Song of Songs שיר השירים
Song of Songs — in Hebrew שיר השירים — the Song of Songs. In the Torah codes, שיר (from Song of Songs) is found 931,405 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 2:8) — about what chance alone gives (about 943,846).
- Found in the Torah (שיר)
- 931,405
- Chance alone
- 943,846
- 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
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 שיר, and השירים has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
931,405 sequences of שיר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 943,846 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which שיר appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:8, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), שיר is found 14,057,651 times; chance alone would give about 14,629,201.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 943,846 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 244,332
- Exodus 213,470
- Leviticus 112,935
- Numbers 200,421
- Deuteronomy 160,247
The shortest skips
וַיִּטַּע יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים גַּן־בְעֵדֶן מִקֶּדֶם וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁם אֶת־הָֽאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יָצָֽר
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,074Open in the laboratory →
וְנָהָרּ יֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת־הַגָּן וּמִשָּׁם יִפָּרֵד וְהָיָה לְאַרְבָּעָה רָאשִֽׁים
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,174Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָה כָּל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיָּבֵא אֶל־הָאָדָם לִרְאוֹת מַה־יִּקְרָא־לוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא־לוֹ הָֽאָדָם נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה הוּא שְׁמֽוֹ
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,587Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּרְאוּ אֹתָהּ שָׂרֵי פַרְעֹה וַיְהַֽלְלוּ אֹתָהּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה וַתֻּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה בֵּית פַּרְעֹֽה
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,879Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵבֵאתָ לְאָבִיךָ וְאָכָל בַּעֲבֻר אֲשֶׁר יְבָרֶכְךָ לִפְנֵי מוֹתֽוֹ
and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 36,686Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,762,406 sequences of שיר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,794,672).
- Genesis 244,332
- Exodus 213,470
- Leviticus 112,935
- Numbers 200,421
- Deuteronomy 169,057
- Joshua 139,328
- Judges 135,192
- Samuel 282,084
- Kings 368,390
- Isaiah 215,026
- Jeremiah 246,150
- Ezekiel 205,461
- The Twelve 171,606
- Psalms 242,693
- Proverbs 90,661
- Job 98,006
- Song of Songs 17,615
- Ruth 17,021
- Lamentations 16,179
- Ecclesiastes 35,585
- Esther 41,158
- Daniel 55,918
- Ezra–Nehemiah 122,828
- Chronicles 321,290
Outside the Torah
כָּל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַמְרֶה אֶת־פִּיךָ וְלֹֽא־יִשְׁמַע אֶת־דְּבָרֶיךָ לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־תְּצַוֶּנּוּ יוּמָת רַק חֲזַק וֶאֱמָֽץ
Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death; only be strong and of good courage.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,969Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרֽוֹן־הַבְּרִית לֵאמֹר כְּבֹאֲכֶם עַד־קְצֵה מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן בַּיַּרְדֵּן תַּעֲמֹֽדוּ
And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying: When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,103Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה כְּנוֹחַ כַּפּוֹת רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה אֲדוֹן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בְּמֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן יִכָּרֵתוּן הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים מִלְמָעְלָה וְיַעַמְדוּ נֵד אֶחָֽד
And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,396Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שיר השירים — the Tanakh's own spelling: the Song of Songs. Searched as שיר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 510.
As a plain word it stands 52 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 5:12. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- השירים — the Tanakh's own spelling found 684 in the Torah (chance 721)
Questions
Is Song of Songs in the Bible code?
931,405 sequences of שיר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 943,846 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Song of Songs in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:8 — the shortest of 931,405 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 943,846.
What is the gematria of Song of Songs in Hebrew?
Song of Songs is spelled שיר השירים — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 510; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Song of Songs found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,762,406 sequences of שיר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,794,672).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 943,846 here) beside the count.