Shimon bar Yochai שמעון בר יוחאי
Shimon bar Yochai (שמעון בר יוחאי): Tanna, sage of the Mishnah (2nd century CE). שמעון (from Shimon bar Yochai) appears 2,103 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 2,126 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (שמעון)
- 2,103
- Chance alone
- 2,126
- P (≥ found)
- 0.69
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for שמעון, and בר, יוחאי have their own figures under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 2,103 sequences of שמעון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,126).
The shortest skip at which שמעון appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Deuteronomy 29:28, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), שמעון is found 17,090 times; chance alone would give about 16,753.
- Genesis 453
- Exodus 546
- Leviticus 255
- Numbers 570
- Deuteronomy 279
The shortest skips
הַנִּסְתָּרֹת לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְהַנִּגְלֹת לָׄנׄוּׄ וּׄלְׄבָׄנֵׄיׄנׄוּׄ עַד־עוֹלָם לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּֽאת
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 297,083Open in the laboratory →
שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים תִּזְרַע שָׂדֶךָ וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים תִּזְמֹר כַּרְמֶךָ וְאָסַפְתָּ אֶת־תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 179,677Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵשִׁיב בְּךָ אֵת כָּל־מַדְוֵה מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתָּ מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְדָבְקוּ בָּֽךְ
And He will bring back upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast in dread of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 294,717Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשָּׂא מַשְׂאֹת מֵאֵת פָּנָיו אֲלֵהֶם וַתֵּרֶב מַשְׂאַת בִּנְיָמִן מִמַּשְׂאֹת כֻּלָּם חָמֵשׁ יָדוֹת וַיִּשְׁתּוּ וַֽיִּשְׁכְּרוּ עִמּֽוֹ
And portions were taken unto them from before him; but Benjamin’s portion was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 66,980Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי מְרָרִי מַחְלִי וּמוּשִׁי אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַלֵּוִי לְתֹלְדֹתָֽם
And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 85,783Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שמעון appears 8,756 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 8,895, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 453
- Exodus 546
- Leviticus 255
- Numbers 570
- Deuteronomy 322
- Joshua 354
- Judges 319
- Samuel 659
- Kings 606
- Isaiah 469
- Jeremiah 542
- Ezekiel 456
- The Twelve 392
- Psalms 578
- Proverbs 240
- Job 248
- Song of Songs 43
- Ruth 34
- Lamentations 39
- Ecclesiastes 106
- Esther 111
- Daniel 163
- Ezra–Nehemiah 506
- Chronicles 745
Outside the Torah
וִיהִי בשמעך אֶת־קוֹל צְעָדָה בְּרָאשֵׁי הַבְּכָאִים אָז תֶּחֱרָץ כִּי אָז יָצָא יְהוָה לְפָנֶיךָ לְהַכּוֹת בְּמַחֲנֵה פְלִשְׁתִּֽים
And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is the LORD gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 443,111Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹֽבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָֽיו
And I will give the men that have transgressed My covenant, that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 695,612Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא הַגּוֹרָל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹת הַקְּהָתִי וַיְהִי לִבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן מִן־הַלְוִיִּם מִמַּטֵּה יְהוּדָה וּמִמַּטֵּה הַשִּׁמְעֹנִי וּמִמַּטֵּה בִנְיָמִן בַּגּוֹרָל עָרִים שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 336,388Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמעון בר יוחאי — the name in Hebrew letters: Tanna, sage of the Mishnah (2nd century CE). Searched as שמעון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 466.
As a plain word it stands 36 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 29:33. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- יוחאי — the name in Hebrew letters found 6,572 in the Torah (chance 6,622)
Questions
Is Shimon bar Yochai in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 2,103 sequences of שמעון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,126).
What is the shortest skip for Shimon bar Yochai in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Deuteronomy 29:28 — the shortest of 2,103 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,126.
What is the gematria of Shimon bar Yochai in Hebrew?
Shimon bar Yochai is spelled שמעון בר יוחאי — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 466; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Shimon bar Yochai found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שמעון appears 8,756 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 8,895, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,126 here) beside the count.