Biblical names

Shelemiah שלמיה

Shelemiah (שלמיה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Shelemiah appears 65,077 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), in line with the 65,931 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip
65,077
Chance alone · every skip
65,931
P (≥ found) · every skip
1.00
Shortest skip
5
Longest skip found
75,999

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 8,378 found · chance alone about 8,366 (probability of 8,378 or more by chance alone: 0.45).

In the Torah

Across every skip (2–76,212), שלמיה appears 65,077 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 65,931, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which שלמיה appears in the Torah is 5 — at Exodus 26:24, reading forward.

The longest skip at which שלמיה was found in the Torah is 75,999 — at Genesis 1:17, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 14,202
  • Exodus 14,121
  • Leviticus 9,448
  • Numbers 15,633
  • Deuteronomy 11,673

Examples across the range

5 of the 65,077 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.

Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.

  1. shortest skipExodus 26:24שמות כו:כדskip 5, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ש ל מ יExodus 26:24

      … אֶל־הַטַּבַּעַת הָאֶחָת כֵּן יִהְיֶה לִשְׁנֵיהֶם לִשְׁנֵי הַמִּקְצֹעֹת יִהְיֽוּ

      And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be complete unto the top thereof unto the first ring; thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

    2. הExodus 26:25

      וְהָיוּ שְׁמֹנָה קְרָשִׁים וְאַדְנֵיהֶם כֶּסֶף שִׁשָּׁה …

      Thus there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

    שלמיה at skip 5, forward from Exodus 26:24להטבעתהאחתכןיהיהלניהםשניהקצעתהיוויושמנהקרשיםואדניהשלמיה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 116,471 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →

  2. also at the shortest skipExodus 26:35שמות כו:להskip 5, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ש ל מ י הExodus 26:35

      … מִחוּץ לַפָּרֹכֶת וְאֶת־הַמְּנֹרָה נֹכַח הַשֻּׁלְחָן עַל צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן תֵּימָנָה וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן תִּתֵּן עַל־צֶלַע צָפֽוֹן …

      And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

    שלמיה at skip 5, forward from Exodus 26:35לפרכתואתהמנרהנכחהלחןעצלעהשכןתמנהושלחןתתןעלצלעצפוןושלמיה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 117,042 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipLeviticus 22:32ויקרא כב:לבskip 100, forward
    1. שLeviticus 22:32

      וְלֹא תְחַלְּלוּ אֶת־שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲנִי יְהוָה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם

      And ye shall not profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who hallow you,

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לLeviticus 23:2

      דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם מוֹעֲדֵי …

      Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed seasons of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My appointed seasons.

    2. מLeviticus 23:3

      … שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ כָּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ שַׁבָּת הִוא לַֽיהוָה …

      Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work; it is a sabbath unto the LORD in all your dwellings.

    3. יLeviticus 23:5

      בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם פֶּסַח לַיהוָֽה

      In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD’S passover.

    4. הLeviticus 23:8

      וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשֽׂוּ

      And ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days; in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.

    שלמיה at skip 100, forward from Leviticus 22:32כרותלאתקריבוליקוקובארשהלאמרשוראוכשבאועזכיייוםאחדוכיתזבחוזבחתודהולאתחללואתםקדשיונקדששהלאמרדבראבניישראלואןמקראקדשכללאכהלאתעשוחדשביןהערבםפסחליקוקובדהלאתעשווקרבתםאשהלירתאלהםכיתבאואלהארץאשרתהשבתיניפנוהכהןועשיתםחונסכהייןרביעתההיןולחשלמיה
    skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 176,080 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipNumbers 14:37במדבר יד:לזskip 1,003, forward
    1. שNumbers 14:37

      וַיָּמֻתוּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים מוֹצִאֵי דִבַּת־הָאָרֶץ רָעָה בַּמַּגֵּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה

      even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לNumbers 15:14

      … אִתְּכֶם גֵּר אוֹ אֲשֶֽׁר־בְּתֽוֹכְכֶם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם וְעָשָׂה אִשֵּׁה רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָה …

      And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you, throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.

