Salah שלח
Salah (שלח) is a person named in the Tanakh — Shelah. In the Torah codes, Salah is found 261,011 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 2:22) — 2.0% above the 255,894 chance alone would give (probability of 261,011 or more by chance alone: 3.3 × 10⁻²⁴).
- Found in the Torah
- 261,011
- Chance alone
- 255,894
- P (≥ found)
- 3.3 × 10⁻²⁴
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 261,011 sequences of שלח at skips 2–5,000, 2.0% above what chance alone gives (about 255,894); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.3 × 10⁻²⁴ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:22, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 3,924,994 sequences of שלח, against about 3,966,243 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 255,894 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 55,131
- Exodus 58,251
- Leviticus 39,575
- Numbers 71,368
- Deuteronomy 36,686
The shortest skips
וַיִּבֶן יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶֽת־הַצֵּלָע אֲשֶׁר־לָקַח מִן־הָֽאָדָם לְאִשָּׁה וַיְבִאֶהָ אֶל־הָֽאָדָֽם
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,747Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִגַּן־עֵדֶן לַֽעֲבֹד אֶת־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר לֻקַּח מִשָּֽׁם
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,139Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ בַּחֲלוֹם הַלָּיְלָה וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הִנְּךָ מֵת עַל־הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־לָקַחְתָּ וְהִוא בְּעֻלַת בָּֽעַל
But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him: ‘Behold, thou shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,471Open in the laboratory →
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲשֶׁר לְקָחַנִי מִבֵּית אָבִי וּמֵאֶרֶץ מֽוֹלַדְתִּי וַאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־לִי וַאֲשֶׁר נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־לִי לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הוּא יִשְׁלַח מַלְאָכוֹ לְפָנֶיךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִשָּֽׁם
The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying: Unto thy seed will I give this land; He will send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,661Open in the laboratory →
עֵשָׂו לָקַח אֶת־נָשָׁיו מִבְּנוֹת כְּנָעַן אֶת־עָדָה בַּת־אֵילוֹן הַֽחִתִּי וְאֶת־אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה בַּת־עֲנָה בַּת־צִבְעוֹן הַֽחִוִּֽי
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 52,221Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 988,745 sequences of שלח at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 985,444); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00045 by chance alone.
- Genesis 55,131
- Exodus 58,251
- Leviticus 39,575
- Numbers 71,368
- Deuteronomy 38,131
- Joshua 34,107
- Judges 31,774
- Samuel 81,107
- Kings 89,743
- Isaiah 48,884
- Jeremiah 50,569
- Ezekiel 53,008
- The Twelve 34,312
- Psalms 64,379
- Proverbs 27,378
- Job 30,058
- Song of Songs 4,398
- Ruth 4,736
- Lamentations 5,048
- Ecclesiastes 13,003
- Esther 12,190
- Daniel 17,336
- Ezra–Nehemiah 33,586
- Chronicles 90,673
Outside the Torah
וְאֵת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה הָֽאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר לָקְחוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן הֵקִים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּגִּלְגָּֽל
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,066Open in the laboratory →
בָּעֵת הַהִיא אָמַר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ עֲשֵׂה לְךָ חַֽרְבוֹת צֻרִים וְשׁוּב מֹל אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שֵׁנִֽית
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua: ‘Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,491Open in the laboratory →
קֻם קַדֵּשׁ אֶת־הָעָם וְאָמַרְתָּ הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ לְמָחָר כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל חֵרֶם בְּקִרְבְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא תוּכַל לָקוּם לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֶיךָ עַד־הֲסִירְכֶם הַחֵרֶם מִֽקִּרְבְּכֶֽם
Up, sanctify the people, and say: Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow; for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: There is a curse in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,233Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שלח — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shelah. Searched as שלח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 338.
As a plain word it stands 144 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 8:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shiloah.
Other spellings
- סלאח — the name in Hebrew letters found 2,756 in the Torah (chance 2,648)
Questions
Does Salah appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 261,011 sequences of שלח at skips 2–5,000, 2.0% above what chance alone gives (about 255,894); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.3 × 10⁻²⁴ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Salah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:22 — the shortest of 261,011 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 255,894.
How is Salah spelled in Hebrew?
Salah is spelled שלח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 338; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Salah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 988,745 sequences of שלח at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 985,444); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00045 by chance alone.
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