Shalleketh שלכת
Shalleketh (שלכת) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Shallecheth. In the Torah codes, Shalleketh is found 25,495 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 26:13) — 2.5% above the 24,874 chance alone would give (probability of 25,495 or more by chance alone: 4.5 × 10⁻⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 25,495
- Chance alone
- 24,874
- P (≥ found)
- 4.5 × 10⁻⁵
- 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 25,495 sequences of שלכת at skips 2–5,000, 2.5% above what chance alone gives (about 24,874); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.5 × 10⁻⁵ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 26:13, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 244,884 sequences of שלכת, against about 259,188 from chance alone.
- Genesis 4,447
- Exodus 5,526
- Leviticus 4,140
- Numbers 4,679
- Deuteronomy 6,703
The shortest skips
וְאָמַרְתָּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בִּעַרְתִּי הַקֹּדֶשׁ מִן־הַבַּיִת וְגַם נְתַתִּיו לַלֵּוִי וְלַגֵּר לַיָּתוֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה כְּכָל־מִצְוָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתָנִי לֹֽא־עָבַרְתִּי מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ וְלֹא שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God: ‘I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all Thy commandment which Thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed any of Thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 289,879Open in the laboratory →
לֹא־אָכַלְתִּי בְאֹנִי מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא־בִעַרְתִּי מִמֶּנּוּ בְּטָמֵא וְלֹא־נָתַתִּי מִמֶּנּוּ לְמֵת שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי עָשִׂיתִי כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתָֽנִי
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 289,955Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי יַעֲקֹב בָּאוּ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה כְּשָׁמְעָם וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וַיִּחַר לָהֶם מְאֹד כִּֽי־נְבָלָה עָשָׂה בְיִשְׂרָאֵל לִשְׁכַּב אֶת־בַּֽת־יַעֲקֹב וְכֵן לֹא יֵעָשֶֽׂה
And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought a vile deed in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,502Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵל שַׁדַּי יִתֵּן לָכֶם רַחֲמִים לִפְנֵי הָאִישׁ וְשִׁלַּח לָכֶם אֶת־אֲחִיכֶם אַחֵר וְאֶת־בִּנְיָמִין וַאֲנִי כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁכֹלְתִּי שָׁכָֽלְתִּי
and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 65,772Open in the laboratory →
וַיְסַפֵּר מֹשֶׁה לְחֹתְנוֹ אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה לְפַרְעֹה וּלְמִצְרַיִם עַל אוֹדֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל־הַתְּלָאָה אֲשֶׁר מְצָאָתַם בַּדֶּרֶךְ וַיַּצִּלֵם יְהוָֽה
And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 104,505Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 89,637 sequences of שלכת at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 89,308).
- Genesis 4,447
- Exodus 5,526
- Leviticus 4,140
- Numbers 4,679
- Deuteronomy 6,932
- Joshua 2,345
- Judges 2,390
- Samuel 7,199
- Kings 8,369
- Isaiah 4,266
- Jeremiah 6,252
- Ezekiel 6,001
- The Twelve 3,073
- Psalms 5,809
- Proverbs 2,193
- Job 2,130
- Song of Songs 369
- Ruth 463
- Lamentations 463
- Ecclesiastes 1,372
- Esther 1,439
- Daniel 1,452
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,036
- Chronicles 6,292
Outside the Torah
הָרִיעוּ עָלֶיהָ סָבִיב נָתְנָה יָדָהּ נָֽפְלוּ אשויתיה נֶהֶרְסוּ חֽוֹמוֹתֶיהָ כִּי נִקְמַת יְהוָה הִיא הִנָּקְמוּ בָהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשְׂתָה עֲשׂוּ־לָֽהּ
Shout against her round about, she hath submitted herself; Her buttresses are fallen, her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of the LORD, take vengeance upon her; As she hath done, do unto her.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 719,906Open in the laboratory →
לֵךְ כְּנוֹס אֶת־כָּל־הַיְּהוּדִים הַֽנִּמְצְאִים בְּשׁוּשָׁן וְצוּמוּ עָלַי וְאַל־תֹּאכְלוּ וְאַל־תִּשְׁתּוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים לַיְלָה וָיוֹם גַּם־אֲנִי וְנַעֲרֹתַי אָצוּם כֵּן וּבְכֵן אָבוֹא אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־כַדָּת וְכַאֲשֶׁר אָבַדְתִּי אָבָֽדְתִּי
’Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day; I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,028,347Open in the laboratory →
רַק לֹֽא־הָיָה כְאַחְאָב אֲשֶׁר הִתְמַכֵּר לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר־הֵסַתָּה אֹתוֹ אִיזֶבֶל אִשְׁתּֽוֹ
But there was none like unto Ahab, who did give himself over to do that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 524,380Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שלכת — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shallecheth. Searched as שלכת, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 750.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 26:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Shalleketh appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 25,495 sequences of שלכת at skips 2–5,000, 2.5% above what chance alone gives (about 24,874); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.5 × 10⁻⁵ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Shalleketh in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Deuteronomy 26:13 — the shortest of 25,495 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 24,874.
How is Shalleketh spelled in Hebrew?
Shalleketh is spelled שלכת — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 750.
Is Shalleketh in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 89,637 sequences of שלכת at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 89,308).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 24,874 here) beside the count.