Ben-hanan בן חנן
Ben-hanan (בן חנן) is a person named in the Tanakh. חנן (from Ben-hanan) appears 2,378,104 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), 1.1% more than chance alone would give (about 2,352,784; probability 2.7 × 10⁻⁶¹).
- Found in the Torah (חנן) · every skip
- 2,378,104
- Chance alone · every skip
- 2,352,784
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 2.7 × 10⁻⁶¹
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,291
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 161,457 found · chance alone about 151,797 (probability of 161,457 or more by chance alone: 2.9 × 10⁻¹³³).
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for חנן, and בן has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
Across every skip (2–152,424), חנן appears 2,378,104 times in the Torah — 1.1% more than the 2,352,784 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,378,104 or more by chance alone is 2.7 × 10⁻⁶¹.
The shortest skip at which חנן appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 29:4, reading forward.
The longest skip at which חנן was found in the Torah is 152,291 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 2,352,784 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 594,138
- Exodus 495,060
- Leviticus 365,281
- Numbers 583,181
- Deuteronomy 340,444
Examples across the range
5 of the 2,378,104 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ח ן נGenesis 29:4
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם יַעֲקֹב אַחַי מֵאַיִן אַתֶּם וַיֹּאמְרוּ מֵחָרָן אֲנָֽחְנוּ
And Jacob said unto them: ‘My brethren, whence are ye?’ And they said: ‘Of Haran are we.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 40,025 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח ן נGenesis 29:4
Letter by letter
- ח ן ןGenesis 36:38
וַיָּמָת שָׁאוּל וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו בַּעַל חָנָן בֶּן־עַכְבּֽוֹר
And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,811 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח ן ןGenesis 36:38
- חExodus 8:27
וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה כִּדְבַר מֹשֶׁה וַיָּסַר הֶעָרֹב מִפַּרְעֹה מֵעֲבָדָיו וּמֵעַמּוֹ לֹא נִשְׁאַר אֶחָֽד
And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- נExodus 9:1
… אֱלֹהֵי הָֽעִבְרִים שַׁלַּח אֶת־עַמִּי וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי
Then the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him: Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
- ןExodus 9:4
וְהִפְלָה יְהוָה בֵּין מִקְנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבֵין מִקְנֵה מִצְרָיִם וְלֹא יָמוּת מִכָּל־לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דָּבָֽר
And the LORD shall make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 89,563 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- חExodus 8:27
- חLeviticus 1:5
… הַדָּם וְזָרְקוּ אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב אֲשֶׁר־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד …
And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and dash the blood round about against the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- נLeviticus 2:6
פָּתוֹת אֹתָהּ פִּתִּים וְיָצַקְתָּ עָלֶיהָ שָׁמֶן מִנְחָה הִֽוא
Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering.
- נLeviticus 3:9
… חֶלְבּוֹ הָאַלְיָה תְמִימָה לְעֻמַּת הֶעָצֶה יְסִירֶנָּה וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב הַֽמְכַסֶּה אֶת־הַקֶּרֶב …
And he shall present of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire unto the LORD: the fat thereof, the fat tail entire, which he shall take away hard by the rump-bone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 141,869 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- חLeviticus 1:5
- חGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- נLeviticus 8:27
וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־הַכֹּל עַל כַּפֵּי אַהֲרֹן וְעַל כַּפֵּי בָנָיו וַיָּנֶף אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave-offering before the LORD.
- נDeuteronomy 34:9
וִֽיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן מָלֵא רוּחַ חָכְמָה כִּֽי־סָמַךְ …
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 152,291, width 152,291 — one row is 152,291 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 46 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,291 in the laboratory →
- חGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 34,175,242 sequences of חנן across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 34,988,788).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 611,847 found · chance alone about 582,031 (probability of 611,847 or more by chance alone: below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 2,253,886
- Exodus 1,849,571
- Leviticus 1,356,850
- Numbers 2,068,081
- Deuteronomy 1,231,819
- Joshua 1,147,618
- Judges 1,035,711
- Samuel 2,367,796
- Kings 2,627,284
- Isaiah 1,948,254
- Jeremiah 1,841,097
- Ezekiel 2,165,067
- The Twelve 1,391,809
- Psalms 2,472,623
- Proverbs 1,090,634
- Job 1,247,670
- Song of Songs 169,903
- Ruth 113,549
- Lamentations 219,151
- Ecclesiastes 428,976
- Esther 275,547
- Daniel 737,227
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,150,944
- Chronicles 2,984,175
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ח נ נJoshua 20:8
וּמֵעֵבֶר לְיַרְדֵּן יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָחָה נָתְנוּ אֶת־בֶּצֶר בַּמִּדְבָּר בַּמִּישֹׁר מִמַּטֵּה …
And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the table-land out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 335,960 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח נ נJoshua 20:8
- חJudges 4:2
… יָבִין מֶֽלֶךְ־כְּנַעַן אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ בְּחָצוֹר וְשַׂר־צְבָאוֹ סִֽיסְרָא וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב …
And the LORD gave them over into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth-goiim.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- נJudges 4:3
… אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּחָזְקָה עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָֽה
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
- נJudges 4:5
… אֵל בְּהַר אֶפְרָיִם וַיַּעֲלוּ אֵלֶיהָ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט
And she sat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 350,145 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- חJudges 4:2
- ח2 Chronicles 36:22
… בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ הֵעִיר יְהוָה אֶת־רוּחַ כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- נIsaiah 25:6
… לְכָל־הָֽעַמִּים בָּהָר הַזֶּה מִשְׁתֵּה שְׁמָנִים מִשְׁתֵּה שְׁמָרִים שְׁמָנִים מְמֻחָיִם שְׁמָרִים …
And in this mountain will the LORD of hosts make unto all peoples A feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
- ןGenesis 1:9
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
skip 598,249, width 598,249 — one row is 598,249 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,895 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,249 in the laboratory →
- ח2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
בן חנן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חנן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 108.
As a plain word it stands 18 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 33:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Ben-hanan appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–152,424), חנן appears 2,378,104 times in the Torah — 1.1% more than the 2,352,784 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,378,104 or more by chance alone is 2.7 × 10⁻⁶¹.
What is the shortest skip for Ben-hanan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 29:4 — the shortest of 2,378,104 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 2,352,784.
What is the gematria of Ben-hanan in Hebrew?
Ben-hanan is spelled בן חנן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 108.
How many times is Ben-hanan found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 34,175,242 sequences of חנן across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 34,988,788).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,352,784 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.