Shimeah שמעה
Shimeah (שמעה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shimeah appears 42,929 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.0% more than chance alone would give (about 42,509; probability 0.02).
- Found in the Torah
- 42,929
- Chance alone
- 42,509
- 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, שמעה appears 42,929 times in the Torah — 1.0% more than the 42,509 chance alone would give; the probability of 42,929 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
The shortest skip at which שמעה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:16, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שמעה is found 456,092 times; chance alone would give about 442,937.
- Genesis 7,709
- Exodus 11,862
- Leviticus 6,350
- Numbers 10,525
- Deuteronomy 6,483
The shortest skips
צֹהַר תַּֽעֲשֶׂה לַתֵּבָה וְאֶל־אַמָּה תְּכַלֶנָּה מִלְמַעְלָה וּפֶתַח הַתֵּבָה בְּצִדָּהּ תָּשִׂים תַּחְתִּיִּם שְׁנִיִּם וּשְׁלִשִׁים תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ
A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,613Open in the laboratory →
וּשְׁנֵי קְרָשִׁים תַּעֲשֶׂה לִמְקֻצְעֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן בַּיַּרְכָתָֽיִם
And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 116,394Open in the laboratory →
וְהַצָּרוּעַ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ הַנֶּגַע בְּגָדָיו יִהְיוּ פְרֻמִים וְרֹאשׁוֹ יִהְיֶה פָרוּעַ וְעַל־שָׂפָם יַעְטֶה וְטָמֵא טָמֵא יִקְרָֽא
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry: ‘Unclean, unclean.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 160,396Open in the laboratory →
הֲלוֹא זֶה אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁתֶּה אֲדֹנִי בּוֹ וְהוּא נַחֵשׁ יְנַחֵשׁ בּוֹ הֲרֵעֹתֶם אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶֽם
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 67,300Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵסִיר יְהוָה מִמְּךָ כָּל־חֹלִי וְכָל־מַדְוֵי מִצְרַיִם הָרָעִים אֲשֶׁר יָדַעְתָּ לֹא יְשִׂימָם בָּךְ וּנְתָנָם בְּכָל־שֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ
And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness; and He will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 263,511Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שמעה appears 152,781 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 152,373, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 7,709
- Exodus 11,862
- Leviticus 6,350
- Numbers 10,525
- Deuteronomy 7,029
- Joshua 6,390
- Judges 4,937
- Samuel 10,684
- Kings 13,991
- Isaiah 7,667
- Jeremiah 10,643
- Ezekiel 8,138
- The Twelve 7,035
- Psalms 7,471
- Proverbs 2,566
- Job 2,676
- Song of Songs 515
- Ruth 587
- Lamentations 669
- Ecclesiastes 1,764
- Esther 1,837
- Daniel 1,857
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,103
- Chronicles 13,776
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׂרֹף יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־הָעָי וַיְשִׂימֶהָ תֵּל־עוֹלָם שְׁמָמָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,059Open in the laboratory →
וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל גֵּי בֶן־הִנֹּם אֶל־כֶּתֶף הַיְבוּסִי מִנֶּגֶב הִיא יְרֽוּשָׁלִָם וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל אֶל־רֹאשׁ הָהָר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי גֵֽי־הִנֹּם יָמָּה אֲשֶׁר בִּקְצֵה עֵֽמֶק־רְפָאִים צָפֹֽנָה
And the border went up by the Valley of the son of Hinnom unto the side of the Jebusite southward—the same is Jerusalem—and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 328,150Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּכְרְתוּ גַם־כָּל־הָעָם אִישׁ שׂוֹכֹה וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַֽל־הַצְּרִיחַ וַיַּצִּיתוּ עֲלֵיהֶם אֶֽת־הַצְּרִיחַ בָּאֵשׁ וַיָּמֻתוּ גַּם כָּל־אַנְשֵׁי מִֽגְדַּל־שְׁכֶם כְּאֶלֶף אִישׁ וְאִשָּֽׁה
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 362,734Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמעה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שמעה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 415.
As a plain word it stands 25 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 24:27. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shemaah.
Questions
Does Shimeah appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שמעה appears 42,929 times in the Torah — 1.0% more than the 42,509 chance alone would give; the probability of 42,929 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
What is the shortest skip for Shimeah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:16 — the shortest of 42,929 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 42,509.
What is the gematria of Shimeah in Hebrew?
Shimeah is spelled שמעה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 415.
How many times is Shimeah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שמעה appears 152,781 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 152,373, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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