Ladder סלם

Ladder — in Hebrew סלם — ladder; Jacob's ladder. Counted across every skip (2–152,424), the Torah holds 1,611,931 sequences of Ladder, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 30:24); chance alone would give about 1,627,004.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 1,611,931
Chance alone · every skip: 1,627,004
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 152,275

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 104,821 found · chance alone about 104,971 (probability of 104,821 or more by chance alone: 0.68).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 1,611,931 sequences of סלם across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,627,004).

The shortest skip at which סלם appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 30:24, reading forward.

The longest skip at which סלם was found in the Torah is 152,275 — at Deuteronomy 34:7, reading backward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.

A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,627,004 of it, so a large count is expected.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 380,537
Exodus 322,510
Leviticus 209,901
Numbers 441,007
Deuteronomy 257,976

Examples across the range

5 of the 1,611,931 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.

shortest skipGenesis 30:24בראשית ל:כדskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ס ל מGenesis 30:24
  וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יוֹסֵף לֵאמֹר יֹסֵף יְהוָה לִי בֵּן אַחֵֽר
  And she called his name Joseph, saying: ‘The LORD add to me another son.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 42,522 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipGenesis 47:5בראשית מז:הskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ס ל מGenesis 47:5
  וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף לֵאמֹר אָבִיךָ וְאַחֶיךָ בָּאוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ
  And Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph, saying: ‘Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 72,160 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 19:5שמות יט:הskip 100, forward
1. סExodus 19:5
  … וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־בְּרִיתִי וִהְיִיתֶם לִי סְגֻלָּה מִכָּל־הָעַמִּים כִּי־לִי כָּל …
  Now therefore, if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be Mine own treasure from among all peoples; for all the earth is Mine;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. לExodus 19:7
  וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה וַיִּקְרָא לְזִקְנֵי הָעָם וַיָּשֶׂם לִפְנֵיהֶם אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּהוּ יְהוָֽה
  And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.
2. מExodus 19:9
  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי בָּא אֵלֶיךָ בְּעַב …
  And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever.’ And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
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 105,877 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 11:6ויקרא יא:וskip 1,000, forward
1. סLeviticus 11:6
  וְאֶת־הָאַרְנֶבֶת כִּֽי־מַעֲלַת גֵּרָה הִוא וּפַרְסָה לֹא הִפְרִיסָה טְמֵאָה הִוא לָכֶֽם
  And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. לLeviticus 11:30
  וְהָאֲנָקָה וְהַכֹּחַ וְהַלְּטָאָה וְהַחֹמֶט וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת
  and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.
2. םLeviticus 12:3
  וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי יִמּוֹל בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתֽוֹ
  And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
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 155,673 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 34:7דברים לד:זskip 152,275, backward
1. סDeuteronomy 34:7
  וּמֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה בְּמֹתוֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָה עֵינוֹ וְלֹא־נָס לֵחֹֽה
  And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. לLeviticus 8:26
  … שֶׁמֶן אַחַת וְרָקִיק אֶחָד וַיָּשֶׂם עַל־הַחֲלָבִים וְעַל שׁוֹק הַיָּמִֽין
  And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and upon the right thigh.
2. םGenesis 1:1
  בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 152,275, width 152,275 — one row is 152,275 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 304,564 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,275 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

27,801,847 sequences of סלם across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 27,858,751 that chance alone would produce.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 461,056 found · chance alone about 463,425 (probability of 461,056 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 1,632,902
Exodus 1,374,392
Leviticus 874,466
Numbers 1,820,461
Deuteronomy 1,044,683
Joshua 590,372
Judges 962,966
Samuel 1,303,076
Kings 2,411,686
Isaiah 1,990,216
Jeremiah 1,652,873
Ezekiel 1,507,097
The Twelve 1,485,791
Psalms 2,774,216
Proverbs 1,041,215
Job 790,027
Song of Songs 129,202
Ruth 32,668
Lamentations 132,166
Ecclesiastes 349,724
Esther 513,393
Daniel 552,676
Ezra–Nehemiah 899,524
Chronicles 1,936,055

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJudges 3:19שופטים ג:יטskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ס ל םJudges 3:19
  וְהוּא שָׁב מִן־הַפְּסִילִים אֲשֶׁר אֶת־הַגִּלְגָּל וַיֹּאמֶר דְּבַר …
  But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said: ‘I have a secret errand unto thee, O king.’ And he said: ‘Keep silence.’ And all that stood by him went out from him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 349,292 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skip1 Samuel 8:7שמואל א ח:זskip 100, forward
1. ס1 Samuel 8:7
  … לֹא אֹֽתְךָ מָאָסוּ כִּֽי־אֹתִי מָאֲסוּ מִמְּלֹךְ עֲלֵיהֶֽם
  And the LORD said unto Samuel: ‘Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me, that I should not be king over them.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. ל1 Samuel 8:9
  וְעַתָּה שְׁמַע בְּקוֹלָם אַךְ כִּֽי־הָעֵד תָּעִיד בָּהֶם …
  Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt earnestly forewarn them, and shalt declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.’
2. מ1 Samuel 8:11
  וַיֹּאמֶר זֶה יִֽהְיֶה מִשְׁפַּט הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יִמְלֹךְ עֲלֵיכֶם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם …
  And he said: ‘This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots.
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 393,943 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:22דברי הימים ב לו:כבskip 598,397, backward
1. ס2 Chronicles 36:22
  וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר־יְהוָה בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ …
  Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. לIsaiah 25:2
  כִּי שַׂמְתָּ מֵעִיר לַגָּל קִרְיָה בְצוּרָה לְמַפֵּלָה אַרְמוֹן זָרִים מֵעִיר לְעוֹלָם לֹא יִבָּנֶֽה
  For Thou hast made of a city a heap, Of a fortified city a ruin; A castle of strangers to be no city, It shall never be built. .
2. מGenesis 1:2
  וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
  Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 598,397, width 598,397 — one row is 598,397 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,861 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,397 in the laboratory →

The spelling

סלם — the Tanakh's own spelling: ladder; Jacob's ladder. Searched as סלם, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 130.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 28:12. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

סולם — the Tanakh's own spelling Torah · every skip: 106,084 (chance 108,637)

“ladder” in Hebrew

Questions

Does Ladder appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 1,611,931 sequences of סלם across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,627,004).

What is the shortest skip for Ladder in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 30:24 — the shortest of 1,611,931 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 1,627,004.

What is the gematria of Ladder in Hebrew?

Ladder is spelled סלם — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 130; one other spelling is counted on this page.

How many times is Ladder found in the whole Tanakh?