Shilhim שלחים
Shilhim (שלחים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Shilhim appears 17,243 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), 2.1% more than chance alone would give (about 16,895; probability 0.0038).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 17,243
- Chance alone · every skip
- 16,895
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.0038
- Shortest skip
- 9
- Longest skip found
- 75,967
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: 2,147 found · chance alone about 2,144 (probability of 2,147 or more by chance alone: 0.47).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–76,212), שלחים appears 17,243 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 16,895 chance alone would give; the probability of 17,243 or more by chance alone is 0.0038.
The shortest skip at which שלחים appears in the Torah is 9 — at Numbers 7:11, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שלחים was found in the Torah is 75,967 — at Genesis 1:11, 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 3,803
- Exodus 3,669
- Leviticus 2,426
- Numbers 4,300
- Deuteronomy 3,045
Examples across the range
5 of the 17,243 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.
Letter by letter
- ש ל ח י םNumbers 7:11
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֹם נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֹם יַקְרִיבוּ אֶת־קָרְבָּנָם לַחֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘They shall present their offering each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar.’
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 198,848 of the TorahOpen at skip 9 in the laboratory →
- ש ל ח י םNumbers 7:11
- שNumbers 26:38
בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֶלַע מִשְׁפַּחַת הַבַּלְעִי לְאַשְׁבֵּל מִשְׁפַּחַת הָֽאַשְׁבֵּלִי לַאֲחִירָם מִשְׁפַּחַת הָאֲחִירָמִֽי
The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- ל ח י מNumbers 26:37
אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם שְׁנַיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת אֵלֶּה בְנֵי־יוֹסֵף לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם
These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 232,716 of the TorahOpen at skip 17 in the laboratory →
- שNumbers 26:38
- שExodus 34:29
… בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה בְּרִדְתּוֹ מִן־הָהָר וּמֹשֶׁה לֹֽא־יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר …
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses’hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face sent forth abeams while He talked with him.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לExodus 34:28
… עִם־יְהוָה אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לַיְלָה לֶחֶם לֹא אָכַל וּמַיִם לֹא …
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words.
- חExodus 34:26
רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ תָּבִיא בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּֽוֹ
The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.’
- יExodus 34:24
… אֶֽת־אַרְצְךָ בַּעֲלֹֽתְךָ לֵרָאוֹת אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָֽה …
For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders; neither shall any man covet thy land, when thou goest up to appear before the LORD thy God three times in the year.
- מExodus 34:23
שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה יֵרָאֶה כָּל־זְכוּרְךָ אֶת־פְּנֵי הָֽאָדֹן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
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 130,649 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 34:29
- שDeuteronomy 2:20
אֶֽרֶץ־רְפָאִים תֵּחָשֵׁב אַף־הִוא רְפָאִים יָֽשְׁבוּ־בָהּ לְפָנִים וְהָֽעַמֹּנִים יִקְרְאוּ לָהֶם זַמְזֻמִּֽים
That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לDeuteronomy 2:37
… הָהָר וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
Only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever the LORD our God forbade us.
- חDeuteronomy 3:17
וְהָֽעֲרָבָה וְהַיַּרְדֵּן וּגְבֻל מִכִּנֶּרֶת וְעַד יָם הָֽעֲרָבָה יָם הַמֶּלַח תַּחַת אַשְׁדֹּת הַפִּסְגָּה מִזְרָֽחָה
the Arabah also, the Jordan being the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
- יDeuteronomy 4:4
וְאַתֶּם הַדְּבֵקִים בַּיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם חַיִּים כֻּלְּכֶם הַיּֽוֹם
But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
- םDeuteronomy 4:19
… חָלַק יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֹתָם לְכֹל הָֽעַמִּים תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
skip 1,013, width 1,013 — one row is 1,013 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 253,526 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,013 in the laboratory →
- שDeuteronomy 2:20
- שGenesis 1:11
… עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ …
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לGenesis 49:30
בַּמְּעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי־מַמְרֵא בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן אֲשֶׁר …
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.
- חLeviticus 8:29
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הֶחָזֶה וַיְנִיפֵהוּ תְנוּפָה …
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD; it was Moses’portion of the ram of consecration; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- יNumbers 23:16
וַיִּקָּר יְהוָה אֶל־בִּלְעָם וַיָּשֶׂם דָּבָר בְּפִיו וַיֹּאמֶר שׁוּב אֶל־בָּלָק וְכֹה תְדַבֵּֽר
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said: ‘Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.’
