Selma סלמה
In Hebrew letters the first name Selma is written סלמה — female given name. Selma appears 100,496 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 0.7% more than chance alone would give (about 99,820; probability 0.02).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 100,496
- Chance alone · every skip
- 99,820
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.02
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,258
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 9,381 found · chance alone about 9,580 (probability of 9,381 or more by chance alone: 0.98).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), סלמה appears 100,496 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 99,820 chance alone would give; the probability of 100,496 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
The shortest skip at which סלמה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 47:15, reading forward.
The longest skip at which סלמה was found in the Torah is 101,258 — at Deuteronomy 34:7, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 23,177
- Exodus 19,683
- Leviticus 12,852
- Numbers 28,357
- Deuteronomy 16,427
Examples across the range
5 of the 100,496 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ס ל מ הGenesis 47:15
… כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ כָל־מִצְרַיִם אֶל־יוֹסֵף לֵאמֹר הָֽבָה־לָּנוּ לֶחֶם וְלָמָּה נָמוּת נֶגְדֶּךָ …
And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said: ‘Give us bread; for why should we die in thy presence? for our money faileth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 72,756 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ס ל מ הGenesis 47:15
- ס לDeuteronomy 4:42
לָנֻס שָׁמָּה רוֹצֵחַ אֲשֶׁר יִרְצַח אֶת …
that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- מ הDeuteronomy 4:41
אָז יַבְדִּיל מֹשֶׁה שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרְחָה שָֽׁמֶשׁ
Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 259,033 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ס לDeuteronomy 4:42
- סNumbers 1:22
… תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם פְּקֻדָיו בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם כָּל־זָכָר מִבֶּן …
Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, those that were numbered thereof, according to the number of names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- לNumbers 1:20
… לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם כָּל־זָכָר מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה …
And the children of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
- מNumbers 1:18
… בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
- הNumbers 1:17
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן אֵת הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר נִקְּבוּ בְּשֵׁמֽוֹת
And Moses and Aaron took these men that are pointed out by name.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 187,211 of the TorahOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- סNumbers 1:22
- סExodus 15:5
תְּהֹמֹת יְכַסְיֻמוּ יָרְדוּ בִמְצוֹלֹת כְּמוֹ־אָֽבֶן
The deeps cover them— They went down into the depths like a stone.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- לExodus 15:27
וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵילִמָה וְשָׁם שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה עֵינֹת מַיִם וְשִׁבְעִים תְּמָרִים וַיַּחֲנוּ־שָׁם עַל־הַמָּֽיִם
And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.
- מExodus 16:15
… לֹא יָדְעוּ מַה־הוּא וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֲלֵהֶם הוּא הַלֶּחֶם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן …
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: ‘What is it?’—for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them: ‘It is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
- הExodus 16:34
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ אַהֲרֹן לִפְנֵי הָעֵדֻת לְמִשְׁמָֽרֶת
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 100,083 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- סExodus 15:5
- סDeuteronomy 34:7
וּמֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה בְּמֹתוֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָה עֵינוֹ וְלֹא־נָס לֵחֹֽה
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- לNumbers 8:19
וָאֶתְּנָה אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם נְתֻנִים לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲבֹד …
And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel…
- מExodus 16:15
וַיִּרְאוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו מָן הוּא …
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: ‘What is it?’—for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them: ‘It is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
- הGenesis 1:16
… הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִֽים
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
skip 101,258, width 101,258 — one row is 101,258 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,564 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,258 in the laboratory →
- סDeuteronomy 34:7
Across the Tanakh
1,571,367 sequences of סלמה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,581,970 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 38,459 found · chance alone about 39,391 (probability of 38,459 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 91,459
- Exodus 77,631
- Leviticus 50,000
- Numbers 105,381
- Deuteronomy 60,677
- Joshua 34,098
- Judges 55,167
- Samuel 75,394
- Kings 140,852
- Isaiah 113,277
- Jeremiah 91,688
- Ezekiel 82,399
- The Twelve 80,629
- Psalms 152,490
- Proverbs 57,807
- Job 45,046
- Song of Songs 7,226
- Ruth 1,845
- Lamentations 7,487
- Ecclesiastes 19,619
- Esther 29,035
- Daniel 30,983
- Ezra–Nehemiah 50,806
- Chronicles 110,371
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ס ל מ הJudges 21:19
… אֲשֶׁר מִצְּפוֹנָה לְבֵֽית־אֵל מִזְרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לִמְסִלָּה הָעֹלָה מִבֵּֽית־אֵל שְׁכֶמָה וּמִנֶּגֶב …
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 up one column. letter 383,180 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ס ל מ הJudges 21:19
- סNehemiah 12:40
וַֽתַּעֲמֹדְנָה שְׁתֵּי הַתּוֹדֹת בְּבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים וַאֲנִי וַחֲצִי הַסְּגָנִים עִמִּֽי
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- לNehemiah 12:42
וּמַעֲשֵׂיָה וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָה וְאֶלְעָזָר וְעֻזִּי וִֽיהוֹחָנָן וּמַלְכִּיָּה וְעֵילָם וָעָזֶר וַיַּשְׁמִיעוּ הַמְשֹׁרְרִים וְיִֽזְרַחְיָה הַפָּקִֽיד
and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
- מNehemiah 12:43
… שִׂמְחָה גְדוֹלָה וְגַם הַנָּשִׁים וְהַיְלָדִים שָׂמֵחוּ וַתִּשָּׁמַע שִׂמְחַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם מֵרָחֽוֹק
And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
- הNehemiah 12:44
… לִכְנוֹס בָּהֶם לִשְׂדֵי הֶעָרִים מְנָאוֹת הַתּוֹרָה לַכֹּהֲנִים וְלַלְוִיִּם כִּי שִׂמְחַת יְהוּדָה …
And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites…
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 1,094,982 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- סNehemiah 12:40
- ס2 Chronicles 36:23
כֹּה־אָמַר כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- לEzekiel 47:5
וַיָּמָד אֶלֶף נַחַל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־אוּכַל לַעֲבֹר כִּֽי …
Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
- ם1 Samuel 12:14
… אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה וִהְיִתֶם גַּם־אַתֶּם וְגַם־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ עֲלֵיכֶם …
If ye will fear the LORD, and serve Him, and hearken unto His voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, and both ye and also the king that reigneth over you be followers of the LORD your God—;
- הGenesis 2:8
וַיִּטַּע יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים גַּן־בְעֵדֶן מִקֶּדֶם וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁם אֶת־הָֽאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יָצָֽר
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.
skip 398,302, width 398,302 — one row is 398,302 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,949 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,302 in the laboratory →
- ס2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
סלמה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as סלמה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 135.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Selma in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–101,616), סלמה appears 100,496 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 99,820 chance alone would give; the probability of 100,496 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
What is the shortest skip for Selma in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 47:15 — the shortest of 100,496 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 99,820.
What is the gematria of Selma in Hebrew?
Selma is spelled סלמה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 135.
How many times is Selma found in the whole Tanakh?
1,571,367 sequences of סלמה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,581,970 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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