Shuppim שפים
Shuppim (שפים) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shuppim appears 20,821 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.0% more than chance alone would give (about 20,422; probability 0.0027).
- Found in the Torah
- 20,821
- Chance alone
- 20,422
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0027
- 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, שפים appears 20,821 times in the Torah — 2.0% more than the 20,422 chance alone would give; the probability of 20,821 or more by chance alone is 0.0027.
The shortest skip at which שפים appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:11, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שפים is found 218,146 times; chance alone would give about 212,792.
- Genesis 4,679
- Exodus 4,785
- Leviticus 2,538
- Numbers 6,348
- Deuteronomy 2,471
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּֽדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
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 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 485Open in the laboratory →
לֹא־יִתְיַצֵּב אִישׁ בִּפְנֵיכֶם פַּחְדְּכֶם וּמֽוֹרַאֲכֶם יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תִּדְרְכוּ־בָהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָכֶֽם
There shall no man be able to stand against you: the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as He hath spoken unto you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 270,058Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה תֹּלְדֹת יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־אַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית שִׁפְחַת שָׂרָה לְאַבְרָהָֽם
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bore unto Abraham.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 33,390Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹֽא־זָכַר שַֽׂר־הַמַּשְׁקִים אֶת־יוֹסֵף וַיִּשְׁכָּחֵֽהוּ
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 60,019Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּרְאוּ אֲחֵֽי־יוֹסֵף כִּי־מֵת אֲבִיהֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוּ יִשְׂטְמֵנוּ יוֹסֵף וְהָשֵׁב יָשִׁיב לָנוּ אֵת כָּל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר גָּמַלְנוּ אֹתֽוֹ
And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said: ‘It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 77,468Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שפים appears 83,872 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 84,068, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 4,679
- Exodus 4,785
- Leviticus 2,538
- Numbers 6,348
- Deuteronomy 2,690
- Joshua 2,319
- Judges 3,083
- Samuel 5,750
- Kings 5,920
- Isaiah 5,127
- Jeremiah 4,584
- Ezekiel 5,245
- The Twelve 4,019
- Psalms 6,803
- Proverbs 3,074
- Job 3,456
- Song of Songs 520
- Ruth 401
- Lamentations 413
- Ecclesiastes 726
- Esther 816
- Daniel 1,220
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,649
- Chronicles 6,707
Outside the Torah
וַנִּשְׁמַע וַיִּמַּס לְבָבֵנוּ וְלֹא־קָמָה עוֹד רוּחַ בְּאִישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶם כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם הוּא אֱלֹהִים בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל וְעַל־הָאָרֶץ מִתָּֽחַת
And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you; for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,722Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּזֹאת תֵּֽדְעוּן כִּי אֵל חַי בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וְהוֹרֵשׁ יוֹרִישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶם אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְאֶת־הַחִתִּי וְאֶת־הַחִוִּי וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּי וְאֶת־הַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
And Joshua said: ‘Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,233Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּנַח יְהוָה לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבוֹתָם וְלֹא־עָמַד אִישׁ בִּפְנֵיהֶם מִכָּל־אֹיְבֵיהֶם אֵת כָּל־אֹיְבֵיהֶם נָתַן יְהוָה בְּיָדָֽם
And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that He swore unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies against them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 338,339Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שפים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שפים, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 430.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 3:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shuppim in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, שפים appears 20,821 times in the Torah — 2.0% more than the 20,422 chance alone would give; the probability of 20,821 or more by chance alone is 0.0027.
What is the shortest skip for Shuppim in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:11 — the shortest of 20,821 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 20,422.
What is the gematria of Shuppim in Hebrew?
Shuppim is spelled שפים — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 430.
How many times is Shuppim found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שפים appears 83,872 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 84,068, 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 20,422 here) beside the count.