Yissachar (Issachar · יששכר)
Yissachar (Issachar · יששכר) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,772 sequences of Yissachar (Issachar), the shortest at skip 5 (Genesis 17:19); chance alone would give about 1,864.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,772
- Chance alone
- 1,864
- P (≥ found)
- 0.98
- Shortest skip
- 5
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, יששכר appears 1,772 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,864, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 5 — the first at Genesis 17:19, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 14,394 sequences of יששכר, against about 14,690 from chance alone.
- Genesis 387
- Exodus 402
- Leviticus 233
- Numbers 365
- Deuteronomy 385
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֲבָל שָׂרָה אִשְׁתְּךָ יֹלֶדֶת לְךָ בֵּן וְקָרָאתָ אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יִצְחָק וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתּוֹ לִבְרִית עוֹלָם לְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָֽיו
And God said: ‘‘Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,075Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וּלְאֶלְעָזָר וּלְאִֽיתָמָר בָּנָיו רָֽאשֵׁיכֶם אַל־תִּפְרָעוּ וּבִגְדֵיכֶם לֹֽא־תִפְרֹמוּ וְלֹא תָמֻתוּ וְעַל כָּל־הָעֵדָה יִקְצֹף וַאֲחֵיכֶם כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יִבְכּוּ אֶת־הַשְּׂרֵפָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂרַף יְהוָֽה
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons: ‘Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes, that ye die not, and that He be not wroth with all the congregation; but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 154,569Open in the laboratory →
לֹא־יִקְשֶׁה בְעֵינֶךָ בְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ אֹתוֹ חָפְשִׁי מֵֽעִמָּךְ כִּי מִשְׁנֶה שְׂכַר שָׂכִיר עֲבָֽדְךָ שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים וּבֵֽרַכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶֽׂה
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years; and the LORD thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 276,267Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־תִשְׁמַע בְּאַחַת עָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לָשֶׁבֶת שָׁם לֵאמֹֽר
If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying:
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 273,438Open in the laboratory →
וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשֽׂוּ
And ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days; in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 176,511Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, יששכר appears 7,263 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 7,285, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 387
- Exodus 402
- Leviticus 233
- Numbers 365
- Deuteronomy 411
- Joshua 272
- Judges 210
- Samuel 588
- Kings 775
- Isaiah 436
- Jeremiah 457
- Ezekiel 357
- The Twelve 321
- Psalms 483
- Proverbs 199
- Job 205
- Song of Songs 27
- Ruth 33
- Lamentations 44
- Ecclesiastes 97
- Esther 109
- Daniel 110
- Ezra–Nehemiah 206
- Chronicles 536
Outside the Torah
וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּן וְהִנֵּה כָל־הַדֶּרֶךְ מְלֵאָה בְגָדִים וְכֵלִים אֲשֶׁר־הִשְׁלִיכוּ אֲרָם בהחפזם וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיַּגִּדוּ לַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And they went after them unto the Jordan; and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Arameans had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 540,281Open in the laboratory →
וַהֲקִימוֹתִי אֵת כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּתֶךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר כָּרַתִּי לְדָוִיד אָבִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־יִכָּרֵת לְךָ אִישׁ מוֹשֵׁל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying: There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,152,033Open in the laboratory →
וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַֽחֲמִישִׁי בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הִיא שְׁנַת תְּשַֽׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל בָּא נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן רַב־טַבָּחִים עָמַד לִפְנֵי מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 725,820Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יששכר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Issachar. Searched as יששכר, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 830.
As a plain word it stands 32 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 30:18. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Issachar.
Questions
Is Yissachar (Issachar) in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, יששכר appears 1,772 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,864, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Yissachar (Issachar) in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading forward from Genesis 17:19 — the shortest of 1,772 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,864.
How is Yissachar (Issachar) spelled in Hebrew?
Yissachar is spelled יששכר — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 830.
Is Yissachar (Issachar) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, יששכר appears 7,263 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 7,285, 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 1,864 here) beside the count.