- םDeuteronomy 34:3
וְאֶת־הַנֶּגֶב וְֽאֶת־הַכִּכָּר בִּקְעַת יְרֵחוֹ עִיר הַתְּמָרִים עַד־צֹֽעַר
and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.
skip 75,967, width 75,967 — one row is 75,967 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 485 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,967 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 1:11
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–299,260), שלחים appears 276,173 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 281,942, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 9,187 found · chance alone about 9,341 (probability of 9,187 or more by chance alone: 0.95).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 15,985
- Exodus 16,307
- Leviticus 10,622
- Numbers 17,085
- Deuteronomy 12,900
- Joshua 9,136
- Judges 9,230
- Samuel 22,331
- Kings 24,329
- Isaiah 13,920
- Jeremiah 16,699
- Ezekiel 15,258
- The Twelve 11,681
- Psalms 16,331
- Proverbs 6,469
- Job 6,631
- Song of Songs 1,206
- Ruth 1,272
- Lamentations 1,251
- Ecclesiastes 2,995
- Esther 3,579
- Daniel 4,625
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,983
- Chronicles 26,348
Outside the Torah
- ש לJob 36:20
אַל־תִּשְׁאַף הַלָּיְלָה לַעֲלוֹת עַמִּים תַּחְתָּֽם
Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ח י מJob 36:19
הֲיַעֲרֹךְ שׁוּעֲךָ לֹא בְצָר וְכֹל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ
Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, Or all the forces of thy strength?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 990,345 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש לJob 36:20
- שEcclesiastes 4:15
רָאִיתִי אֶת־כָּל־הַחַיִּים הַֽמְהַלְּכִים תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ עִם הַיֶּלֶד הַשֵּׁנִי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲמֹד תַּחְתָּֽיו
I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the child, the second, that was to stand up in his stead.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לEcclesiastes 4:13
טוֹב יֶלֶד מִסְכֵּן וְחָכָם מִמֶּלֶךְ זָקֵן וּכְסִיל אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדַע לְהִזָּהֵר עֽוֹד
Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
- חEcclesiastes 4:10
כִּי אִם־יִפֹּלוּ הָאֶחָד יָקִים אֶת־חֲבֵרוֹ וְאִילוֹ הָֽאֶחָד שֶׁיִּפּוֹל וְאֵין שֵׁנִי לַהֲקִימֽוֹ
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
- יEcclesiastes 4:8
… עיניו לֹא־תִשְׂבַּע עֹשֶׁר וּלְמִי אֲנִי עָמֵל וּמְחַסֵּר אֶת־נַפְשִׁי מִטּוֹבָה …
There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches: ‘for whom then do I labour, and bereave my soul of pleasure?’ This also is vanity, yea, it is a grievous business.
- מEcclesiastes 4:6
טוֹב מְלֹא כַף נָחַת מִמְּלֹא חָפְנַיִם עָמָל וּרְעוּת רֽוּחַ
Better is a handful of quietness, Than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,015,835 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- שEcclesiastes 4:15
- ש2 Chronicles 35:21
… לְךָ מֵאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר־עִמִּי וְאַל־יַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying: ‘What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath given command to speed me; forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that He destroy thee not.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לPsalms 74:16
לְךָ יוֹם אַף־לְךָ לָיְלָה אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ מָאוֹר וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ
Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun.
- חIsaiah 26:3
יֵצֶר סָמוּךְ תִּצֹּר שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם כִּי בְךָ בָּטֽוּחַ
The mind stayed on Thee Thou keepest in perfect peace; Because it trusteth in Thee.
- יDeuteronomy 32:14
… בְּנֵֽי־בָשָׁן וְעַתּוּדִים עִם־חֵלֶב כִּלְיוֹת חִטָּה וְדַם־עֵנָב תִּשְׁתֶּה־חָֽמֶר …
Curd of kine, and milk of sheep, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the kidney-fat of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest foaming wine.
- םGenesis 3:5
כִּי יֹדֵעַ אֱלֹהִים כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְכֶם מִמֶּנּוּ וְנִפְקְחוּ עֵֽינֵיכֶם וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּֽאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָֽע
for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.’
skip 297,986, width 297,986 — one row is 297,986 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,195,080 of the TanakhOpen at skip 297,986 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 35:21
The spelling
שלחים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שלחים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 388.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 9:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shilhim in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–76,212), שלחים appears 17,243 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 16,895 chance alone would give; the probability of 17,243 or more by chance alone is 0.0038.
What is the shortest skip for Shilhim in the Torah?
Skip 9, reading forward from Numbers 7:11 — the shortest of 17,243 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 16,895.
What is the gematria of Shilhim in Hebrew?
Shilhim is spelled שלחים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 388.
How many times is Shilhim found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–299,260), שלחים appears 276,173 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 281,942, 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 16,895 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.