Cainan קינן
Cainan (קינן) is a person named in the Tanakh — Kenan. Cainan appears 10,700 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 5.1% more than chance alone would give (about 10,176; probability 1.3 × 10⁻⁷).
- Found in the Torah
- 10,700
- Chance alone
- 10,176
- P (≥ found)
- 1.3 × 10⁻⁷
- 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, קינן appears 10,700 times in the Torah — 5.1% more than the 10,176 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,700 or more by chance alone is 1.3 × 10⁻⁷.
The shortest skip at which קינן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 26:17, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), קינן is found 104,760 times; chance alone would give about 106,035.
- Genesis 3,481
- Exodus 1,773
- Leviticus 1,400
- Numbers 3,012
- Deuteronomy 1,034
The shortest skips
וַיֵּלֶךְ מִשָּׁם יִצְחָק וַיִּחַן בְּנַֽחַל־גְּרָר וַיֵּשֶׁב שָֽׁם
And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,278Open in the laboratory →
בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי הִקְרִיב נְתַנְאֵל בֶּן־צוּעָר נְשִׂיא יִשָּׂשכָֽר
On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 199,174Open in the laboratory →
וּלְמַטֵּה בְנֵי־דָן נָשִׂיא בֻּקִּי בֶּן־יָגְלִֽי
And of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 247,095Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁחַט אֹתוֹ עַל יֶרֶךְ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ צָפֹנָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְזָרְקוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־דָּמוֹ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִֽיב
And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall dash its blood against the altar round about.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 142,155Open in the laboratory →
וְסָמַךְ יָדוֹ עַל־רֹאשׁ קָרְבָּנוֹ וּשְׁחָטוֹ פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְזָרְקוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִֽיב
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall dash the blood against the altar round about.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 143,453Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, קינן appears 40,795 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.4% more than the 39,457 chance alone would give; the probability of 40,795 or more by chance alone is 1.1 × 10⁻¹¹.
- Genesis 3,481
- Exodus 1,773
- Leviticus 1,400
- Numbers 3,012
- Deuteronomy 1,155
- Joshua 1,160
- Judges 1,328
- Samuel 2,345
- Kings 2,063
- Isaiah 2,724
- Jeremiah 2,510
- Ezekiel 2,205
- The Twelve 1,756
- Psalms 3,582
- Proverbs 1,227
- Job 1,717
- Song of Songs 214
- Ruth 286
- Lamentations 227
- Ecclesiastes 299
- Esther 287
- Daniel 1,840
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,813
- Chronicles 2,391
Outside the Torah
וּבֵין הַֽמַּעְבְּרוֹת אֲשֶׁר בִּקֵּשׁ יֽוֹנָתָן לַֽעֲבֹר עַל־מַצַּב פְּלִשְׁתִּים שֵׁן־הַסֶּלַע מֵהָעֵבֶר מִזֶּה וְשֵׁן־הַסֶּלַע מֵהָעֵבֶר מִזֶּה וְשֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד בּוֹצֵץ וְשֵׁם הָאֶחָד סֶֽנֶּה
And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 402,678Open in the laboratory →
לָכֵן הִנְנִי מְקַבֵּץ אֶת־כָּל־מְאַהֲבַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר עָרַבְתְּ עֲלֵיהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתְּ עַל כָּל־אֲשֶׁר שָׂנֵאת וְקִבַּצְתִּי אֹתָם עָלַיִךְ מִסָּבִיב וְגִלֵּיתִי עֶרְוָתֵךְ אֲלֵהֶם וְרָאוּ אֶת־כָּל־עֶרְוָתֵֽךְ
therefore behold, I will gather all thy lovers, unto whom thou hast been pleasant, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them against thee from every side, and will uncover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 747,039Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְקִידֵם כְּמוֹ־עֵגֶל לְבָנוֹן וְשִׂרְיֹן כְּמוֹ בֶן־רְאֵמִֽים
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 871,448Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
קינן — the Tanakh's own spelling: Kenan. Searched as קינן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 210.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 5:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Cainan in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, קינן appears 10,700 times in the Torah — 5.1% more than the 10,176 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,700 or more by chance alone is 1.3 × 10⁻⁷.
What is the shortest skip for Cainan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 26:17 — the shortest of 10,700 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 10,176.
What is the gematria of Cainan in Hebrew?
Cainan is spelled קינן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 210.
How many times is Cainan found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, קינן appears 40,795 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.4% more than the 39,457 chance alone would give; the probability of 40,795 or more by chance alone is 1.1 × 10⁻¹¹.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 10,176 here) beside the count.