    2. מNumbers 15:35

      וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה מוֹת יוּמַת הָאִישׁ רָגוֹם אֹתוֹ בָֽאֲבָנִים כָּל־הָעֵדָה מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה

      And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.’

    3. יNumbers 16:12

      וַיִּשְׁלַח מֹשֶׁה לִקְרֹא לְדָתָן וְלַאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹא נַעֲלֶֽה

      And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said: ‘We will not come up;

    4. הNumbers 16:30

      … שְׁאֹלָה וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּי נִֽאֲצוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֶת־יְהוָֽה

      But if the LORD make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.’

    שלמיה at skip 1,003, forward from Numbers 14:37הארץויקראמשהלהושעבןנוינואתהנפיליםבניענקמןהרךאפיםורבחסדנשאעוןופשרץוימתוהאניםמוצאידבתואשרבתוככםדרתיכםועשהריקוקאלמשהותיומתהאישאבירםבניאלאבויאמרולאוהאנשיםהאלאתיקוקויהיושבעמאותמלבדהמתיםעלדבשואתמשמרתהמזבחולאיהיהראלולבנילויהנהנתתיכלמשלמיה
    skip 1,003, width 1,003 — one row is 1,003 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 212,908 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,003 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundGenesis 1:17בראשית א:יזskip 75,999, forward
    1. שGenesis 1:17

      וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָיִם לְהָאִיר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ

      And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לGenesis 50:4

      … וַיְדַבֵּר יוֹסֵף אֶל־בֵּית פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֵיכֶם …

      And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying: ‘If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying:

    2. םLeviticus 8:34

      כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה צִוָּה יְהוָה לַעֲשֹׂת לְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶֽם

      As hath been done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make atonement for you.

    3. יNumbers 23:26

      … בִּלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־בָּלָק הֲלֹא דִּבַּרְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּר …

      But Balaam answered and said unto Balak: ‘Told not I thee, saying: All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?’

    4. הDeuteronomy 34:12

      וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

      and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.

    שלמיה at skip 75,999, forward from Genesis 1:17להיםברקיעהמיםלהאירעלףאלביתפרעהאמראםנאמצאשתלכפרעליכופתחאהלמועבלקהלאדברתאליךלאמרכלרצוולכלהידחזקהולכלהמשלםיה
    skip 75,999, width 75,999 — one row is 75,999 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 815 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,999 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

1,036,695 sequences of שלמיה across every skip (2–299,260) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,041,648 that chance alone would produce.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 34,314 found · chance alone about 34,510 (probability of 34,314 or more by chance alone: 0.85).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 59,102
  • Exodus 60,071
  • Leviticus 40,349
  • Numbers 63,948
  • Deuteronomy 48,533
  • Joshua 36,003
  • Judges 36,003
  • Samuel 87,210
  • Kings 94,801
  • Isaiah 53,617
  • Jeremiah 64,007
  • Ezekiel 56,269
  • The Twelve 42,971
  • Psalms 59,287
  • Proverbs 22,930
  • Job 24,517
  • Song of Songs 4,566
  • Ruth 4,615
  • Lamentations 4,450
  • Ecclesiastes 10,886
  • Esther 12,892
  • Daniel 16,769
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 35,775
  • Chronicles 97,124

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the Torah1 Kings 1:53מלכים א א:נגskip 2, backward

    Letter by letter

    1. ש ל מ י ה1 Kings 1:53

      … מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיָּבֹא וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לוֹ שְׁלֹמֹה לֵךְ לְבֵיתֶֽךָ …

      So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and prostrated himself before king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him: ‘Go to thy house.’

