Shebam שבמה
Shebam (שבמה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Sibmah. Shebam appears 648,169 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 0.7% more than chance alone would give (about 643,539; probability 4.1 × 10⁻⁹).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 648,169
- Chance alone · every skip
- 643,539
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 4.1 × 10⁻⁹
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,591
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 61,121 found · chance alone about 61,761 (probability of 61,121 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), שבמה appears 648,169 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 643,539 chance alone would give; the probability of 648,169 or more by chance alone is 4.1 × 10⁻⁹.
The shortest skip at which שבמה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 21:33, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שבמה was found in the Torah is 101,591 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 146,496
- Exodus 139,185
- Leviticus 94,046
- Numbers 154,109
- Deuteronomy 114,333
Examples across the range
5 of the 648,169 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ש ב ם הGenesis 21:33
וַיִּטַּע אֶשֶׁל בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע וַיִּקְרָא־שָׁם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה אֵל עוֹלָֽם
And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 26,924 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ב ם הGenesis 21:33
Letter by letter
- ש ב מ הGenesis 30:15
… דּוּדָאֵי בְּנִי וַתֹּאמֶר רָחֵל לָכֵן יִשְׁכַּב עִמָּךְ הַלַּיְלָה תַּחַת דּוּדָאֵי בְנֵֽךְ …
And she said unto her: ‘Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also?’ And Rachel said: ‘Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son’s mandrakes.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 42,134 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ב מ הGenesis 30:15
- שExodus 39:40
… וִיתֵדֹתֶיהָ וְאֵת כָּל־כְּלֵי עֲבֹדַת הַמִּשְׁכָּן לְאֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בExodus 39:42
כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל־הָעֲבֹדָֽה
According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
- םExodus 40:2
בְּיוֹם־הַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ תָּקִים אֶת־מִשְׁכַּן אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
’On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
- הExodus 40:5
וְנָתַתָּה אֶת־מִזְבַּח הַזָּהָב לִקְטֹרֶת לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן הָעֵדֻת וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת־מָסַךְ הַפֶּתַח לַמִּשְׁכָּֽן
And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 139,830 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 39:40
- שLeviticus 14:25
וְשָׁחַט אֶת־כֶּבֶשׂ הָֽאָשָׁם וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מִדַּם הָֽאָשָׁם …
And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בLeviticus 14:43
… אֶת־הָאֲבָנִים וְאַחֲרֵי הִקְצוֹת אֶת־הַבַּיִת וְאַחֲרֵי הִטּֽוֹחַ
And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that the stones have been taken out, and after the house hath been scraped, and after it is plastered;
- מLeviticus 15:9
וְכָל־הַמֶּרְכָּב אֲשֶׁר יִרְכַּב עָלָיו הַזָּב יִטְמָֽא
And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean.
- הLeviticus 15:28
וְאִֽם־טָהֲרָה מִזּוֹבָהּ וְסָפְרָה לָּהּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וְאַחַר תִּטְהָֽר
But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 162,671 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שLeviticus 14:25
- שGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בExodus 16:8
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה בְּתֵת יְהוָה לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר לִשְׂבֹּעַ …
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- םNumbers 8:17
… בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם …
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- הDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
skip 101,591, width 101,591 — one row is 101,591 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 47 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,591 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 8,828,739 sequences of שבמה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 8,905,963).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 223,282 found · chance alone about 221,758 (probability of 223,282 or more by chance alone: 0.00061).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 529,932
- Exodus 525,222
- Leviticus 345,020
- Numbers 541,092
- Deuteronomy 408,057
- Joshua 299,908
- Judges 295,659
- Samuel 714,478
- Kings 798,996
- Isaiah 465,236
- Jeremiah 571,262
- Ezekiel 497,249
- The Twelve 370,096
- Psalms 513,968
- Proverbs 197,871
- Job 208,551
- Song of Songs 37,851
- Ruth 38,999
- Lamentations 38,520
- Ecclesiastes 91,183
- Esther 108,704
- Daniel 141,926
- Ezra–Nehemiah 306,587
- Chronicles 782,372
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש ב מ ה2 Samuel 18:18
… וַיַּצֶּב־לוֹ בחיו אֶת־מַצֶּבֶת אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵֽמֶק־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי אָמַר אֵֽין־לִי בֵן …
Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said: ‘I have no son to keep my name in remembrance’; and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom’s monument unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 464,808 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ב מ ה2 Samuel 18:18
- שJudges 9:20
וְאִם־אַיִן תֵּצֵא אֵשׁ מֵאֲבִימֶלֶךְ וְתֹאכַל אֶת־בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם …
But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and devour Abimelech.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בJudges 9:21
וַיָּנָס יוֹתָם וַיִּבְרַח וַיֵּלֶךְ בְּאֵרָה וַיֵּשֶׁב שָׁם מִפְּנֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אָחִֽיו
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
- םJudges 9:24
לָבוֹא חֲמַס שִׁבְעִים בְּנֵֽי־יְרֻבָּעַל וְדָמָם לָשׂוּם עַל …
that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.
- הJudges 9:25
… בַעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם מְאָרְבִים עַל רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים וַיִּגְזְלוּ אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲבֹר …
And the men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them; and it was told Abimelech.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 361,009 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שJudges 9:20
- ש2 Chronicles 36:22
וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר־יְהוָה …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בEzekiel 46:18
… לְהֽוֹנֹתָם מֵאֲחֻזָּתָם מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ יַנְחִל אֶת־בָּנָיו לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָפֻצוּ עַמִּי …
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that My people be not scattered every man from his possession.’
- ם1 Samuel 11:10
וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ מָחָר נֵצֵא אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָּנוּ כְּכָל־הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
And the men of Jabesh said: ‘To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.’
- הGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 398,906, width 398,906 — one row is 398,906 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,855 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,906 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
שבמה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Sibmah. Searched as שבמה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 347.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 32:38. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shebam in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–101,616), שבמה appears 648,169 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 643,539 chance alone would give; the probability of 648,169 or more by chance alone is 4.1 × 10⁻⁹.
What is the shortest skip for Shebam in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 21:33 — the shortest of 648,169 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 643,539.
What is the gematria of Shebam in Hebrew?
Shebam is spelled שבמה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 347.
How many times is Shebam found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 8,828,739 sequences of שבמה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 8,905,963).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 643,539 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.