Zelzah צלצח
Zelzah (צלצח) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 785 sequences of Zelzah, the shortest at skip 4 (Deuteronomy 22:6); chance alone would give about 838.
- Found in the Torah
- 785
- Chance alone
- 838
- 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
At skips 2–5,000, צלצח appears 785 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 838, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which צלצח appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Deuteronomy 22:6, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), צלצח is found 8,246 times; chance alone would give about 8,731.
- Genesis 234
- Exodus 209
- Leviticus 79
- Numbers 132
- Deuteronomy 131
The shortest skips
כִּי יִקָּרֵא קַן־צִפּוֹר לְפָנֶיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּכָל־עֵץ אוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ בֵיצִים וְהָאֵם רֹבֶצֶת עַל־הָֽאֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ עַל־הַבֵּיצִים לֹא־תִקַּח הָאֵם עַל־הַבָּנִֽים
If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 284,301Open in the laboratory →
כִּי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בָא־שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ לֹא כְאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הִוא אֲשֶׁר יְצָאתֶם מִשָּׁם אֲשֶׁר תִּזְרַע אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ וְהִשְׁקִיתָ בְרַגְלְךָ כְּגַן הַיָּרָֽק
For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou didst sow thy seed, and didst water it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 269,166Open in the laboratory →
וְטָבַל הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־אֶצְבָּעוֹ הַיְמָנִית מִן־הַשֶּׁמֶן אֲשֶׁר עַל־כַּפּוֹ הַשְּׂמָאלִית וְהִזָּה מִן־הַשֶּׁמֶן בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 162,145Open in the laboratory →
וַתֵּצֵא דִינָה בַּת־לֵאָה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב לִרְאוֹת בִּבְנוֹת הָאָֽרֶץ
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,194Open in the laboratory →
וְלָֽקַחְתָּ אֶת־שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וְיָצַקְתָּ עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ וּמָשַׁחְתָּ אֹתֽוֹ
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
skip 24, width 24 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 120,902Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
3,228 sequences of צלצח at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,166 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 234
- Exodus 209
- Leviticus 79
- Numbers 132
- Deuteronomy 143
- Joshua 129
- Judges 53
- Samuel 127
- Kings 146
- Isaiah 417
- Jeremiah 211
- Ezekiel 202
- The Twelve 154
- Psalms 394
- Proverbs 151
- Job 125
- Song of Songs 13
- Ruth 8
- Lamentations 21
- Ecclesiastes 12
- Esther 17
- Daniel 50
- Ezra–Nehemiah 38
- Chronicles 163
Outside the Torah
כִּֽי־לֹא־כֵן בֵּיתִי עִם־אֵל כִּי בְרִית עוֹלָם שָׂם לִי עֲרוּכָה בַכֹּל וּשְׁמֻרָה כִּֽי־כָל־יִשְׁעִי וְכָל־חֵפֶץ כִּֽי־לֹא יַצְמִֽיחַ
For is not my house established with God? For an everlasting covenant He hath made with me, Ordered in all things, and sure; For all my salvation, and all my desire, Will he not make it to grow?
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 473,960Open in the laboratory →
עָבַר קָצִיר כָּלָה קָיִץ וַאֲנַחְנוּ לוֹא נוֹשָֽׁעְנוּ
’The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 655,311Open in the laboratory →
כִּי מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹת הֵנָּה וְאֵין לָהֶן עַמּוּדִים כְּעַמּוּדֵי הַחֲצֵרוֹת עַל־כֵּן נֶאֱצַל מֵהַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת וּמֵהַתִּֽיכֹנוֹת מֵהָאָֽרֶץ
For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore room was taken away from the lowest and the middlemost, in comparison with the ground.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 790,711Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
צלצח — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as צלצח, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 218.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Zelzah appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, צלצח appears 785 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 838, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Zelzah in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Deuteronomy 22:6 — the shortest of 785 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 838.
What is the gematria of Zelzah in Hebrew?
Zelzah is spelled צלצח — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 218.
How many times is Zelzah found in the whole Tanakh?
3,228 sequences of צלצח at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,166 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 838 here) beside the count.