Shinar שנער
Shinar (שנער) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Shinar is found 166,596 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 14:14) — 3.4% above the 161,112 chance alone would give (probability of 166,596 or more by chance alone: 2.5 × 10⁻⁴²).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 166,596
- Chance alone · every skip
- 161,112
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 2.5 × 10⁻⁴²
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,453
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 15,403 found · chance alone about 15,462 (probability of 15,403 or more by chance alone: 0.68).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 166,596 sequences of שנער across every skip (2–101,616), 3.4% above what chance alone gives (about 161,112); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.5 × 10⁻⁴² by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 14:14, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שנער was found in the Torah is 101,453 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 37,194
- Exodus 35,334
- Leviticus 24,641
- Numbers 39,935
- Deuteronomy 29,492
Examples across the range
5 of the 166,596 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ש נ ע רGenesis 14:14
… וַיָּרֶק אֶת־חֲנִיכָיו יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וַיִּרְדֹּף עַד־דָּֽן …
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,808 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש נ ע רGenesis 14:14
Letter by letter
- ש נ ע רNumbers 35:7
כָּל־הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ לַלְוִיִּם אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה עִיר אֶתְהֶן וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן
All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with the open land about them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 247,723 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש נ ע רNumbers 35:7
- שNumbers 32:31
וַיַּֽעֲנוּ בְנֵי־גָד וּבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן לֵאמֹר אֵת אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֶל־עֲבָדֶיךָ כֵּן נַעֲשֶֽׂה
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: ‘As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ןNumbers 32:33
… לָהֶם מֹשֶׁה לִבְנֵי־גָד וְלִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן וְלַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה בֶן־יוֹסֵף …
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their borders…
- עNumbers 32:34
וַיִּבְנוּ בְנֵי־גָד אֶת־דִּיבֹן וְאֶת־עֲטָרֹת וְאֵת עֲרֹעֵֽר
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer;
- רNumbers 32:37
וּבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן בָּנוּ אֶת־חֶשְׁבּוֹן וְאֶת־אֶלְעָלֵא וְאֵת קִרְיָתָֽיִם
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim;
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 243,644 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שNumbers 32:31
- שExodus 29:38
וְזֶה אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵֽי־שָׁנָה שְׁנַיִם לַיּוֹם תָּמִֽיד
Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נExodus 30:13
זֶה יִתְּנוּ כָּל־הָעֹבֵר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִים מַחֲצִית …
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary—the shekel is twenty gerahs—half a shekel for an offering to the LORD.
- עExodus 30:35
וְעָשִׂיתָ אֹתָהּ קְטֹרֶת רֹקַח מַעֲשֵׂה רוֹקֵחַ מְמֻלָּח טָהוֹר קֹֽדֶשׁ
And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
- רExodus 31:18
… אֶל־מֹשֶׁה כְּכַלֹּתוֹ לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ בְּהַר סִינַי שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָעֵדֻת לֻחֹת …
And He gave unto Moses, when He had made an end of speaking with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
skip 1,001, width 1,001 — one row is 1,001 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 122,656 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,001 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 29:38
- שDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נNumbers 8:19
… יִהְיֶה בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶף בְּגֶשֶׁת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ
And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel…
- עExodus 16:13
וַיְהִי בָעֶרֶב וַתַּעַל הַשְּׂלָו וַתְּכַס אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וּבַבֹּקֶר הָֽיְתָה שִׁכְבַת הַטַּל סָבִיב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp.
- רGenesis 1:11
… מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל …
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 101,453, width 101,453 — one row is 101,453 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,847 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,453 in the laboratory →
- שDeuteronomy 34:12
Across the Tanakh
2,214,103 sequences of שנער across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,274,905 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 56,529 found · chance alone about 56,645 (probability of 56,529 or more by chance alone: 0.69).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 138,990
- Exodus 134,512
- Leviticus 87,287
- Numbers 133,434
- Deuteronomy 98,759
- Joshua 71,781
- Judges 71,129
- Samuel 169,226
- Kings 188,491
- Isaiah 109,065
- Jeremiah 133,594
- Ezekiel 122,199
- The Twelve 94,399
- Psalms 134,154
- Proverbs 51,552
- Job 55,032
- Song of Songs 10,134
- Ruth 10,230
- Lamentations 10,183
- Ecclesiastes 24,926
- Esther 29,482
- Daniel 38,724
- Ezra–Nehemiah 83,550
- Chronicles 213,270
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש נ ע רJudges 10:8
… אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִיא שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה אֶֽת־כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל …
And they oppressed and crushed the children of Israel that year; eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 363,658 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש נ ע רJudges 10:8
- ש1 Kings 16:5
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי בַעְשָׁא וַאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וּגְבֽוּרָתוֹ הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל …
Now the rest of the acts of Baasa, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נ1 Kings 16:7
וְגַם בְּיַד־יֵהוּא בֶן־חֲנָנִי הַנָּבִיא דְּבַר־יְהוָה הָיָה אֶל …
And moreover by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasa, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.
- ע1 Kings 16:8
בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וָשֵׁשׁ שָׁנָה לְאָסָא מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה …
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasa to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years.
- ר1 Kings 16:9
… וְהוּא בְתִרְצָה שֹׁתֶה שִׁכּוֹר בֵּית אַרְצָא אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַבַּיִת בְּתִרְצָֽה
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him; now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 512,358 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ש1 Kings 16:5
- ש2 Chronicles 36:17
… חָמַל עַל־בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה זָקֵן וְיָשֵׁשׁ הַכֹּל נָתַן בְּיָדֽוֹ
Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- נEzekiel 46:16
… יִתֵּן הַנָּשִׂיא מַתָּנָה לְאִישׁ מִבָּנָיו נַחֲלָתוֹ הִיא לְבָנָיו תִּֽהְיֶה אֲחֻזָּתָם הִיא …
Thus saith the Lord GOD: If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
- ע1 Samuel 11:10
וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ מָחָר נֵצֵא אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָּנוּ כְּכָל־הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
And the men of Jabesh said: ‘To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.’
- רGenesis 1:7
… אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
skip 398,767, width 398,767 — one row is 398,767 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,573 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,767 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:17
The spelling
שנער — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שנער, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 620.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shinar in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 166,596 sequences of שנער across every skip (2–101,616), 3.4% above what chance alone gives (about 161,112); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.5 × 10⁻⁴² by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Shinar in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:14 — the shortest of 166,596 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 161,112.
How is Shinar spelled in Hebrew?
Shinar is spelled שנער — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 620.
Is Shinar in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
2,214,103 sequences of שנער across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,274,905 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 161,112 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.