Secacah סככה
Secacah (סככה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Secacah appears 2,634 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.9% more than chance alone would give (about 2,535; probability 0.03).
- Found in the Torah
- 2,634
- Chance alone
- 2,535
- P (≥ found)
- 0.03
- 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, סככה appears 2,634 times in the Torah — 3.9% more than the 2,535 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,634 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
The shortest skip at which סככה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 24:14, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), סככה is found 24,000 times; chance alone would give about 26,419.
- Genesis 408
- Exodus 511
- Leviticus 371
- Numbers 432
- Deuteronomy 912
The shortest skips
הוֹצֵא אֶת־הַֽמְקַלֵּל אֶל־מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְסָמְכוּ כָֽל־הַשֹּׁמְעִים אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ וְרָגְמוּ אֹתוֹ כָּל־הָעֵדָֽה
’Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 179,173Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא־יִהְיֶה לְךָ בְּכִֽיסְךָ אֶבֶן וָאָבֶן גְּדוֹלָה וּקְטַנָּֽה
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 288,680Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה הָלֹךְ הָלַכְתָּ כִּֽי־נִכְסֹף נִכְסַפְתָּה לְבֵית אָבִיךָ לָמָּה גָנַבְתָּ אֶת־אֱלֹהָֽי
And now that thou art surely gone, because thou sore longest after thy father’s house, wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?’
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 45,091Open in the laboratory →
וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־כָּל־הָֽעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ לֹא־תָחֹס עֵֽינְךָ עֲלֵיהֶם וְלֹא תַעֲבֹד אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶם כִּֽי־מוֹקֵשׁ הוּא לָֽךְ
And thou shalt consume all the peoples that the LORD thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them; neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 263,574Open in the laboratory →
הִשָּׁמְרוּ לָכֶם פֶּֽן־תִּשְׁכְּחוּ אֶת־בְּרִית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת עִמָּכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם פֶּסֶל תְּמוּנַת כֹּל אֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 257,839Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, סככה appears 10,708 times in the whole Tanakh — 5.4% more than the 10,160 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,708 or more by chance alone is 3.7 × 10⁻⁸.
- Genesis 408
- Exodus 511
- Leviticus 371
- Numbers 432
- Deuteronomy 944
- Joshua 163
- Judges 219
- Samuel 425
- Kings 1,030
- Isaiah 831
- Jeremiah 777
- Ezekiel 690
- The Twelve 602
- Psalms 1,120
- Proverbs 359
- Job 224
- Song of Songs 45
- Ruth 15
- Lamentations 55
- Ecclesiastes 202
- Esther 317
- Daniel 190
- Ezra–Nehemiah 223
- Chronicles 555
Outside the Torah
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא נְאֻם־יְהוָה אַכֶּה כָל־סוּס בַּתִּמָּהוֹן וְרֹכְבוֹ בַּשִּׁגָּעוֹן וְעַל־בֵּית יְהוּדָה אֶפְקַח אֶת־עֵינַי וְכֹל סוּס הָֽעַמִּים אַכֶּה בַּֽעִוָּרֽוֹן
In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with bewilderment, And his rider with madness; And I will open Mine eyes upon the house of Judah, And will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 852,457Open in the laboratory →
נִֽדֲרוּ וְשַׁלְּמוּ לַיהוָה אֱֽלֹהֵיכֶם כָּל־סְבִיבָיו יוֹבִילוּ שַׁי לַמּוֹרָֽא
Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God; Let all that are round about Him bring presents unto Him that is to be feared;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 898,006Open in the laboratory →
וְהִנֵּה שָׁאוּל בָּא אַחֲרֵי הַבָּקָר מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל מַה־לָּעָם כִּי יִבְכּוּ וַיְסַפְּרוּ־לוֹ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵֽישׁ
And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said: ‘What aileth the people that they weep?’ And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 398,689Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
סככה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as סככה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 105.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Secacah appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, סככה appears 2,634 times in the Torah — 3.9% more than the 2,535 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,634 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
What is the shortest skip for Secacah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Leviticus 24:14 — the shortest of 2,634 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,535.
What is the gematria of Secacah in Hebrew?
Secacah is spelled סככה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 105.
How many times is Secacah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, סככה appears 10,708 times in the whole Tanakh — 5.4% more than the 10,160 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,708 or more by chance alone is 3.7 × 10⁻⁸.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,535 here) beside the count.