Sallai סלוא
Sallai (סלוא) is a person named in the Tanakh — Sallu, Sallai. In the Torah codes, Sallai is found 11,203 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 13:11) — about what chance alone gives (about 11,245).
- Found in the Torah
- 11,203
- Chance alone
- 11,245
- P (≥ found)
- 0.65
- Shortest skip
- 2
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, סלוא appears 11,203 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 11,245, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which סלוא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 13:11, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), סלוא is found 115,066 times; chance alone would give about 117,166.
- Genesis 3,158
- Exodus 1,984
- Leviticus 1,467
- Numbers 2,931
- Deuteronomy 1,663
The shortest skips
וּסְקַלְתּוֹ בָאֲבָנִים וָמֵת כִּי בִקֵּשׁ לְהַדִּֽיחֲךָ מֵעַל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִֽים
And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to draw thee away from the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 273,312Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם מַסָּה וּמְרִיבָה עַל־רִיב בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל נַסֹּתָם אֶת־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר הֲיֵשׁ יְהוָה בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ אִם־אָֽיִן
And the name of the place was called Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tried the LORD, saying: ‘Is the LORD among us, or not?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 103,629Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עֲשֵׂה לְךָ שָׂרָף וְשִׂים אֹתוֹ עַל־נֵס וְהָיָה כָּל־הַנָּשׁוּךְ וְרָאָה אֹתוֹ וָחָֽי
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 223,923Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא־תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ פֶסֶל כָּל־תְּמוּנָה אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל וַאֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת וַאֲשֶׁר בַּמַּיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָֽרֶץ
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, even any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 259,811Open in the laboratory →
וַיְסַפֵּר אֶל־אָבִיו וְאֶל־אֶחָיו וַיִּגְעַר־בּוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתָּ הֲבוֹא נָבוֹא אֲנִי וְאִמְּךָ וְאַחֶיךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְךָ אָֽרְצָה
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him: ‘What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down to thee to the earth?’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 54,586Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, סלוא appears 46,753 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 48,428, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 3,158
- Exodus 1,984
- Leviticus 1,467
- Numbers 2,931
- Deuteronomy 1,796
- Joshua 958
- Judges 1,901
- Samuel 3,212
- Kings 4,585
- Isaiah 3,189
- Jeremiah 3,014
- Ezekiel 2,359
- The Twelve 2,259
- Psalms 3,821
- Proverbs 1,251
- Job 1,360
- Song of Songs 170
- Ruth 45
- Lamentations 200
- Ecclesiastes 560
- Esther 829
- Daniel 1,044
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,391
- Chronicles 3,269
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אֱמָר־נָא שִׁבֹּלֶת וַיֹּאמֶר סִבֹּלֶת וְלֹא יָכִין לְדַבֵּר כֵּן וַיֹּאחֲזוּ אוֹתוֹ וַיִּשְׁחָטוּהוּ אֶל־מַעְבְּרוֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיִּפֹּל בָּעֵת הַהִיא מֵֽאֶפְרַיִם אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁנַיִם אָֽלֶף
then said they unto him: ‘Say now Shibboleth’; and he said ‘Sibboleth’; for he could not frame to pronounce it right; then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 367,279Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹאוּ שְׁנֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּעַל וַיֵּשְׁבוּ נֶגְדּוֹ וַיְעִדֻהוּ אַנְשֵׁי הַבְּלִיַּעַל אֶת־נָבוֹת נֶגֶד הָעָם לֵאמֹר בֵּרַךְ נָבוֹת אֱלֹהִים וָמֶלֶךְ וַיֹּצִאֻהוּ מִחוּץ לָעִיר וַיִּסְקְלֻהוּ בָאֲבָנִים וַיָּמֹֽת
And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him; and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying: ‘Naboth did curse God and the king.’ Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 523,702Open in the laboratory →
זֶה דַרְכָּם כֵּסֶל לָמוֹ וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצוּ סֶֽלָה
This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 883,297Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
סלוא — the Tanakh's own spelling: Sallu, Sallai. Searched as סלוא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 97.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 25:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Sallai in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, סלוא appears 11,203 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 11,245, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Sallai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 13:11 — the shortest of 11,203 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 11,245.
What is the gematria of Sallai in Hebrew?
Sallai is spelled סלוא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 97.
How many times is Sallai found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, סלוא appears 46,753 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 48,428, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 11,245 here) beside the count.