Abana אבנה
Abana (אבנה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Abana is found 632,884 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 35:20) — 0.7% above the 628,689 chance alone would give (probability of 632,884 or more by chance alone: 6.3 × 10⁻⁸).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 632,884
- Chance alone · every skip
- 628,689
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 6.3 × 10⁻⁸
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,575
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 60,072 found · chance alone about 60,336 (probability of 60,072 or more by chance alone: 0.86).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 632,884 sequences of אבנה across every skip (2–101,616), 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 628,689); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.3 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Numbers 35:20, reading forward.
The longest skip at which אבנה was found in the Torah is 101,575 — at Genesis 1:1, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 177,488
- Exodus 118,231
- Leviticus 95,935
- Numbers 125,160
- Deuteronomy 116,070
Examples across the range
5 of the 632,884 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
- א ב נ הNumbers 35:20
וְאִם־בְּשִׂנְאָה יֶהְדָּפֶנּוּ אֽוֹ־הִשְׁלִיךְ עָלָיו בִּצְדִיָּה וַיָּמֹֽת
And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him any thing, lying in wait, so that he died;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 248,307 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ב נ הNumbers 35:20
Letter by letter
- א ב נ הGenesis 7:1
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לְנֹחַ בֹּֽא־אַתָּה וְכָל־בֵּיתְךָ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה כִּֽי …
And the LORD said unto Noah: ‘Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before Me in this generation.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 7,941 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ב נ הGenesis 7:1
- אLeviticus 13:32
… הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְהִנֵּה לֹא־פָשָׂה הַנֶּתֶק וְלֹא־הָיָה בוֹ שֵׂעָר צָהֹב וּמַרְאֵה …
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin,
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בLeviticus 13:34
וְרָאָה הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַנֶּתֶק בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְהִנֵּה לֹא־פָשָׂה הַנֶּתֶק בָּעוֹר …
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
- ןLeviticus 13:36
וְרָאָהוּ הַכֹּהֵן וְהִנֵּה פָּשָׂה הַנֶּתֶק בָּעוֹר לֹֽא־יְבַקֵּר הַכֹּהֵן לַשֵּׂעָר הַצָּהֹב טָמֵא הֽוּא
then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair: he is unclean.
- הLeviticus 13:38
וְאִישׁ אֽוֹ־אִשָּׁה כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָם בֶּהָרֹת בֶּהָרֹת לְבָנֹֽת
And if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
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 159,759 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אLeviticus 13:32
- אDeuteronomy 2:14
… שָׁנָה עַד־תֹּם כָּל־הַדּוֹר אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה מִקֶּרֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶה כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע …
And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation, even the men of war, were consumed from the midst of the camp, as the LORD swore unto them.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בDeuteronomy 2:33
וַֽיִּתְּנֵהוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְפָנֵינוּ וַנַּךְ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־בנו וְאֶת־כָּל־עַמּֽוֹ
And the LORD our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
- נDeuteronomy 3:13
… מַמְלֶכֶת עוֹג נָתַתִּי לַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה כֹּל חֶבֶל הָֽאַרְגֹּב לְכָל־הַבָּשָׁן …
and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob—all that Bashan is called the land of Rephaim.
- הDeuteronomy 4:1
וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁמַע אֶל־הַֽחֻקִּים וְאֶל־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר אָֽנֹכִי מְלַמֵּד …
And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, giveth you.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 253,303 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 2:14
- אGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בExodus 16:7
וּבֹקֶר וּרְאִיתֶם אֶת־כְּבוֹד יְהוָה בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם עַל־יְהוָה וְנַחְנוּ …
and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?’
- נNumbers 8:16
… נְתֻנִים נְתֻנִים הֵמָּה לִי מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תַּחַת פִּטְרַת כָּל־רֶחֶם …
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
- הDeuteronomy 34:10
וְלֹֽא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר יְדָעוֹ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
skip 101,575, width 101,575 — one row is 101,575 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 3 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,575 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 1:1
Across the Tanakh
7,932,372 sequences of אבנה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8,154,353 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 201,229 found · chance alone about 203,043 (probability of 201,229 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 613,656
- Exodus 424,066
- Leviticus 329,639
- Numbers 427,768
- Deuteronomy 402,302
- Joshua 243,707
- Judges 278,190
- Samuel 712,341
- Kings 712,773
- Isaiah 394,524
- Jeremiah 585,002
- Ezekiel 499,132
- The Twelve 367,378
- Psalms 398,386
- Proverbs 128,636
- Job 205,382
- Song of Songs 23,894
- Ruth 36,685
- Lamentations 30,812
- Ecclesiastes 69,646
- Esther 68,856
- Daniel 178,963
- Ezra–Nehemiah 223,784
- Chronicles 576,850
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- א ב נ הJudges 10:8
וַֽיִּרְעֲצוּ וַיְרֹֽצְצוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִיא שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה אֶֽת־כָּל …
And they oppressed and crushed the children of Israel that year; eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 363,648 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ב נ הJudges 10:8
- אJoshua 13:33
וּלְשֵׁבֶט הַלֵּוִי לֹֽא־נָתַן מֹשֶׁה נַחֲלָה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא נַחֲלָתָם כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָהֶֽם
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He spoke unto them. .
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בJoshua 14:1
… בִּן־נוּן וְרָאשֵׁי אֲבוֹת הַמַּטּוֹת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them,
- ןJoshua 14:3
… הַמַּטֶּה מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן וְלַלְוִיִּם לֹֽא־נָתַן נַחֲלָה בְּתוֹכָֽם
For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
- הJoshua 14:5
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּחְלְקוּ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
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 326,601 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אJoshua 13:33
- א2 Chronicles 36:21
… שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה שָׁבָתָה לְמַלֹּאות שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָֽה
to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- בEzekiel 46:21
… אַרְבַּעַת מִקְצוֹעֵי הֶחָצֵר וְהִנֵּה חָצֵר בְּמִקְצֹעַ הֶחָצֵר חָצֵר בְּמִקְצֹעַ הֶחָצֵֽר
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
- נ1 Samuel 12:3
הִנְנִי עֲנוּ בִי נֶגֶד יְהוָה וְנֶגֶד מְשִׁיחוֹ אֶת־שׁוֹר מִי לָקַחְתִּי …
Here I am; witness against me before the LORD, and before His anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? or whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.’
- הGenesis 1:20
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף …
And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’
skip 398,638, width 398,638 — one row is 398,638 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,832 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,638 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 36:21
The spelling
אבנה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אבנה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 58.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 16:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Abana in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 632,884 sequences of אבנה across every skip (2–101,616), 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 628,689); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.3 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Abana in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 35:20 — the shortest of 632,884 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 628,689.
How is Abana spelled in Hebrew?
Abana is spelled אבנה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 58.
Is Abana in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
7,932,372 sequences of אבנה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8,154,353 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 628,689 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.