Sheal שאל
Sheal (שאל) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 954,218 sequences of Sheal, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 4:20); chance alone would give about 963,206.
- Found in the Torah
- 954,218
- Chance alone
- 963,206
- 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 954,218 sequences of שאל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 963,206).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:20, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 14,610,192 sequences of שאל, against about 14,929,270 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 963,206 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 227,472
- Exodus 194,395
- Leviticus 145,748
- Numbers 215,820
- Deuteronomy 170,783
The shortest skips
וַתֵּלֶד עָדָה אֶת־יָבָל הוּא הָיָה אֲבִי יֹשֵׁב אֹהֶל וּמִקְנֶֽה
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,116Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּלֶךְ לְמַסָּעָיו מִנֶּגֶב וְעַד־בֵּֽית־אֵל עַד־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה שָׁם אהלה בַּתְּחִלָּה בֵּין בֵּֽית־אֵל וּבֵין הָעָֽי
And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,259Open in the laboratory →
הֲלֹא כָל־הָאָרֶץ לְפָנֶיךָ הִפָּרֶד נָא מֵעָלָי אִם־הַשְּׂמֹאל וְאֵימִנָה וְאִם־הַיָּמִין וְאַשְׂמְאִֽילָה
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,580Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם עַד־חוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּֽשֶׂק
And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,875Open in the laboratory →
בִּלְעָדַי רַק אֲשֶׁר אָֽכְלוּ הַנְּעָרִים וְחֵלֶק הָֽאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הָלְכוּ אִתִּי עָנֵר אֶשְׁכֹּל וּמַמְרֵא הֵם יִקְחוּ חֶלְקָֽם
save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,267Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,421,635 sequences of שאל at skips 2–5,000, 0.1% above what chance alone gives (about 3,416,632); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0034 by chance alone.
- Genesis 227,472
- Exodus 194,395
- Leviticus 145,748
- Numbers 215,820
- Deuteronomy 176,717
- Joshua 104,230
- Judges 129,532
- Samuel 368,343
- Kings 346,017
- Isaiah 147,452
- Jeremiah 226,791
- Ezekiel 181,793
- The Twelve 126,197
- Psalms 153,747
- Proverbs 52,698
- Job 73,825
- Song of Songs 11,678
- Ruth 13,549
- Lamentations 13,151
- Ecclesiastes 35,231
- Esther 41,161
- Daniel 65,499
- Ezra–Nehemiah 98,510
- Chronicles 272,079
Outside the Torah
רַק חֲזַק וֶֽאֱמַץ מְאֹד לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכָל־הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ מֹשֶׁה עַבְדִּי אַל־תָּסוּר מִמֶּנּוּ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול לְמַעַן תַּשְׂכִּיל בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵֽךְ
Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,258Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּאָמַר לְמֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה אֲנָשִׁים בָּאוּ הֵנָּה הַלַּיְלָה מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַחְפֹּר אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying: ‘Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,160Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ עִבְרוּ לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן וְהָרִימוּ לָכֶם אִישׁ אֶבֶן אַחַת עַל־שִׁכְמוֹ לְמִסְפַּר שִׁבְטֵי בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and Joshua said unto them: ‘Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,125Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שאל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שאל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 331.
As a plain word it stands 37 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 43:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Sheal in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 954,218 sequences of שאל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 963,206).
What is the shortest skip for Sheal in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:20 — the shortest of 954,218 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 963,206.
How is Sheal spelled in Hebrew?
Sheal is spelled שאל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 331.
Is Sheal in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,421,635 sequences of שאל at skips 2–5,000, 0.1% above what chance alone gives (about 3,416,632); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0034 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 963,206 here) beside the count.