Bashan בשן
Bashan (בשן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Bashan is found 382,851 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 16:16) — 0.5% above the 381,018 chance alone would give (probability of 382,851 or more by chance alone: 0.0015).
- Found in the Torah
- 382,851
- Chance alone
- 381,018
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0015
- 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 382,851 sequences of בשן at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 381,018); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0015 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 16:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 6,121,272 sequences of בשן, against about 5,905,610 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 381,018 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 93,162
- Exodus 72,106
- Leviticus 55,236
- Numbers 106,511
- Deuteronomy 55,836
The shortest skips
וְאַבְרָם בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים בְּלֶֽדֶת־הָגָר אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל לְאַבְרָֽם
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,055Open in the laboratory →
וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים יִמּוֹל לָכֶם כָּל־זָכָר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מִכֹּל בֶּן־נֵכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ הֽוּא
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner, that is not of thy seed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,629Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּמָל אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ בֶּן־שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,510Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יִצְחָק אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב גְּשָׁה־נָּא וַאֲמֻֽשְׁךָ בְּנִי הַֽאַתָּה זֶה בְּנִי עֵשָׂו אִם־לֹֽא
And Isaac said unto Jacob: ‘Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,182Open in the laboratory →
וּמֹשֶׁה בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וְאַֽהֲרֹן בֶּן־שָׁלֹשׁ וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה בְּדַבְּרָם אֶל־פַּרְעֹֽה
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spoke unto Pharaoh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 86,666Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,452,162 sequences of בשן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,452,896 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 93,162
- Exodus 72,106
- Leviticus 55,236
- Numbers 106,511
- Deuteronomy 59,293
- Joshua 52,569
- Judges 49,617
- Samuel 106,337
- Kings 112,579
- Isaiah 67,398
- Jeremiah 92,246
- Ezekiel 83,213
- The Twelve 57,445
- Psalms 86,819
- Proverbs 36,380
- Job 34,916
- Song of Songs 6,443
- Ruth 6,339
- Lamentations 8,401
- Ecclesiastes 13,670
- Esther 15,111
- Daniel 32,766
- Ezra–Nehemiah 70,641
- Chronicles 132,964
Outside the Torah
וַיּוֹרֶד אֶת־הָעָם אֶל־הַמָּיִם וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־גִּדְעוֹן כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יָלֹק בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ מִן־הַמַּיִם כַּאֲשֶׁר יָלֹק הַכֶּלֶב תַּצִּיג אוֹתוֹ לְבָד וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִכְרַע עַל־בִּרְכָּיו לִשְׁתּֽוֹת
So he brought down the people unto the water; and the LORD said unto Gideon: ‘Everyone that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 356,145Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא דָוִד וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו אֶל־הָעִיר וְהִנֵּה שְׂרוּפָה בָּאֵשׁ וּנְשֵׁיהֶם וּבְנֵיהֶם וּבְנֹתֵיהֶם נִשְׁבּֽוּ
And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 432,411Open in the laboratory →
בְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־שָׁאוּל בְּכֶינָה הַמַּלְבִּֽשְׁכֶם שָׁנִי עִם־עֲדָנִים הַֽמַּעֲלֶה עֲדִי זָהָב עַל לְבוּשְׁכֶֽן
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 436,244Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בשן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בשן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 352.
As a plain word it stands 10 times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 19:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Bashan in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 382,851 sequences of בשן at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 381,018); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0015 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Bashan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 16:16 — the shortest of 382,851 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 381,018.
How is Bashan spelled in Hebrew?
Bashan is spelled בשן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 352.
Is Bashan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
1,452,162 sequences of בשן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,452,896 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 381,018 here) beside the count.