Shamsherai שמשרי
Shamsherai (שמשרי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shamsherai appears 3,885 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 3,908 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 3,885
- Chance alone
- 3,908
- P (≥ found)
- 0.64
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 3,885 sequences of שמשרי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,908).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 26:20, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 31,911 sequences of שמשרי, against about 30,796 from chance alone.
- Genesis 863
- Exodus 953
- Leviticus 467
- Numbers 1,000
- Deuteronomy 602
The shortest skips
וּלְצֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית לִפְאַת צָפוֹן עֶשְׂרִים קָֽרֶשׁ
and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 116,299Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקֶן אֶת־חֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר נָֽטָה־שָׁם אָהֳלוֹ מִיַּד בְּנֵֽי־חֲמוֹר אֲבִי שְׁכֶם בְּמֵאָה קְשִׂיטָֽה
And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 49,160Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּמְצָאֵהוּ אִישׁ וְהִנֵּה תֹעֶה בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיִּשְׁאָלֵהוּ הָאִישׁ לֵאמֹר מַה־תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: ‘What seekest thou?’
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 54,880Open in the laboratory →
וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵיהֶם כָּסֶף שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָֽאֶחָד וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד
And their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 116,356Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיוּ שְׁמֹנָה קְרָשִׁים וְאַדְנֵיהֶם כֶּסֶף שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר אֲדָנִים שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד
Thus there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 116,558Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
15,152 sequences of שמשרי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 15,183 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 863
- Exodus 953
- Leviticus 467
- Numbers 1,000
- Deuteronomy 691
- Joshua 537
- Judges 545
- Samuel 1,100
- Kings 1,619
- Isaiah 779
- Jeremiah 947
- Ezekiel 863
- The Twelve 615
- Psalms 807
- Proverbs 381
- Job 340
- Song of Songs 64
- Ruth 68
- Lamentations 76
- Ecclesiastes 186
- Esther 219
- Daniel 174
- Ezra–Nehemiah 577
- Chronicles 1,281
Outside the Torah
וַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ וְהָרָאשִׁים אֲשֶׁר עִמּוֹ פָּשְׁטוּ וַיַּעַמְדוּ פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הָעִיר וּשְׁנֵי הָֽרָאשִׁים פָּֽשְׁטוּ עַֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיַּכּֽוּם
And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and the two companies rushed upon all that were in the field, and smote them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 362,415Open in the laboratory →
וְֽאֶת־הַבָּמוֹת אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר מִימִין לְהַר־הַמַּשְׁחִית אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה שְׁלֹמֹה מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְעַשְׁתֹּרֶת שִׁקֻּץ צִידֹנִים וְלִכְמוֹשׁ שִׁקֻּץ מוֹאָב וּלְמִלְכֹּם תּוֹעֲבַת בְּנֵֽי־עַמּוֹן טִמֵּא הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the detestation of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the detestation of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 570,463Open in the laboratory →
הִתְעוֹרְרִי הִֽתְעוֹרְרִי קוּמִי יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר שָׁתִית מִיַּד יְהוָה אֶת־כּוֹס חֲמָתוֹ אֶת־קֻבַּעַת כּוֹס הַתַּרְעֵלָה שָׁתִית מָצִֽית
Awake, awake, Stand up, O Jerusalem, That hast drunk at the hand of the LORD The cup of His fury; Thou hast drunken the beaker, even the cup of staggering, And drained it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 628,283Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמשרי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שמשרי, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 850.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shamsherai in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 3,885 sequences of שמשרי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,908).
What is the shortest skip for Shamsherai in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 26:20 — the shortest of 3,885 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 3,908.
How is Shamsherai spelled in Hebrew?
Shamsherai is spelled שמשרי — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 850.
Is Shamsherai in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
15,152 sequences of שמשרי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 15,183 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 3,908 here) beside the count.