Woman אשה
Woman — in Hebrew אשה — woman, wife. Woman appears 1,237,640 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,252,792 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,237,640
- Chance alone
- 1,252,792
- 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
At skips 2–5,000, אשה appears 1,237,640 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,252,792, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which אשה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:3, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אשה is found 20,092,176 times; chance alone would give about 19,417,741.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,252,792 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 275,404
- Exodus 271,269
- Leviticus 212,789
- Numbers 257,368
- Deuteronomy 220,810
The shortest skips
וַֽיְחִי אָדָם שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בִּדְמוּתוֹ כְּצַלְמוֹ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵֽׁת
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,523Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽהְיוּ יְמֵי־אָדָם אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שֵׁת שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,586Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁת חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־אֱנֽוֹשׁ
And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,661Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־יֶרֶד שְׁתַּיִם וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־חֲנֽוֹךְ
And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,178Open in the laboratory →
וַיְחִי מְתוּשֶׁלַח שֶׁבַע וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,470Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, אשה appears 3,974,092 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 3,945,173 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,974,092 or more by chance alone is 3.3 × 10⁻⁴⁸.
- Genesis 275,404
- Exodus 271,269
- Leviticus 212,789
- Numbers 257,368
- Deuteronomy 232,040
- Joshua 139,741
- Judges 137,096
- Samuel 354,248
- Kings 403,994
- Isaiah 167,884
- Jeremiah 289,926
- Ezekiel 233,512
- The Twelve 178,604
- Psalms 139,331
- Proverbs 42,550
- Job 57,008
- Song of Songs 9,893
- Ruth 15,609
- Lamentations 13,636
- Ecclesiastes 37,235
- Esther 38,962
- Daniel 60,024
- Ezra–Nehemiah 110,599
- Chronicles 295,370
Outside the Torah
וְזֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־מָל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כָּל־הָעָם הַיֹּצֵא מִמִּצְרַיִם הַזְּכָרִים כֹּל אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה מֵתוּ בַמִּדְבָּר בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּצֵאתָם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,610Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה הָלְכוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר עַד־תֹּם כָּל־הַגּוֹי אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה הַיֹּצְאִים מִמִּצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לָהֶם לְבִלְתִּי הַרְאוֹתָם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַֽאֲבוֹתָם לָתֶת לָנוּ אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָֽשׁ
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD; unto whom the LORD swore that He would not let them see the land which the LORD swore unto their fathers that He would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,738Open in the laboratory →
וְסַבֹּתֶם אֶת־הָעִיר כֹּל אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה הַקֵּיף אֶת־הָעִיר פַּעַם אֶחָת כֹּה תַעֲשֶׂה שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִֽים
And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,535Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אשה — the Tanakh's own spelling: woman, wife. Searched as אשה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 306.
As a plain word it stands 192 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 2:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- אישה — the Tanakh's own spelling found 125,688 in the Torah (chance 128,599)
Questions
Is Woman in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אשה appears 1,237,640 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,252,792, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Woman in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:3 — the shortest of 1,237,640 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,252,792.
What is the gematria of Woman in Hebrew?
Woman is spelled אשה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 306; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Woman found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, אשה appears 3,974,092 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 3,945,173 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,974,092 or more by chance alone is 3.3 × 10⁻⁴⁸.
Search it yourself
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