William Shakespeare ויליאם שייקספיר
William Shakespeare (ויליאם שייקספיר): English playwright and poet (1564–1616). ויליאם (from William Shakespeare) appears 1,617 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,621 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (ויליאם)
- 1,617
- Chance alone
- 1,621
- P (≥ found)
- 0.55
- 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 ויליאם, and שייקספיר has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 1,617 sequences of ויליאם at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,621).
The shortest skip at which ויליאם appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 32:3, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), ויליאם is found 9,706 times; chance alone would give about 10,310.
- Genesis 560
- Exodus 299
- Leviticus 167
- Numbers 337
- Deuteronomy 254
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאָם מַחֲנֵה אֱלֹהִים זֶה וַיִּקְרָא שֵֽׁם־הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא מַֽחֲנָֽיִם
And Jacob said when he saw them: ‘This is God’s camp.’ And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 46,547Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשָׁב יוֹסֵף מִצְרַיְמָה הוּא וְאֶחָיו וְכָל־הָעֹלִים אִתּוֹ לִקְבֹּר אֶת־אָבִיו אַחֲרֵי קָבְרוֹ אֶת־אָבִֽיו
And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 77,402Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 917Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־נָא יִחַר לַֽאדֹנָי וַאֲדַבֵּרָה אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֶֽעֱשֶׂה אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם שְׁלֹשִֽׁים
And he said: ‘Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not do it, if I find thirty there.’
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 21,986Open in the laboratory →
אָנֹכִי אֵרֵד עִמְּךָ מִצְרַיְמָה וְאָנֹכִי אַֽעַלְךָ גַם־עָלֹה וְיוֹסֵף יָשִׁית יָדוֹ עַל־עֵינֶֽיךָ
I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.’
skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 70,451Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
8,357 sequences of ויליאם at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8,289 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 560
- Exodus 299
- Leviticus 167
- Numbers 337
- Deuteronomy 285
- Joshua 235
- Judges 356
- Samuel 900
- Kings 822
- Isaiah 453
- Jeremiah 647
- Ezekiel 426
- The Twelve 424
- Psalms 562
- Proverbs 126
- Job 244
- Song of Songs 31
- Ruth 48
- Lamentations 39
- Ecclesiastes 63
- Esther 77
- Daniel 180
- Ezra–Nehemiah 288
- Chronicles 788
Outside the Torah
וּמַתַּנְיָה בֶן־מִיכָה בֶּן־זַבְדִּי בֶן־אָסָף רֹאשׁ הַתְּחִלָּה יְהוֹדֶה לַתְּפִלָּה וּבַקְבֻּקְיָה מִשְׁנֶה מֵאֶחָיו וְעַבְדָּא בֶּן־שַׁמּוּעַ בֶּן־גָּלָל בֶּן־ידיתון
and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,092,609Open in the laboratory →
וּמִן־רְבוּתָא דִּי יְהַב־לֵהּ כֹּל עַֽמְמַיָּא אֻמַיָּא וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא הֲווֹ זאעין וְדָחֲלִין מִן־קֳדָמוֹהִי דִּֽי־הֲוָה צָבֵא הֲוָא קָטֵל וְדִֽי־הֲוָה צָבֵא הֲוָה מַחֵא וְדִֽי־הֲוָה צָבֵא הֲוָה מָרִים וְדִֽי־הֲוָה צָבֵא הֲוָה מַשְׁפִּֽיל
and because of the greatness that He gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,046,207Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִּי־יָשַׁב הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּבֵיתוֹ וַיהוָה הֵנִֽיחַ־לוֹ מִסָּבִיב מִכָּל־אֹיְבָֽיו
And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 444,626Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ויליאם שייקספיר — the name in Hebrew letters: English playwright and poet (1564–1616). Searched as ויליאם, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 97.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- שייקספיר — the name in Hebrew letters found 0 in the Torah (chance 0.014)
Questions
Does William Shakespeare appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 1,617 sequences of ויליאם at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,621).
What is the shortest skip for William Shakespeare in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 32:3 — the shortest of 1,617 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,621.
What is the gematria of William Shakespeare in Hebrew?
William Shakespeare is spelled ויליאם שייקספיר — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 97; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is William Shakespeare found in the whole Tanakh?
8,357 sequences of ויליאם at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8,289 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,621 here) beside the count.