Biblical names

Shalmai שמלי

Shalmai (שמלי) is a person named in the Tanakh — Salmai. In the Torah codes, Shalmai is found 91,506 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 14:20) — about what chance alone gives (about 91,675).

Found in the Torah
91,506
Chance alone
91,675
P (≥ found)
0.71
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

91,506 sequences of שמלי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 91,675 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 14:20, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 960,881 sequences of שמלי, against about 955,238 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 20,656
  • Exodus 20,871
  • Leviticus 11,280
  • Numbers 23,773
  • Deuteronomy 14,926

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 14:20בראשית יד:כskip 2, forward

    וּבָרוּךְ אֵל עֶלְיוֹן אֲשֶׁר־מִגֵּן צָרֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ מַעֲשֵׂר מִכֹּֽל

    and blessed be God the Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.’ And he gave him a tenth of all.

    שמלי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 14:20תןלומערכואמרמלךסשמלי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 17,118Open in the laboratory →

  2. Leviticus 21:11ויקרא כא:יאskip 2, forward

    וְעַל כָּל־נַפְשֹׁת מֵת לֹא יָבֹא לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ לֹא יִטַּמָּֽא

    neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

    שמלי at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 21:11עלכלנפתתאבאלאביושמלי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 173,987Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 22:38במדבר כב:לחskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם אֶל־בָּלָק הִֽנֵּה־בָאתִי אֵלֶיךָ עַתָּה הֲיָכוֹל אוּכַל דַּבֵּר מְאוּמָה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר יָשִׂים אֱלֹהִים בְּפִי אֹתוֹ אֲדַבֵּֽר

    And Balaam said unto Balak: ‘Lo, I am come unto thee; have I now any power at all to speak any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.’

    שמלי at skip 2, forward from Numbers 22:38בראשרייאהםבפיאתושםלי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 227,492Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 9:28דברים ט:כחskip 2, forward

    פֶּן־יֹאמְרוּ הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתָנוּ מִשָּׁם מִבְּלִי יְכֹלֶת יְהוָה לַהֲבִיאָם אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר לָהֶם וּמִשִּׂנְאָתוֹ אוֹתָם הוֹצִיאָם לַהֲמִתָם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר

    lest the land whence Thou broughtest us out say: Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which He promised unto them, and because He hated them, He hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

    שמלי at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 9:28צאתנומםביכלתיקוקשמלי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 267,206Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 17:17דברים יז:יזskip 2, forward

    וְלֹא יַרְבֶּה־לּוֹ נָשִׁים וְלֹא יָסוּר לְבָבוֹ וְכֶסֶף וְזָהָב לֹא יַרְבֶּה־לּוֹ מְאֹֽד

    Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

    שמלי at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 17:17רבהלוניואסורלבבושםלי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 278,890Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, שמלי appears 405,709 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 406,003, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 20,656
  • Exodus 20,871
  • Leviticus 11,280
  • Numbers 23,773
  • Deuteronomy 15,965
  • Joshua 12,899
  • Judges 14,978
  • Samuel 36,309
  • Kings 38,609
  • Isaiah 19,690
  • Jeremiah 27,167
  • Ezekiel 21,354
  • The Twelve 17,176
  • Psalms 26,686
  • Proverbs 8,709
  • Job 10,720
  • Song of Songs 1,770
  • Ruth 1,758
  • Lamentations 1,728
  • Ecclesiastes 4,804
  • Esther 5,626
  • Daniel 6,508
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 15,611
  • Chronicles 41,062

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 2:4יהושע ב:דskip 2, forward

    וַתִּקַּח הָֽאִשָּׁה אֶת־שְׁנֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים וַֽתִּצְפְּנוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר כֵּן בָּאוּ אֵלַי הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מֵאַיִן הֵֽמָּה

    And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said: ‘Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were;

    שמלי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 2:4אליהאניואדעתימאישםלי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 306,286Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Samuel 5:6שמואל ב ה:וskip 2, forward

    וַיֵּלֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶל־הַיְבֻסִי יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ וַיֹּאמֶר לְדָוִד לֵאמֹר לֹא־תָבוֹא הֵנָּה כִּי אִם־הֱסִֽירְךָ הַעִוְרִים וְהַפִּסְחִים לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־יָבוֹא דָוִד הֵֽנָּה

    And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke unto David, saying: ‘Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither’; thinking: ‘David cannot come in hither.’

    שמלי at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 5:6שיוירולאהבסייושבשםלי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 442,136Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Samuel 18:10שמואל ב יח:יskip 2, forward

    וַיַּרְא אִישׁ אֶחָד וַיַּגֵּד לְיוֹאָב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה רָאִיתִי אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹם תָּלוּי בָּאֵלָֽה

    And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said: ‘Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.’

    שמלי at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 18:10תיאתאבלתובאלהויאשםלי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 464,308Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

שמלי — the Tanakh's own spelling: Salmai. Searched as שמלי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 380.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:46. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Shalmai in the Torah codes?

91,506 sequences of שמלי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 91,675 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Shalmai in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:20 — the shortest of 91,506 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 91,675.

How is Shalmai spelled in Hebrew?

Shalmai is spelled שמלי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 380.

Is Shalmai in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, שמלי appears 405,709 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 406,003, so the count is in line with chance.

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