Yehoshua יהושע
Yehoshua (יהושע) is a person named in the Tanakh — Joshua. Yehoshua appears 42,058 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), in line with the 41,847 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 42,058
- Chance alone · every skip
- 41,847
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.15
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 75,882
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 5,159 found · chance alone about 5,310 (probability of 5,159 or more by chance alone: 0.98).
In the Torah
42,058 sequences of יהושע across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 41,847 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which יהושע appears in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 28:21, reading backward.
The longest skip at which יהושע was found in the Torah is 75,882 — at Genesis 1:13, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 11,088
- Exodus 9,370
- Leviticus 5,799
- Numbers 8,336
- Deuteronomy 7,465
Examples across the range
5 of the 42,058 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- י ה ו ש עExodus 28:21
… עַל־שְׁמֹתָם פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם אִישׁ עַל־שְׁמוֹ תִּֽהְיֶיןָ לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר שָֽׁבֶט …
And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 119,320 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ה ו ש עExodus 28:21
Letter by letter
- י ה ו ש עDeuteronomy 4:3
… הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי בַֽעַל־פְּעוֹר הִשְׁמִידוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 256,528 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- י ה ו ש עDeuteronomy 4:3
- יLeviticus 27:10
… בְּהֵמָה בִּבְהֵמָה וְהָֽיָה־הוּא וּתְמוּרָתוֹ יִֽהְיֶה־קֹּֽדֶשׁ
He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- הLeviticus 27:12
וְהֶעֱרִיךְ הַכֹּהֵן אֹתָהּ בֵּין טוֹב וּבֵין רָע כְּעֶרְכְּךָ הַכֹּהֵן כֵּן יִהְיֶֽה
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be.
- וLeviticus 27:15
וְאִם־הַמַּקְדִּישׁ יִגְאַל אֶת־בֵּיתוֹ וְיָסַף חֲמִישִׁית כֶּֽסֶף־עֶרְכְּךָ עָלָיו וְהָיָה לֽוֹ
And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be his.
- שLeviticus 27:16
… לְפִי זַרְעוֹ זֶרַע חֹמֶר שְׂעֹרִים בַּחֲמִשִּׁים שֶׁקֶל כָּֽסֶף
And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD part of the field of his possession, then thy valuation shall be according to the sowing thereof; the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
- עLeviticus 27:18
… הַשָּׁנִים הַנּוֹתָרֹת עַד שְׁנַת הַיֹּבֵל וְנִגְרַע מֵֽעֶרְכֶּֽךָ
But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee, and an abatement shall be made from thy valuation.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 185,233 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יLeviticus 27:10
- יDeuteronomy 8:18
… אֶת־בְּרִיתוֹ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God, for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- הDeuteronomy 9:11
… אֶת־שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָאֲבָנִים לֻחוֹת הַבְּרִֽית
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
- וDeuteronomy 9:28
פֶּן־יֹאמְרוּ הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתָנוּ מִשָּׁם מִבְּלִי …
lest the land whence Thou broughtest us out say: Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which He promised unto them, and because He hated them, He hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
- שDeuteronomy 10:15
רַק בַּאֲבֹתֶיךָ חָשַׁק יְהוָה לְאַהֲבָה אוֹתָם וַיִּבְחַר בְּזַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם בָּכֶם מִכָּל־הָעַמִּים כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you, above all peoples, as it is this day.
- עDeuteronomy 11:10
… הִוא אֲשֶׁר יְצָאתֶם מִשָּׁם אֲשֶׁר תִּזְרַע אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ וְהִשְׁקִיתָ בְרַגְלְךָ כְּגַן …
For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou didst sow thy seed, and didst water it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 265,190 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- יDeuteronomy 8:18
- יGenesis 1:13
וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִֽׁי
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- הGenesis 49:30
… פְּנֵי־מַמְרֵא בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן אֲשֶׁר קָנָה אַבְרָהָם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה מֵאֵת עֶפְרֹן …
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.
- וLeviticus 8:28
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֹתָם מֵעַל כַּפֵּיהֶם וַיַּקְטֵר …
And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- שNumbers 23:13
… נָּא אִתִּי אֶל־מָקוֹם אַחֵר אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶנּוּ מִשָּׁם אֶפֶס קָצֵהוּ תִרְאֶה …
And Balak said unto him: ‘Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.’
