Shiphrah שפרה
Shiphrah (שפרה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shiphrah appears 12,962 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 13,116 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 12,962
- Chance alone
- 13,116
- P (≥ found)
- 0.91
- 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 12,962 sequences of שפרה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 13,116).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 11:7, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 140,885 sequences of שפרה, against about 136,666 from chance alone.
- Genesis 2,524
- Exodus 3,159
- Leviticus 2,049
- Numbers 3,416
- Deuteronomy 1,814
The shortest skips
הָבָה נֵֽרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵֽהוּ
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,023Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת שַׂר הָאֹפִים תָּלָה כַּאֲשֶׁר פָּתַר לָהֶם יוֹסֵֽף
But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 59,985Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אַבְרָהָם הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־תָּשִׁיב אֶת־בְּנִי שָֽׁמָּה
And Abraham said unto him: ‘Beware thou that thou bring not my son back thither.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 29,636Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־הַבָּשָׂר וְאֶת־הָעוֹר שָׂרַף בָּאֵשׁ מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
And the flesh and the skin were burnt with fire without the camp.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 153,509Open in the laboratory →
הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־תִּשְׁכַּח אֶת־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִֽיאֲךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִֽים
then beware lest thou forget the LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 261,860Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שפרה appears 42,206 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 42,775, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 2,524
- Exodus 3,159
- Leviticus 2,049
- Numbers 3,416
- Deuteronomy 1,982
- Joshua 1,690
- Judges 1,381
- Samuel 2,545
- Kings 3,248
- Isaiah 2,512
- Jeremiah 2,602
- Ezekiel 2,742
- The Twelve 1,942
- Psalms 2,451
- Proverbs 1,103
- Job 968
- Song of Songs 188
- Ruth 146
- Lamentations 179
- Ecclesiastes 368
- Esther 467
- Daniel 544
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,038
- Chronicles 2,962
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי בֶּן־אָדָם הֲרֹאֶה אַתָּה מהם עֹשִׂים תּוֹעֵבוֹת גְּדֹלוֹת אֲשֶׁר בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל עֹשִׂים פֹּה לְרָֽחֳקָה מֵעַל מִקְדָּשִׁי וְעוֹד תָּשׁוּב תִּרְאֶה תּוֹעֵבוֹת גְּדֹלֽוֹת
And He said unto me: ‘Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from My sanctuary? but thou shalt again see yet greater abominations.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 736,017Open in the laboratory →
עַד־יַשְׁקִיף וְיֵרֶא יְהוָה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם
Till the LORD look forth, And behold from heaven.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,009,897Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּפְּלוּ מִבִּנְיָמִן שְׁמֹנָֽה־עָשָׂר אֶלֶף אִישׁ אֶת־כָּל־אֵלֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־חָֽיִל
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 381,799Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שפרה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שפרה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 585.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 1:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shiphrah in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 12,962 sequences of שפרה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 13,116).
What is the shortest skip for Shiphrah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 11:7 — the shortest of 12,962 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 13,116.
How is Shiphrah spelled in Hebrew?
Shiphrah is spelled שפרה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 585.
Is Shiphrah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שפרה appears 42,206 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 42,775, 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 13,116 here) beside the count.