Brendan ברנדן
In Hebrew letters the first name Brendan is written ברנדן — male given name. In the Torah codes, Brendan is found 3,583 times across every skip (2–76,212), the shortest at skip 25 (Numbers 12:6) — about what chance alone gives (about 3,668).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 3,583
- Chance alone · every skip
- 3,668
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.92
- Shortest skip
- 25
- Longest skip found
- 73,585
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 471 found · chance alone about 465 (probability of 471 or more by chance alone: 0.40).
In the Torah
3,583 sequences of ברנדן across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 3,668 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which ברנדן appears in the Torah is 25 — at Numbers 12:6, reading backward.
The longest skip at which ברנדן was found in the Torah is 73,585 — at Deuteronomy 32:51, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,049
- Exodus 664
- Leviticus 455
- Numbers 789
- Deuteronomy 626
Examples across the range
5 of the 3,583 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
- בNumbers 12:6
וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְעוּ־נָא דְבָרָי אִם־יִֽהְיֶה נְבִיאֲכֶם יְהוָה בַּמַּרְאָה אֵלָיו אֶתְוַדָּע בַּחֲלוֹם אֲדַבֶּר־בּֽוֹ
And He said: ‘Hear now My words: if there be a prophet among you, I the LORD do make Myself known unto him in a vision, I do speak with him in a dream.
- ר נNumbers 12:5
וַיֵּרֶד יְהוָה בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן וַֽיַּעֲמֹד פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וַיִּקְרָא אַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָם וַיֵּצְאוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם
And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.
- ד ןNumbers 12:4
… יְהוָה פִּתְאֹם אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל־מִרְיָם צְאוּ שְׁלָשְׁתְּכֶם אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וַיֵּצְאוּ שְׁלָשְׁתָּֽם
And the LORD spoke suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam: ‘Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting.’ And they three came out.
skip 25, width 25 — one row is 25 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 209,008 of the TorahOpen at skip 25 in the laboratory →
- בNumbers 12:6
- בDeuteronomy 1:22
וַתִּקְרְבוּן אֵלַי כֻּלְּכֶם וַתֹּאמְרוּ נִשְׁלְחָה אֲנָשִׁים …
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said: ‘Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us back word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- ר ןDeuteronomy 1:21
רְאֵה נָתַן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ עֲלֵה רֵשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֶיךָ לָךְ אַל …
Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee; go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.’
- דDeuteronomy 1:20
וָאֹמַר אֲלֵכֶם בָּאתֶם עַד־הַר הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נֹתֵן לָֽנוּ
And I said unto you: ‘Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God giveth unto us.
- נDeuteronomy 1:19
… הַר הָֽאֱמֹרִי כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֹתָנוּ וַנָּבֹא עַד קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵֽעַ …
And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and dreadful wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
skip 32, width 32 — one row is 32 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 251,167 of the TorahOpen at skip 32 in the laboratory →
- בDeuteronomy 1:22
- בGenesis 50:4
… יְמֵי בְכִיתוֹ וַיְדַבֵּר יוֹסֵף אֶל־בֵּית פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי …
And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying: ‘If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- רGenesis 50:5
… כָּרִיתִי לִי בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן שָׁמָּה תִּקְבְּרֵנִי וְעַתָּה אֶֽעֱלֶה־נָּא וְאֶקְבְּרָה אֶת …
My father made me swear, saying: Lo, I die; in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come back.’ .
- נGenesis 50:7
… וַיַּֽעֲלוּ אִתּוֹ כָּל־עַבְדֵי פַרְעֹה זִקְנֵי בֵיתוֹ וְכֹל זִקְנֵי אֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרָֽיִם …
And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
- דGenesis 50:9
וַיַּעַל עִמּוֹ גַּם־רֶכֶב גַּם־פָּרָשִׁים וַיְהִי הַֽמַּחֲנֶה כָּבֵד מְאֹֽד
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very great company.
- ןGenesis 50:11
… יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אֶת־הָאֵבֶל בְּגֹרֶן הָֽאָטָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵֽבֶל־כָּבֵד זֶה …
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said: ‘This is a grievous amourning to the Egyptians.’ Wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
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 76,807 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- בGenesis 50:4
- בExodus 21:16
וְגֹנֵב אִישׁ וּמְכָרוֹ וְנִמְצָא בְיָדוֹ מוֹת יוּמָֽת
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- רExodus 22:1
אִם־בַּמַּחְתֶּרֶת יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב וְהֻכָּה וָמֵת אֵין לוֹ דָּמִֽים
If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
- נExodus 22:24
… לוֹ כְּנֹשֶׁה לֹֽא־תְשִׂימוּן עָלָיו נֶֽשֶׁךְ
If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
- דExodus 23:19
רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ תָּבִיא בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹֽא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּֽוֹ
The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.
