Shimshai שמשי
Shimshai (שמשי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shimshai appears 67,457 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.8% more than chance alone would give (about 66,280; probability 2.6 × 10⁻⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 67,457
- Chance alone
- 66,280
- P (≥ found)
- 2.6 × 10⁻⁶
- 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, שמשי appears 67,457 times in the Torah — 1.8% more than the 66,280 chance alone would give; the probability of 67,457 or more by chance alone is 2.6 × 10⁻⁶.
The shortest skip at which שמשי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:23, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שמשי is found 717,121 times; chance alone would give about 690,632.
- Genesis 13,925
- Exodus 16,675
- Leviticus 8,930
- Numbers 18,203
- Deuteronomy 9,724
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת
And the man said: ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,799Open 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 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,870Open in the laboratory →
עִזִּים מָאתַיִם וּתְיָשִׁים עֶשְׂרִים רְחֵלִים מָאתַיִם וְאֵילִים עֶשְׂרִֽים
two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,227Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה תֶחֱזֶה מִכָּל־הָעָם אַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל יִרְאֵי אֱלֹהִים אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת שֹׂנְאֵי בָצַע וְשַׂמְתָּ עֲלֵהֶם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת שָׂרֵי חֲמִשִּׁים וְשָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרֹֽת
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 105,298Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבְחַר מֹשֶׁה אַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָם רָאשִׁים עַל־הָעָם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת שָׂרֵי חֲמִשִּׁים וְשָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרֹֽת
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 105,527Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שמשי appears 269,565 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 267,588 chance alone would give; the probability of 269,565 or more by chance alone is 6.8 × 10⁻⁵.
- Genesis 13,925
- Exodus 16,675
- Leviticus 8,930
- Numbers 18,203
- Deuteronomy 10,602
- Joshua 8,801
- Judges 9,688
- Samuel 22,346
- Kings 26,988
- Isaiah 13,059
- Jeremiah 15,980
- Ezekiel 13,996
- The Twelve 11,386
- Psalms 15,712
- Proverbs 6,243
- Job 6,467
- Song of Songs 1,196
- Ruth 1,171
- Lamentations 1,155
- Ecclesiastes 3,159
- Esther 3,734
- Daniel 3,341
- Ezra–Nehemiah 11,188
- Chronicles 25,620
Outside the Torah
אַף כִּֽי־אֲנָשִׁים רְשָׁעִים הָרְגוּ אֶת־אִישׁ־צַדִּיק בְּבֵיתוֹ עַל־מִשְׁכָּבוֹ וְעַתָּה הֲלוֹא אֲבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־דָּמוֹ מִיֶּדְכֶם וּבִעַרְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 441,606Open in the laboratory →
וְלִשְׁלֹמֹה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר נִצָּבִים עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכִלְכְּלוּ אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ חֹדֶשׁ בַּשָּׁנָה יִהְיֶה עַל־אחד לְכַלְכֵּֽל
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 485,262Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּרָא יְהוָה אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹה שֵׁנִית כַּאֲשֶׁר נִרְאָה אֵלָיו בְּגִבְעֽוֹן
that the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as He had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 497,497Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמשי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שמשי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 650.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shimshai in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שמשי appears 67,457 times in the Torah — 1.8% more than the 66,280 chance alone would give; the probability of 67,457 or more by chance alone is 2.6 × 10⁻⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Shimshai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:23 — the shortest of 67,457 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 66,280.
What is the gematria of Shimshai in Hebrew?
Shimshai is spelled שמשי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 650.
How many times is Shimshai found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שמשי appears 269,565 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 267,588 chance alone would give; the probability of 269,565 or more by chance alone is 6.8 × 10⁻⁵.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 66,280 here) beside the count.