Sherah שארה
Sherah (שארה) is a person named in the Tanakh — Sheerah. Sherah appears 72,198 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 73,864 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 72,198
- Chance alone
- 73,864
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
72,198 sequences of שארה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 73,864 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:7, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 741,037 sequences of שארה, against about 769,653 from chance alone.
- Genesis 16,352
- Exodus 16,246
- Leviticus 11,761
- Numbers 14,838
- Deuteronomy 13,001
The shortest skips
וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁת אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־אֱנוֹשׁ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,681Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁם אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Shem lived after he begot Arpachshad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,177Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי אַרְפַּכְשַׁד אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שֶׁלַח שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,260Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּמְצָאֵהוּ אִישׁ וְהִנֵּה תֹעֶה בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיִּשְׁאָלֵהוּ הָאִישׁ לֵאמֹר מַה־תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: ‘What seekest thou?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 54,880Open in the laboratory →
הוּא אַהֲרֹן וּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהוָה לָהֶם הוֹצִיאוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם עַל־צִבְאֹתָֽם
These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said: ‘Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 86,111Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 225,462 sequences of שארה at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 223,853); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00034 by chance alone.
- Genesis 16,352
- Exodus 16,246
- Leviticus 11,761
- Numbers 14,838
- Deuteronomy 14,054
- Joshua 8,994
- Judges 7,811
- Samuel 17,780
- Kings 24,205
- Isaiah 9,983
- Jeremiah 16,676
- Ezekiel 12,919
- The Twelve 9,916
- Psalms 7,709
- Proverbs 2,633
- Job 2,993
- Song of Songs 571
- Ruth 792
- Lamentations 699
- Ecclesiastes 1,963
- Esther 2,483
- Daniel 3,007
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,658
- Chronicles 15,419
Outside the Torah
וְלָרֽאוּבֵנִי וְלַגָּדִי וְלַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה אָמַר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹֽר
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,570Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָהָר מִֽן־הַלְּבָנוֹן עַד־מִשְׂרְפֹת מַיִם כָּל־צִידֹנִים אָֽנֹכִי אוֹרִישֵׁם מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רַק הַפִּלֶהָ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּֽנַחֲלָה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִֽיךָ
all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Zidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel; only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,216Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי דָוִד אֵלָיו הִנֵּה הַיּוֹם אֲֽשֶׁר־אָמַר יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן אֶת־איביך בְּיָדֶךָ וְעָשִׂיתָ לּוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר יִטַב בְּעֵינֶיךָ וַיָּקָם דָּוִד וַיִּכְרֹת אֶת־כְּנַֽף־הַמְּעִיל אֲשֶׁר־לְשָׁאוּל בַּלָּֽט
And the men of David said unto him: ‘Behold the day in which the LORD hath said unto thee: Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee.’ Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 423,163Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שארה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Sheerah. Searched as שארה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 506.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 21:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Sherah appear in the Torah codes?
72,198 sequences of שארה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 73,864 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Sherah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:7 — the shortest of 72,198 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 73,864.
How is Sherah spelled in Hebrew?
Sherah is spelled שארה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 506.
Is Sherah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 225,462 sequences of שארה at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 223,853); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00034 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 73,864 here) beside the count.