Biblical names

Ananiah ענניה

Ananiah (ענניה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Ananiah appears 2,364 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 6.2% more than chance alone would give (about 2,225; probability 0.0018).

Found in the Torah
2,364
Chance alone
2,225
P (≥ found)
0.0018
Shortest skip
6

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, ענניה appears 2,364 times in the Torah — 6.2% more than the 2,225 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,364 or more by chance alone is 0.0018.

The shortest skip at which ענניה appears in the Torah is 6 — the first at Genesis 6:7, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), ענניה is found 17,573 times; chance alone would give about 17,537.

  • Genesis 615
  • Exodus 454
  • Leviticus 287
  • Numbers 701
  • Deuteronomy 307

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 6:7בראשית ו:זskip 6, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶמְחֶה אֶת־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָאתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה מֵֽאָדָם עַד־בְּהֵמָה עַד־רֶמֶשׂ וְעַד־עוֹף הַשָּׁמָיִם כִּי נִחַמְתִּי כִּי עֲשִׂיתִֽם

    And the LORD said: ‘I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.’

    ענניה at skip 6, forward from Genesis 6:7ועדעוףהשמיםכינחמתיכישיתםוחמצאחבעיניקוקאלתולדתנחנחאישצדיקתמיםהענןיה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 7,213Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 26:19במדבר כו:יטskip 6, forward

    בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה עֵר וְאוֹנָן וַיָּמָת עֵר וְאוֹנָן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָֽעַן

    The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

    ענניה at skip 6, forward from Numbers 26:19תבנייהודהערואונןוימתרואונבארץכעןויהובנייודהלמשפחתםלשלהמשפחתהשעןניה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 231,892Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 26:24שמות כו:כדskip 6, backward

    וְיִֽהְיוּ תֹֽאֲמִים מִלְּמַטָּה וְיַחְדָּו יִהְיוּ תַמִּים עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ 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.

    ענניה at skip 6, backward from Exodus 26:24היותמיםעלראשואלהטבעתאחתכןהיהלשיהםלשיהמקצתיהיווהיושמנהקרשיםואדענניה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 116,484Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 5:28דברים ה:כחskip 6, backward

    וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוָה אֶת־קוֹל דִּבְרֵיכֶם בְּדַבֶּרְכֶם אֵלָי וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי שָׁמַעְתִּי אֶת־קוֹל דִּבְרֵי הָעָם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר דִּבְּרוּ אֵלֶיךָ הֵיטִיבוּ כָּל־אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּֽרוּ

    And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spoke unto me; and the LORD said unto me: ‘I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee; they have well said all that they have spoken.

    ענניה at skip 6, backward from Deuteronomy 5:28ינואתכלאשרידבריקוקאלינואלךושמעוועשיווישמיקוקאתקולדבריכםבדברכםענניה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 260,883Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 31:2בראשית לא:בskip 7, backward

    וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב אֶת־פְּנֵי לָבָן וְהִנֵּה אֵינֶנּוּ עִמּוֹ כִּתְמוֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם

    And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

    ענניה at skip 7, backward from Genesis 31:2נוומאשרלאבינועשהאתכלהכבדזהויראעקבאתפילבןוההאיננומוכתמולשלשוםויאמריקוקאליענניה
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 43,711Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

9,380 sequences of ענניה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 9,233 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 615
  • Exodus 454
  • Leviticus 287
  • Numbers 701
  • Deuteronomy 347
  • Joshua 439
  • Judges 341
  • Samuel 569
  • Kings 549
  • Isaiah 473
  • Jeremiah 604
  • Ezekiel 585
  • The Twelve 402
  • Psalms 655
  • Proverbs 172
  • Job 265
  • Song of Songs 35
  • Ruth 51
  • Lamentations 44
  • Ecclesiastes 76
  • Esther 63
  • Daniel 320
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 577
  • Chronicles 756

Outside the Torah

  1. Song of Songs 8:9שיר השירים ח:טskip 2, backward

    אִם־חוֹמָה הִיא נִבְנֶה עָלֶיהָ טִירַת כָּסֶף וְאִם־דֶּלֶת הִיא נָצוּר עָלֶיהָ לוּחַ אָֽרֶז

    If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.

    ענניה at skip 2, backward from Song of Songs 8:9האםחומהאבהליהטירתענניה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,000,749Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 1:7שמואל א א:זskip 4, forward

    וְכֵן יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה מִדֵּי עֲלֹתָהּ בְּבֵית יְהוָה כֵּן תַּכְעִסֶנָּה וַתִּבְכֶּה וְלֹא תֹאכַֽל

    And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she vexed her; therefore she wept, and would not eat.

    ענניה at skip 4, forward from 1 Samuel 1:7וקבעדרחמהוכןישהשהבשהמדעלתבביתיקוקכןתכעסענניה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 383,947Open in the laboratory →

  3. Ezra 7:18עזרא ז:יחskip 4, forward

    וּמָה דִי עליך וְעַל־אחיך יֵיטַב בִּשְׁאָר כַּסְפָּא וְדַהֲבָה לְמֶעְבַּד כִּרְעוּת אֱלָהֲכֹם תַּעַבְדֽוּן

    And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God.

    ענניה at skip 4, forward from Ezra 7:18בדכרעותאלהכםתבדוומאיאדמתיביןלךלפלחןביתאעןניה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,068,975Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

ענניה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ענניה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 185.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Ananiah appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, ענניה appears 2,364 times in the Torah — 6.2% more than the 2,225 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,364 or more by chance alone is 0.0018.

What is the shortest skip for Ananiah in the Torah?

Skip 6, reading forward from Genesis 6:7 — the shortest of 2,364 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,225.

What is the gematria of Ananiah in Hebrew?

Ananiah is spelled ענניה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 185.

How many times is Ananiah found in the whole Tanakh?

9,380 sequences of ענניה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 9,233 that chance alone would produce.

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