Biblical names

Salma שלמא

Salma (שלמא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 77,921 sequences of Salma, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 31:35); chance alone would give about 78,613.

Found in the Torah
77,921
Chance alone
78,613
P (≥ found)
0.99
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 77,921 sequences of שלמא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 78,613).

The shortest skip at which שלמא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 31:35, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שלמא is found 825,149 times; chance alone would give about 819,139.

  • Genesis 17,232
  • Exodus 16,608
  • Leviticus 11,277
  • Numbers 19,756
  • Deuteronomy 13,048

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 31:35בראשית לא:להskip 2, forward

    וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־אָבִיהָ אַל־יִחַר בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנִי כִּי לוֹא אוּכַל לָקוּם מִפָּנֶיךָ כִּי־דֶרֶךְ נָשִׁים לִי וַיְחַפֵּשׂ וְלֹא מָצָא אֶת־הַתְּרָפִֽים

    And she said to her father: ‘Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me.’ And he searched, but found not the teraphim.

    שלמא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 31:35ליויחפואצאתהתרפישלמא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 45,412Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 47:1בראשית מז:אskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבֹא יוֹסֵף וַיַּגֵּד לְפַרְעֹה וַיֹּאמֶר אָבִי וְאַחַי וְצֹאנָם וּבְקָרָם וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם בָּאוּ מֵאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְהִנָּם בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן

    Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said: ‘My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.’

    שלמא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 47:1רםוכלארהבומארץכנשלםא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 71,939Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 6:29שמות ו:כטskip 2, forward

    וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר אֲנִי יְהוָה דַּבֵּר אֶל־פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי דֹּבֵר אֵלֶֽיךָ

    that the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: ‘I am the LORD; speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee.’

    שלמא at skip 2, forward from Exodus 6:29קוקאלמהארנייקוקדשלמא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 86,252Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 15:9שמות טו:טskip 2, forward

    אָמַר אוֹיֵב אֶרְדֹּף אַשִּׂיג אֲחַלֵּק שָׁלָל תִּמְלָאֵמוֹ נַפְשִׁי אָרִיק חַרְבִּי תּוֹרִישֵׁמוֹ יָדִֽי

    The enemy said: ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’

    שלמא at skip 2, forward from Exodus 15:9יגאחלקלתלמונפשיאשלמא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 100,234Open in the laboratory →

  5. Leviticus 23:26ויקרא כג:כוskip 2, forward

    וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר

    And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

    שלמא at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 23:26קוקאלמהארךבעשורלשלמא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 177,515Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, שלמא appears 281,535 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 281,774, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 17,232
  • Exodus 16,608
  • Leviticus 11,277
  • Numbers 19,756
  • Deuteronomy 13,796
  • Joshua 8,519
  • Judges 10,587
  • Samuel 28,625
  • Kings 28,428
  • Isaiah 12,005
  • Jeremiah 19,298
  • Ezekiel 14,974
  • The Twelve 10,828
  • Psalms 12,794
  • Proverbs 4,380
  • Job 5,780
  • Song of Songs 929
  • Ruth 1,074
  • Lamentations 1,134
  • Ecclesiastes 3,050
  • Esther 4,098
  • Daniel 4,799
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 8,853
  • Chronicles 22,711

Outside the Torah

  1. Judges 13:6שופטים יג:וskip 2, forward

    וַתָּבֹא הָאִשָּׁה וַתֹּאמֶר לְאִישָׁהּ לֵאמֹר אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים בָּא אֵלַי וּמַרְאֵהוּ כְּמַרְאֵה מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים נוֹרָא מְאֹד וְלֹא שְׁאִלְתִּיהוּ אֵֽי־מִזֶּה הוּא וְאֶת־שְׁמוֹ לֹֽא־הִגִּיד לִֽי

    Then the woman came and told her husband, saying: ‘A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name;

    שלמא at skip 2, forward from Judges 13:6אמרלאיהארישהאלהישלמא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 368,070Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 7:1שמואל א ז:אskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבֹאוּ אַנְשֵׁי קִרְיַת יְעָרִים וַֽיַּעֲלוּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן יְהוָה וַיָּבִאוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל־בֵּית אֲבִינָדָב בַּגִּבְעָה וְאֶת־אֶלְעָזָר בְּנוֹ קִדְּשׁוּ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־אֲרוֹן יְהוָֽה

    And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

    שלמא at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 7:1רבנוקדושרתארוןיקשלמא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 392,478Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Samuel 8:10שמואל א ח:יskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי יְהוָה אֶל־הָעָם הַשֹּׁאֲלִים מֵאִתּוֹ מֶֽלֶךְ

    And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

    שלמא at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 8:10אלהעםהאימתומלךוישלםא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 394,115Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

שלמא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שלמא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 371.

As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 5:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

  • סלמא — the name in Hebrew letters found 9,109 in the Torah (chance 9,240)

Questions

Is Salma in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 77,921 sequences of שלמא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 78,613).

What is the shortest skip for Salma in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 31:35 — the shortest of 77,921 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 78,613.

What is the gematria of Salma in Hebrew?

Salma is spelled שלמא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 371; one other spelling is counted on this page.

How many times is Salma found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, שלמא appears 281,535 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 281,774, so the count is in line with chance.

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