Biblical names

Shimon שימון

Shimon (שימון) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 5,919 sequences of Shimon, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 9:28); chance alone would give about 5,963.

Found in the Torah
5,919
Chance alone
5,963
P (≥ found)
0.72
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

5,919 sequences of שימון at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5,963 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 9:28, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 45,974 sequences of שימון, against about 46,992 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 1,502
  • Exodus 1,325
  • Leviticus 764
  • Numbers 1,502
  • Deuteronomy 826

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 9:28בראשית ט:כחskip 2, backward

    וַֽיְחִי־נֹחַ אַחַר הַמַּבּוּל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַֽחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָֽה

    And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

    שימון at skip 2, backward from Genesis 9:28שמאותשהחשםנהויהיושימונ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 11,531Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 9:29בראשית ט:כטskip 2, backward

    וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי־נֹחַ תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת

    And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

    שימון at skip 2, backward from Genesis 9:29עמאותשהחשםנהוימתושימונ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 11,562Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 35:28בראשית לה:כחskip 2, backward

    וַיִּֽהְיוּ יְמֵי יִצְחָק מְאַת שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָֽה

    And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years.

    שימון at skip 2, backward from Genesis 35:28חקמאתשהשנםנהויגועשימונ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 52,142Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 1:39דברים א:לטskip 2, backward

    וְטַפְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר אֲמַרְתֶּם לָבַז יִהְיֶה וּבְנֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדְעוּ הַיּוֹם טוֹב וָרָע הֵמָּה יָבֹאוּ שָׁמָּה וְלָהֶם אֶתְּנֶנָּה וְהֵם יִירָשֽׁוּהָּ

    Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

    שימון at skip 2, backward from Deuteronomy 1:39להםאתנההירוהואתםפשיםונ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 252,167Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 1:13דברים א:יגskip 5, backward

    הָבוּ לָכֶם אֲנָשִׁים חֲכָמִים וּנְבֹנִים וִידֻעִים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶם וַאֲשִׂימֵם בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶֽם

    Get you, from each one of your tribes, wise men, and understanding, and full of knowledge, and I will make them heads over you.’

    שימון at skip 5, backward from Deuteronomy 1:13הבולכםאנשיםחכמיםובניםידעילשבטכםואימםבראשיכםותענואתשיםונ
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 250,641Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, שימון appears 26,968 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 27,369, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 1,502
  • Exodus 1,325
  • Leviticus 764
  • Numbers 1,502
  • Deuteronomy 930
  • Joshua 888
  • Judges 1,057
  • Samuel 2,121
  • Kings 2,057
  • Isaiah 1,474
  • Jeremiah 1,699
  • Ezekiel 1,607
  • The Twelve 1,228
  • Psalms 1,964
  • Proverbs 602
  • Job 898
  • Song of Songs 147
  • Ruth 94
  • Lamentations 124
  • Ecclesiastes 254
  • Esther 298
  • Daniel 450
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,426
  • Chronicles 2,557

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 8:5שמואל ב ח:הskip 2, forward

    וַתָּבֹא אֲרַם דַּמֶּשֶׂק לַעְזֹר לַהֲדַדְעֶזֶר מֶלֶךְ צוֹבָה וַיַּךְ דָּוִד בַּֽאֲרָם עֶשְׂרִֽים־וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף אִֽישׁ

    And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men.

    שימון at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 8:5םאלףאיושדדצביםבארשיםונ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 446,673Open in the laboratory →

  2. Hosea 6:2הושע ו:בskip 2, forward

    יְחַיֵּנוּ מִיֹּמָיִם בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יְקִמֵנוּ וְנִחְיֶה לְפָנָֽיו

    After two days will He revive us, On the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

    שימון at skip 2, forward from Hosea 6:2וםהשלייקנוחיהלפנישימונ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 805,704Open in the laboratory →

  3. Psalms 34:3תהלים לד:גskip 2, forward

    בַּיהוָה תִּתְהַלֵּל נַפְשִׁי יִשְׁמְעוּ עֲנָוִים וְיִשְׂמָֽחוּ

    My soul shall glory in the LORD; The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

    שימון at skip 2, forward from Psalms 34:3תהללנפישעעויםוישמשימונ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 874,040Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

שימון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שימון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 406.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 4:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Shimon in the Torah codes?

5,919 sequences of שימון at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5,963 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Shimon in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 9:28 — the shortest of 5,919 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5,963.

How is Shimon spelled in Hebrew?

Shimon is spelled שימון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 406.

Is Shimon in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, שימון appears 26,968 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 27,369, so the count is in line with chance.

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