Week שבוע
Week is written שבוע in Hebrew. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 29,684 sequences of Week, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 2:3); chance alone would give about 30,139.
- Found in the Torah
- 29,684
- Chance alone
- 30,139
- 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 29,684 sequences of שבוע at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 30,139).
The shortest skip at which שבוע appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 2:3, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שבוע is found 307,459 times; chance alone would give about 314,041.
- Genesis 7,260
- Exodus 6,648
- Leviticus 4,454
- Numbers 6,905
- Deuteronomy 4,417
The shortest skips
וְלֹא־יָכְלָה עוֹד הַצְּפִינוֹ וַתִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ תֵּבַת גֹּמֶא וַתַּחְמְרָה בַחֵמָר וּבַזָּפֶת וַתָּשֶׂם בָּהּ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וַתָּשֶׂם בַּסּוּף עַל־שְׂפַת הַיְאֹֽר
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 79,154Open in the laboratory →
שָׁטוּ הָעָם וְלָֽקְטוּ וְטָחֲנוּ בָרֵחַיִם אוֹ דָכוּ בַּמְּדֹכָה וּבִשְּׁלוּ בַּפָּרוּר וְעָשׂוּ אֹתוֹ עֻגוֹת וְהָיָה טַעְמוֹ כְּטַעַם לְשַׁד הַשָּֽׁמֶן
The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and seethed it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of a cake baked with oil.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 207,054Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֲלֵהֶם מֹשֶׁה וַיָּשֻׁבוּ אֵלָיו אַהֲרֹן וְכָל־הַנְּשִׂאִים בָּעֵדָה וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֲלֵהֶֽם
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him; and Moses spoke to them.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 130,772Open in the laboratory →
וְיֵרְדְּ מִֽיַּעֲקֹב וְהֶֽאֱבִיד שָׂרִיד מֵעִֽיר
And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 229,965Open in the laboratory →
וְשׁוֹר וָשֶׂה שָׂרוּעַ וְקָלוּט נְדָבָה תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתוֹ וּלְנֵדֶר לֹא יֵרָצֶֽה
Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing too long or too short, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 175,738Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שבוע appears 126,953 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 127,680, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 7,260
- Exodus 6,648
- Leviticus 4,454
- Numbers 6,905
- Deuteronomy 4,785
- Joshua 4,898
- Judges 4,550
- Samuel 10,473
- Kings 11,343
- Isaiah 6,958
- Jeremiah 7,763
- Ezekiel 6,525
- The Twelve 5,582
- Psalms 7,619
- Proverbs 3,477
- Job 3,056
- Song of Songs 557
- Ruth 545
- Lamentations 515
- Ecclesiastes 1,108
- Esther 1,192
- Daniel 1,754
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,405
- Chronicles 13,581
Outside the Torah
וַיָּמָת גִּדְעוֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָשׁ בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּקֶבֶר יוֹאָשׁ אָבִיו בְּעָפְרָה אֲבִי הָֽעֶזְרִֽי
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,628Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקָם אִישָׁהּ וַיֵּלֶךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ לְדַבֵּר עַל־לִבָּהּ להשיבו וְנַעֲרוֹ עִמּוֹ וְצֶמֶד חֲמֹרִים וַתְּבִיאֵהוּ בֵּית אָבִיהָ וַיִּרְאֵהוּ אֲבִי הַֽנַּעֲרָה וַיִּשְׂמַח לִקְרָאתֽוֹ
And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly unto her, to bring her back, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses; and she brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 377,167Open in the laboratory →
וְלַאֲשֶׁר בְּחָרְמָה וְלַאֲשֶׁר בְּבוֹר־עָשָׁן וְלַאֲשֶׁר בַּעֲתָֽךְ
and to them that were in Hormah, and to them that were in Bor-ashan, and to them that were in Athach;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 434,072Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שבוע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שבוע, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 378.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Daniel 9:27. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Week in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 29,684 sequences of שבוע at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 30,139).
What is the shortest skip for Week in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 2:3 — the shortest of 29,684 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 30,139.
What is the gematria of Week in Hebrew?
Week is spelled שבוע — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 378.
How many times is Week found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שבוע appears 126,953 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 127,680, 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 30,139 here) beside the count.