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שִׂדִּים Siddim

Every verse in which this name stands — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 354×3 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A valley in Palestine. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 14:3 and last at Genesis 14:10.

Genesis 14:3בראשית יד:ג

כָּל־אֵלֶּה חָֽבְרוּ אֶל־עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים הוּא יָם הַמֶּֽלַח

All these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim—the same is the Salt Sea.

Genesis 14:8בראשית יד:ח

וַיֵּצֵא מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם וּמֶלֶךְ עֲמֹרָה וּמֶלֶךְ אַדְמָה וּמֶלֶךְ צביים וּמֶלֶךְ בֶּלַע הִוא־צֹעַר וַיַּֽעַרְכוּ אִתָּם מִלְחָמָה בְּעֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּֽים

And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela—the same is Zoar; and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim;

Genesis 14:10בראשית יד:י

וְעֵמֶק הַשִׂדִּים בֶּֽאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר וַיָּנֻסוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה וַיִּפְּלוּ־שָׁמָּה וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִים הֶרָה נָּֽסוּ

Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Siddim?

Siddim — שדים in Hebrew — has a gematria of 354 in the standard method.

How many times is Siddim named in the Tanakh?

3 times, first at Genesis 14:3.

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