Canaan כנען
Canaan (כנען) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 9,045 sequences of Canaan, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 19:19); chance alone would give about 9,248.
- Found in the Torah
- 9,045
- Chance alone
- 9,248
- P (≥ found)
- 0.98
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
9,045 sequences of כנען at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 9,248 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which כנען appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 19:19, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), כנען is found 100,370 times; chance alone would give about 96,362.
- Genesis 2,232
- Exodus 1,670
- Leviticus 1,318
- Numbers 2,126
- Deuteronomy 1,699
The shortest skips
הִנֵּה־נָא מָצָא עַבְדְּךָ חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וַתַּגְדֵּל חַסְדְּךָ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי לְהַחֲיוֹת אֶת־נַפְשִׁי וְאָנֹכִי לֹא אוּכַל לְהִמָּלֵט הָהָרָה פֶּן־תִּדְבָּקַנִי הָרָעָה וָמַֽתִּי
behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,287Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיהוָה אָמַר אֶל־אַבְרָם אַחֲרֵי הִפָּֽרֶד־לוֹט מֵֽעִמּוֹ שָׂא נָא עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה מִן־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה שָׁם צָפֹנָה וָנֶגְבָּה וָקֵדְמָה וָיָֽמָּה
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: ‘Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 15,823Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמַר אֲדֹנָי אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ אַל־נָא תַעֲבֹר מֵעַל עַבְדֶּֽךָ
and said: ‘My lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 20,614Open in the laboratory →
הִנֵּה־נָא מָצָא עַבְדְּךָ חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וַתַּגְדֵּל חַסְדְּךָ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי לְהַחֲיוֹת אֶת־נַפְשִׁי וְאָנֹכִי לֹא אוּכַל לְהִמָּלֵט הָהָרָה פֶּן־תִּדְבָּקַנִי הָרָעָה וָמַֽתִּי
behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 23,295Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לָבָן אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ נִחַשְׁתִּי וַיְבָרֲכֵנִי יְהוָה בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ
And Laban said unto him: ‘If now I have found favour in thine eyes—I have observed the signs, and the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 42,687Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 37,543 sequences of כנען at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 37,397).
- Genesis 2,232
- Exodus 1,670
- Leviticus 1,318
- Numbers 2,126
- Deuteronomy 1,851
- Joshua 1,351
- Judges 1,120
- Samuel 2,256
- Kings 2,130
- Isaiah 2,183
- Jeremiah 2,440
- Ezekiel 2,386
- The Twelve 1,459
- Psalms 3,491
- Proverbs 1,087
- Job 1,545
- Song of Songs 272
- Ruth 192
- Lamentations 269
- Ecclesiastes 410
- Esther 408
- Daniel 1,449
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,827
- Chronicles 2,071
Outside the Torah
וַתֹּאמֶר תִּמְצָא שִׁפְחָתְךָ חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶךְ הָאִשָּׁה לְדַרְכָּהּ וַתֹּאכַל וּפָנֶיהָ לֹא־הָיוּ־לָהּ עֽוֹד
And she said: ‘Let thy servant find favour in thy sight.’ So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 384,568Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲנָה לָא בְחָכְמָה דִּֽי־אִיתַי בִּי מִן־כָּל־חַיַּיָּא רָזָא דְנָה גֱּלִי לִי לָהֵן עַל־דִּבְרַת דִּי פִשְׁרָא לְמַלְכָּא יְהוֹדְעוּן וְרַעְיוֹנֵי לִבְבָךְ תִּנְדַּֽע
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that thou mayest know the thoughts of thy heart.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,038,272Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּצְעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהוָה וַיָּשֶׂם מַֽאֲפֵל בֵּינֵיכֶם וּבֵין הַמִּצְרִים וַיָּבֵא עָלָיו אֶת־הַיָּם וַיְכַסֵּהוּ וַתִּרְאֶינָה עֵינֵיכֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי בְּמִצְרָיִם וַתֵּשְׁבוּ בַמִּדְבָּר יָמִים רַבִּֽים
And when they cried out unto the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 342,849Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כנען — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כנען, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 190.
As a plain word it stands 89 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 9:18. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Canaan appear in the Torah codes?
9,045 sequences of כנען at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 9,248 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Canaan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:19 — the shortest of 9,045 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 9,248.
What is the gematria of Canaan in Hebrew?
Canaan is spelled כנען — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 190.
How many times is Canaan found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 37,543 sequences of כנען at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 37,397).
Search it yourself
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