Sheshan ששן
Sheshan (ששן) is a person named in the Tanakh. Sheshan appears 376,594 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.6% more than chance alone would give (about 363,535; probability 4.0 × 10⁻¹⁰³).
- Found in the Torah
- 376,594
- Chance alone
- 363,535
- P (≥ found)
- 4.0 × 10⁻¹⁰³
- 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, ששן appears 376,594 times in the Torah — 3.6% more than the 363,535 chance alone would give; the probability of 376,594 or more by chance alone is 4.0 × 10⁻¹⁰³.
The shortest skip at which ששן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:4, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), ששן is found 5,855,364 times; chance alone would give about 5,634,628.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 363,535 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 76,837
- Exodus 86,329
- Leviticus 52,292
- Numbers 110,253
- Deuteronomy 50,883
The shortest skips
וַיִּֽהְיוּ יְמֵי־אָדָם אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שֵׁת שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,579Open in the laboratory →
בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה בָּא נֹחַ וְשֵׁם־וְחָם וָיֶפֶת בְּנֵי־נֹחַ וְאֵשֶׁת נֹחַ וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת נְשֵֽׁי־בָנָיו אִתָּם אֶל־הַתֵּבָֽה
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,560Open 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 13,277Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־שֶׁלַח אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־עֵבֶר שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Shelah lived after he begot Eber 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 13,356Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר חָלִילָה לִּי מֵעֲשׂוֹת זֹאת הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר נִמְצָא הַגָּבִיעַ בְּיָדוֹ הוּא יִהְיֶה־לִּי עָבֶד וְאַתֶּם עֲלוּ לְשָׁלוֹם אֶל־אֲבִיכֶֽם
And he said: ‘Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the goblet is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 67,889Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ששן appears 1,312,706 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.2% more than the 1,296,547 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,312,706 or more by chance alone is 7.9 × 10⁻⁴⁶.
- Genesis 76,837
- Exodus 86,329
- Leviticus 52,292
- Numbers 110,253
- Deuteronomy 53,915
- Joshua 48,465
- Judges 46,784
- Samuel 103,197
- Kings 105,155
- Isaiah 60,541
- Jeremiah 71,923
- Ezekiel 67,226
- The Twelve 46,653
- Psalms 73,583
- Proverbs 30,109
- Job 31,132
- Song of Songs 5,998
- Ruth 6,695
- Lamentations 5,672
- Ecclesiastes 14,262
- Esther 17,275
- Daniel 24,679
- Ezra–Nehemiah 61,235
- Chronicles 112,496
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר שַׂר־צְבָא יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שַׁל־נַֽעַלְךָ מֵעַל רַגְלֶךָ כִּי הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹמֵד עָלָיו קֹדֶשׁ הוּא וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כֵּֽן
And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua: ‘Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.’ And Joshua did so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,379Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה מַלְכֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הִכּוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ אֶת־אַרְצָם בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרְחָה הַשָּׁמֶשׁ מִנַּחַל אַרְנוֹן עַד־הַר חֶרְמוֹן וְכָל־הָעֲרָבָה מִזְרָֽחָה
Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,947Open in the laboratory →
וְאַךְ אִם־טְמֵאָה אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם עִבְרוּ לָכֶם אֶל־אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר שָֽׁכַן־שָׁם מִשְׁכַּן יְהוָה וְהֵאָחֲזוּ בְּתוֹכֵנוּ וּבַֽיהוָה אַל־תִּמְרֹדוּ וְאֹתָנוּ אֶל־תִּמְרֹדוּ בִּבְנֹֽתְכֶם לָכֶם מִזְבֵּחַ מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵי מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD’S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us; but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 339,805Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ששן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ששן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 650.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 2:31. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Sheshan appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, ששן appears 376,594 times in the Torah — 3.6% more than the 363,535 chance alone would give; the probability of 376,594 or more by chance alone is 4.0 × 10⁻¹⁰³.
What is the shortest skip for Sheshan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:4 — the shortest of 376,594 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 363,535.
What is the gematria of Sheshan in Hebrew?
Sheshan is spelled ששן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 650.
How many times is Sheshan found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ששן appears 1,312,706 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.2% more than the 1,296,547 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,312,706 or more by chance alone is 7.9 × 10⁻⁴⁶.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 363,535 here) beside the count.