    שלמיה at skip 2, backward from 1 Kings 1:53מלךשלמוארולמהלךלבשלמיה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 480,293 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skip2 Samuel 17:12שמואל ב יז:יבskip 100, backward
    1. ש2 Samuel 17:12

      … אֵלָיו באחת הַמְּקוֹמֹת אֲשֶׁר נִמְצָא שָׁם וְנַחְנוּ עָלָיו כַּאֲשֶׁר יִפֹּל הַטַּל …

      So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. ל2 Samuel 17:10

      … יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־גִבּוֹר אָבִיךָ וּבְנֵי־חַיִל אֲשֶׁר אִתּֽוֹ

      then even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.

    2. ם2 Samuel 17:9

      … אוֹ בְּאַחַד הַמְּקוֹמֹת וְהָיָה כִּנְפֹל בָּהֶם בַּתְּחִלָּה וְשָׁמַע הַשֹּׁמֵעַ וְאָמַר הָֽיְתָה …

      Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some place; and it will come to pass, when they fall upon them at the first, and whosoever heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom;

    3. י2 Samuel 17:8

      … יָדַעְתָּ אֶת־אָבִיךָ וְאֶת־אֲנָשָׁיו כִּי גִבֹּרִים הֵמָּה וּמָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ הֵמָּה …

      Hushai said moreover: ‘Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are embittered in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

    4. ה2 Samuel 17:6

      … לֵאמֹר כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה דִּבֶּר אֲחִיתֹפֶל הֲנַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־דְּבָרוֹ אִם־אַיִן אַתָּה …

      And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying: ‘Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner; shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.’

    שלמיה at skip 100, backward from 2 Samuel 17:12שלםויאמראחיתפלאלאבשלםנסכלהעםאשראתווהכיתיאתיניכלזקניישראלויאמראבהדבראחיתפלנעשהאתדברוךואתאנשיוכגבריםהמהומוהיהכנפלבהבתחלהושמעהאביךובניחיאשראתוכייעומתאשרנמצאםונחנועליוהיאחבליםוסחבנואתועדהנפראתעצתאחיתפלהטובהלבעואתזקניישראלוכזאתוכזאשלםיה
    skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 462,294 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:17דברי הימים ב לו:יזskip 299,092, backward
    1. ש2 Chronicles 36:17

      … חָמַל עַל־בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה זָקֵן וְיָשֵׁשׁ הַכֹּל נָתַן בְּיָדֽוֹ

      Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לPsalms 75:5

      אָמַרְתִּי לַֽהוֹלְלִים אַל־תָּהֹלּוּ וְלָרְשָׁעִים אַל־תָּרִימוּ קָֽרֶן

      I say unto the arrogant 'Deal not arrogantly'; And to the wicked 'Lift not up the horn.'

    2. מIsaiah 25:1

      יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי אַתָּה אֲרֽוֹמִמְךָ אוֹדֶה שִׁמְךָ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ פֶּלֶא עֵצוֹת מֵֽרָחוֹק אֱמוּנָה אֹֽמֶן

      O LORD, Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy name, For Thou hast done wonderful things; Even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.

    3. יDeuteronomy 31:14

      וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הֵן קָרְבוּ …

      And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Behold, thy days approach that thou must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge.’ And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

    4. הGenesis 1:6

      וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם

      And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’

    שלמיה at skip 299,092, backward from 2 Chronicles 36:17אחדויאמראליםיהירקיעבןשמהלרשתהואמריקוקאלמאלהיאתהארומךאודהשמךכלוולרשעיםאתרימוקרןאלבתולהזקןוישהכלנתןבידשלמיה
    skip 299,092, width 299,092 — one row is 299,092 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,196,573 of the TanakhOpen at skip 299,092 in the laboratory →

The spelling

שלמיה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שלמיה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 385.

As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 37:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Shelemiah in the Bible code?

Across every skip (2–76,212), שלמיה appears 65,077 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 65,931, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Shelemiah in the Torah?

Skip 5, reading forward from Exodus 26:24 — the shortest of 65,077 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 65,931.

What is the gematria of Shelemiah in Hebrew?

Shelemiah is spelled שלמיה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 385.

How many times is Shelemiah found in the whole Tanakh?

1,036,695 sequences of שלמיה across every skip (2–299,260) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,041,648 that chance alone would produce.

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