Shaalabbin שעלבים
Shaalabbin (שעלבים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Shaalbim. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 182 sequences of Shaalabbin, the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 11:12); chance alone would give about 178.
- Found in the Torah
- 182
- Chance alone
- 178
- P (≥ found)
- 0.40
- 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, שעלבים appears 182 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 178, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 11:12, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 1,106 sequences of שעלבים, against about 1,134 from chance alone.
- Genesis 45
- Exodus 42
- Leviticus 16
- Numbers 50
- Deuteronomy 29
The shortest skips
הֶאָנֹכִי הָרִיתִי אֵת כָּל־הָעָם הַזֶּה אִם־אָנֹכִי יְלִדְתִּיהוּ כִּֽי־תֹאמַר אֵלַי שָׂאֵהוּ בְחֵיקֶךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר יִשָּׂא הָאֹמֵן אֶת־הַיֹּנֵק עַל הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לַאֲבֹתָֽיו
Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that Thou shouldest say unto me: Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which Thou didst swear unto their fathers?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 207,323Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וַיִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה וַיֶּט־שָׁם אָהֳלוֹ וַיִּכְרוּ־שָׁם עַבְדֵי־יִצְחָק בְּאֵֽר
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
skip 32, width 32 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 35,719Open in the laboratory →
כִּי תִפְגַּע שׁוֹר אֹֽיִבְךָ אוֹ חֲמֹרוֹ תֹּעֶה הָשֵׁב תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּ לֽוֹ
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
skip 43, width 43 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 111,077Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם וַיָּלֶן שָׁם כִּי־בָא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וַיִּקַּח מֵאַבְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם וַיָּשֶׂם מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָיו וַיִּשְׁכַּב בַּמָּקוֹם הַהֽוּא
And he lighted upon the place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
skip 95, width 95 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 39,129Open in the laboratory →
וַיְמַהֵר אַבְרָהָם הָאֹהֱלָה אֶל־שָׂרָה וַיֹּאמֶר מַהֲרִי שְׁלֹשׁ סְאִים קֶמַח סֹלֶת לוּשִׁי וַעֲשִׂי עֻגֽוֹת
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: ‘Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.’
skip 97, width 97 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 20,760Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
832 sequences of שעלבים at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 825 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 45
- Exodus 42
- Leviticus 16
- Numbers 50
- Deuteronomy 33
- Joshua 34
- Judges 29
- Samuel 61
- Kings 78
- Isaiah 37
- Jeremiah 54
- Ezekiel 44
- The Twelve 41
- Psalms 50
- Proverbs 20
- Job 27
- Ruth 3
- Lamentations 3
- Ecclesiastes 7
- Esther 10
- Daniel 17
- Ezra–Nehemiah 31
- Chronicles 100
Outside the Torah
וְלֹא שָׁמַע מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן אֶל־דִּבְרֵי יִפְתָּח אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח אֵלָֽיו
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 366,004Open in the laboratory →
וַיְרַגֵּל בְּעַבְדְּךָ אֶל־אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ וַאדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ כְּמַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים וַעֲשֵׂה הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 467,735Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה כְּבֵית אַחְאָב כִּי־הֵמָּה הָֽיוּ־לוֹ יֽוֹעֲצִים אַחֲרֵי מוֹת אָבִיו לְמַשְׁחִית לֽוֹ
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,171,299Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שעלבים — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shaalbim. Searched as שעלבים, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 452.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shaalabbin in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, שעלבים appears 182 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 178, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shaalabbin in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 11:12 — the shortest of 182 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 178.
How is Shaalabbin spelled in Hebrew?
Shaalabbin is spelled שעלבים — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 452.
Is Shaalabbin in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
832 sequences of שעלבים at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 825 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 178 here) beside the count.