Shebarim שברים
Shebarim (שברים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 4,045 sequences of Shebarim, the shortest at skip 4 (Numbers 26:64); chance alone would give about 4,096.
- Found in the Torah
- 4,045
- Chance alone
- 4,096
- P (≥ found)
- 0.79
- Shortest skip
- 4
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, שברים appears 4,045 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 4,096, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Numbers 26:64, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 31,089 sequences of שברים, against about 32,277 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,024
- Exodus 879
- Leviticus 502
- Numbers 1,028
- Deuteronomy 612
The shortest skips
וּבְאֵלֶּה לֹא־הָיָה אִישׁ מִפְּקוּדֵי מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר פָּקְדוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמִדְבַּר סִינָֽי
But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 233,935Open in the laboratory →
וְיָסְפוּ הַשֹּׁטְרִים לְדַבֵּר אֶל־הָעָם וְאָמְרוּ מִי־הָאִישׁ הַיָּרֵא וְרַךְ הַלֵּבָב יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב לְבֵיתוֹ וְלֹא יִמַּס אֶת־לְבַב אֶחָיו כִּלְבָבֽוֹ
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say: ‘What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart melt as his heart.’
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 281,968Open in the laboratory →
וּפָרְשׂוּ עֲלֵיהֶם בֶּגֶד תּוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְכִסּוּ אֹתוֹ בְּמִכְסֵה עוֹר תָּחַשׁ וְשָׂמוּ אֶת־בַּדָּֽיו
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall set the staves thereof.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 193,037Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־תַּקְרִיב מִנְחַת בִּכּוּרִים לַיהוָה אָבִיב קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ גֶּרֶשׂ כַּרְמֶל תַּקְרִיב אֵת מִנְחַת בִּכּוּרֶֽיךָ
And if thou bring a meal-offering of first-fruits unto the LORD, thou shalt bring for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits corn in the ear parched with fire, even groats of the fresh ear.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 143,255Open in the laboratory →
לִבְנֵי יְהוּדָה תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמֹת מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כֹּל יֹצֵא צָבָֽא
Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 187,406Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 16,899 sequences of שברים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 17,014).
- Genesis 1,024
- Exodus 879
- Leviticus 502
- Numbers 1,028
- Deuteronomy 688
- Joshua 552
- Judges 612
- Samuel 1,155
- Kings 1,748
- Isaiah 859
- Jeremiah 1,203
- Ezekiel 1,003
- The Twelve 802
- Psalms 1,032
- Proverbs 435
- Job 405
- Song of Songs 69
- Ruth 68
- Lamentations 76
- Ecclesiastes 153
- Esther 179
- Daniel 245
- Ezra–Nehemiah 648
- Chronicles 1,534
Outside the Torah
אַתֶּם עֵדַי נְאֻם־יְהוָה וְעַבְדִּי אֲשֶׁר בָּחָרְתִּי לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּ וְתַאֲמִינוּ לִי וְתָבִינוּ כִּֽי־אֲנִי הוּא לְפָנַי לֹא־נוֹצַר אֵל וְאַחֲרַי לֹא יִהְיֶֽה
Ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe Me, and understand That I am He; before Me there was no God formed, neither shall any be after Me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 618,950Open in the laboratory →
בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the blackness of night and the darkness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 942,668Open in the laboratory →
וּֽלְנָעֳמִי מידע לְאִישָׁהּ אִישׁ גִּבּוֹר חַיִל מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת אֱלִימֶלֶךְ וּשְׁמוֹ בֹּֽעַז
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of valour, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,002,259Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שברים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שברים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 552.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 47:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shebarim in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שברים appears 4,045 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 4,096, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shebarim in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Numbers 26:64 — the shortest of 4,045 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,096.
How is Shebarim spelled in Hebrew?
Shebarim is spelled שברים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 552.
Is Shebarim in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 16,899 sequences of שברים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 17,014).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 4,096 here) beside the count.