Simchat Torah שמחת תורה
Simchat Torah — in Hebrew שמחת תורה — the festival of rejoicing with the Torah. שמחת (from Simchat Torah) appears 190,392 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 5.1% more than chance alone would give (about 181,098; probability 2.6 × 10⁻¹⁰⁴).
- Found in the Torah (שמחת) · every skip
- 190,392
- Chance alone · every skip
- 181,098
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 2.6 × 10⁻¹⁰⁴
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,210
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 17,865 found · chance alone about 17,380 (probability of 17,865 or more by chance alone: 0.00013).
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for שמחת, and תורה has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
Across every skip (2–101,616), שמחת appears 190,392 times in the Torah — 5.1% more than the 181,098 chance alone would give; the probability of 190,392 or more by chance alone is 2.6 × 10⁻¹⁰⁴.
The shortest skip at which שמחת appears in the Torah is 2 — at Numbers 31:47, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שמחת was found in the Torah is 101,210 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 42,511
- Exodus 42,804
- Leviticus 27,706
- Numbers 44,121
- Deuteronomy 33,250
Examples across the range
5 of the 190,392 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ש מ ח תNumbers 31:47
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה מִמַּחֲצִת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הָֽאָחֻז אֶחָד …
even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 241,529 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ח תNumbers 31:47
Letter by letter
- ש מ ח תNumbers 35:25
… בָּהּ עַד־מוֹת הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדֹל אֲשֶׁר־מָשַׁח אֹתוֹ בְּשֶׁמֶן הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ
and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled; and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 248,614 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש מ ח תNumbers 35:25
- שExodus 34:4
… צִוָּה יְהוָה אֹתוֹ וַיִּקַּח בְּיָדוֹ שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת אֲבָנִֽים
And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מExodus 34:6
… וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב־חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶֽת
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed: ‘The LORD, the LORD, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth;
- חExodus 34:8
וַיְמַהֵר מֹשֶׁה וַיִּקֹּד אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
- תExodus 34:10
וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית נֶגֶד כָּֽל־עַמְּךָ אֶעֱשֶׂה נִפְלָאֹת …
And He said: ‘Behold, I make a covenant; before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD that I am about to do with thee, that it is tremendous.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 129,270 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 34:4
- שGenesis 20:1
וַיִּסַּע מִשָּׁם אַבְרָהָם אַרְצָה הַנֶּגֶב וַיֵּשֶׁב בֵּין־קָדֵשׁ וּבֵין שׁוּר וַיָּגָר בִּגְרָֽר
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מGenesis 20:18
כִּֽי־עָצֹר עָצַר יְהוָה בְּעַד כָּל־רֶחֶם לְבֵית אֲבִימֶלֶךְ עַל־דְּבַר שָׂרָה אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָהָֽם
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
- חGenesis 21:21
וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּמִדְבַּר פָּארָן וַתִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ אִמּוֹ אִשָּׁה מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- תGenesis 22:6
… בְּנוֹ וַיִּקַּח בְּיָדוֹ אֶת־הָאֵשׁ וְאֶת־הַֽמַּאֲכֶלֶת וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם יַחְדָּֽו
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 24,350 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 20:1
- שDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מNumbers 8:23
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
- חExodus 16:22
… לָֽקְטוּ לֶחֶם מִשְׁנֶה שְׁנֵי הָעֹמֶר לָאֶחָד וַיָּבֹאוּ כָּל־נְשִׂיאֵי הָֽעֵדָה וַיַּגִּידוּ …
And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
- תGenesis 1:25
… הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ וְאֵת כָּל־רֶמֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא …
And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 101,210, width 101,210 — one row is 101,210 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,847 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,210 in the laboratory →
- שDeuteronomy 34:12
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), שמחת appears 2,283,154 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,336,277, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 58,674 found · chance alone about 58,173 (probability of 58,674 or more by chance alone: 0.02).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 138,557
- Exodus 135,648
- Leviticus 87,188
- Numbers 136,996
- Deuteronomy 103,562
- Joshua 75,611
- Judges 75,298
- Samuel 181,416
- Kings 202,030
- Isaiah 118,519
- Jeremiah 147,004
- Ezekiel 130,141
- The Twelve 98,685
- Psalms 137,472
- Proverbs 53,549
- Job 55,446
- Song of Songs 10,231
- Ruth 10,134
- Lamentations 9,976
- Ecclesiastes 23,710
- Esther 28,531
- Daniel 37,447
- Ezra–Nehemiah 80,309
- Chronicles 205,694
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש ם ח ת1 Kings 20:24
וְאֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה עֲשֵׂה הָסֵר הַמְּלָכִים אִישׁ מִמְּקֹמוֹ וְשִׂים פַּחוֹת תַּחְתֵּיהֶֽם
And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put governors in their room:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 521,355 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ם ח ת1 Kings 20:24
- שPsalms 89:21
מָצָאתִי דָּוִד עַבְדִּי בְּשֶׁמֶן קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּֽיו
I have found David My servant; With My holy oil have I anointed him;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מPsalms 89:25
וֶֽאֶֽמוּנָתִי וְחַסְדִּי עִמּוֹ וּבִשְׁמִי תָּרוּם קַרְנֽוֹ
But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; And through My name shall his horn be exalted.
- חPsalms 89:29
לְעוֹלָם אשמור־לוֹ חַסְדִּי וּבְרִיתִי נֶאֱמֶנֶת לֽוֹ
For ever will I keep for him My mercy, And My covenant shall stand fast with him.
- תPsalms 89:33
וּפָקַדְתִּי בְשֵׁבֶט פִּשְׁעָם וּבִנְגָעִים עֲוֺנָֽם
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with strokes.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 906,218 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שPsalms 89:21
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
כֹּה־אָמַר כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מEzekiel 46:20
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי זֶה הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יְבַשְּׁלוּ …
And he said unto me: ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt-offering and the sin-offering, where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.’
- ח1 Samuel 11:11
… וַיָּפֻצוּ וְלֹא נִשְׁאֲרוּ־בָם שְׁנַיִם יָֽחַד
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
- תGenesis 1:7
… הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
skip 398,889, width 398,889 — one row is 398,889 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,943 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,889 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
שמחת תורה — a Hebrew word: the festival of rejoicing with the Torah. Searched as שמחת, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 748.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 61:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- תורה — a Hebrew word Torah · every skip: 965,907 (chance 999,576)
Questions
Does Simchat Torah appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), שמחת appears 190,392 times in the Torah — 5.1% more than the 181,098 chance alone would give; the probability of 190,392 or more by chance alone is 2.6 × 10⁻¹⁰⁴.
What is the shortest skip for Simchat Torah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 31:47 — the shortest of 190,392 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 181,098.
What is the gematria of Simchat Torah in Hebrew?
Simchat Torah is spelled שמחת תורה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 748; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Simchat Torah found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), שמחת appears 2,283,154 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,336,277, 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 181,098 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.