Chicago שיקגו
Chicago — in Hebrew שיקגו — city in the United States. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 136 sequences of Chicago, the shortest at skip 54 (Deuteronomy 33:18); chance alone would give about 167.
- Found in the Torah
- 136
- Chance alone
- 167
- P (≥ found)
- 0.99
- Shortest skip
- 54
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, שיקגו appears 136 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 167, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which שיקגו appears in the Torah is 54 — the first at Deuteronomy 33:18, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), שיקגו is found 1,272 times; chance alone would give about 1,313.
- Genesis 51
- Exodus 19
- Leviticus 23
- Numbers 28
- Deuteronomy 15
The shortest skips
וְלִזְבוּלֻן אָמַר שְׂמַח זְבוּלֻן בְּצֵאתֶךָ וְיִשָּׂשכָר בְּאֹהָלֶֽיךָ
And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, And, Issachar, in thy tents.
skip 54, width 54 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 303,690Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּשְׁלַל הֶעָרִים בַּזּוֹנוּ לָֽנוּ
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.
skip 74, width 74 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 254,937Open in the laboratory →
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַכֶּבֶשׂ הָאֶחָד וְהִקְרִיב אֹתוֹ לְאָשָׁם וְאֶת־לֹג הַשָּׁמֶן וְהֵנִיף אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a guilt-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD.
skip 100, width 100 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 161,904Open in the laboratory →
אִם־יִתֶּן־לִי בָלָק מְלֹא בֵיתוֹ כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב לֹא אוּכַל לַעֲבֹר אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת טוֹבָה אוֹ רָעָה מִלִּבִּי אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֹתוֹ אֲדַבֵּֽר
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what the LORD speaketh, that will I speak?
skip 173, width 173 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 229,662Open in the laboratory →
וּבָא הַכֹּהֵן וְרָאָה וְהִנֵּה פָּשָׂה הַנֶּגַע בַּבָּיִת צָרַעַת מַמְאֶרֶת הִוא בַּבַּיִת טָמֵא הֽוּא
then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
skip 176, width 176 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 163,699Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 776 sequences of שיקגו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 824).
- Genesis 51
- Exodus 19
- Leviticus 23
- Numbers 28
- Deuteronomy 20
- Joshua 27
- Judges 35
- Samuel 74
- Kings 51
- Isaiah 88
- Jeremiah 38
- Ezekiel 43
- The Twelve 61
- Psalms 56
- Proverbs 24
- Job 28
- Song of Songs 6
- Ruth 8
- Lamentations 9
- Ecclesiastes 10
- Esther 7
- Daniel 16
- Ezra–Nehemiah 17
- Chronicles 37
Outside the Torah
וַיּוֹרֶד אֶת־הָעָם אֶל־הַמָּיִם וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־גִּדְעוֹן כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יָלֹק בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ מִן־הַמַּיִם כַּאֲשֶׁר יָלֹק הַכֶּלֶב תַּצִּיג אוֹתוֹ לְבָד וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִכְרַע עַל־בִּרְכָּיו לִשְׁתּֽוֹת
So he brought down the people unto the water; and the LORD said unto Gideon: ‘Everyone that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 356,147Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁאוּל וְיוֹנָתָן בְּנוֹ וְהָעָם הַנִּמְצָא עִמָּם יֹשְׁבִים בְּגֶבַע בִּנְיָמִן וּפְלִשְׁתִּים חָנוּ בְמִכְמָֽשׂ
And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeath-benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmas.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 402,020Open in the laboratory →
כְּפִירִים רָשׁוּ וְרָעֵבוּ וְדֹרְשֵׁי יְהוָה לֹא־יַחְסְרוּ כָל־טֽוֹב
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.
skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 874,282Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שיקגו — the name in Hebrew letters: city in the United States. Searched as שיקגו, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 419.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Chicago in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, שיקגו appears 136 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 167, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Chicago in the Torah?
Skip 54, reading backward from Deuteronomy 33:18 — the shortest of 136 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 167.
What is the gematria of Chicago in Hebrew?
Chicago is spelled שיקגו — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 419.
How many times is Chicago found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 776 sequences of שיקגו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 824).
Search it yourself
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