Shemaiah שמעיה
Shemaiah (שמעיה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shemaiah appears 34,200 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), in line with the 34,387 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 34,200
- Chance alone · every skip
- 34,387
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.84
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 75,800
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 4,207 found · chance alone about 4,363 (probability of 4,207 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–76,212), שמעיה appears 34,200 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 34,387, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which שמעיה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Numbers 33:30, reading backward.
The longest skip at which שמעיה was found in the Torah is 75,800 — at Deuteronomy 34:1, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 7,847
- Exodus 7,686
- Leviticus 4,926
- Numbers 8,136
- Deuteronomy 5,605
Examples across the range
5 of the 34,200 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 מ ע יNumbers 33:30
וַיִּסְעוּ מֵֽחַשְׁמֹנָה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּמֹסֵרֽוֹת
And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and pitched in Moseroth.
- הNumbers 33:29
וַיִּסְעוּ מִמִּתְקָה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּחַשְׁמֹנָֽה
And they journeyed from Mithkah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 245,089 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ע יNumbers 33:30
Letter by letter
- ש מ ע י הExodus 20:11
כִּי שֵֽׁשֶׁת־יָמִים עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֶת …
for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 107,415 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ע י הExodus 20:11
- שGenesis 2:19
… לִרְאוֹת מַה־יִּקְרָא־לוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא־לוֹ הָֽאָדָם נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה …
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- מGenesis 2:21
וַיַּפֵּל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־הָאָדָם וַיִּישָׁן וַיִּקַּח אַחַת מִצַּלְעֹתָיו וַיִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof.
- עGenesis 2:23
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת …
And the man said: ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’
- יGenesis 2:25
וַיִּֽהְיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם עֲרוּמִּים הָֽאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְלֹא יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּ
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
- הGenesis 3:2
וַתֹּאמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ מִפְּרִי עֵֽץ־הַגָּן נֹאכֵֽל
And the woman said unto the serpent: ‘Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;
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 2,587 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 2:19
- שExodus 2:13
וַיֵּצֵא בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי וְהִנֵּה שְׁנֵֽי־אֲנָשִׁים עִבְרִים נִצִּים וַיֹּאמֶר לָֽרָשָׁע לָמָּה תַכֶּה רֵעֶֽךָ
And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together; and he said to him that did the wrong: ‘Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- םExodus 1:16
… אֶת־הָֽעִבְרִיּוֹת וּרְאִיתֶן עַל־הָאָבְנָיִם אִם־בֵּן הוּא וַהֲמִתֶּן אֹתוֹ וְאִם …
and he said: ‘When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birthstool: if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.’
- עGenesis 50:20
וְאַתֶּם חֲשַׁבְתֶּם עָלַי רָעָה אֱלֹהִים חֲשָׁבָהּ לְטֹבָה לְמַעַן עֲשֹׂה כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה לְהַחֲיֹת עַם־רָֽב
And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
- יGenesis 50:2
וַיְצַו יוֹסֵף אֶת־עֲבָדָיו אֶת־הָרֹפְאִים לַחֲנֹט אֶת־אָבִיו וַיַּחַנְטוּ הָרֹפְאִים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
- הGenesis 49:11
אֹסְרִי לַגֶּפֶן עירה וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָה בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֹ כִּבֵּס בַּיַּיִן לְבֻשׁוֹ וּבְדַם־עֲנָבִים סותה
Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; He washeth his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes;
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 up the middle column. letter 79,695 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 2:13
- שDeuteronomy 34:1
… אֶל־הַר נְבוֹ רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי יְרֵחוֹ וַיַּרְאֵהוּ יְהוָה …
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- מNumbers 23:17
… וְהִנּוֹ נִצָּב עַל־עֹלָתוֹ וְשָׂרֵי מוֹאָב אִתּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ בָּלָק מַה …
And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him: ‘What hath the LORD spoken?’
