Shalisha שלשה
Shalisha (שלשה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Shalishah. In the Torah codes, Shalisha is found 52,060 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Leviticus 5:26) — 2.8% above the 50,660 chance alone would give (probability of 52,060 or more by chance alone: 3.0 × 10⁻¹⁰).
- Found in the Torah
- 52,060
- Chance alone
- 50,660
- P (≥ found)
- 3.0 × 10⁻¹⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 52,060 sequences of שלשה at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% above what chance alone gives (about 50,660); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.0 × 10⁻¹⁰ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 5:26, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 543,307 sequences of שלשה, against about 527,867 from chance alone.
- Genesis 8,742
- Exodus 12,508
- Leviticus 8,254
- Numbers 13,396
- Deuteronomy 9,160
The shortest skips
וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְנִסְלַח לוֹ עַל־אַחַת מִכֹּל אֲשֶֽׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה לְאַשְׁמָה בָֽהּ
And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he shall be forgiven, concerning whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 147,814Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁאַל יַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הַגִּֽידָה־נָּא שְׁמֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לָמָּה זֶּה תִּשְׁאַל לִשְׁמִי וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתוֹ שָֽׁם
And Jacob asked him, and said: ‘Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.’ And he said: ‘Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?’ And he blessed him there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 48,016Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עֲשֵׂה לְךָ שָׂרָף וְשִׂים אֹתוֹ עַל־נֵס וְהָיָה כָּל־הַנָּשׁוּךְ וְרָאָה אֹתוֹ וָחָֽי
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 223,910Open in the laboratory →
וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת־שְׁתֵּי הָאֲבָנִים עַל כִּתְפֹת הָֽאֵפֹד אַבְנֵי זִכָּרֹן לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנָשָׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת־שְׁמוֹתָם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה עַל־שְׁתֵּי כְתֵפָיו לְזִכָּרֹֽן
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 118,912Open in the laboratory →
וְשִׁסַּע אֹתוֹ בִכְנָפָיו לֹא יַבְדִּיל וְהִקְטִיר אֹתוֹ הַכֹּהֵן הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל־הָעֵצִים אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָאֵשׁ עֹלָה הוּא אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָֽה
And he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder; and the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire; it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 142,524Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 180,638 sequences of שלשה at skips 2–5,000, 2.3% above what chance alone gives (about 176,636); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.2 × 10⁻²¹ by chance alone.
- Genesis 8,742
- Exodus 12,508
- Leviticus 8,254
- Numbers 13,396
- Deuteronomy 9,715
- Joshua 6,699
- Judges 5,973
- Samuel 16,565
- Kings 19,042
- Isaiah 7,556
- Jeremiah 11,730
- Ezekiel 8,492
- The Twelve 6,700
- Psalms 7,443
- Proverbs 2,531
- Job 2,280
- Song of Songs 548
- Ruth 641
- Lamentations 804
- Ecclesiastes 2,163
- Esther 2,543
- Daniel 2,449
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,077
- Chronicles 17,787
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעַן כָּל־אִֽישׁ־רָע וּבְלִיַּעַל מֵֽהָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הָלְכוּ עִם־דָּוִד וַיֹּאמְרוּ יַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־הָלְכוּ עִמִּי לֹֽא־נִתֵּן לָהֶם מֵהַשָּׁלָל אֲשֶׁר הִצַּלְנוּ כִּֽי־אִם־אִישׁ אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וְיִנְהֲגוּ וְיֵלֵֽכוּ
Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those that went with David, and said: ‘Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 433,677Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא־יַבְרִיחֶנּוּ בֶן־קָשֶׁת לְקַשׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־לוֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע
The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 994,734Open in the laboratory →
וְהֶעֱמַדְנוּ עָלֵינוּ מִצְוֺת לָתֵת עָלֵינוּ שְׁלִשִׁית הַשֶּׁקֶל בַּשָּׁנָה לַעֲבֹדַת בֵּית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,091,052Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שלשה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shalishah. Searched as שלשה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 635.
As a plain word it stands 96 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 6:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shilshah.
Questions
Is Shalisha in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 52,060 sequences of שלשה at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% above what chance alone gives (about 50,660); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.0 × 10⁻¹⁰ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Shalisha in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Leviticus 5:26 — the shortest of 52,060 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 50,660.
How is Shalisha spelled in Hebrew?
Shalisha is spelled שלשה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 635.
Is Shalisha in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 180,638 sequences of שלשה at skips 2–5,000, 2.3% above what chance alone gives (about 176,636); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.2 × 10⁻²¹ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 50,660 here) beside the count.