Shemot שמות
Shemot — in Hebrew שמות — names; the Hebrew name of Exodus. Shemot appears 73,660 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 73,816 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 73,660
- Chance alone
- 73,816
- P (≥ found)
- 0.72
- 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, שמות appears 73,660 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 73,816, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which שמות appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 21:14, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שמות is found 766,249 times; chance alone would give about 769,154.
- Genesis 15,429
- Exodus 18,448
- Leviticus 11,783
- Numbers 16,310
- Deuteronomy 11,690
The shortest skips
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לֶחֶם וְחֵמַת מַיִם וַיִּתֵּן אֶל־הָגָר שָׂם עַל־שִׁכְמָהּ וְאֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶהָ וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתֵּתַע בְּמִדְבַּר בְּאֵר שָֽׁבַע
And Abraham arose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,962Open in the laboratory →
שְׁמָעֵנוּ אֲדֹנִי נְשִׂיא אֱלֹהִים אַתָּה בְּתוֹכֵנוּ בְּמִבְחַר קְבָרֵינוּ קְבֹר אֶת־מֵתֶךָ אִישׁ מִמֶּנּוּ אֶת־קִבְרוֹ לֹֽא־יִכְלֶה מִמְּךָ מִקְּבֹר מֵתֶֽךָ
’Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,589Open in the laboratory →
אוֹ נוֹדַע כִּי שׁוֹר נַגָּח הוּא מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם וְלֹא יִשְׁמְרֶנּוּ בְּעָלָיו שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם שׁוֹר תַּחַת הַשּׁוֹר וְהַמֵּת יִֽהְיֶה־לּֽוֹ
Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,638Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה בְּעָבְרְכֶם אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן תָּקִימוּ אֶת־הָאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם בְּהַר עֵיבָל וְשַׂדְתָּ אוֹתָם בַּשִּֽׂיד
And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 290,614Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בִּשְׁמֹתָם לְתוֹלְדֹתָם בְּכֹר יִשְׁמָעֵאל נְבָיֹת וְקֵדָר וְאַדְבְּאֵל וּמִבְשָֽׂם
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 33,417Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
272,012 sequences of שמות at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 273,191 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 15,429
- Exodus 18,448
- Leviticus 11,783
- Numbers 16,310
- Deuteronomy 12,503
- Joshua 8,913
- Judges 9,193
- Samuel 21,225
- Kings 23,034
- Isaiah 13,347
- Jeremiah 18,143
- Ezekiel 18,841
- The Twelve 11,573
- Psalms 15,166
- Proverbs 5,986
- Job 6,304
- Song of Songs 1,118
- Ruth 1,203
- Lamentations 1,047
- Ecclesiastes 3,039
- Esther 3,298
- Daniel 3,272
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,333
- Chronicles 23,504
Outside the Torah
וְאֶת־יַתִּר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ וְאֶת־אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ
and Jattir with the open land about it, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 336,920Open in the laboratory →
וּמְפִבֹשֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל יָרַד לִקְרַאת הַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹא־עָשָׂה רַגְלָיו וְלֹא־עָשָׂה שְׂפָמוֹ וְאֶת־בְּגָדָיו לֹא כִבֵּס לְמִן־הַיּוֹם לֶכֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ עַד־הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר־בָּא בְשָׁלֽוֹם
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 467,524Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח צָדוֹק הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־קֶרֶן הַשֶּׁמֶן מִן־הָאֹהֶל וַיִּמְשַׁח אֶת־שְׁלֹמֹה וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ בַּשּׁוֹפָר וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ כָּל־הָעָם יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה
And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the ram’s horn; and all the people said: ‘Long live king Solomon.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 479,411Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמות — the Tanakh's own spelling: names; the Hebrew name of Exodus. Searched as שמות, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 746.
As a plain word it stands 46 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 2:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shamoth.
Questions
Is Shemot in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שמות appears 73,660 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 73,816, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shemot in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 21:14 — the shortest of 73,660 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 73,816.
What is the gematria of Shemot in Hebrew?
Shemot is spelled שמות — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 746.
How many times is Shemot found in the whole Tanakh?
272,012 sequences of שמות at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 273,191 that chance alone would produce.
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