- עLeviticus 8:31
… בַּשְּׁלוּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְשָׁם תֹּאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־הַלֶּחֶם …
And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons: ‘Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying: Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
- יGenesis 50:4
… לֵאמֹר אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֵיכֶם דַּבְּרוּ־נָא בְּאָזְנֵי פַרְעֹה לֵאמֹֽר …
And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying: ‘If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying:
- הGenesis 1:21
… לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 75,800, width 75,800 — one row is 75,800 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,233 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,800 in the laboratory →
- שDeuteronomy 34:1
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 523,006 sequences of שמעיה across every skip (2–299,260) — about what chance alone gives (about 528,610).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 17,285 found · chance alone about 17,513 (probability of 17,285 or more by chance alone: 0.96).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 31,244
- Exodus 31,788
- Leviticus 19,982
- Numbers 31,014
- Deuteronomy 22,821
- Joshua 16,625
- Judges 16,498
- Samuel 40,786
- Kings 46,030
- Isaiah 26,811
- Jeremiah 33,488
- Ezekiel 30,067
- The Twelve 23,065
- Psalms 31,868
- Proverbs 12,222
- Job 13,110
- Song of Songs 2,367
- Ruth 2,388
- Lamentations 2,396
- Ecclesiastes 5,688
- Esther 6,677
- Daniel 8,530
- Ezra–Nehemiah 18,978
- Chronicles 48,563
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש מ ע י ה1 Samuel 25:34
וְאוּלָם חַי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר מְנָעַנִי מֵהָרַע אֹתָךְ כִּי לוּלֵי מִהַרְתְּ ותבאתי …
For in very deed, as the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst made haste and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one male.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 426,487 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ע י ה1 Samuel 25:34
- ש1 Kings 2:37
… כִּי מוֹת תָּמוּת דָּמְךָ יִהְיֶה בְרֹאשֶֽׁךָ
For on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shalt surely die; thy blood shall be upon thine own head.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- מ1 Kings 2:36
וַיִּשְׁלַח הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיִּקְרָא לְשִׁמְעִי וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ בְּֽנֵה־לְךָ בַיִת …
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him: Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
- ע1 Kings 2:34
וַיַּעַל בְּנָיָהוּ בֶּן־יְהוֹיָדָע וַיִּפְגַּע־בּוֹ וַיְמִתֵהוּ וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּבֵיתוֹ בַּמִּדְבָּֽר
Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
- י ה1 Kings 2:32
וְהֵשִׁיב יְהוָה אֶת־דָּמוֹ עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ אֲשֶׁר … עֲמָשָׂא בֶן־יֶתֶר שַׂר־צְבָא יְהוּדָֽה
And the LORD will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
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 up the middle column. letter 482,773 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ש1 Kings 2:37
- ש2 Chronicles 36:15
… אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם עֲלֵיהֶם בְּיַד מַלְאָכָיו הַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלוֹחַ כִּֽי־חָמַל עַל־עַמּוֹ …
And the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent to them by His messengers, sending betimes and often; because He had compassion on His people, and on His dwelling-place;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- מPsalms 76:8
אַתָּה נוֹרָא אַתָּה וּמִֽי־יַעֲמֹד לְפָנֶיךָ מֵאָז אַפֶּֽךָ
Thou, even Thou, art terrible; And who may stand in Thy sight when once Thou art angry?
- עIsaiah 26:10
יֻחַן רָשָׁע בַּל־לָמַד צֶדֶק בְּאֶרֶץ נְכֹחוֹת יְעַוֵּל וּבַל־יִרְאֶה גֵּאוּת יְהוָֽה
Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
- יDeuteronomy 32:8
בְּהַנְחֵל עֶלְיוֹן גּוֹיִם בְּהַפְרִידוֹ בְּנֵי אָדָם יַצֵּב גְּבֻלֹת עַמִּים לְמִסְפַּר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the children of men, He set the borders of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
- הGenesis 2:14
וְשֵׁם הַנָּהָר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי חִדֶּקֶל הוּא הַֽהֹלֵךְ קִדְמַת אַשּׁוּר וְהַנָּהָר הָֽרְבִיעִי הוּא פְרָֽת
And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
skip 298,518, width 298,518 — one row is 298,518 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,404 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,518 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:15
The spelling
שמעיה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שמעיה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 425.
As a plain word it stands 26 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 12:22. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Shemaiah appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–76,212), שמעיה appears 34,200 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 34,387, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shemaiah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Numbers 33:30 — the shortest of 34,200 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 34,387.
What is the gematria of Shemaiah in Hebrew?
Shemaiah is spelled שמעיה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 425.
How many times is Shemaiah found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 523,006 sequences of שמעיה across every skip (2–299,260) — about what chance alone gives (about 528,610).
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