Can קאן
In Hebrew letters the first name Can is written קאן — unisex given name. Can appears 191,885 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.0% more than chance alone would give (about 189,906; probability 2.9 × 10⁻⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 191,885
- Chance alone
- 189,906
- P (≥ found)
- 2.9 × 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, קאן appears 191,885 times in the Torah — 1.0% more than the 189,906 chance alone would give; the probability of 191,885 or more by chance alone is 2.9 × 10⁻⁶.
The shortest skip at which קאן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 24:57, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), קאן is found 2,890,040 times; chance alone would give about 2,943,458.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 189,906 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 60,332
- Exodus 33,118
- Leviticus 32,041
- Numbers 44,318
- Deuteronomy 22,076
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמְרוּ נִקְרָא לַֽנַּעֲרָ וְנִשְׁאֲלָה אֶת־פִּֽיהָ
And they said: ‘We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 32,341Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָעֶבֶד מִֽי־הָאִישׁ הַלָּזֶה הַהֹלֵךְ בַּשָּׂדֶה לִקְרָאתֵנוּ וַיֹּאמֶר הָעֶבֶד הוּא אֲדֹנִי וַתִּקַּח הַצָּעִיף וַתִּתְכָּֽס
And she said unto the servant: ‘What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?’ And the servant said: ‘It is my master.’ And she took her veil, and covered herself.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 32,717Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח יַעֲקֹב אָבֶן וַיְרִימֶהָ מַצֵּבָֽה
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 45,982Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אַל־נָא אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ מִנְחָתִי מִיָּדִי כִּי עַל־כֵּן רָאִיתִי פָנֶיךָ כִּרְאֹת פְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים וַתִּרְצֵֽנִי
And Jacob said: ‘Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favour in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 48,639Open in the laboratory →
עֵשָׂו לָקַח אֶת־נָשָׁיו מִבְּנוֹת כְּנָעַן אֶת־עָדָה בַּת־אֵילוֹן הַֽחִתִּי וְאֶת־אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה בַּת־עֲנָה בַּת־צִבְעוֹן הַֽחִוִּֽי
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 52,224Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
595,567 sequences of קאן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 596,235 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 60,332
- Exodus 33,118
- Leviticus 32,041
- Numbers 44,318
- Deuteronomy 23,564
- Joshua 15,247
- Judges 19,606
- Samuel 41,618
- Kings 39,129
- Isaiah 35,949
- Jeremiah 40,235
- Ezekiel 33,888
- The Twelve 26,358
- Psalms 34,208
- Proverbs 13,576
- Job 19,094
- Song of Songs 2,005
- Ruth 3,095
- Lamentations 2,707
- Ecclesiastes 4,090
- Esther 3,324
- Daniel 22,240
- Ezra–Nehemiah 16,754
- Chronicles 29,071
Outside the Torah
וַאֲנִי וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתִּי נִקְרַב אֶל־הָעִיר וְהָיָה כִּֽי־יֵצְאוּ לִקְרָאתֵנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָה וְנַסְנוּ לִפְנֵיהֶֽם
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city; and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,609Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּוָּֽתְרוּ בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־חָלְקוּ אֶת־נַֽחֲלָתָם שִׁבְעָה שְׁבָטִֽים
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 331,868Open in the laboratory →
וָאֶקַּח אֶת־אֲבִיכֶם אֶת־אַבְרָהָם מֵעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר וָאוֹלֵךְ אוֹתוֹ בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וארב אֶת־זַרְעוֹ וָֽאֶתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־יִצְחָֽק
And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 342,594Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
קאן — the name in Hebrew letters: unisex given name. Searched as קאן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 151.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Can appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, קאן appears 191,885 times in the Torah — 1.0% more than the 189,906 chance alone would give; the probability of 191,885 or more by chance alone is 2.9 × 10⁻⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Can in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 24:57 — the shortest of 191,885 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 189,906.
What is the gematria of Can in Hebrew?
Can is spelled קאן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 151.
How many times is Can found in the whole Tanakh?
595,567 sequences of קאן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 596,235 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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