Shallum שלון
Shallum (שלון) is a person named in the Tanakh — Shallun. In the Torah codes, Shallum is found 49,354 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 24:22) — about what chance alone gives (about 49,941).
- Found in the Torah
- 49,354
- Chance alone
- 49,941
- 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, שלון appears 49,354 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 49,941, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 24:22, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 508,652 sequences of שלון, against about 520,377 from chance alone.
- Genesis 11,756
- Exodus 9,765
- Leviticus 7,105
- Numbers 13,162
- Deuteronomy 7,566
The shortest skips
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 30,522Open in the laboratory →
וְכִלְכַּלְתִּי אֹֽתְךָ שָׁם כִּי־עוֹד חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים רָעָב פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵשׁ אַתָּה וּבֵֽיתְךָ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ
and there will I sustain thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 69,387Open in the laboratory →
פְּנוּ וּסְעוּ לָכֶם וּבֹאוּ הַר הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְאֶל־כָּל־שְׁכֵנָיו בָּעֲרָבָה בָהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבַנֶּגֶב וּבְחוֹף הַיָּם אֶרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַלְּבָנוֹן עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת
turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore; the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 250,313Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן לָבָן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב הַבָּנוֹת בְּנֹתַי וְהַבָּנִים בָּנַי וְהַצֹּאן צֹאנִי וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה רֹאֶה לִי־הוּא וְלִבְנֹתַי מָֽה־אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לָאֵלֶּה הַיּוֹם אוֹ לִבְנֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר יָלָֽדוּ
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: ‘The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 45,889Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח יַעֲקֹב מַלְאָכִים לְפָנָיו אֶל־עֵשָׂו אָחִיו אַרְצָה שֵׂעִיר שְׂדֵה אֱדֽוֹם
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 46,618Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שלון appears 210,640 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 212,545, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 11,756
- Exodus 9,765
- Leviticus 7,105
- Numbers 13,162
- Deuteronomy 8,131
- Joshua 7,952
- Judges 8,099
- Samuel 19,804
- Kings 15,969
- Isaiah 10,553
- Jeremiah 12,922
- Ezekiel 10,679
- The Twelve 8,036
- Psalms 13,835
- Proverbs 4,495
- Job 5,688
- Song of Songs 908
- Ruth 946
- Lamentations 945
- Ecclesiastes 2,156
- Esther 2,769
- Daniel 4,767
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,405
- Chronicles 20,793
Outside the Torah
וְֽאֶל־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר מִצְּפוֹן בָּהָר וּבָעֲרָבָה נֶגֶב כִּֽנֲרוֹת וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבְנָפוֹת דּוֹר מִיָּֽם
and to the kings that were on the north, in the hill-country and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the Lowland, and in the regions of Dor on the west,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 322,463Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם גִּדְעוֹן אֶשְׁאֲלָה מִכֶּם שְׁאֵלָה וּתְנוּ־לִי אִישׁ נֶזֶם שְׁלָלוֹ כִּֽי־נִזְמֵי זָהָב לָהֶם כִּי יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים הֵֽם
And Gideon said unto them: ‘I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil.’—For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,151Open in the laboratory →
וּבָאוּ מֵעָרֵֽי־יְהוּדָה וּמִסְּבִיבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם וּמֵאֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִן וּמִן־הַשְּׁפֵלָה וּמִן־הָהָר וּמִן־הַנֶּגֶב מְבִאִים עוֹלָה וְזֶבַח וּמִנְחָה וּלְבוֹנָה וּמְבִאֵי תוֹדָה בֵּית יְהוָֽה
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the Lowland, and from the mountains, and from the South, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, unto the house of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 667,577Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שלון — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shallun. Searched as שלון, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 386.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shallum in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שלון appears 49,354 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 49,941, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shallum in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 24:22 — the shortest of 49,354 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 49,941.
How is Shallum spelled in Hebrew?
Shallum is spelled שלון — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 386.
Is Shallum in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שלון appears 210,640 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 212,545, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 49,941 here) beside the count.