Shimath שמעת
Shimath (שמעת) is a person named in the Tanakh — Shimeath. Shimath appears 27,543 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% more than chance alone would give (about 27,198; probability 0.02).
- Found in the Torah
- 27,543
- Chance alone
- 27,198
- P (≥ found)
- 0.02
- 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, שמעת appears 27,543 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 27,198 chance alone would give; the probability of 27,543 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
The shortest skip at which שמעת appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 32:35, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שמעת is found 291,407 times; chance alone would give about 283,398.
- Genesis 5,041
- Exodus 7,874
- Leviticus 4,122
- Numbers 6,368
- Deuteronomy 4,138
The shortest skips
לִי נָקָם וְשִׁלֵּם לְעֵת תָּמוּט רַגְלָם כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם אֵידָם וְחָשׁ עֲתִדֹת לָֽמוֹ
Vengeance is Mine, and recompense, Against the time when their foot shall slip; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 301,917Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר הָעָם בֵּֽאלֹהִים וּבְמֹשֶׁה לָמָה הֶֽעֱלִיתֻנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם לָמוּת בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּי אֵין לֶחֶם וְאֵין מַיִם וְנַפְשֵׁנוּ קָצָה בַּלֶּחֶם הַקְּלֹקֵֽל
And the people spoke against God, and against Moses: ‘Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 223,700Open in the laboratory →
וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר זָמַם לַעֲשׂוֹת לְאָחִיו וּבִֽעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ
then shall ye do unto him, as he had purposed to do unto his brother; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 281,366Open in the laboratory →
וְֽאִם־בַּשָּׂדֶה יִמְצָא הָאִישׁ אֶת־הנער הַמְאֹרָשָׂה וְהֶחֱזִֽיק־בָּהּ הָאִישׁ וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ וּמֵת הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁכַב עִמָּהּ לְבַדּֽוֹ
But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man take hold of her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 285,331Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי אֱנוֹשׁ חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,873Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 94,911 sequences of שמעת at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 94,456).
- Genesis 5,041
- Exodus 7,874
- Leviticus 4,122
- Numbers 6,368
- Deuteronomy 4,405
- Joshua 3,238
- Judges 3,030
- Samuel 6,116
- Kings 8,203
- Isaiah 4,534
- Jeremiah 5,957
- Ezekiel 6,154
- The Twelve 3,776
- Psalms 5,371
- Proverbs 2,526
- Job 2,566
- Song of Songs 428
- Ruth 431
- Lamentations 461
- Ecclesiastes 1,199
- Esther 1,119
- Daniel 1,145
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,438
- Chronicles 7,409
Outside the Torah
בְּחַבְלֵי אָדָם אֶמְשְׁכֵם בַּעֲבֹתוֹת אַהֲבָה וָאֶהְיֶה לָהֶם כִּמְרִימֵי עֹל עַל לְחֵיהֶם וְאַט אֵלָיו אוֹכִֽיל
I drew them with cords of a man, With bands of love; And I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, And I fed them gently.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 809,141Open in the laboratory →
וּבַחֲנֻכַּת חוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם בִּקְשׁוּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם מִכָּל־מְקוֹמֹתָם לַהֲבִיאָם לִֽירוּשָׁלִָם לַעֲשֹׂת חֲנֻכָּה וְשִׂמְחָה וּבְתוֹדוֹת וּבְשִׁיר מְצִלְתַּיִם נְבָלִים וּבְכִנֹּרֽוֹת
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,094,256Open in the laboratory →
וְתָקַעְתִּי בַּשּׁוֹפָר אָנֹכִי וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר אִתִּי וּתְקַעְתֶּם בַּשּׁוֹפָרוֹת גַּם־אַתֶּם סְבִיבוֹת כָּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַאֲמַרְתֶּם לַיהוָה וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן
When I blow the horn, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the horns also on every side of all the camp, and say: For the LORD and for Gideon! ’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 357,088Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמעת — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shimeath. Searched as שמעת, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 810.
As a plain word it stands 44 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 3:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Shimath appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שמעת appears 27,543 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 27,198 chance alone would give; the probability of 27,543 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
What is the shortest skip for Shimath in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 32:35 — the shortest of 27,543 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 27,198.
What is the gematria of Shimath in Hebrew?
Shimath is spelled שמעת — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 810.
How many times is Shimath found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 94,911 sequences of שמעת at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 94,456).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 27,198 here) beside the count.