Samlah שמלה
Samlah (שמלה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Samlah appears 82,080 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% more than chance alone would give (about 81,504; probability 0.02).
- Found in the Torah
- 82,080
- Chance alone
- 81,504
- P (≥ found)
- 0.02
- 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, שמלה appears 82,080 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 81,504 chance alone would give; the probability of 82,080 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
The shortest skip at which שמלה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 19:22, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), שמלה is found 855,776 times; chance alone would give about 849,259.
- Genesis 14,670
- Exodus 19,409
- Leviticus 12,341
- Numbers 21,445
- Deuteronomy 14,215
The shortest skips
וְגַם הַכֹּהֲנִים הַנִּגָּשִׁים אֶל־יְהוָה יִתְקַדָּשׁוּ פֶּן־יִפְרֹץ בָּהֶם יְהוָֽה
And let the priests also, that come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 106,805Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־לֹא תַשִּׂיג יָדוֹ לִשְׁתֵּי תֹרִים אוֹ לִשְׁנֵי בְנֵי־יוֹנָה וְהֵבִיא אֶת־קָרְבָּנוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא עֲשִׂירִת הָאֵפָה סֹלֶת לְחַטָּאת לֹא־יָשִׂים עָלֶיהָ שֶׁמֶן וְלֹא־יִתֵּן עָלֶיהָ לְבֹנָה כִּי חַטָּאת הִֽיא
But if his means suffice not for two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 146,960Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ אֶֽת־הַכֵּלִים אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַשֻּׁלְחָן אֶת־קְעָרֹתָיו וְאֶת־כַּפֹּתָיו וְאֵת מְנַקִּיֹּתָיו וְאֶת־הַקְּשָׂוֺת אֲשֶׁר יֻסַּךְ בָּהֵן זָהָב טָהֽוֹר
And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the jars thereof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 135,447Open in the laboratory →
וְשֶׁקֶץ יִהְיוּ לָכֶם מִבְּשָׂרָם לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ וְאֶת־נִבְלָתָם תְּשַׁקֵּֽצוּ
and they shall be a detestable thing unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in detestation.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 155,914Open in the laboratory →
שְׂאוּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם כָּל־יֹצֵא צָבָא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
’Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 231,122Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שמלה appears 302,371 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 300,258 chance alone would give; the probability of 302,371 or more by chance alone is 5.9 × 10⁻⁵.
- Genesis 14,670
- Exodus 19,409
- Leviticus 12,341
- Numbers 21,445
- Deuteronomy 15,115
- Joshua 11,155
- Judges 9,956
- Samuel 25,130
- Kings 29,391
- Isaiah 13,538
- Jeremiah 22,351
- Ezekiel 16,394
- The Twelve 12,856
- Psalms 13,884
- Proverbs 4,246
- Job 4,414
- Song of Songs 895
- Ruth 1,158
- Lamentations 1,264
- Ecclesiastes 3,831
- Esther 4,405
- Daniel 4,278
- Ezra–Nehemiah 10,698
- Chronicles 29,547
Outside the Torah
וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁכֶם יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ גַם־הִיא בֵּן וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־שְׁמוֹ אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,561Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִנֵּה חַג־יְהוָה בְּשִׁלוֹ מִיָּמִים יָמִימָה אֲשֶׁר מִצְּפוֹנָה לְבֵֽית־אֵל מִזְרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לִמְסִלָּה הָעֹלָה מִבֵּֽית־אֵל שְׁכֶמָה וּמִנֶּגֶב לִלְבוֹנָֽה
And they said: ‘Behold, there is the feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 383,177Open in the laboratory →
וְהַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה לַֽיהוָה שִׁשִּֽׁים־אַמָּה אָרְכּוֹ וְעֶשְׂרִים רָחְבּוֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אַמָּה קוֹמָתֽוֹ
And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 487,858Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שמלה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שמלה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 375.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:36. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Samlah in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, שמלה appears 82,080 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 81,504 chance alone would give; the probability of 82,080 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
What is the shortest skip for Samlah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 19:22 — the shortest of 82,080 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 81,504.
What is the gematria of Samlah in Hebrew?
Samlah is spelled שמלה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 375.
How many times is Samlah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שמלה appears 302,371 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 300,258 chance alone would give; the probability of 302,371 or more by chance alone is 5.9 × 10⁻⁵.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 81,504 here) beside the count.