Biblical names

Shuah שוחה

Shuah (שוחה) is a person named in the Tanakh — Shuhah. Shuah appears 33,146 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 33,057 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
33,146
Chance alone
33,057
P (≥ found)
0.31
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, שוחה appears 33,146 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 33,057, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which שוחה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 42:2, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שוחה is found 351,025 times; chance alone would give about 344,451.

  • Genesis 7,177
  • Exodus 8,242
  • Leviticus 5,773
  • Numbers 7,629
  • Deuteronomy 4,325

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 42:2בראשית מב:בskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה שָׁמַעְתִּי כִּי יֶשׁ־שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם רְדוּ־שָׁמָּה וְשִׁבְרוּ־לָנוּ מִשָּׁם וְנִחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמֽוּת

    And he said: ‘Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.’

    שוחה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 42:2רולנומםניולאנמותשוחה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 63,079Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 12:18שמות יב:יחskip 2, backward

    בָּרִאשֹׁן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעֶרֶב תֹּאכְלוּ מַצֹּת עַד יוֹם הָאֶחָד וְעֶשְׂרִים לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעָֽרֶב

    In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

    שוחה at skip 2, backward from Exodus 12:18תעדיוםאדעריםלחדששוחה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 95,057Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 26:26שמות כו:כוskip 2, backward

    וְעָשִׂיתָ בְרִיחִם עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים חֲמִשָּׁה לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּן הָאֶחָֽד

    And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

    שוחה at skip 2, backward from Exodus 26:26חתהקרשאדעיתבריחםשוחה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 116,565Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 32:6שמות לב:וskip 2, backward

    וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיַּעֲלוּ עֹלֹת וַיַּגִּשׁוּ שְׁלָמִים וַיֵּשֶׁב הָעָם לֶֽאֱכֹל וְשָׁתוֹ וַיָּקֻמוּ לְצַחֵֽק

    And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to make merry.

    שוחה at skip 2, backward from Exodus 32:6חגליקומריכימוממחשוחק
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 126,030Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 32:17שמות לב:יזskip 2, backward

    וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־קוֹל הָעָם בְּרֵעֹה וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־מֹשֶׁה קוֹל מִלְחָמָה בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה

    And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses: ‘There is a noise of war in the camp.’

    שוחה at skip 2, backward from Exodus 32:17חרותעללתימעיהושעשוחה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 126,701Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, שוחה appears 121,559 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 122,942, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 7,177
  • Exodus 8,242
  • Leviticus 5,773
  • Numbers 7,629
  • Deuteronomy 4,678
  • Joshua 5,036
  • Judges 3,958
  • Samuel 9,158
  • Kings 10,933
  • Isaiah 6,734
  • Jeremiah 6,723
  • Ezekiel 7,128
  • The Twelve 5,358
  • Psalms 6,509
  • Proverbs 2,512
  • Job 2,541
  • Song of Songs 454
  • Ruth 469
  • Lamentations 544
  • Ecclesiastes 1,273
  • Esther 1,275
  • Daniel 1,453
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 4,315
  • Chronicles 11,687

Outside the Torah

  1. Judges 5:26שופטים ה:כוskip 2, forward

    יָדָהּ לַיָּתֵד תִּשְׁלַחְנָה וִֽימִינָהּ לְהַלְמוּת עֲמֵלִים וְהָלְמָה סִֽיסְרָא מָחֲקָה רֹאשׁוֹ וּמָחֲצָה וְחָלְפָה רַקָּתֽוֹ

    Her hand she put to the tent-pin, And her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head, Yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.

    שוחה at skip 2, forward from Judges 5:26מחקהראומצוחלפהרקשוחה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 352,866Open in the laboratory →

  2. Judges 18:1שופטים יח:אskip 2, forward

    בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וּבַיָּמִים הָהֵם שֵׁבֶט הַדָּנִי מְבַקֶּשׁ־לוֹ נַֽחֲלָה לָשֶׁבֶת כִּי לֹֽא־נָפְלָה לּוֹ עַד־הַיּוֹם הַהוּא בְּתוֹךְ־שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנַחֲלָֽה

    In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day there had nothing been allotted unto them among the tribes of Israel for an inheritance.

    שוחה at skip 2, forward from Judges 18:1דנימבקלנללשבתכילשוחה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 374,957Open in the laboratory →

  3. Isaiah 60:17ישעיהו ס:יזskip 2, forward

    תַּחַת הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אָבִיא זָהָב וְתַחַת הַבַּרְזֶל אָבִיא כֶסֶף וְתַחַת הָֽעֵצִים נְחֹשֶׁת וְתַחַת הָאֲבָנִים בַּרְזֶל וְשַׂמְתִּי פְקֻדָּתֵךְ שָׁלוֹם וְנֹגְשַׂיִךְ צְדָקָֽה

    For brass I will bring gold, And for iron I will bring silver, And for wood brass, And for stones iron; I will also make thy officers peace, And righteousness thy magistrates.

    שוחה at skip 2, forward from Isaiah 60:17עציםנחתתתאבניםברשוחה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 636,380Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

שוחה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shuhah. Searched as שוחה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 319.

As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 18:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Shuah in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, שוחה appears 33,146 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 33,057, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Shuah in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 42:2 — the shortest of 33,146 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 33,057.

What is the gematria of Shuah in Hebrew?

Shuah is spelled שוחה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 319.

How many times is Shuah found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, שוחה appears 121,559 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 122,942, so the count is in line with chance.

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