Shethar שתר
Shethar (שתר) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Shethar is found 8,627,235 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:1) — 3.7% above the 8,321,528 chance alone would give (probability of 8,627,235 or more by chance alone: below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 8,627,235
- Chance alone · every skip
- 8,321,528
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,377
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 539,236 found · chance alone about 536,888 (probability of 539,236 or more by chance alone: 0.00068).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 8,627,235 sequences of שתר across every skip (2–152,424), 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 8,321,528); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 1:1, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שתר was found in the Torah is 152,377 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 8,321,528 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,939,465
- Exodus 1,953,002
- Leviticus 1,272,658
- Numbers 2,000,546
- Deuteronomy 1,461,564
Examples across the range
5 of the 8,627,235 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ש ת רGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ת רGenesis 1:1
Letter by letter
- ש ת רGenesis 38:9
… אִם־בָּא אֶל־אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו וְשִׁחֵת אַרְצָה לְבִלְתִּי נְתָן־זֶרַע לְאָחִֽיו …
And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 56,345 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ת רGenesis 38:9
- שExodus 1:14
… קָשָׁה בְּחֹמֶר וּבִלְבֵנִים וּבְכָל־עֲבֹדָה בַּשָּׂדֶה אֵת כָּל־עֲבֹדָתָם אֲשֶׁר־עָבְדוּ …
And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- תExodus 1:16
וַיֹּאמֶר בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן אֶת־הָֽעִבְרִיּוֹת וּרְאִיתֶן עַל־הָאָבְנָיִם אִם־בֵּן הוּא …
and he said: ‘When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birthstool: if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.’
- רExodus 1:18
וַיִּקְרָא מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם לַֽמְיַלְּדֹת וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶן מַדּוּעַ עֲשִׂיתֶן הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַתְּחַיֶּיןָ אֶת־הַיְלָדִֽים
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them: ‘Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 78,584 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 1:14
- שLeviticus 2:10
וְהַנּוֹתֶרֶת מִן־הַמִּנְחָה לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים מֵאִשֵּׁי יְהוָֽה
But that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- תLeviticus 3:13
… אֶת־יָדוֹ עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ וְשָׁחַט אֹתוֹ לִפְנֵי אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְזָרְקוּ בְּנֵי …
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall dash the blood thereof against the altar round about.
- רLeviticus 4:14
וְנֽוֹדְעָה הַֽחַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר חָטְאוּ עָלֶיהָ וְהִקְרִיבוּ הַקָּהָל פַּר …
when the sin wherein they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin-offering, and bring it before the tent of meeting.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 143,043 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שLeviticus 2:10
- שGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- תLeviticus 8:29
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הֶחָזֶה וַיְנִיפֵהוּ תְנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה …
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD; it was Moses’portion of the ram of consecration; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- רDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
skip 152,377, width 152,377 — one row is 152,377 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 47 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,377 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 103,727,759 sequences of שתר across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 104,578,468).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,747,478 found · chance alone about 1,739,641 (probability of 1,747,478 or more by chance alone: 1.5 × 10⁻⁹).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 6,569,466
- Exodus 6,410,692
- Leviticus 4,174,308
- Numbers 6,497,605
- Deuteronomy 4,813,905
- Joshua 3,541,603
- Judges 3,516,158
- Samuel 8,498,284
- Kings 9,293,706
- Isaiah 5,294,472
- Jeremiah 6,501,330
- Ezekiel 5,792,676
- The Twelve 4,373,243
- Psalms 6,062,208
- Proverbs 2,331,394
- Job 2,430,915
- Song of Songs 436,678
- Ruth 446,924
- Lamentations 439,484
- Ecclesiastes 1,049,998
- Esther 1,248,317
- Daniel 1,624,616
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,481,097
- Chronicles 8,898,680
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש ת רJoshua 1:3
כָּל־מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר תִּדְרֹךְ כַּֽף־רַגְלְכֶם בּוֹ לָכֶם נְתַתִּיו כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶל־מֹשֶֽׁה
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 304,980 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ת רJoshua 1:3
- שJudges 4:19
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ הַשְׁקִינִי־נָא מְעַט־מַיִם כִּי צָמֵאתִי וַתִּפְתַּח אֶת־נֹאוד הֶחָלָב וַתַּשְׁקֵהוּ וַתְּכַסֵּֽהוּ
And he said unto her: ‘Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.’ And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- תJudges 4:20
… וּשְׁאֵלֵךְ וְאָמַר הֲיֵֽשׁ־פֹּה אִישׁ וְאָמַרְתְּ אָֽיִן
And he said unto her: ‘Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say: Is there any man here? that thou shalt say: No.’
- רJudges 4:22
וְהִנֵּה בָרָק רֹדֵף אֶת־סִֽיסְרָא וַתֵּצֵא יָעֵל …
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him: ‘Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest.’ And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 351,269 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שJudges 4:19
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
… הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- תIsaiah 25:3
עַל־כֵּן יְכַבְּדוּךָ עַם־עָז קִרְיַת גּוֹיִם עָרִיצִים יִירָאֽוּךָ
Therefore shall the strong people glorify Thee, The city of the terrible nations shall fear Thee.
- רGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 598,484, width 598,484 — one row is 598,484 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,976 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,484 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
שתר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שתר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 900.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Esther 1:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Shethar appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 8,627,235 sequences of שתר across every skip (2–152,424), 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 8,321,528); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Shethar in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:1 — the shortest of 8,627,235 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 8,321,528.
How is Shethar spelled in Hebrew?
Shethar is spelled שתר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 900.
Is Shethar in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 103,727,759 sequences of שתר across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 104,578,468).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 8,321,528 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.