Shoham שהם
Shoham (שהם) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shoham appears 1,165,472 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% more than chance alone would give (about 1,161,588; probability 0.00016).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,165,472
- Chance alone
- 1,161,588
- P (≥ found)
- 0.00016
- 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, שהם appears 1,165,472 times in the Torah — 0.3% more than the 1,161,588 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,165,472 or more by chance alone is 0.00016.
The shortest skip at which שהם appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:18, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), שהם is found 18,443,668 times; chance alone would give about 18,004,106.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,161,588 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 220,071
- Exodus 287,227
- Leviticus 177,970
- Numbers 284,592
- Deuteronomy 195,612
The shortest skips
וַֽיְחִי־יֶרֶד שְׁתַּיִם וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־חֲנֽוֹךְ
And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,173Open in the laboratory →
וַיְחִי מְתוּשֶׁלַח שֶׁבַע וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,465Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־לֶמֶךְ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בֵּֽן
And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begot a son.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,608Open in the laboratory →
הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְגַם אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶל־בְּנוֹת הָֽאָדָם וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּֽׁם
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of nobles came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,052Open in the laboratory →
חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה מִלְמַעְלָה גָּבְרוּ הַמָּיִם וַיְכֻסּוּ הֶהָרִֽים
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,900Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שהם appears 4,099,713 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 4,078,926 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,099,713 or more by chance alone is 4.2 × 10⁻²⁵.
- Genesis 220,071
- Exodus 287,227
- Leviticus 177,970
- Numbers 284,592
- Deuteronomy 203,837
- Joshua 151,005
- Judges 130,717
- Samuel 298,792
- Kings 388,294
- Isaiah 191,680
- Jeremiah 302,984
- Ezekiel 245,549
- The Twelve 194,713
- Psalms 187,862
- Proverbs 61,545
- Job 58,733
- Song of Songs 14,402
- Ruth 16,465
- Lamentations 16,078
- Ecclesiastes 45,018
- Esther 58,428
- Daniel 49,285
- Ezra–Nehemiah 148,968
- Chronicles 365,498
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי כְּכַלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל לַהֲרֹג אֶת־כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָעַי בַּשָּׂדֶה בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר רְדָפוּם בּוֹ וַֽיִּפְּלוּ כֻלָּם לְפִי־חֶרֶב עַד־תֻּמָּם וַיָּשֻׁבוּ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל הָעַי וַיַּכּוּ אֹתָהּ לְפִי־חָֽרֶב
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, even in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,818Open in the laboratory →
בְּשֶׁבֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן וּבִבְנוֹתֶיהָ וּבְעַרְעוֹר וּבִבְנוֹתֶיהָ וּבְכָל־הֶֽעָרִים אֲשֶׁר עַל־יְדֵי אַרְנוֹן שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וּמַדּוּעַ לֹֽא־הִצַּלְתֶּם בָּעֵת הַהִֽיא
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 365,907Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמַע הָאֱלֹהִים בְּקוֹל מָנוֹחַ וַיָּבֹא מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים עוֹד אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה וְהִיא יוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּשָּׂדֶה וּמָנוֹחַ אִישָׁהּ אֵין עִמָּֽהּ
And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 368,365Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שהם — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שהם, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 345.
As a plain word it stands 9 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 25:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Shoham appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שהם appears 1,165,472 times in the Torah — 0.3% more than the 1,161,588 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,165,472 or more by chance alone is 0.00016.
What is the shortest skip for Shoham in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:18 — the shortest of 1,165,472 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,161,588.
What is the gematria of Shoham in Hebrew?
Shoham is spelled שהם — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 345.
How many times is Shoham found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שהם appears 4,099,713 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 4,078,926 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,099,713 or more by chance alone is 4.2 × 10⁻²⁵.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,161,588 here) beside the count.