- נExodus 24:5
וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶֽת־נַעֲרֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּֽעֲלוּ עֹלֹת וַֽיִּזְבְּחוּ זְבָחִים שְׁלָמִים לַיהוָה פָּרִֽים
And he sent the young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
skip 1,008, width 1,008 — one row is 1,008 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 108,718 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,008 in the laboratory →
- בExodus 21:16
- בDeuteronomy 32:51
… מְעַלְתֶּם בִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמֵֽי־מְרִיבַת קָדֵשׁ מִדְבַּר־צִן עַל …
Because ye trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- רNumbers 24:3
וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַר נְאֻם בִּלְעָם בְּנוֹ בְעֹר וּנְאֻם הַגֶּבֶר שְׁתֻם הָעָֽיִן
And he took up his parable, and said: The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, And the saying of the man whose eye is opened;
- נLeviticus 11:4
… כִּֽי־מַעֲלֵה גֵרָה הוּא וּפַרְסָה אֵינֶנּוּ מַפְרִיס טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶֽם
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
- דExodus 4:4
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה שְׁלַח יָֽדְךָ וֶאֱחֹז בִּזְנָבוֹ וַיִּשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וַיַּחֲזֶק …
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail—and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand—
- נGenesis 7:11
בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְחַיֵּי־נֹחַ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־עָשָׂר יוֹם …
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
skip 73,585, width 73,585 — one row is 73,585 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 302,763 of the TorahOpen at skip 73,585 in the laboratory →
- בDeuteronomy 32:51
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–299,260), ברנדן appears 62,895 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 63,566, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,231 found · chance alone about 2,106 (probability of 2,231 or more by chance alone: 0.0036).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 4,054
- Exodus 2,845
- Leviticus 2,085
- Numbers 3,235
- Deuteronomy 2,678
- Joshua 1,951
- Judges 1,959
- Samuel 4,562
- Kings 5,248
- Isaiah 3,143
- Jeremiah 4,761
- Ezekiel 3,964
- The Twelve 3,013
- Psalms 4,053
- Proverbs 1,594
- Job 1,529
- Song of Songs 261
- Ruth 235
- Lamentations 375
- Ecclesiastes 642
- Esther 650
- Daniel 1,322
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,401
- Chronicles 6,335
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ב ר נ ד נPsalms 76:13
יִבְצֹר רוּחַ נְגִידִים נוֹרָא לְמַלְכֵי־אָֽרֶץ
He minisheth the spirit of princes; He is terrible to the kings of the earth.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 898,026 of the TanakhOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ב ר נ ד נPsalms 76:13
- בDaniel 7:3
וְאַרְבַּע חֵיוָן רַבְרְבָן סָלְקָן מִן־יַמָּא שָׁנְיָן דָּא מִן־דָּֽא
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- רDaniel 7:5
וַאֲרוּ חֵיוָה אָחֳרִי תִנְיָנָה דָּמְיָה לְדֹב …
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’
- ןDaniel 7:6
… הֲוֵית וַאֲרוּ אָֽחֳרִי כִּנְמַר וְלַהּ גַּפִּין אַרְבַּע דִּי־עוֹף עַל־גביה …
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the sides of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
- דDaniel 7:7
… דְּחִילָה וְאֵֽימְתָנִי וְתַקִּיפָא יַתִּירָא וְשִׁנַּיִן דִּֽי־פַרְזֶל לַהּ רַבְרְבָן אָֽכְלָה וּמַדֱּקָה …
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
- נDaniel 7:8
… וַאֲלוּ קֶרֶן אָחֳרִי זְעֵירָה סִלְקָת ביניהון וּתְלָת מִן־קַרְנַיָּא קַדְמָיָתָא אתעקרו …
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
skip 110, width 110 — one row is 110 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 1,049,277 of the TanakhOpen at skip 110 in the laboratory →
- בDaniel 7:3
- ב2 Chronicles 31:1
… וְאֶת־הַֽמִּזְבְּחֹת מִכָּל־יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וּבְאֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה עַד־לְכַלֵּה וַיָּשׁוּבוּ כָּל …
Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all…
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- רPsalms 62:4
עַד־אָנָה תְּהֽוֹתְתוּ עַל אִישׁ תְּרָצְּחוּ כֻלְּכֶם כְּקִיר נָטוּי גָּדֵר הַדְּחוּיָֽה
How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay him, all of you, As a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
- נIsaiah 19:1
… וּבָא מִצְרַיִם וְנָעוּ אֱלִילֵי מִצְרַיִם מִפָּנָיו וּלְבַב מִצְרַיִם יִמַּס בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, And cometh unto Egypt; And the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence, And the heart of Egypt shall melt within it.
- דDeuteronomy 29:20
וְהִבְדִּילוֹ יְהוָה לְרָעָה מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּכֹל אָלוֹת הַבְּרִית הַכְּתוּבָה בְּסֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּֽה
and the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.
- ןGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 296,390, width 296,390 — one row is 296,390 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,185,704 of the TanakhOpen at skip 296,390 in the laboratory →
- ב2 Chronicles 31:1
The spelling
ברנדן — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as ברנדן, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 306.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Brendan appear in the Torah codes?
3,583 sequences of ברנדן across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 3,668 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Brendan in the Torah?
Skip 25, reading backward from Numbers 12:6 — the shortest of 3,583 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 3,668.
What is the gematria of Brendan in Hebrew?
Brendan is spelled ברנדן — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 306.
How many times is Brendan found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–299,260), ברנדן appears 62,895 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 63,566, 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 3,668 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.