Biblical names

Shisha שישא

Shisha (שישא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 70,326 sequences of Shisha, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 11:29); chance alone would give about 71,485.

Found in the Torah
70,326
Chance alone
71,485
P (≥ found)
1.00
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

70,326 sequences of שישא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 71,485 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which שישא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 11:29, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שישא is found 738,298 times; chance alone would give about 744,859.

  • Genesis 17,241
  • Exodus 16,121
  • Leviticus 9,811
  • Numbers 16,224
  • Deuteronomy 10,929

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 11:29בראשית יא:כטskip 2, forward

    וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם וְנָחוֹר לָהֶם נָשִׁים שֵׁם אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם שָׂרָי וְשֵׁם אֵֽשֶׁת־נָחוֹר מִלְכָּה בַּת־הָרָן אֲבִֽי־מִלְכָּה וַֽאֲבִי יִסְכָּֽה

    And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

    שישא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 11:29שתאברםרוםשתנחורמשישא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 13,950Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 12:17בראשית יב:יזskip 2, forward

    וַיְנַגַּע יְהוָה אֶת־פַּרְעֹה נְגָעִים גְּדֹלִים וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ עַל־דְּבַר שָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָֽם

    And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

    שישא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 12:17ועלדברראתברםויקרשישא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 15,011Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 16:1בראשית טז:אskip 2, forward

    וְשָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם לֹא יָלְדָה לוֹ וְלָהּ שִׁפְחָה מִצְרִית וּשְׁמָהּ הָגָֽר

    Now Sarai Abram’s wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

    שישא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 16:1יבוסיוראתברםלאילשישא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 18,283Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 16:3בראשית טז:גskip 2, forward

    וַתִּקַּח שָׂרַי אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם אֶת־הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית שִׁפְחָתָהּ מִקֵּץ עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים לְשֶׁבֶת אַבְרָם בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַתִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָם אִישָׁהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה

    And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

    שישא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 16:3ריותקחראתברםאתהגשישא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 18,395Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 48:16בראשית מח:טזskip 2, forward

    הַמַּלְאָךְ הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי מִכָּל־רָע יְבָרֵךְ אֶת־הַנְּעָרִים וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי וְשֵׁם אֲבֹתַי אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָֽרֶץ

    the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.’

    שישא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 48:16קראבהםמוםבתיאברהשישא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 74,808Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

257,824 sequences of שישא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 258,814 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 17,241
  • Exodus 16,121
  • Leviticus 9,811
  • Numbers 16,224
  • Deuteronomy 11,747
  • Joshua 8,012
  • Judges 10,459
  • Samuel 26,220
  • Kings 27,965
  • Isaiah 11,934
  • Jeremiah 15,214
  • Ezekiel 13,163
  • The Twelve 10,075
  • Psalms 12,056
  • Proverbs 4,328
  • Job 5,823
  • Song of Songs 1,051
  • Ruth 1,032
  • Lamentations 1,059
  • Ecclesiastes 2,460
  • Esther 2,891
  • Daniel 3,619
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 8,402
  • Chronicles 20,917

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 3:12יהושע ג:יבskip 2, forward

    וְעַתָּה קְחוּ לָכֶם שְׁנֵי עָשָׂר אִישׁ מִשִּׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ־אֶחָד אִישׁ־אֶחָד לַשָּֽׁבֶט

    Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

    שישא at skip 2, forward from Joshua 3:12קחולכםנערישמשבטישישא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 308,338Open in the laboratory →

  2. Isaiah 42:7ישעיהו מב:זskip 2, forward

    לִפְקֹחַ עֵינַיִם עִוְרוֹת לְהוֹצִיא מִמַּסְגֵּר אַסִּיר מִבֵּית כֶּלֶא יֹשְׁבֵי חֹֽשֶׁךְ

    To open the blind eyes, To bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, And them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

    שישא at skip 2, forward from Isaiah 42:7יתכלאיבחךנייקוקהשישא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 617,584Open in the laboratory →

  3. Ezekiel 20:11יחזקאל כ:יאskip 2, forward

    וָאֶתֵּן לָהֶם אֶת־חֻקּוֹתַי וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי הוֹדַעְתִּי אוֹתָם אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אוֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶֽם

    And I gave them My statutes, and taught them Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.

    שישא at skip 2, forward from Ezekiel 20:11יאותםארעהותםהאדםשישא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 753,113Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

שישא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שישא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 611.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 4:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Shisha in the Torah codes?

70,326 sequences of שישא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 71,485 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Shisha in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 11:29 — the shortest of 70,326 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 71,485.

What is the gematria of Shisha in Hebrew?

Shisha is spelled שישא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 611.

How many times is Shisha found in the whole Tanakh?

257,824 sequences of שישא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 258,814 that chance alone would produce.

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