Sisra (Sisera · סיסרא)

Sisra (Sisera · סיסרא) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Sisra (Sisera) is found 476 times across every skip (2–76,212), the shortest at skip 33 (Exodus 15:5) — about what chance alone gives (about 459).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 476
Chance alone · every skip: 459
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.22
Shortest skip: 33
Longest skip found: 74,383

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 67 found · chance alone about 58.2 (probability of 67 or more by chance alone: 0.14).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–76,212), סיסרא appears 476 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 459, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which סיסרא appears in the Torah is 33 — at Exodus 15:5, reading forward.

The longest skip at which סיסרא was found in the Torah is 74,383 — at Deuteronomy 32:21, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 141
Exodus 92
Leviticus 55
Numbers 112
Deuteronomy 76

Examples across the range

5 of the 476 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.

shortest skipExodus 15:5שמות טו:הskip 33, forward
Letter by letter
1. סExodus 15:5
  תְּהֹמֹת יְכַסְיֻמוּ יָרְדוּ בִמְצוֹלֹת כְּמוֹ־אָֽבֶן
  The deeps cover them— They went down into the depths like a stone.
2. יExodus 15:6
  יְמִֽינְךָ יְהוָה נֶאְדָּרִי בַּכֹּחַ יְמִֽינְךָ יְהוָה תִּרְעַץ אוֹיֵֽב
  Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
3. סExodus 15:7
  וּבְרֹב גְּאוֹנְךָ תַּהֲרֹס קָמֶיךָ תְּשַׁלַּח חֲרֹנְךָ יֹאכְלֵמוֹ כַּקַּֽשׁ
  And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
4. רExodus 15:8
  וּבְרוּחַ אַפֶּיךָ נֶעֶרְמוּ מַיִם נִצְּבוּ כְמוֹ־נֵד נֹזְלִים קָֽפְאוּ תְהֹמֹת בְּלֶב־יָֽם
  And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up— The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
5. אExodus 15:9
  אָמַר אוֹיֵב אֶרְדֹּף אַשִּׂיג אֲחַלֵּק שָׁלָל תִּמְלָאֵמוֹ נַפְשִׁי אָרִיק חַרְבִּי תּוֹרִישֵׁמוֹ יָדִֽי
  The enemy said: ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’
skip 33, width 33 — one row is 33 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 100,083 of the TorahOpen at skip 33 in the laboratory →
a short skipDeuteronomy 22:21דברים כב:כאskip 63, backward
1. סDeuteronomy 22:21
  … פֶּתַח בֵּית־אָבִיהָ וּסְקָלוּהָ אַנְשֵׁי עִירָהּ בָּאֲבָנִים …
  then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. י סDeuteronomy 22:19
  וְעָנְשׁוּ אֹתוֹ מֵאָה כֶסֶף וְנָתְנוּ לַאֲבִי הַֽנַּעֲרָה כִּי הוֹצִיא … לְאִשָּׁה לֹא־יוּכַל לְשַּׁלְּחָהּ כָּל־יָמָֽיו
  And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name …
2. רDeuteronomy 22:17
  … וְאֵלֶּה בְּתוּלֵי בִתִּי וּפָֽרְשׂוּ הַשִּׂמְלָה לִפְנֵי זִקְנֵי …
  and, lo, he hath laid wanton charges, saying: I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my …
3. אDeuteronomy 22:16
  … נָתַתִּי לָאִישׁ הַזֶּה לְאִשָּׁה וַיִּשְׂנָאֶֽהָ
  And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders: ‘I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
skip 63, width 63 — one row is 63 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 285,022 of the TorahOpen at skip 63 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 30:13במדבר ל:יגskip 199, forward
1. סNumbers 30:13
  … מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיהָ לִנְדָרֶיהָ וּלְאִסַּר נַפְשָׁהּ לֹא יָקוּם …
  But if her husband make them null and void in the day that he heareth them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips, whether it were her …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. יNumbers 30:17
  … הַֽחֻקִּים אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה בֵּין …
  These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth …
2. סNumbers 31:5
  וַיִּמָּֽסְרוּ מֵאַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶלֶף …
  So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
3. רNumbers 31:8
  … וְאֶת־חוּר וְאֶת־רֶבַע חֲמֵשֶׁת מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן …
  And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian …
4. אNumbers 31:12
  … וְאֶל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַשְּׁבִי וְאֶת …
  And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the …
skip 199, width 199 — one row is 199 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 239,170 of the TorahOpen at skip 199 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 43:24בראשית מג:כדskip 1,116, backward
1. סGenesis 43:24
  … וַיִּרְחֲצוּ רַגְלֵיהֶם וַיִּתֵּן מִסְפּוֹא לַחֲמֹֽרֵיהֶֽם
  And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. יGenesis 43:7
  … לֵאמֹר הַעוֹד אֲבִיכֶם חַי הֲיֵשׁ לָכֶם אָח …
  And they said: ‘The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying: Is your father yet alive? have ye another …
2. סGenesis 42:25
  … כְּלֵיהֶם בָּר וּלְהָשִׁיב כַּסְפֵּיהֶם אִישׁ אֶל־שַׂקּוֹ …
  Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the …
3. רGenesis 42:3
  וַיֵּרְדוּ אֲחֵֽי־יוֹסֵף עֲשָׂרָה לִשְׁבֹּר בָּר מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
  And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.
4. אGenesis 41:39
  … הוֹדִיעַ אֱלֹהִים אוֹתְךָ אֶת־כָּל־זֹאת אֵין …
  And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.
skip 1,116, width 1,116 — one row is 1,116 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 66,460 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,116 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 32:21דברים לב:כאskip 74,383, backward
1. סDeuteronomy 32:21
  … עָם בְּגוֹי נָבָל אַכְעִיסֵֽם
  They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; They have provoked Me with their vanities; And I will rouse them to jealousy with a …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. יNumbers 22:32
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה עַל־מָה הִכִּיתָ …
  And the angel of the LORD said unto him: ‘Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an …
2. סLeviticus 8:31
  … וְאֶת־הַלֶּחֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּסַל הַמִּלֻּאִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוֵּיתִי …
  And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons: ‘Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in …
3. רExodus 1:7
  … בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ אֹתָֽם
  And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled …
4. אGenesis 3:18
  … תַּצְמִיחַֽ לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶֽה
  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
skip 74,383, width 74,383 — one row is 74,383 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 301,423 of the TorahOpen at skip 74,383 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–299,260), סיסרא appears 7,778 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.0% more than the 7,629 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,778 or more by chance alone is 0.04.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 250 found · chance alone about 253 (probability of 250 or more by chance alone: 0.58).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 392
Exodus 313
Leviticus 193
Numbers 406
Deuteronomy 244
Joshua 145
Judges 261
Samuel 332
Kings 671
Isaiah 527
Jeremiah 455
Ezekiel 432
The Twelve 426
Psalms 867
Proverbs 348
Job 243
Song of Songs 55
Ruth 11
Lamentations 55
Ecclesiastes 114
Esther 161
Daniel 184
Ezra–Nehemiah 292
Chronicles 651

