Benjamin Franklin בנג׳מין פרנקלין
Benjamin Franklin (בנג׳מין פרנקלין): American polymath and statesman (1706–1790). בנגמין (from Benjamin Franklin) appears 28 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 41% more than chance alone would give (about 19.8; probability 0.05).
- Found in the Torah (בנגמין)
- 28
- Chance alone
- 19.8
- P (≥ found)
- 0.05
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
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 בנגמין, and פרנקלין has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, בנגמין appears 28 times in the Torah — 41% more than the 19.8 chance alone would give; the probability of 28 or more by chance alone is 0.05.
The shortest skip at which בנגמין appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 29:20, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), בנגמין is found 131 times; chance alone would give about 126.
- Genesis 4
- Exodus 5
- Leviticus 5
- Numbers 7
- Deuteronomy 7
The shortest skips
וְשָׁחַטְתָּ אֶת־הָאַיִל וְלָקַחְתָּ מִדָּמוֹ וְנָֽתַתָּה עַל־תְּנוּךְ אֹזֶן אַהֲרֹן וְעַל־תְּנוּךְ אֹזֶן בָּנָיו הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן יָדָם הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן רַגְלָם הַיְמָנִית וְזָרַקְתָּ אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִֽיב
Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and dash the blood against the altar round about.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 121,570Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּקְרֵב אֶת־בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וַיִּתֵּן מֹשֶׁה מִן־הַדָּם עַל־תְּנוּךְ אָזְנָם הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן יָדָם הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן רַגְלָם הַיְמָנִית וַיִּזְרֹק מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַֽמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִֽיב
And Aaron’s sons were brought, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot; and Moses dashed the blood against the altar round about.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 152,117Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אָנֹכִי מֵת בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת אֵינֶנִּי עֹבֵר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וְאַתֶּם עֹֽבְרִים וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה הַזֹּֽאת
but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye are to go over, and possess that good land.
skip 411, width 411 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 257,763Open in the laboratory →
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן נוּן הָעֹמֵד לְפָנֶיךָ הוּא יָבֹא שָׁמָּה אֹתוֹ חַזֵּק כִּי־הוּא יַנְחִלֶנָּה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
skip 538, width 538 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 252,068Open in the laboratory →
קַח מֵֽאִתָּם וְהָיוּ לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָם אֶל־הַלְוִיִּם אִישׁ כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ
’Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.’
skip 804, width 804 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 198,595Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בנגמין appears 122 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 110, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 4
- Exodus 5
- Leviticus 5
- Numbers 7
- Deuteronomy 8
- Joshua 4
- Judges 4
- Samuel 9
- Kings 5
- Isaiah 11
- Jeremiah 7
- Ezekiel 9
- The Twelve 5
- Psalms 8
- Proverbs 2
- Job 2
- Song of Songs 1
- Ruth 1
- Lamentations 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Daniel 3
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5
- Chronicles 15
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָי אֵלֶּה בֵּית הַֽמְבַשְּׁלִים אֲשֶׁר יְבַשְּׁלוּ־שָׁם מְשָׁרְתֵי הַבַּיִת אֶת־זֶבַח הָעָֽם
Then said he unto me: ‘These are the boiling-places, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifices of the people.’
skip 150, width 150 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 798,363Open in the laboratory →
אֲבִי יְתוֹמִים וְדַיַּן אַלְמָנוֹת אֱלֹהִים בִּמְעוֹן קָדְשֽׁוֹ
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
skip 178, width 178 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 891,845Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בְּנֻסָם מִפְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵם בְּמוֹרַד בֵּית־חוֹרֹן וַֽיהוָה הִשְׁלִיךְ עֲלֵיהֶם אֲבָנִים גְּדֹלוֹת מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם עַד־עֲזֵקָה וַיָּמֻתוּ רַבִּים אֲשֶׁר־מֵתוּ בְּאַבְנֵי הַבָּרָד מֵאֲשֶׁר הָרְגוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בֶּחָֽרֶב
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died; they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
skip 197, width 197 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 320,182Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בנג׳מין פרנקלין — the name in Hebrew letters: American polymath and statesman (1706–1790). Searched as בנגמין, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 155.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- פרנקלין — the name in Hebrew letters found 1 in the Torah (chance 0.66)
Questions
Does Benjamin Franklin appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, בנגמין appears 28 times in the Torah — 41% more than the 19.8 chance alone would give; the probability of 28 or more by chance alone is 0.05.
What is the shortest skip for Benjamin Franklin in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 29:20 — the shortest of 28 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 19.8.
What is the gematria of Benjamin Franklin in Hebrew?
Benjamin Franklin is spelled בנג׳מין פרנקלין — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 155; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Benjamin Franklin found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בנגמין appears 122 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 110, so the count is in line with chance.
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