Yishmael (Ishmael · ישמעאל)
Yishmael (Ishmael · ישמעאל) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Yishmael (Ishmael) is found 280 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 11 (Numbers 20:7) — about what chance alone gives (about 295).
- Found in the Torah
- 280
- Chance alone
- 295
- P (≥ found)
- 0.82
- Shortest skip
- 11
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
280 sequences of ישמעאל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 295 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which ישמעאל appears in the Torah is 11 — the first at Numbers 20:7, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), ישמעאל is found 1,867 times; chance alone would give about 1,877.
- Genesis 61
- Exodus 61
- Leviticus 34
- Numbers 88
- Deuteronomy 36
The shortest skips
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 222,216Open in the laboratory →
וְיָדַעְתָּ הַיּוֹם וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ אֶל־לְבָבֶךָ כִּי יְהוָה הוּא הָֽאֱלֹהִים בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל וְעַל־הָאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת אֵין עֽוֹד
know this day, and lay it to thy heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
skip 56, width 56 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 258,842Open in the laboratory →
וּמִבֶּן חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה יָשׁוּב מִצְּבָא הָעֲבֹדָה וְלֹא יַעֲבֹד עֽוֹד
and from the age of fifty years they shall return from the service of the work, and shall serve no more;
skip 88, width 88 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 203,726Open in the laboratory →
וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ אֹתָם וְהָיוּ קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים כָּל־הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּהֶם יִקְדָּֽשׁ
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
skip 102, width 102 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 124,433Open in the laboratory →
וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵי־כֶסֶף תַּעֲשֶׂה תַּחַת עֶשְׂרִים הַקָּרֶשׁ שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָיו וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָֽיו
And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons;
skip 105, width 105 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 116,269Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,177 sequences of ישמעאל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,210 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 61
- Exodus 61
- Leviticus 34
- Numbers 88
- Deuteronomy 42
- Joshua 39
- Judges 44
- Samuel 103
- Kings 139
- Isaiah 56
- Jeremiah 95
- Ezekiel 60
- The Twelve 45
- Psalms 66
- Proverbs 13
- Job 41
- Song of Songs 4
- Ruth 5
- Lamentations 2
- Ecclesiastes 13
- Esther 12
- Daniel 15
- Ezra–Nehemiah 36
- Chronicles 103
Outside the Torah
אָמַר נָבָל בְּלִבּוֹ אֵין אֱלֹהִים הִֽשְׁחִיתוּ וְהִֽתְעִיבוּ עָוֶל אֵין עֹֽשֵׂה־טֽוֹב
The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; They have dealt corruptly, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 885,292Open in the laboratory →
כֻּלּוֹ סָג יַחְדָּו נֶאֱלָחוּ אֵין עֹֽשֵׂה־טוֹב אֵין גַּם־אֶחָֽד
Every one of them is unclean, they are together become impure; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 885,358Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ
And thou hast said: ‘My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in Thine eyes.’
skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 972,036Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ישמעאל — the Tanakh's own spelling: Ishmael. Searched as ישמעאל, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 451.
As a plain word it stands 37 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 16:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Ishmael.
Questions
Is Yishmael (Ishmael) in the Torah codes?
280 sequences of ישמעאל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 295 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Yishmael (Ishmael) in the Torah?
Skip 11, reading forward from Numbers 20:7 — the shortest of 280 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 295.
What is the gematria of Yishmael (Ishmael) in Hebrew?
Yishmael is spelled ישמעאל — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 451.
How many times is Yishmael (Ishmael) found in the whole Tanakh?
1,177 sequences of ישמעאל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,210 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 295 here) beside the count.