Baanah בענה
Baanah (בענה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Baanah appears 25,291 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 25,084 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 25,291
- Chance alone
- 25,084
- P (≥ found)
- 0.10
- 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 25,291 sequences of בענה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 25,084).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 28:33, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 270,135 sequences of בענה, against about 261,373 from chance alone.
- Genesis 5,978
- Exodus 5,018
- Leviticus 4,031
- Numbers 6,468
- Deuteronomy 3,796
The shortest skips
וְעָשִׂיתָ עַל־שׁוּלָיו רִמֹּנֵי תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי עַל־שׁוּלָיו סָבִיב וּפַעֲמֹנֵי זָהָב בְּתוֹכָם סָבִֽיב
And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 120,013Open in the laboratory →
זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה לִבְנוֹת צְלָפְחָד לֵאמֹר לַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיהֶם תִּהְיֶינָה לְנָשִׁים אַךְ לְמִשְׁפַּחַת מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם תִּהְיֶינָה לְנָשִֽׁים
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying: Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 249,513Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינַי הַדָּבָר וָאֶקַּח מִכֶּם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר אֲנָשִׁים אִישׁ אֶחָד לַשָּֽׁבֶט
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 251,264Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיוּ עַל־אַהֲרֹן וְעַל־בָּנָיו בְּבֹאָם אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אוֹ בְגִשְׁתָּם אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לְשָׁרֵת בַּקֹּדֶשׁ וְלֹא־יִשְׂאוּ עָוֺן וָמֵתוּ חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לוֹ וּלְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָֽיו
And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die; it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 120,502Open in the laboratory →
וְלָקַחְתָּ מִן־הַדָּם אֲשֶׁר עַֽל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּמִשֶּׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וְהִזֵּיתָ עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן וְעַל־בְּגָדָיו וְעַל־בָּנָיו וְעַל־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו אִתּוֹ וְקָדַשׁ הוּא וּבְגָדָיו וּבָנָיו וּבִגְדֵי בָנָיו אִתּֽוֹ
And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him; and he and his garments shall be hallowed, and his sons and his sons’garments with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 121,648Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בענה appears 94,250 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 95,088, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 5,978
- Exodus 5,018
- Leviticus 4,031
- Numbers 6,468
- Deuteronomy 4,150
- Joshua 4,141
- Judges 3,051
- Samuel 6,006
- Kings 6,877
- Isaiah 4,741
- Jeremiah 6,989
- Ezekiel 5,533
- The Twelve 4,306
- Psalms 5,415
- Proverbs 1,853
- Job 1,920
- Song of Songs 305
- Ruth 332
- Lamentations 551
- Ecclesiastes 834
- Esther 737
- Daniel 2,087
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,595
- Chronicles 8,332
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁמַע פִּֽינְחָס הַכֹּהֵן וּנְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה וְרָאשֵׁי אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבְּרוּ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וּבְנֵי־גָד וּבְנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינֵיהֶֽם
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 340,756Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־הָעָם הִכִּירוּ וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶם כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּעֵינֵי כָל־הָעָם טֽוֹב
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; whatsoever the king did, pleased all the people.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 440,656Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶל־יוֹאָב הִנֵּה שָׁלַחְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר בֹּא הֵנָּה וְאֶשְׁלְחָה אֹתְךָ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ לֵאמֹר לָמָּה בָּאתִי מִגְּשׁוּר טוֹב לִי עֹד אֲנִי־שָׁם וְעַתָּה אֶרְאֶה פְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאִם־יֶשׁ־בִּי עָוֺן וֶהֱמִתָֽנִי
And Absalom answered Joab: ‘Behold, I sent unto thee, saying: Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say: Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still; now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 457,696Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בענה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בענה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 127.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 4:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Baanah in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 25,291 sequences of בענה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 25,084).
What is the shortest skip for Baanah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 28:33 — the shortest of 25,291 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 25,084.
How is Baanah spelled in Hebrew?
Baanah is spelled בענה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 127.
Is Baanah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בענה appears 94,250 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 95,088, 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 25,084 here) beside the count.