- עDeuteronomy 33:28
וַיִּשְׁכֹּן יִשְׂרָאֵל בֶּטַח בָּדָד עֵין יַעֲקֹב אֶל־אֶרֶץ דָּגָן וְתִירוֹשׁ אַף־שָׁמָיו יַֽעַרְפוּ טָֽל
And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of corn and wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.
skip 75,882, width 75,882 — one row is 75,882 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 591 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,882 in the laboratory →
- יGenesis 1:13
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–299,260), יהושע appears 685,155 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 692,521, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 22,852 found · chance alone about 22,943 (probability of 22,852 or more by chance alone: 0.73).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 48,132
- Exodus 35,795
- Leviticus 21,631
- Numbers 32,713
- Deuteronomy 28,948
- Joshua 22,250
- Judges 24,883
- Samuel 54,671
- Kings 59,117
- Isaiah 41,730
- Jeremiah 51,514
- Ezekiel 43,883
- The Twelve 34,339
- Psalms 48,407
- Proverbs 13,225
- Job 18,682
- Song of Songs 3,007
- Ruth 2,503
- Lamentations 3,395
- Ecclesiastes 5,156
- Esther 5,226
- Daniel 12,221
- Ezra–Nehemiah 20,288
- Chronicles 53,439
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- י ה ו ש עIsaiah 2:20
… הָאָדָם אֵת אֱלִילֵי כַסְפּוֹ וְאֵת אֱלִילֵי זְהָבוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָֽשׂוּ־לוֹ לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לַחְפֹּר פֵּרוֹת וְלָעֲטַלֵּפִֽים …
In that day a man shall cast away His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, Which they made for themselves to worship, To the moles and to the bats;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 577,954 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ה ו ש עIsaiah 2:20
- יJudges 13:23
וַתֹּאמֶר לוֹ אִשְׁתּוֹ לוּ חָפֵץ יְהוָה לַהֲמִיתֵנוּ לֹֽא־לָקַח מִיָּדֵנוּ עֹלָה …
But his wife said unto him: ‘If the LORD were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would He have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- הJudges 13:24
וַתֵּלֶד הָֽאִשָּׁה בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שִׁמְשׁוֹן וַיִּגְדַּל הַנַּעַר וַֽיְבָרְכֵהוּ יְהוָֽה
And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
- וJudges 14:2
וַיַּעַל וַיַּגֵּד לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אִשָּׁה רָאִיתִי בְתִמְנָתָה מִבְּנוֹת …
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said: ‘I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore get her for me to wife.’
- שJudges 14:3
… אִשָּׁה כִּֽי־אַתָּה הוֹלֵךְ לָקַחַת אִשָּׁה מִפְּלִשְׁתִּים הָעֲרֵלִים וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְשׁוֹן אֶל …
Then his father and his mother said unto him: ‘Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?’ And Samson said unto his father: ‘Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.’
- עJudges 14:4
… כִּי־תֹאֲנָה הֽוּא־מְבַקֵּשׁ מִפְּלִשְׁתִּים וּבָעֵת הַהִיא פְּלִשְׁתִּים מֹשְׁלִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 369,105 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יJudges 13:23
- י2 Chronicles 35:21
… לְךָ מֵאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר־עִמִּי וְאַל־יַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying: ‘What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath given command to speed me; forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that He destroy thee not.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- הPsalms 74:3
הָרִימָה פְעָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאוֹת נֶצַח כָּל־הֵרַע אוֹיֵב בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ
Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, Even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
- וIsaiah 24:22
וְאֻסְּפוּ אֲסֵפָה אַסִּיר עַל־בּוֹר וְסֻגְּרוּ עַל־מַסְגֵּר וּמֵרֹב יָמִים יִפָּקֵֽדוּ
And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, And shall be shut up in the prison, And after many days shall they be punished.
- שDeuteronomy 31:21
… אֹתוֹ רָעוֹת רַבּוֹת וְצָרוֹת וְעָנְתָה הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת לְפָנָיו לְעֵד כִּי לֹא …
then it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination how they do even now…
- עGenesis 1:29
… הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־כָּל־עֵשֶׂב זֹרֵעַ זֶרַע אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי …
And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food;
skip 298,397, width 298,397 — one row is 298,397 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,195,082 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,397 in the laboratory →
- י2 Chronicles 35:21
The spelling
יהושע — the Tanakh's own spelling: Joshua. Searched as יהושע, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 391.
As a plain word it stands 194 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 17:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Jehoshua.
Questions
Is Yehoshua in the Torah codes?
42,058 sequences of יהושע across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 41,847 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Yehoshua in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Exodus 28:21 — the shortest of 42,058 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 41,847.
What is the gematria of Yehoshua in Hebrew?
Yehoshua is spelled יהושע — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 391.
How many times is Yehoshua found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–299,260), יהושע appears 685,155 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 692,521, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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