Shepherd רעה
Shepherd is written רעה in Hebrew. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 606,535 sequences of Shepherd, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:11); chance alone would give about 605,336.
- Found in the Torah
- 606,535
- Chance alone
- 605,336
- P (≥ found)
- 0.06
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
606,535 sequences of רעה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 605,336 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:11, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 9,545,615 sequences of רעה, against about 9,382,446 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 605,336 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 135,008
- Exodus 146,826
- Leviticus 93,341
- Numbers 121,345
- Deuteronomy 110,015
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּֽדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 482Open in the laboratory →
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 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,999Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּפָּקַחְנָה עֵינֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּדְעוּ כִּי עֵֽירֻמִּם הֵם וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה וַיַּעֲשׂוּ לָהֶם חֲגֹרֹֽת
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,265Open in the laboratory →
וַיְגָרֶשׁ אֶת־הָֽאָדָם וַיַּשְׁכֵּן מִקֶּדֶם לְגַן־עֵדֶן אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִים וְאֵת לַהַט הַחֶרֶב הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־דֶּרֶךְ עֵץ הַֽחַיִּֽים
So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,205Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים לְנֹחַ קֵץ כָּל־בָּשָׂר בָּא לְפָנַי כִּֽי־מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ חָמָס מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְהִנְנִי מַשְׁחִיתָם אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God said unto Noah: ‘The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,450Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, רעה appears 2,156,007 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,160,808, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 135,008
- Exodus 146,826
- Leviticus 93,341
- Numbers 121,345
- Deuteronomy 116,047
- Joshua 102,092
- Judges 67,311
- Samuel 134,890
- Kings 189,623
- Isaiah 124,789
- Jeremiah 164,526
- Ezekiel 122,397
- The Twelve 109,989
- Psalms 113,767
- Proverbs 39,128
- Job 39,878
- Song of Songs 7,632
- Ruth 7,512
- Lamentations 10,639
- Ecclesiastes 19,325
- Esther 21,283
- Daniel 33,604
- Ezra–Nehemiah 65,863
- Chronicles 169,192
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־הָעָם הִתְקַדָּשׁוּ כִּי מָחָר יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה בְּקִרְבְּכֶם נִפְלָאֽוֹת
And Joshua said unto the people: ‘Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,916Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּרַע הָעָם וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ בַּשֹּֽׁפָרוֹת וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ הָעָם אֶת־קוֹל הַשּׁוֹפָר וַיָּרִיעוּ הָעָם תְּרוּעָה גְדוֹלָה וַתִּפֹּל הַֽחוֹמָה תַּחְתֶּיהָ וַיַּעַל הָעָם הָעִירָה אִישׁ נֶגְדּוֹ וַֽיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת־הָעִֽיר
So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew with the horns. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,762Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אַל־תִּירָא מִפְּנֵיהֶם כִּֽי־מָחָר כָּעֵת הַזֹּאת אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן אֶת־כֻּלָּם חֲלָלִים לִפְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־סוּסֵיהֶם תְּעַקֵּר וְאֶת־מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶם תִּשְׂרֹף בָּאֵֽשׁ
And the LORD said unto Joshua: ‘Be not afraid because of them; for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel; thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 322,681Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
רעה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as רעה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 275.
As a plain word it stands 164 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shepherd in the Bible code?
606,535 sequences of רעה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 605,336 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Shepherd in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:11 — the shortest of 606,535 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 605,336.
How is Shepherd spelled in Hebrew?
Shepherd is spelled רעה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 275.
Is Shepherd in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, רעה appears 2,156,007 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,160,808, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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