Sion שיאן
Sion (שיאן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 63,645 sequences of Sion, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 28:11); chance alone would give about 64,751.
- Found in the Torah
- 63,645
- Chance alone
- 64,751
- 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 63,645 sequences of שיאן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 64,751).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 28:11, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 643,631 sequences of שיאן, against about 674,696 from chance alone.
- Genesis 18,536
- Exodus 12,450
- Leviticus 8,115
- Numbers 15,448
- Deuteronomy 9,096
The shortest skips
מַעֲשֵׂה חָרַשׁ אֶבֶן פִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם תְּפַתַּח אֶת־שְׁתֵּי הָאֲבָנִים עַל־שְׁמֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֻסַבֹּת מִשְׁבְּצוֹת זָהָב תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתָֽם
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel; thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 118,832Open in the laboratory →
וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת־שְׁתֵּי הָאֲבָנִים עַל כִּתְפֹת הָֽאֵפֹד אַבְנֵי זִכָּרֹן לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנָשָׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת־שְׁמוֹתָם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה עַל־שְׁתֵּי כְתֵפָיו לְזִכָּרֹֽן
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 118,880Open in the laboratory →
וַתֵּלֶד לוֹ אֶת־זִמְרָן וְאֶת־יָקְשָׁן וְאֶת־מְדָן וְאֶת־מִדְיָן וְאֶת־יִשְׁבָּק וְאֶת־שֽׁוּחַ
And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 32,887Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־תִּשְׁלַח יָֽדְךָ אֶל־הַנַּעַר וְאַל־תַּעַשׂ לוֹ מְאוּמָּה כִּי עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי־יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים אַתָּה וְלֹא חָשַׂכְתָּ אֶת־בִּנְךָ אֶת־יְחִידְךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי
And he said: ‘Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou art a God-fearing man, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from Me.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,669Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ כֶּסֶף אֽוֹ־כֵלִים לִשְׁמֹר וְגֻנַּב מִבֵּית הָאִישׁ אִם־יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב יְשַׁלֵּם שְׁנָֽיִם
If a man deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,996Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שיאן appears 241,223 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 245,005, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 18,536
- Exodus 12,450
- Leviticus 8,115
- Numbers 15,448
- Deuteronomy 9,877
- Joshua 7,739
- Judges 10,290
- Samuel 21,766
- Kings 20,192
- Isaiah 11,373
- Jeremiah 15,454
- Ezekiel 13,735
- The Twelve 9,793
- Psalms 13,687
- Proverbs 4,169
- Job 6,888
- Song of Songs 1,147
- Ruth 1,053
- Lamentations 1,014
- Ecclesiastes 2,029
- Esther 2,857
- Daniel 5,694
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,971
- Chronicles 17,946
Outside the Torah
וַתִּכְתֹּב סְפָרִים בְּשֵׁם אַחְאָב וַתַּחְתֹּם בְּחֹתָמוֹ וַתִּשְׁלַח הספרים אֶל־הַזְקֵנִים וְאֶל־הַֽחֹרִים אֲשֶׁר בְּעִירוֹ הַיֹּשְׁבִים אֶת־נָבֽוֹת
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 523,377Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים אֵין מִלְחָמָה בֵּין אֲרָם וּבֵין יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And they continued three years without war between Aram and Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 524,643Open in the laboratory →
וְהֶעָרִים יַהֲרֹסוּ וְכָל־חֶלְקָה טוֹבָה יַשְׁלִיכוּ אִישׁ־אַבְנוֹ וּמִלְאוּהָ וְכָל־מַעְיַן־מַיִם יִסְתֹּמוּ וְכָל־עֵֽץ־טוֹב יַפִּילוּ עַד־הִשְׁאִיר אֲבָנֶיהָ בַּקִּיר חֲרָשֶׂת וַיָּסֹבּוּ הַקַּלָּעִים וַיַּכּֽוּהָ
And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees; until there was left only Kir-hareseth with the stones of the wall thereof; so the slingers encompassed it, and smote it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 532,339Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שיאן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שיאן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 361.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 4:48. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Sion appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 63,645 sequences of שיאן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 64,751).
What is the shortest skip for Sion in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 28:11 — the shortest of 63,645 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 64,751.
How is Sion spelled in Hebrew?
Sion is spelled שיאן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 361.
Is Sion in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שיאן appears 241,223 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 245,005, 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 64,751 here) beside the count.