Sechu שכו
Sechu (שכו) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Secu. Sechu appears 593,274 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 603,021 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 593,274
- Chance alone
- 603,021
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- 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, שכו appears 593,274 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 603,021, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which שכו appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 12:18, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), שכו is found 8,815,022 times; chance alone would give about 9,346,558.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 603,021 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 132,000
- Exodus 122,506
- Leviticus 91,483
- Numbers 103,376
- Deuteronomy 143,909
The shortest skips
וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה לְאַבְרָם וַיֹּאמֶר מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לִּי לָמָּה לֹא־הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי כִּי אִשְׁתְּךָ הִֽוא
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said: ‘What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,065Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁתּוֹת וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֹ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל־יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָֽם
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 30,488Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְיִצְחָק וַיֹּאמֶר אַךְ הִנֵּה אִשְׁתְּךָ הִוא וְאֵיךְ אָמַרְתָּ אֲחֹתִי הִוא וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו יִצְחָק כִּי אָמַרְתִּי פֶּן־אָמוּת עָלֶֽיהָ
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said: ‘Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou: She is my sister?’ And Isaac said unto him: ‘Because I said: Lest I die because of her.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 34,899Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר לֵאָה נָתַן אֱלֹהִים שְׂכָרִי אֲשֶׁר־נָתַתִּי שִׁפְחָתִי לְאִישִׁי וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ יִשָּׂשכָֽר
And Leah said: ‘God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 42,316Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לוֹ אֱלֹהִים שִׁמְךָ יַעֲקֹב לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵא שִׁמְךָ עוֹד יַעֲקֹב כִּי אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה שְׁמֶךָ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And God said unto him: ‘Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name’; and He called his name Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 51,333Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
2,446,500 sequences of שכו at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,487,749 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 132,000
- Exodus 122,506
- Leviticus 91,483
- Numbers 103,376
- Deuteronomy 149,424
- Joshua 75,155
- Judges 71,844
- Samuel 212,091
- Kings 225,908
- Isaiah 152,054
- Jeremiah 168,946
- Ezekiel 140,288
- The Twelve 113,442
- Psalms 173,201
- Proverbs 61,665
- Job 61,875
- Song of Songs 11,150
- Ruth 11,208
- Lamentations 9,996
- Ecclesiastes 27,078
- Esther 34,663
- Daniel 35,632
- Ezra–Nehemiah 67,873
- Chronicles 193,642
Outside the Torah
עַד אֲשֶׁר־יָנִיחַ יְהוָה לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם כָּכֶם וְיָרְשׁוּ גַם־הֵמָּה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָהֶם וְשַׁבְתֶּם לְאֶרֶץ יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אוֹתָהּ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרַח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,809Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר שַׂר־צְבָא יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שַׁל־נַֽעַלְךָ מֵעַל רַגְלֶךָ כִּי הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹמֵד עָלָיו קֹדֶשׁ הוּא וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כֵּֽן
And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua: ‘Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.’ And Joshua did so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,427Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כֵן וַיֹּצִיאוּ אֵלָיו אֶת־חֲמֵשֶׁת הַמְּלָכִים הָאֵלֶּה מִן־הַמְּעָרָה אֵת מֶלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶת־מֶלֶךְ חֶבְרוֹן אֶת־מֶלֶךְ יַרְמוּת אֶת־מֶלֶךְ לָכִישׁ אֶת־מֶלֶךְ עֶגְלֽוֹן
And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 320,864Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שכו — the Tanakh's own spelling: Secu. Searched as שכו, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 326.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Lamentations 2:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Sechu in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שכו appears 593,274 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 603,021, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Sechu in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 12:18 — the shortest of 593,274 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 603,021.
What is the gematria of Sechu in Hebrew?
Sechu is spelled שכו — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 326.
How many times is Sechu found in the whole Tanakh?
2,446,500 sequences of שכו at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,487,749 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 603,021 here) beside the count.