Sheshai ששי
Sheshai (ששי) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Sheshai is found 823,665 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 5:8) — 1.4% above the 812,098 chance alone would give (probability of 823,665 or more by chance alone: 7.7 × 10⁻³⁸).
- Found in the Torah
- 823,665
- Chance alone
- 812,098
- P (≥ found)
- 7.7 × 10⁻³⁸
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 823,665 sequences of ששי at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 812,098); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 7.7 × 10⁻³⁸ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:8, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 13,040,731 sequences of ששי, against about 12,587,166 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 812,098 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 183,076
- Exodus 200,320
- Leviticus 108,925
- Numbers 204,357
- Deuteronomy 126,987
The shortest skips
וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי־שֵׁת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,742Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי אֱנוֹשׁ תִּשְׁעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־קֵינָֽן
And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,777Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי קֵינָן עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,998Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי חֲנוֹךְ חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־מְתוּשָֽׁלַח
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,292Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כָּל־יְמֵי חֲנוֹךְ חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָֽה
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,389Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,265,730 sequences of ששי at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 3,244,627); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.2 × 10⁻³² by chance alone.
- Genesis 183,076
- Exodus 200,320
- Leviticus 108,925
- Numbers 204,357
- Deuteronomy 133,904
- Joshua 108,639
- Judges 120,312
- Samuel 282,523
- Kings 329,542
- Isaiah 163,095
- Jeremiah 186,780
- Ezekiel 166,866
- The Twelve 131,244
- Psalms 193,737
- Proverbs 74,786
- Job 79,178
- Song of Songs 15,073
- Ruth 15,166
- Lamentations 13,627
- Ecclesiastes 35,253
- Esther 39,902
- Daniel 43,260
- Ezra–Nehemiah 121,996
- Chronicles 314,169
Outside the Torah
עִבְרוּ בְּקֶרֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְצַוּוּ אֶת־הָעָם לֵאמֹר הָכִינוּ לָכֶם צֵידָה כִּי בְּעוֹד שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים אַתֶּם עֹֽבְרִים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה לָבוֹא לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָכֶם לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ
’Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,482Open in the laboratory →
עַד אֲשֶׁר־יָנִיחַ יְהוָה לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם כָּכֶם וְיָרְשׁוּ גַם־הֵמָּה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָהֶם וְשַׁבְתֶּם לְאֶרֶץ יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אוֹתָהּ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרַח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,856Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַמְרֶה אֶת־פִּיךָ וְלֹֽא־יִשְׁמַע אֶת־דְּבָרֶיךָ לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־תְּצַוֶּנּוּ יוּמָת רַק חֲזַק וֶאֱמָֽץ
Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death; only be strong and of good courage.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,967Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ששי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ששי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 610.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 30:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shashai.
Questions
Does Sheshai appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 823,665 sequences of ששי at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 812,098); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 7.7 × 10⁻³⁸ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Sheshai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:8 — the shortest of 823,665 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 812,098.
How is Sheshai spelled in Hebrew?
Sheshai is spelled ששי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 610.
Is Sheshai in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,265,730 sequences of ששי at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 3,244,627); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.2 × 10⁻³² 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 812,098 here) beside the count.