Shelley שלי
In Hebrew letters the first name Shelley is written שלי — unisex given name. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,115,912 sequences of Shelley, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:7); chance alone would give about 1,123,242.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,115,912
- Chance alone
- 1,123,242
- 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 1,115,912 sequences of שלי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,123,242).
The shortest skip at which שלי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:7, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), שלי is found 17,230,018 times; chance alone would give about 17,409,758.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,123,242 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 267,699
- Exodus 239,925
- Leviticus 144,697
- Numbers 265,888
- Deuteronomy 197,703
The shortest skips
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 245Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִֽים
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 721Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ וְאֵת כָּל־רֶמֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,182Open in the laboratory →
הָבָה נֵֽרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵֽהוּ
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,012Open in the laboratory →
וְעָרֵל זָכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יִמּוֹל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵעַמֶּיהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִי הֵפַֽר
And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,752Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
4,910,624 sequences of שלי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 4,922,972 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 267,699
- Exodus 239,925
- Leviticus 144,697
- Numbers 265,888
- Deuteronomy 205,867
- Joshua 158,250
- Judges 183,089
- Samuel 459,243
- Kings 472,113
- Isaiah 245,272
- Jeremiah 319,189
- Ezekiel 252,839
- The Twelve 199,858
- Psalms 330,125
- Proverbs 103,717
- Job 130,306
- Song of Songs 20,891
- Ruth 23,146
- Lamentations 22,805
- Ecclesiastes 53,450
- Esther 58,993
- Daniel 86,517
- Ezra–Nehemiah 173,733
- Chronicles 493,012
Outside the Torah
וַיִּקְרַע יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שִׂמְלֹתָיו וַיִּפֹּל עַל־פָּנָיו אַרְצָה לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה עַד־הָעֶרֶב הוּא וְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעֲלוּ עָפָר עַל־רֹאשָֽׁם
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,748Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹֽא־נִשְׁאַר אִישׁ בָּעַי וּבֵית אֵל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָצְאוּ אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעַזְבוּ אֶת־הָעִיר פְּתוּחָה וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,333Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ אֲדֹֽנִי־צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם כִּֽי־לָכַד יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־הָעַי וַיַּחֲרִימָהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לִֽירִיחוֹ וּלְמַלְכָּהּ כֵּן־עָשָׂה לָעַי וּלְמַלְכָּהּ וְכִי הִשְׁלִימוּ יֹשְׁבֵי גִבְעוֹן אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽהְיוּ בְּקִרְבָּֽם
Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,437Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שלי — the name in Hebrew letters: unisex given name. Searched as שלי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 340.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Song of Songs 1:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shelly.
Questions
Does Shelley appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 1,115,912 sequences of שלי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,123,242).
What is the shortest skip for Shelley in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:7 — the shortest of 1,115,912 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,123,242.
What is the gematria of Shelley in Hebrew?
Shelley is spelled שלי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 340.
How many times is Shelley found in the whole Tanakh?
4,910,624 sequences of שלי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 4,922,972 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 1,123,242 here) beside the count.