּוּ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻהוּ בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּֽים
The archers have dealt bitterly with him, And shot at him, and hated him;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 76,073 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ו עGenesis 49:23
Letter by letter
- ש מ ו עExodus 12:8
וְאָכְלוּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה צְלִי־אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת עַל־מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 94,348 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ו עExodus 12:8
- שExodus 1:4
דָּן וְנַפְתָּלִי גָּד וְאָשֵֽׁר
Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מExodus 1:7
וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל פָּרוּ וַֽיִּשְׁרְצוּ וַיִּרְבּוּ וַיַּֽעַצְמוּ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ אֹתָֽם
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- וExodus 1:10
הָבָה נִֽתְחַכְּמָה לוֹ פֶּן־יִרְבֶּה וְהָיָה כִּֽי־תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם …
come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.’
- עExodus 1:11
… עַנֹּתוֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָם וַיִּבֶן עָרֵי מִסְכְּנוֹת לְפַרְעֹה אֶת־פִּתֹם וְאֶת־רַעַמְסֵֽס
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
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 78,161 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 1:4
- שLeviticus 4:9
וְאֵת שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַכְּסָלִים וְאֶת …
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away by kidneys,
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מLeviticus 4:27
… בִשְׁגָגָה מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ בַּעֲשֹׂתָהּ אַחַת מִמִּצְוֺת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־תֵעָשֶׂינָה וְאָשֵֽׁם …
And if any one of the common people sin through error, in doing any of the things which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty:
- וLeviticus 5:8
… וְהִקְרִיב אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לַחַטָּאת רִאשׁוֹנָה וּמָלַק אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ מִמּוּל עָרְפּוֹ וְלֹא …
And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and pinch off its head close by its neck, but shall not divide it asunder.
- עLeviticus 5:25
וְאֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ יָבִיא לַיהוָה אַיִל תָּמִים מִן־הַצֹּאן בְּעֶרְכְּךָ לְאָשָׁם אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן
And he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy valuation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest.
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 144,760 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שLeviticus 4:9
- 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 3 letters
- םExodus 16:6
… כִּי יְהוָה הוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel: ‘At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
- וNumbers 8:15
וְאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן יָבֹאוּ הַלְוִיִּם לַעֲבֹד אֶת־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְטִֽהַרְתָּ אֹתָם וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָֽה
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.
- עDeuteronomy 34:9
… סָמַךְ מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יָדָיו עָלָיו וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֵלָיו בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר …
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 101,553, width 101,553 — one row is 101,553 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 101,553 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 1:1
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 7,770,295 sequences of שמוע across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 7,778,481).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 193,278 found · chance alone about 193,683 (probability of 193,278 or more by chance alone: 0.82).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 465,642
- Exodus 458,561
- Leviticus 295,211
- Numbers 459,708
- Deuteronomy 349,107
- Joshua 255,620
- Judges 253,713
- Samuel 619,794
- Kings 694,869
- Isaiah 406,080
- Jeremiah 504,409
- Ezekiel 448,446
- The Twelve 337,329
- Psalms 465,123
- Proverbs 182,002
- Job 189,331
- Song of Songs 33,790
- Ruth 35,000
- Lamentations 34,468
- Ecclesiastes 81,947
- Esther 97,937
- Daniel 127,170
- Ezra–Nehemiah 274,640
- Chronicles 700,398
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש מ ו ע1 Samuel 9:2
… אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל טוֹב מִמֶּנּוּ מִשִּׁכְמוֹ וָמַעְלָה גָּבֹהַּ מִכָּל־הָעָֽם
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, young and goodly, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 394,842 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ו ע1 Samuel 9:2
- ש2 Kings 12:16
וְלֹא יְחַשְּׁבוּ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר יִתְּנוּ אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף עַל …
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work; for they dealt faithfully.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ם2 Kings 12:18
אָז יַעֲלֶה חֲזָאֵל מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וַיִּלָּחֶם עַל־גַּת וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ וַיָּשֶׂם …
Then Hazael king of Aram went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
- ו2 Kings 12:19
… אֲשֶׁר־הִקְדִּישׁוּ יְהוֹשָׁפָט וִיהוֹרָם וַאֲחַזְיָהוּ אֲבֹתָיו מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה וְאֶת־קֳדָשָׁיו וְאֵת …
And Jehoash king Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and of the king’s house…
- ע2 Kings 12:20
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי יוֹאָשׁ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲלוֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר …
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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 549,816 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Kings 12:16
- ש2 Chronicles 36:21
… יִרְמְיָהוּ עַד־רָצְתָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה שָׁבָתָה לְמַלֹּאות …
to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מEzekiel 46:18
… מֵאֲחֻזָּתָם מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ יַנְחִל אֶת־בָּנָיו לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָפֻצוּ עַמִּי אִישׁ …
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that My people be not scattered every man from his possession.’
- ו1 Samuel 11:11
… אֶת־הָעָם שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים וַיָּבֹאוּ בְתוֹךְ־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר וַיַּכּוּ אֶת …
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
- עGenesis 1:7
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
skip 398,855, width 398,855 — one row is 398,855 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,809 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,855 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:21
The spelling
שמוע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שמוע, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 416.
As a plain word it stands 20 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 15:26. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shammua in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), שמוע appears 479,408 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 482,061, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shammua in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 49:23 — the shortest of 479,408 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 482,061.
What is the gematria of Shammua in Hebrew?
Shammua is spelled שמוע — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 416.
How many times is Shammua found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 7,770,295 sequences of שמוע across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 7,778,481).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 482,061 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.