Ashan עשן
Ashan (עשן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Ashan is found 265,034 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 5:25) — 1.1% above the 262,248 chance alone would give (probability of 265,034 or more by chance alone: 2.8 × 10⁻⁸).
- Found in the Torah
- 265,034
- Chance alone
- 262,248
- P (≥ found)
- 2.8 × 10⁻⁸
- 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 265,034 sequences of עשן at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% above what chance alone gives (about 262,248); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.8 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:25, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 4,211,882 sequences of עשן, against about 4,064,736 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 262,248 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 60,656
- Exodus 62,056
- Leviticus 35,462
- Numbers 70,406
- Deuteronomy 36,454
The shortest skips
וַיְחִי מְתוּשֶׁלַח שֶׁבַע וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,458Open in the laboratory →
יַרְכִּבֵהוּ עַל־במותי אָרֶץ וַיֹּאכַל תְּנוּבֹת שָׂדָי וַיֵּנִקֵהֽוּ דְבַשׁ מִסֶּלַע וְשֶׁמֶן מֵחַלְמִישׁ צֽוּר
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the fruitage of the field; And He made him to suck honey out of the crag, And oil out of the flinty rock;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 301,059Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמַן יְשֻׁרוּן וַיִּבְעָט שָׁמַנְתָּ עָבִיתָ כָּשִׂיתָ וַיִּטֹּשׁ אֱלוֹהַ עָשָׂהוּ וַיְנַבֵּל צוּר יְשֻׁעָתֽוֹ
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked— Thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross— And he forsook God who made him, And contemned the Rock of his salvation.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 301,154Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי קֵינָן שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל
And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 5,903Open in the laboratory →
בְּנֵי שֵׁם עֵילָם וְאַשּׁוּר וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד וְלוּד וַֽאֲרָֽם
The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 12,341Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
998,001 sequences of עשן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 998,309 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 60,656
- Exodus 62,056
- Leviticus 35,462
- Numbers 70,406
- Deuteronomy 38,795
- Joshua 39,915
- Judges 34,989
- Samuel 71,626
- Kings 71,577
- Isaiah 52,996
- Jeremiah 57,436
- Ezekiel 51,730
- The Twelve 38,828
- Psalms 66,357
- Proverbs 25,549
- Job 31,883
- Song of Songs 4,331
- Ruth 5,240
- Lamentations 5,009
- Ecclesiastes 10,886
- Esther 9,705
- Daniel 24,245
- Ezra–Nehemiah 46,733
- Chronicles 81,591
Outside the Torah
אֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר לְדָוִד יֹשֵׁב בַּשֶּׁבֶת תַּחְכְּמֹנִי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁלִשִׁי הוּא עֲדִינוֹ העצנו עַל־שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת חָלָל בְּפַעַם אחד
These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite; [he lifted up his spear] against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 474,094Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר חַי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אִם־יֶשׁ־לִי מָעוֹג כִּי אִם־מְלֹא כַף־קֶמַח בַּכַּד וּמְעַט־שֶׁמֶן בַּצַּפָּחַת וְהִנְנִי מְקֹשֶׁשֶׁת שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים וּבָאתִי וַעֲשִׂיתִיהוּ לִי וְלִבְנִי וַאֲכַלְנֻהוּ וָמָֽתְנוּ
And she said: ‘As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 514,791Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר חִלְקִיָּהוּ הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל עַל־שָׁפָן הַסֹּפֵר סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה מָצָאתִי בְּבֵית יְהוָה וַיִּתֵּן חִלְקִיָּה אֶת־הַסֵּפֶר אֶל־שָׁפָן וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ
And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe: ‘I have found the book of the Law in the house of the LORD.’ And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 568,329Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עשן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עשן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 420.
As a plain word it stands 18 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 15:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Ashan appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 265,034 sequences of עשן at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% above what chance alone gives (about 262,248); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.8 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Ashan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:25 — the shortest of 265,034 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 262,248.
How is Ashan spelled in Hebrew?
Ashan is spelled עשן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 420.
Is Ashan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
998,001 sequences of עשן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 998,309 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 262,248 here) beside the count.