Shimshon (Samson · שמשון)
Shimshon (Samson · שמשון) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Shimshon (Samson) is found 3,054 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 46:26) — 3.6% above the 2,947 chance alone would give (probability of 3,054 or more by chance alone: 0.03).
- Found in the Torah
- 3,054
- Chance alone
- 2,947
- P (≥ found)
- 0.03
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 3,054 sequences of שמשון at skips 2–5,000, 3.6% above what chance alone gives (about 2,947); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 46:26, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 23,857 sequences of שמשון, against about 23,223 from chance alone.
- Genesis 656
- Exodus 713
- Leviticus 407
- Numbers 907
- Deuteronomy 371
The shortest skips
כָּל־הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַבָּאָה לְיַעֲקֹב מִצְרַיְמָה יֹצְאֵי יְרֵכוֹ מִלְּבַד נְשֵׁי בְנֵי־יַעֲקֹב כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵֽׁשׁ
All the souls belonging to Jacob that came into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’wives, all the souls were threescore and six.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 71,422Open in the laboratory →
אַל־תֹּאכְלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ נָא וּבָשֵׁל מְבֻשָּׁל בַּמָּיִם כִּי אִם־צְלִי־אֵשׁ רֹאשׁוֹ עַל־כְּרָעָיו וְעַל־קִרְבּֽוֹ
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 94,386Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽהְיוּ־אֵלֶּה בְנֵֽי־לֵוִי בִּשְׁמֹתָם גֵּרְשׁוֹן וּקְהָת וּמְרָרִֽי
And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 191,028Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפְסֹל שְׁנֵֽי־לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וַיַּשְׁכֵּם מֹשֶׁה בַבֹּקֶר וַיַּעַל אֶל־הַר סִינַי כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֹתוֹ וַיִּקַּח בְּיָדוֹ שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת אֲבָנִֽים
And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 129,206Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי יַעֲקֹב בָּאוּ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה כְּשָׁמְעָם וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וַיִּחַר לָהֶם מְאֹד כִּֽי־נְבָלָה עָשָׂה בְיִשְׂרָאֵל לִשְׁכַּב אֶת־בַּֽת־יַעֲקֹב וְכֵן לֹא יֵעָשֶֽׂה
And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought a vile deed in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 49,498Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
11,434 sequences of שמשון at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 11,553 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 656
- Exodus 713
- Leviticus 407
- Numbers 907
- Deuteronomy 415
- Joshua 440
- Judges 442
- Samuel 921
- Kings 890
- Isaiah 533
- Jeremiah 617
- Ezekiel 588
- The Twelve 489
- Psalms 654
- Proverbs 256
- Job 265
- Song of Songs 42
- Ruth 40
- Lamentations 38
- Ecclesiastes 134
- Esther 147
- Daniel 201
- Ezra–Nehemiah 582
- Chronicles 1,057
Outside the Torah
וְאֶת־אֲחִינֹעַם לָקַח דָּוִד מִֽיִּזְרְעֶאל וַתִּהְיֶיןָ גַּֽם־שְׁתֵּיהֶן לוֹ לְנָשִֽׁים
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 427,149Open in the laboratory →
וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם יָשְׁבוּ מִן־בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה וּמִן־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן וּמִן־בְּנֵי אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּֽׁה
And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,111,737Open in the laboratory →
וָאֲבִיאֵם אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתִי אֶת־יָדִי לָתֵת אוֹתָהּ לָהֶם וַיִּרְאוּ כָל־גִּבְעָה רָמָה וְכָל־עֵץ עָבֹת וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־שָׁם אֶת־זִבְחֵיהֶם וַיִּתְּנוּ־שָׁם כַּעַס קָרְבָּנָם וַיָּשִׂימוּ שָׁם רֵיחַ נִיחוֹחֵיהֶם וַיַּסִּיכוּ שָׁם אֶת־נִסְכֵּיהֶֽם
For when I had brought them into the land, which I lifted up My hand to give unto them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering, there also they made their sweet savour, and there they poured out their drink-offerings.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 754,228Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמשון — the Tanakh's own spelling: Samson. Searched as שמשון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 696.
As a plain word it stands 35 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 13:24. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Samson.
Questions
Is Shimshon (Samson) in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 3,054 sequences of שמשון at skips 2–5,000, 3.6% above what chance alone gives (about 2,947); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Shimshon (Samson) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 46:26 — the shortest of 3,054 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,947.
How is Shimshon (Samson) spelled in Hebrew?
Shimshon is spelled שמשון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 696.
Is Shimshon (Samson) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
11,434 sequences of שמשון at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 11,553 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,947 here) beside the count.