Shavsha שושא
Shavsha (שושא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shavsha appears 68,441 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 69,167 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 68,441
- Chance alone
- 69,167
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- 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, שושא appears 68,441 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 69,167, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which שושא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 14:15, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שושא is found 729,094 times; chance alone would give about 720,712.
- Genesis 16,550
- Exodus 15,483
- Leviticus 10,961
- Numbers 15,126
- Deuteronomy 10,321
The shortest skips
וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם עַד־חוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּֽשֶׂק
And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,882Open in the laboratory →
בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וַיִּשָּׂא אַבְרָהָם אֶת־עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת־הַמָּקוֹם מֵרָחֹֽק
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,204Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לוֹ אֱלֹהִים שִׁמְךָ יַעֲקֹב לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵא שִׁמְךָ עוֹד יַעֲקֹב כִּי אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה שְׁמֶךָ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And God said unto him: ‘Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name’; and He called his name Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 51,366Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁאַל אֶת־אַנְשֵׁי מְקֹמָהּ לֵאמֹר אַיֵּה הַקְּדֵשָׁה הִוא בָעֵינַיִם עַל־הַדָּרֶךְ וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹא־הָיְתָה בָזֶה קְדֵשָֽׁה
Then he asked the men of her place, saying: ‘Where is the harlot, that was at Enaim by the wayside?’ And they said: ‘There hath been no harlot here.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 57,046Open in the laboratory →
וַיְבָרֲכֵם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמוֹר בְּךָ יְבָרֵךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר יְשִֽׂמְךָ אֱלֹהִים כְּאֶפְרַיִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁה וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־אֶפְרַיִם לִפְנֵי מְנַשֶּֽׁה
And he blessed them that day, saying: ‘By thee shall Israel bless, saying: God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’ And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 75,112Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שושא appears 244,200 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 243,297 chance alone would give; the probability of 244,200 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
- Genesis 16,550
- Exodus 15,483
- Leviticus 10,961
- Numbers 15,126
- Deuteronomy 11,096
- Joshua 8,097
- Judges 9,553
- Samuel 26,757
- Kings 25,092
- Isaiah 11,357
- Jeremiah 14,102
- Ezekiel 12,425
- The Twelve 9,654
- Psalms 9,893
- Proverbs 4,114
- Job 4,773
- Song of Songs 825
- Ruth 866
- Lamentations 893
- Ecclesiastes 2,017
- Esther 2,950
- Daniel 3,166
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,893
- Chronicles 20,557
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁלַח הָעָם שִׁלֹה וַיִּשְׂאוּ מִשָּׁם אֵת אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת יֹשֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים וְשָׁם שְׁנֵי בְנֵֽי־עֵלִי עִם־אֲרוֹן בְּרִית הָאֱלֹהִים חָפְנִי וּפִֽינְחָֽס
So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who sitteth upon the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 388,693Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲחִיָּה בֶן־אֲחִטוּב אֲחִי אִיכָבוֹד בֶּן־פִּינְחָס בֶּן־עֵלִי כֹּהֵן יְהוָה בְּשִׁלוֹ נֹשֵׂא אֵפוֹד וְהָעָם לֹא יָדַע כִּי הָלַךְ יוֹנָתָֽן
and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 402,634Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽהְיוּ־שָׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה בְּנֵי צְרוּיָה יוֹאָב וַאֲבִישַׁי וַעֲשָׂהאֵל וַעֲשָׂהאֵל קַל בְּרַגְלָיו כְּאַחַד הַצְּבָיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׂדֶֽה
And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was as light of foot as one of the roes that are in the field.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 437,455Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שושא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שושא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 607.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Shavsha appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שושא appears 68,441 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 69,167, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shavsha in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:15 — the shortest of 68,441 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 69,167.
What is the gematria of Shavsha in Hebrew?
Shavsha is spelled שושא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 607.
How many times is Shavsha found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שושא appears 244,200 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 243,297 chance alone would give; the probability of 244,200 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
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