Shattering of the Vessels שבירת הכלים
Shattering of the Vessels — in Hebrew שבירת הכלים — a teaching of the Kabbalah of the Ari. In the Torah codes, שבירת (from Shattering of the Vessels) is found 2,840 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 4 (Numbers 14:22) — about what chance alone gives (about 2,930).
- Found in the Torah (שבירת)
- 2,840
- Chance alone
- 2,930
- P (≥ found)
- 0.95
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for שבירת, and הכלים has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, שבירת appears 2,840 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,930, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Numbers 14:22, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 21,740 sequences of שבירת, against about 23,092 from chance alone.
- Genesis 676
- Exodus 650
- Leviticus 372
- Numbers 662
- Deuteronomy 480
The shortest skips
כִּי כָל־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָרֹאִים אֶת־כְּבֹדִי וְאֶת־אֹתֹתַי אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי בְמִצְרַיִם וּבַמִּדְבָּר וַיְנַסּוּ אֹתִי זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹלִֽי
surely all those men that have seen My glory, and My signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to proof these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 212,128Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת יִשָּׂשכָר לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָה וְשִׁשִּׁים אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאֽוֹת
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 232,155Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם הוּא אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה שַׁבָּתוֹן שַׁבַּת־קֹדֶשׁ לַֽיהוָה מָחָר אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאפוּ אֵפוּ וְאֵת אֲשֶֽׁר־תְּבַשְּׁלוּ בַּשֵּׁלוּ וְאֵת כָּל־הָעֹדֵף הַנִּיחוּ לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת עַד־הַבֹּֽקֶר
And he said unto them: ‘This is that which the LORD hath spoken: To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto the LORD. Bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.’
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 102,477Open in the laboratory →
אַךְ בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאָסְפְּכֶם אֶת־תְּבוּאַת הָאָרֶץ תָּחֹגּוּ אֶת־חַג־יְהוָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים בַּיּוֹם הָֽרִאשׁוֹן שַׁבָּתוֹן וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי שַׁבָּתֽוֹן
Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of the LORD seven days; on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 178,195Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה רִיב בֵּין אֲנָשִׁים וְנִגְּשׁוּ אֶל־הַמִּשְׁפָּט וּשְׁפָטוּם וְהִצְדִּיקוּ אֶת־הַצַּדִּיק וְהִרְשִׁיעוּ אֶת־הָרָשָֽׁע
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked,
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 288,038Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
10,789 sequences of שבירת at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 10,870 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 676
- Exodus 650
- Leviticus 372
- Numbers 662
- Deuteronomy 520
- Joshua 348
- Judges 398
- Samuel 729
- Kings 1,105
- Isaiah 505
- Jeremiah 794
- Ezekiel 752
- The Twelve 441
- Psalms 568
- Proverbs 286
- Job 252
- Song of Songs 45
- Ruth 46
- Lamentations 69
- Ecclesiastes 109
- Esther 105
- Daniel 147
- Ezra–Nehemiah 345
- Chronicles 865
Outside the Torah
אִם־יַֽעַזְבוּ בָנָיו תּוֹרָתִי וּבְמִשְׁפָּטַי לֹא יֵלֵכֽוּן
If his children forsake My law, And walk not in Mine ordinances; :
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 906,479Open in the laboratory →
בָּעֶרֶב הִיא בָאָה וּבַבֹּקֶר הִיא שָׁבָה אֶל־בֵּית הַנָּשִׁים שֵׁנִי אֶל־יַד שַֽׁעֲשְׁגַז סְרִיס הַמֶּלֶךְ שֹׁמֵר הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁים לֹא־תָבוֹא עוֹד אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי אִם־חָפֵץ בָּהּ הַמֶּלֶךְ וְנִקְרְאָה בְשֵֽׁם
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, who kept the concubines; she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,025,466Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יְהוָה קַח אֶת־פַּר־הַשּׁוֹר אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִיךָ וּפַר הַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וְהָרַסְתָּ אֶת־מִזְבַּח הַבַּעַל אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִיךָ וְאֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָה אֲשֶׁר־עָלָיו תִּכְרֹֽת
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him: ‘Take thy father’s bullock, and the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 354,703Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שבירת הכלים — a Hebrew word: a teaching of the Kabbalah of the Ari. Searched as שבירת, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 912.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- הכלים — a Hebrew word found 6,291 in the Torah (chance 6,420)
Questions
Does Shattering of the Vessels appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שבירת appears 2,840 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,930, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shattering of the Vessels in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Numbers 14:22 — the shortest of 2,840 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,930.
How is Shattering of the Vessels spelled in Hebrew?
Shattering of the Vessels is spelled שבירת הכלים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 912; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Shattering of the Vessels in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
10,789 sequences of שבירת at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 10,870 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 2,930 here) beside the count.