Peace שלום
Peace — in Hebrew שלום — peace, wholeness, well-being. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 88,226 sequences of Peace, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 11:4); chance alone would give about 88,703.
- Found in the Torah
- 88,226
- Chance alone
- 88,703
- P (≥ found)
- 0.95
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
88,226 sequences of שלום at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 88,703 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which שלום appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 11:4, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שלום is found 905,582 times; chance alone would give about 924,271.
- Genesis 19,227
- Exodus 19,725
- Leviticus 12,625
- Numbers 22,124
- Deuteronomy 14,525
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָבָה נִבְנֶה־לָּנוּ עִיר וּמִגְדָּל וְרֹאשׁוֹ בַשָּׁמַיִם וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּנוּ שֵׁם פֶּן־נָפוּץ עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And they said: ‘Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 12,864Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּמָת שַׂמְלָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו שָׁאוּל מֵרְחֹבוֹת הַנָּהָֽר
And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,762Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁאֲלָה אִשָּׁה מִשְּׁכֶנְתָּהּ וּמִגָּרַת בֵּיתָהּ כְּלֵי־כֶסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב וּשְׂמָלֹת וְשַׂמְתֶּם עַל־בְּנֵיכֶם וְעַל־בְּנֹתֵיכֶם וְנִצַּלְתֶּם אֶת־מִצְרָֽיִם
but every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment; and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 81,818Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפֶן פַּרְעֹה וַיָּבֹא אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא־שָׁת לִבּוֹ גַּם־לָזֹֽאת
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 87,647Open in the laboratory →
אִם־זָרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עָלָיו דָּמִים לוֹ שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם אִם־אֵין לוֹ וְנִמְכַּר בִּגְנֵבָתֽוֹ
If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him—he shall make restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,761Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
380,541 sequences of שלום at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 381,661 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 19,227
- Exodus 19,725
- Leviticus 12,625
- Numbers 22,124
- Deuteronomy 15,581
- Joshua 12,868
- Judges 13,676
- Samuel 37,098
- Kings 34,097
- Isaiah 19,412
- Jeremiah 25,167
- Ezekiel 20,023
- The Twelve 16,190
- Psalms 22,776
- Proverbs 7,650
- Job 8,836
- Song of Songs 1,388
- Ruth 1,541
- Lamentations 1,622
- Ecclesiastes 4,135
- Esther 5,039
- Daniel 5,954
- Ezra–Nehemiah 13,775
- Chronicles 40,012
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ עֲמֹד פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וְהָיָה אִם־אִישׁ יָבוֹא וּשְׁאֵלֵךְ וְאָמַר הֲיֵֽשׁ־פֹּה אִישׁ וְאָמַרְתְּ אָֽיִן
And he said unto her: ‘Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say: Is there any man here? that thou shalt say: No.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 351,349Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצְאוּ שָׂרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיְהִי מִדֵּי צֵאתָם שָׂכַל דָּוִד מִכֹּל עַבְדֵי שָׁאוּל וַיִּיקַר שְׁמוֹ מְאֹֽד
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David prospered more than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 414,499Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן יְהוֹנָתָן אֶת־שָׁאוּל נִשְׁאֹל נִשְׁאַל דָּוִד מֵעִמָּדִי עַד־בֵּית לָֽחֶם
And Jonathan answered Saul: ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 417,714Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שלום — the Tanakh's own spelling: peace, wholeness, well-being. Searched as שלום, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 376.
As a plain word it stands 135 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 29:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shallum.
Questions
Is Peace in the Bible code?
88,226 sequences of שלום at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 88,703 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Peace in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 11:4 — the shortest of 88,226 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 88,703.
What is the gematria of Peace in Hebrew?
Peace is spelled שלום — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 376.
How many times is Peace found in the whole Tanakh?
380,541 sequences of שלום at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 381,661 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 88,703 here) beside the count.