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the Torah2 Kings 18:17מלכים ב יח:יזskip 53, backward
1. ס י ס2 Kings 18:17
  … תַּרְתָּן וְאֶת־רַב־סָרִיס וְאֶת־רַב־שָׁקֵה מִן־לָכִישׁ … בְּחֵיל כָּבֵד יְרוּשָׁלִָם וַֽיַּעֲלוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם וַיַּעֲלוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ בִּתְעָלַת הַבְּרֵכָה הָֽעֶלְיוֹנָה אֲשֶׁר בִּמְסִלַּת שְׂדֵה כוֹבֵֽס
  And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they …
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. ר2 Kings 18:16
  … יְהוָה וְאֶת־הָאֹמְנוֹת אֲשֶׁר צִפָּה חִזְקִיָּה מֶלֶךְ …
  At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the door-posts which Hezekiah king of Judah …
2. א2 Kings 18:15
  … הַנִּמְצָא בֵית־יְהוָה וּבְאֹצְרוֹת בֵּית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
  And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house.
skip 53, width 53 — one row is 53 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 561,280 of the TanakhOpen at skip 53 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipIsaiah 19:2ישעיהו יט:בskip 117, forward
1. סIsaiah 19:2
  וְסִכְסַכְתִּי מִצְרַיִם בְּמִצְרַיִם וְנִלְחֲמוּ …
  And I will spur Egypt against Egypt; And they shall fight every one against his brother, And everyone against his neighbour; City against …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. יIsaiah 19:3
  … וְאֶל־הָאִטִּים וְאֶל־הָאֹבוֹת וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים
  And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; And I will make void the counsel thereof; And they shall seek unto the idols, and to …
2. סIsaiah 19:6
  … יְאֹרֵי מָצוֹר קָנֶה וָסוּף קָמֵֽלוּ
  And the rivers shall become foul; The streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; The reeds and flags shall wither.
3. רIsaiah 19:9
  וּבֹשׁוּ עֹבְדֵי פִשְׁתִּים שְׂרִיקוֹת וְאֹרְגִים חוֹרָֽי
  Moreover they that work in combed flax, And they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.
4. אIsaiah 19:12
  אַיָּם אֵפוֹא חֲכָמֶיךָ וְיַגִּידוּ נָא …
  Where are they, then, thy wise men? And let them tell thee now; And let them know what the LORD of hosts Hath purposed concerning Egypt.
skip 117, width 117 — one row is 117 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 592,947 of the TanakhOpen at skip 117 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 32:22דברי הימים ב לב:כבskip 296,171, backward
1. ס2 Chronicles 32:22
  … יֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם מִיַּד סַנְחֵרִיב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר וּמִיַּד …
  Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. יPsalms 68:24
  … רַגְלְךָ בְּדָם לְשׁוֹן כְּלָבֶיךָ מֵאֹיְבִים מִנֵּֽהוּ
  That thy foot may wade through blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.'
2. סIsaiah 22:22
  … שִׁכְמוֹ וּפָתַח וְאֵין סֹגֵר וְסָגַר וְאֵין פֹּתֵֽחַ
  And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; And he shall shut, and none shall …
3. רDeuteronomy 31:26
  לָקֹחַ אֵת סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּה וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֹתוֹ …
  ’Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness …
4. אGenesis 3:21
  … יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לְאָדָם וּלְאִשְׁתּוֹ כָּתְנוֹת עוֹר וַיַּלְבִּשֵֽׁם
  And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
skip 296,171, width 296,171 — one row is 296,171 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,188,692 of the TanakhOpen at skip 296,171 in the laboratory →

The spelling

סיסרא — the Tanakh's own spelling: Sisera. Searched as סיסרא, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 331.

As a plain word it stands 17 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 4:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Sisera.

Sisra in the Tanakh

Questions

Does Sisra (Sisera) appear in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–76,212), סיסרא appears 476 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 459, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Sisra (Sisera) in the Torah?

Skip 33, reading forward from Exodus 15:5 — the shortest of 476 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 459.

What is the gematria of Sisra (Sisera) in Hebrew?

Sisra is spelled סיסרא — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 331.

How many times is Sisra (Sisera) found in the whole Tanakh?

Across every skip (2–299,260), סיסרא appears 7,778 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.0% more than the 7,629 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,778 or more by chance alone is 0.04.

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