Shihon שיאון
Shihon (שיאון) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Shion. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 6,425 sequences of Shihon, the shortest at skip 5 (Exodus 34:35); chance alone would give about 6,431.
- Found in the Torah
- 6,425
- Chance alone
- 6,431
- P (≥ found)
- 0.53
- Shortest skip
- 5
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, שיאון appears 6,425 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 6,431, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 5 — the first at Exodus 34:35, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 48,436 sequences of שיאון, against about 50,681 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,918
- Exodus 1,286
- Leviticus 860
- Numbers 1,473
- Deuteronomy 888
The shortest skips
וְרָאוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־פְּנֵי מֹשֶׁה כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פְּנֵי מֹשֶׁה וְהֵשִׁיב מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הַמַּסְוֶה עַל־פָּנָיו עַד־בֹּאוֹ לְדַבֵּר אִתּֽוֹ
And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’face sent forth beams; and Moses put the veil back upon his face, until he went in to speak with Him.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 130,954Open in the laboratory →
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּי לְבִלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת מֵחֻקּוֹת הַתּֽוֹעֵבֹת אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשׂוּ לִפְנֵיכֶם וְלֹא תִֽטַּמְּאוּ בָּהֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
Therefore shall ye keep My charge, that ye do not any of these abominable customs, which were done before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 170,217Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם לָבָן בַּבֹּקֶר וַיְנַשֵּׁק לְבָנָיו וְלִבְנוֹתָיו וַיְבָרֶךְ אֶתְהֶם וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָּשָׁב לָבָן לִמְקֹמֽוֹ
And Laban arose early in the morning, kissed his sons and daughters, and blessed them; and then Laban went and returned to his place.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 46,506Open in the laboratory →
אִם־כֹּה יֹאמַר נְקֻדִּים יִהְיֶה שְׂכָרֶךָ וְיָלְדוּ כָל־הַצֹּאן נְקֻדִּים וְאִם־כֹּה יֹאמַר עֲקֻדִּים יִהְיֶה שְׂכָרֶךָ וְיָלְדוּ כָל־הַצֹּאן עֲקֻדִּֽים
If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 43,997Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת־בִּנְיָמִין אָחִיו בֶּן־אִמּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר הֲזֶה אֲחִיכֶם הַקָּטֹן אֲשֶׁר אֲמַרְתֶּם אֵלָי וַיֹּאמַר אֱלֹהִים יָחְנְךָ בְּנִֽי
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother’s son, and said: ‘Is this your youngest brother of whom ye spoke unto me?’ And he said: ‘God be gracious unto thee, my son.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 66,705Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 26,363 sequences of שיאון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 26,471).
- Genesis 1,918
- Exodus 1,286
- Leviticus 860
- Numbers 1,473
- Deuteronomy 1,010
- Joshua 893
- Judges 1,193
- Samuel 2,578
- Kings 2,121
- Isaiah 1,308
- Jeremiah 1,662
- Ezekiel 1,485
- The Twelve 1,117
- Psalms 1,574
- Proverbs 443
- Job 773
- Song of Songs 98
- Ruth 104
- Lamentations 86
- Ecclesiastes 217
- Esther 264
- Daniel 558
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,071
- Chronicles 2,271
Outside the Torah
וּכְבוֹא נֹשְׂאֵי הָֽאָרוֹן עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּן וְרַגְלֵי הַכֹּֽהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי הָֽאָרוֹן נִטְבְּלוּ בִּקְצֵה הַמָּיִם וְהַיַּרְדֵּן מָלֵא עַל־כָּל־גְּדוֹתָיו כֹּל יְמֵי קָצִֽיר
and when they that bore the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water—for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,555Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי לִמְנַשֶּׁה בְּיִשָּׂשכָר וּבְאָשֵׁר בֵּית־שְׁאָן וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְיִבְלְעָם וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְֽאֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי דֹאר וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵי עֵֽין־דֹּר וּבְנֹתֶיהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵי תַעְנַךְ וּבְנֹתֶיהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵי מְגִדּוֹ וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ שְׁלֹשֶׁת הַנָּֽפֶת
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three regions.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 331,248Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבִיאּוּ לָנוּ כְּיַד־אֱלֹהֵינוּ הַטּוֹבָה עָלֵינוּ אִישׁ שֶׂכֶל מִבְּנֵי מַחְלִי בֶּן־לֵוִי בֶּן־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָה וּבָנָיו וְאֶחָיו שְׁמֹנָה עָשָֽׂר
And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,070,603Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שיאון — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shion. Searched as שיאון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 367.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shihon in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שיאון appears 6,425 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 6,431, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shihon in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading forward from Exodus 34:35 — the shortest of 6,425 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 6,431.
How is Shihon spelled in Hebrew?
Shihon is spelled שיאון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 367.
Is Shihon in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 26,363 sequences of שיאון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 26,471).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 6,431 here) beside the count.