Bedan בדן
Bedan (בדן) is a person named in the Tanakh. Bedan appears 173,670 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% more than chance alone would give (about 171,806; probability 3.6 × 10⁻⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 173,670
- Chance alone
- 171,806
- P (≥ found)
- 3.6 × 10⁻⁶
- Shortest skip
- 2
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, בדן appears 173,670 times in the Torah — 1.1% more than the 171,806 chance alone would give; the probability of 173,670 or more by chance alone is 3.6 × 10⁻⁶.
The shortest skip at which בדן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 30:35, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), בדן is found 2,650,079 times; chance alone would give about 2,662,921.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 171,806 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 48,477
- Exodus 30,074
- Leviticus 22,197
- Numbers 48,089
- Deuteronomy 24,833
The shortest skips
וַיָּסַר בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶת־הַתְּיָשִׁים הָֽעֲקֻדִּים וְהַטְּלֻאִים וְאֵת כָּל־הָֽעִזִּים הַנְּקֻדּוֹת וְהַטְּלֻאֹת כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־לָבָן בּוֹ וְכָל־חוּם בַּכְּשָׂבִים וַיִּתֵּן בְּיַד־בָּנָֽיו
And he removed that day the he-goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the dark ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 43,151Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְיָן לֵךְ שֻׁב מִצְרָיִם כִּי־מֵתוּ כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁים הַֽמְבַקְשִׁים אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian: ‘Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 82,898Open in the laboratory →
מִֽי־כָמֹכָה בָּֽאֵלִם יְהוָה מִי כָּמֹכָה נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ נוֹרָא תְהִלֹּת עֹשֵׂה פֶֽלֶא
Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? Who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 100,324Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּעֶשְׂרִים בַּחֹדֶשׁ נַעֲלָה הֶֽעָנָן מֵעַל מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻֽת
And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 205,647Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּעָלוּ מֵעַל מִשְׁכַּן־קֹרֶח דָּתָן וַאֲבִירָם מִסָּבִיב וְדָתָן וַאֲבִירָם יָצְאוּ נִצָּבִים פֶּתַח אָֽהֳלֵיהֶם וּנְשֵׁיהֶם וּבְנֵיהֶם וְטַפָּֽם
So they got them up from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side; and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 216,685Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בדן appears 816,495 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 808,132 chance alone would give; the probability of 816,495 or more by chance alone is 8.0 × 10⁻²¹.
- Genesis 48,477
- Exodus 30,074
- Leviticus 22,197
- Numbers 48,089
- Deuteronomy 26,444
- Joshua 24,432
- Judges 22,916
- Samuel 75,344
- Kings 53,666
- Isaiah 39,149
- Jeremiah 55,329
- Ezekiel 52,818
- The Twelve 32,355
- Psalms 63,128
- Proverbs 21,101
- Job 22,324
- Song of Songs 4,041
- Ruth 3,648
- Lamentations 4,661
- Ecclesiastes 6,522
- Esther 10,374
- Daniel 37,793
- Ezra–Nehemiah 42,544
- Chronicles 69,069
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אַל־תִּירָא מֵהֶם כִּי בְיָדְךָ נְתַתִּים לֹֽא־יַעֲמֹד אִישׁ מֵהֶם בְּפָנֶֽיךָ
And the LORD said unto Joshua: ‘Fear them not; for I have delivered them into thy hand; there shall not a man of them stand against thee.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,962Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו אִישׁ אֶפְרַיִם מָֽה־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ לְבִלְתִּי קְרֹאות לָנוּ כִּי הָלַכְתָּ לְהִלָּחֵם בְּמִדְיָן וַיְרִיבוּן אִתּוֹ בְּחָזְקָֽה
And the men of Ephraim said unto him: ‘Why hast thou served us thus, that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Midian?’ And they did chide with him sharply.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 357,788Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּבְיַד בְּנֵי עַמּֽוֹן
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He gave them over into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 363,618Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בדן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בדן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 56.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 12:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Bedan in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, בדן appears 173,670 times in the Torah — 1.1% more than the 171,806 chance alone would give; the probability of 173,670 or more by chance alone is 3.6 × 10⁻⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Bedan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 30:35 — the shortest of 173,670 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 171,806.
What is the gematria of Bedan in Hebrew?
Bedan is spelled בדן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 56.
How many times is Bedan found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בדן appears 816,495 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 808,132 chance alone would give; the probability of 816,495 or more by chance alone is 8.0 × 10⁻²¹.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 171,806 here) beside the count.