Sharesh שרש
Sharesh (שרש) is a person named in the Tanakh — Sheresh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 233,110 sequences of Sharesh, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:26); chance alone would give about 233,225.
- Found in the Torah
- 233,110
- Chance alone
- 233,225
- P (≥ found)
- 0.59
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, שרש appears 233,110 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 233,225, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which שרש appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:26, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), שרש is found 3,519,691 times; chance alone would give about 3,614,881.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 233,225 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 49,803
- Exodus 58,013
- Leviticus 33,326
- Numbers 55,402
- Deuteronomy 36,566
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים נַֽעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָאָרֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God said: ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,321Open in the laboratory →
מִן־הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנָּה טְהֹרָה וּמִן־הָעוֹף וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־רֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the ground,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,318Open in the laboratory →
הֵמָּה וְכָל־הַֽחַיָּה לְמִינָהּ וְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ וְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ לְמִינֵהוּ וְכָל־הָעוֹף לְמִינֵהוּ כֹּל צִפּוֹר כָּל־כָּנָֽף
they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,614Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־הַחַיָּה אֲשֶֽׁר־אִתְּךָ מִכָּל־בָּשָׂר בָּעוֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ הוצא אִתָּךְ וְשָֽׁרְצוּ בָאָרֶץ וּפָרוּ וְרָבוּ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,949Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם אֶת־שָׂרַי אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־לוֹט בֶּן־אָחִיו וְאֶת־כָּל־רְכוּשָׁם אֲשֶׁר רָכָשׁוּ וְאֶת־הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ בְחָרָן וַיֵּצְאוּ לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ אַרְצָה כְּנָֽעַן
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,378Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שרש appears 808,461 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 800,902 chance alone would give; the probability of 808,461 or more by chance alone is 1.7 × 10⁻¹⁷.
- Genesis 49,803
- Exodus 58,013
- Leviticus 33,326
- Numbers 55,402
- Deuteronomy 40,951
- Joshua 30,832
- Judges 27,007
- Samuel 61,605
- Kings 83,523
- Isaiah 40,627
- Jeremiah 47,022
- Ezekiel 40,898
- The Twelve 31,300
- Psalms 39,518
- Proverbs 20,193
- Job 16,539
- Song of Songs 3,083
- Ruth 3,432
- Lamentations 3,327
- Ecclesiastes 9,546
- Esther 10,269
- Daniel 11,222
- Ezra–Nehemiah 25,765
- Chronicles 65,258
Outside the Torah
וְהָעָם עָלוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בַּגִּלְגָּל בִּקְצֵה מִזְרַח יְרִיחֽוֹ
And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,014Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיַּחֲרִימוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בָּעִיר מֵאִישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּׁה מִנַּעַר וְעַד־זָקֵן וְעַד שׁוֹר וָשֶׂה וַחֲמוֹר לְפִי־חָֽרֶב
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,865Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ רָאשֵׁי אֲבוֹת הַלְוִיִּם אֶל־אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְאֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וְאֶל־רָאשֵׁי אֲבוֹת הַמַּטּוֹת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Then came near the heads of fathers’houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers’houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 336,118Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שרש — the Tanakh's own spelling: Sheresh. Searched as שרש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 800.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 29:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Sharesh in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, שרש appears 233,110 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 233,225, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Sharesh in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:26 — the shortest of 233,110 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 233,225.
What is the gematria of Sharesh in Hebrew?
Sharesh is spelled שרש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 800.
How many times is Sharesh found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שרש appears 808,461 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 800,902 chance alone would give; the probability of 808,461 or more by chance alone is 1.7 × 10⁻¹⁷.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 233,225 here) beside the count.