Shapper שפר
Shapper (שפר) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Shepher. In the Torah codes, Shapper is found 143,078 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 3:15) — about what chance alone gives (about 143,718).
- Found in the Torah
- 143,078
- Chance alone
- 143,718
- P (≥ found)
- 0.95
- 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 143,078 sequences of שפר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 143,718).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:15, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 2,346,347 sequences of שפר, against about 2,227,574 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 143,718 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 32,088
- Exodus 32,792
- Leviticus 19,671
- Numbers 38,817
- Deuteronomy 19,710
The shortest skips
וְאֵיבָה אָשִׁית בֵּֽינְךָ וּבֵין הָֽאִשָּׁה וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ וּבֵין זַרְעָהּ הוּא יְשׁוּפְךָ רֹאשׁ וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵֽב
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,695Open in the laboratory →
הָבָה נֵֽרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵֽהוּ
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,023Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּֽחַלְמוּ חֲלוֹם שְׁנֵיהֶם אִישׁ חֲלֹמוֹ בְּלַיְלָה אֶחָד אִישׁ כְּפִתְרוֹן חֲלֹמוֹ הַמַּשְׁקֶה וְהָאֹפֶה אֲשֶׁר לְמֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר אֲסוּרִים בְּבֵית הַסֹּֽהַר
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 59,050Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת שַׂר הָאֹפִים תָּלָה כַּאֲשֶׁר פָּתַר לָהֶם יוֹסֵֽף
But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 59,985Open in the laboratory →
וַנַּֽחַלְמָה חֲלוֹם בְּלַיְלָה אֶחָד אֲנִי וָהוּא אִישׁ כְּפִתְרוֹן חֲלֹמוֹ חָלָֽמְנוּ
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 60,593Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
502,808 sequences of שפר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 503,237 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 32,088
- Exodus 32,792
- Leviticus 19,671
- Numbers 38,817
- Deuteronomy 20,728
- Joshua 17,276
- Judges 16,752
- Samuel 31,672
- Kings 36,381
- Isaiah 31,573
- Jeremiah 27,400
- Ezekiel 30,850
- The Twelve 22,492
- Psalms 35,011
- Proverbs 19,639
- Job 17,524
- Song of Songs 2,733
- Ruth 1,985
- Lamentations 2,248
- Ecclesiastes 4,234
- Esther 5,390
- Daniel 7,581
- Ezra–Nehemiah 12,945
- Chronicles 35,026
Outside the Torah
וְזֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע בַּקַּרְקֹר וּמַחֲנֵיהֶם עִמָּם כַּחֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף כֹּל הַנּוֹתָרִים מִכֹּל מַחֲנֵה בְנֵי־קֶדֶם וְהַנֹּפְלִים מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף אִישׁ שֹׁלֵֽף חָֽרֶב
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 358,357Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא מְהֵרָה אֶל־הַנַּעַר נֹשֵׂא כֵלָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ שְׁלֹף חַרְבְּךָ וּמוֹתְתֵנִי פֶּן־יֹאמְרוּ לִי אִשָּׁה הֲרָגָתְהוּ וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ נַעֲרוֹ וַיָּמֹֽת
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armour-bearer, and said unto him: ‘Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me: A woman slew him.’ And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 363,016Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽתְיַצְּבוּ פִּנּוֹת כָּל־הָעָם כֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּקְהַל עַם הָאֱלֹהִים אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף אִישׁ רַגְלִי שֹׁלֵֽף חָֽרֶב
And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 379,210Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שפר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shepher. Searched as שפר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 580.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 49:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shapper in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 143,078 sequences of שפר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 143,718).
What is the shortest skip for Shapper in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:15 — the shortest of 143,078 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 143,718.
How is Shapper spelled in Hebrew?
Shapper is spelled שפר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 580.
Is Shapper in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
502,808 sequences of שפר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 503,237 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 143,718 here) beside the count.