Shecaniah שכניה
Shecaniah (שכניה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shecaniah appears 2,521 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 2,613 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 2,521
- Chance alone
- 2,613
- P (≥ found)
- 0.97
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
2,521 sequences of שכניה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 2,613 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which שכניה appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Genesis 9:3, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), שכניה is found 19,180 times; chance alone would give about 20,596.
- Genesis 540
- Exodus 529
- Leviticus 368
- Numbers 524
- Deuteronomy 560
The shortest skips
כָּל־רֶמֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר הוּא־חַי לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָכְלָה כְּיֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־כֹּֽל
Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 10,406Open in the laboratory →
לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִֽיכַזֵּב וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶֽנָּה
God is not a man, that He should lie; Neither the son of man, that He should repent: When He hath said, will He not do it? Or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good?
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 228,501Open in the laboratory →
וּנְתָֽנְךָ יְהוָה לְרֹאשׁ וְלֹא לְזָנָב וְהָיִיתָ רַק לְמַעְלָה וְלֹא תִהְיֶה לְמָטָּה כִּֽי־תִשְׁמַע אֶל־מִצְוֺת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם לִשְׁמֹר וְלַעֲשֽׂוֹת
And the LORD will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 292,217Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵצַר לְךָ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶיךָ עַד רֶדֶת חֹמֹתֶיךָ הַגְּבֹהוֹת וְהַבְּצֻרוֹת אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בֹּטֵחַ בָּהֵן בְּכָל־אַרְצֶךָ וְהֵצַר לְךָ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶיךָ בְּכָל־אַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָֽךְ
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou didst trust, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 294,220Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא הִכִּירוֹ כִּֽי־הָיוּ יָדָיו כִּידֵי עֵשָׂו אָחִיו שְׂעִרֹת וַֽיְבָרְכֵֽהוּ
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,285Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שכניה appears 9,955 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 10,331, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 540
- Exodus 529
- Leviticus 368
- Numbers 524
- Deuteronomy 624
- Joshua 333
- Judges 319
- Samuel 741
- Kings 820
- Isaiah 560
- Jeremiah 773
- Ezekiel 576
- The Twelve 450
- Psalms 702
- Proverbs 191
- Job 205
- Song of Songs 48
- Ruth 50
- Lamentations 48
- Ecclesiastes 117
- Esther 141
- Daniel 190
- Ezra–Nehemiah 380
- Chronicles 726
Outside the Torah
וְהִתְעַנַּג עַל־יְהוָה וְיִֽתֶּן־לְךָ מִשְׁאֲלֹת לִבֶּֽךָ
So shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and He shall give thee the petitions of thy heart.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 876,065Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְּכַלֹּתוֹ לְדַבֵּר אֶל־שָׁאוּל וְנֶפֶשׁ יְהוֹנָתָן נִקְשְׁרָה בְּנֶפֶשׁ דָּוִד ויאהבו יְהוֹנָתָן כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 412,873Open in the laboratory →
וּמִשְׁקָל לִמְנֹרוֹת הַזָּהָב וְנֵרֹֽתֵיהֶם זָהָב בְּמִשְׁקַל־מְנוֹרָה וּמְנוֹרָה וְנֵרֹתֶיהָ וְלִמְנֹרוֹת הַכֶּסֶף בְּמִשְׁקָל לִמְנוֹרָה וְנֵרֹתֶיהָ כַּעֲבוֹדַת מְנוֹרָה וּמְנוֹרָֽה
by weight also for the candlesticks of gold, and for the lamps thereof, of gold, by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof; and for the candlesticks of silver, silver by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,139,670Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שכניה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שכניה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 385.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 50:40. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shecaniah in the Bible code?
2,521 sequences of שכניה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 2,613 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Shecaniah in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading backward from Genesis 9:3 — the shortest of 2,521 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,613.
What is the gematria of Shecaniah in Hebrew?
Shecaniah is spelled שכניה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 385.
How many times is Shecaniah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שכניה appears 9,955 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 10,331, 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 2,613 here) beside the count.