Shur שור
Shur (שור) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 897,151 sequences of Shur, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:18); chance alone would give about 913,248.
- Found in the Torah
- 897,151
- Chance alone
- 913,248
- 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
The Torah holds 897,151 sequences of שור at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 913,248).
The shortest skip at which שור appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:18, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), שור is found 13,961,930 times; chance alone would give about 14,154,943.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 913,248 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 229,583
- Exodus 200,555
- Leviticus 126,490
- Numbers 187,863
- Deuteronomy 152,660
The shortest skips
וְלִמְשֹׁל בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה וּֽלֲהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 865Open in the laboratory →
וְצִלָּה גַם־הִוא יָֽלְדָה אֶת־תּוּבַל קַיִן לֹטֵשׁ כָּל־חֹרֵשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל וַֽאֲחוֹת תּֽוּבַל־קַיִן נַֽעֲמָֽה
And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,192Open 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 7,055Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי יָוָן אֱלִישָׁה וְתַרְשִׁישׁ כִּתִּים וְדֹדָנִֽים
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,680Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח יִצְחָק אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹב וַיֵּלֶךְ פַּדֶּנָֽה אֲרָם אֶל־לָבָן בֶּן־בְּתוּאֵל הָֽאֲרַמִּי אֲחִי רִבְקָה אֵם יַעֲקֹב וְעֵשָֽׂו
And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,869Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שור appears 3,540,184 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,567,164, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 229,583
- Exodus 200,555
- Leviticus 126,490
- Numbers 187,863
- Deuteronomy 161,252
- Joshua 142,297
- Judges 123,818
- Samuel 287,853
- Kings 326,824
- Isaiah 210,479
- Jeremiah 228,145
- Ezekiel 191,824
- The Twelve 163,443
- Psalms 203,996
- Proverbs 83,927
- Job 81,669
- Song of Songs 14,013
- Ruth 13,502
- Lamentations 13,649
- Ecclesiastes 31,031
- Esther 42,051
- Daniel 49,317
- Ezra–Nehemiah 112,702
- Chronicles 313,901
Outside the Torah
וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ הָהָרָה וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים עַד־שָׁבוּ הָרֹדְפִים וַיְבַקְשׁוּ הָרֹדְפִים בְּכָל־הַדֶּרֶךְ וְלֹא מָצָֽאוּ
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned; and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,446Open in the laboratory →
וְכֹל כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב וּכְלֵי נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל קֹדֶשׁ הוּא לַֽיהוָה אוֹצַר יְהוָה יָבֽוֹא
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,690Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־מֶלֶךְ הָעַי תָּלָה עַל־הָעֵץ עַד־עֵת הָעָרֶב וּכְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ צִוָּה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֹּרִידוּ אֶת־נִבְלָתוֹ מִן־הָעֵץ וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ אוֹתָהּ אֶל־פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הָעִיר וַיָּקִימוּ עָלָיו גַּל־אֲבָנִים גָּדוֹל עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,112Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שור — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שור, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 506.
As a plain word it stands 45 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 16:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shur in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 897,151 sequences of שור at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 913,248).
What is the shortest skip for Shur in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:18 — the shortest of 897,151 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 913,248.
What is the gematria of Shur in Hebrew?
Shur is spelled שור — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 506.
How many times is Shur found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שור appears 3,540,184 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,567,164, 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 913,248 here) beside the count.