Sun שמש
Sun is written שמש in Hebrew. Sun appears 331,840 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% more than chance alone would give (about 322,847; probability 3.2 × 10⁻⁵⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 331,840
- Chance alone
- 322,847
- P (≥ found)
- 3.2 × 10⁻⁵⁶
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, שמש appears 331,840 times in the Torah — 2.8% more than the 322,847 chance alone would give; the probability of 331,840 or more by chance alone is 3.2 × 10⁻⁵⁶.
The shortest skip at which שמש appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:12, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), שמש is found 5,045,115 times; chance alone would give about 5,003,993.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 322,847 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 63,940
- Exodus 84,211
- Leviticus 49,865
- Numbers 88,032
- Deuteronomy 45,792
The shortest skips
וּֽזֲהַב הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא טוֹב שָׁם הַבְּדֹלַח וְאֶבֶן הַשֹּֽׁהַם
and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,262Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת
And the man said: ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,799Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי אֱנוֹשׁ חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת
And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,870Open in the laboratory →
בִּלְעָדַי רַק אֲשֶׁר אָֽכְלוּ הַנְּעָרִים וְחֵלֶק הָֽאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הָלְכוּ אִתִּי עָנֵר אֶשְׁכֹּל וּמַמְרֵא הֵם יִקְחוּ חֶלְקָֽם
save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,286Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרְאוּ אֶל־לוֹט וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אַיֵּה הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ אֵלֶיךָ הַלָּיְלָה הוֹצִיאֵם אֵלֵינוּ וְנֵדְעָה אֹתָֽם
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him: ‘Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 22,467Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שמש appears 1,184,251 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.7% more than the 1,164,087 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,184,251 or more by chance alone is 8.4 × 10⁻⁷⁸.
- Genesis 63,940
- Exodus 84,211
- Leviticus 49,865
- Numbers 88,032
- Deuteronomy 51,328
- Joshua 38,727
- Judges 39,948
- Samuel 94,431
- Kings 115,949
- Isaiah 54,233
- Jeremiah 70,121
- Ezekiel 63,700
- The Twelve 46,553
- Psalms 60,014
- Proverbs 27,041
- Job 24,200
- Song of Songs 5,196
- Ruth 4,301
- Lamentations 5,393
- Ecclesiastes 15,537
- Esther 16,198
- Daniel 16,219
- Ezra–Nehemiah 45,542
- Chronicles 103,572
Outside the Torah
וַיַּכּוּ מֵהֶם אַנְשֵׁי הָעַי כִּשְׁלֹשִׁים וְשִׁשָּׁה אִישׁ וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּם לִפְנֵי הַשַּׁעַר עַד־הַשְּׁבָרִים וַיַּכּוּם בַּמּוֹרָד וַיִּמַּס לְבַב־הָעָם וַיְהִי לְמָֽיִם
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,677Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ גֹּלּוּ אֲבָנִים גְּדֹלוֹת אֶל־פִּי הַמְּעָרָה וְהַפְקִידוּ עָלֶיהָ אֲנָשִׁים לְשָׁמְרָֽם
And Joshua said: ‘Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 320,591Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי גְבוּל־מְנַשֶּׁה מֵֽאָשֵׁר הַֽמִּכְמְתָת אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי שְׁכֶם וְהָלַךְ הַגְּבוּל אֶל־הַיָּמִין אֶל־יֹשְׁבֵי עֵין תַּפּֽוּחַ
And the border of Manasseh was, beginning from Asher, Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 330,965Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמש — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שמש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 640.
As a plain word it stands 52 times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 4:41. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Sun in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שמש appears 331,840 times in the Torah — 2.8% more than the 322,847 chance alone would give; the probability of 331,840 or more by chance alone is 3.2 × 10⁻⁵⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Sun in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:12 — the shortest of 331,840 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 322,847.
What is the gematria of Sun in Hebrew?
Sun is spelled שמש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 640.
How many times is Sun found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שמש appears 1,184,251 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.7% more than the 1,164,087 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,184,251 or more by chance alone is 8.4 × 10⁻⁷⁸.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 322,847 here) beside the count.