Shaul (Saul · שאול)
Shaul (Saul · שאול) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 93,215 sequences of Shaul (Saul), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 14:17); chance alone would give about 95,668.
- Found in the Torah
- 93,215
- Chance alone
- 95,668
- 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
The Torah holds 93,215 sequences of שאול at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 95,668).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 14:17, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 961,876 sequences of שאול, against about 996,842 from chance alone.
- Genesis 24,066
- Exodus 18,717
- Leviticus 13,983
- Numbers 20,417
- Deuteronomy 16,032
The shortest skips
וַיֵּצֵא מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם לִקְרָאתוֹ אַחֲרֵי שׁוּבוֹ מֵֽהַכּוֹת אֶת־כְּדָרלָעֹמֶר וְאֶת־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֶל־עֵמֶק שָׁוֵה הוּא עֵמֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh—the same is the King’s Vale.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,981Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בָּאָה וַעֲלָטָה הָיָה וְהִנֵּה תַנּוּר עָשָׁן וְלַפִּיד אֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָבַר בֵּין הַגְּזָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,077Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶֽל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אָֽמַר־לוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים וַיִּבֶן שָׁם אַבְרָהָם אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַֽיַּעֲרֹךְ אֶת־הָעֵצִים וַֽיַּעֲקֹד אֶת־יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ וַיָּשֶׂם אֹתוֹ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מִמַּעַל לָעֵצִֽים
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,556Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּסַּע יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וַיָּבֹא בְּאֵרָה שָּׁבַע וַיִּזְבַּח זְבָחִים לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו יִצְחָֽק
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 70,274Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־יְמִינוֹ וַיָּשֶׁת עַל־רֹאשׁ אֶפְרַיִם וְהוּא הַצָּעִיר וְאֶת־שְׂמֹאלוֹ עַל־רֹאשׁ מְנַשֶּׁה שִׂכֵּל אֶת־יָדָיו כִּי מְנַשֶּׁה הַבְּכֽוֹר
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 74,660Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
367,130 sequences of שאול at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 369,146 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 24,066
- Exodus 18,717
- Leviticus 13,983
- Numbers 20,417
- Deuteronomy 17,034
- Joshua 11,814
- Judges 15,021
- Samuel 43,746
- Kings 36,353
- Isaiah 17,133
- Jeremiah 24,005
- Ezekiel 19,089
- The Twelve 14,503
- Psalms 16,882
- Proverbs 5,549
- Job 8,100
- Song of Songs 1,191
- Ruth 1,399
- Lamentations 1,234
- Ecclesiastes 3,330
- Esther 4,116
- Daniel 6,314
- Ezra–Nehemiah 10,811
- Chronicles 32,323
Outside the Torah
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּסְעוּ מֵֽהַשִּׁטִּים וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּן הוּא וְכָל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּלִנוּ שָׁם טֶרֶם יַעֲבֹֽרוּ
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,654Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־הָעָם הַמִּלְחָמָה אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ עָלוּ וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ נֶגֶד הָעִיר וַֽיַּחֲנוּ מִצְּפוֹן לָעַי וְהַגַּי בינו וּבֵין־הָעָֽי
And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai—now there was a valley between him and Ai.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,942Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּכְתָּב־שָׁם עַל־הָאֲבָנִים אֵת מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר כָּתַב לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote before the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,367Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שאול — the Tanakh's own spelling: Saul. Searched as שאול, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 337.
As a plain word it stands 394 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:37. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Saul, Sheowl.
Questions
Is Shaul (Saul) in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 93,215 sequences of שאול at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 95,668).
What is the shortest skip for Shaul (Saul) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:17 — the shortest of 93,215 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 95,668.
How is Shaul (Saul) spelled in Hebrew?
Shaul is spelled שאול — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 337.
Is Shaul (Saul) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
367,130 sequences of שאול at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 369,146 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 95,668 here) beside the count.