Canan (Hanan · חנן)
Canan (Hanan · חנן) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Canan (Hanan) is found 161,457 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 29:4) — 6.4% above the 151,797 chance alone would give (probability of 161,457 or more by chance alone: 2.9 × 10⁻¹³³).
- Found in the Torah
- 161,457
- Chance alone
- 151,797
- P (≥ found)
- 2.9 × 10⁻¹³³
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 161,457 sequences of חנן at skips 2–5,000, 6.4% above what chance alone gives (about 151,797); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.9 × 10⁻¹³³ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 29:4, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 2,378,104 sequences of חנן, against about 2,352,784 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 151,797 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 43,746
- Exodus 27,818
- Leviticus 22,745
- Numbers 50,769
- Deuteronomy 16,379
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם יַעֲקֹב אַחַי מֵאַיִן אַתֶּם וַיֹּאמְרוּ מֵחָרָן אֲנָֽחְנוּ
And Jacob said unto them: ‘My brethren, whence are ye?’ And they said: ‘Of Haran are we.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 40,025Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּמָת שָׁאוּל וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו בַּעַל חָנָן בֶּן־עַכְבּֽוֹר
And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,811Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּמָת בַּעַל חָנָן בֶּן־עַכְבּוֹר וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו הֲדַר וְשֵׁם עִירוֹ פָּעוּ וְשֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵל בַּת־מַטְרֵד בַּת מֵי זָהָֽב
And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead; and the name of the city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,828Open in the laboratory →
כֻּלָּנוּ בְּנֵי אִישׁ־אֶחָד נָחְנוּ כֵּנִים אֲנַחְנוּ לֹא־הָיוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ מְרַגְּלִֽים
We are all one man’s sons; we are upright men, thy servants are no spies.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 63,488Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן קַח צִנְצֶנֶת אַחַת וְתֶן־שָׁמָּה מְלֹֽא־הָעֹמֶר מָן וְהַנַּח אֹתוֹ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם
And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Take a jar, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept throughout your generations.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 103,016Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 611,847 sequences of חנן at skips 2–5,000, 5.1% above what chance alone gives (about 582,031); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
- Genesis 43,746
- Exodus 27,818
- Leviticus 22,745
- Numbers 50,769
- Deuteronomy 17,464
- Joshua 25,075
- Judges 19,337
- Samuel 35,351
- Kings 31,661
- Isaiah 31,823
- Jeremiah 29,770
- Ezekiel 37,572
- The Twelve 20,255
- Psalms 50,394
- Proverbs 18,367
- Job 25,866
- Song of Songs 3,673
- Ruth 2,404
- Lamentations 4,579
- Ecclesiastes 6,246
- Esther 4,393
- Daniel 25,172
- Ezra–Nehemiah 31,563
- Chronicles 45,804
Outside the Torah
וּמֵעֵבֶר לְיַרְדֵּן יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָחָה נָתְנוּ אֶת־בֶּצֶר בַּמִּדְבָּר בַּמִּישֹׁר מִמַּטֵּה רְאוּבֵן וְאֶת־רָאמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד מִמַּטֵּה־גָד וְאֶת־גלון בַּבָּשָׁן מִמַּטֵּה מְנַשֶּֽׁה
And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the table-land out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 335,960Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־שְׂדֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת־כַּרְמֵיכֶם וְזֵיתֵיכֶם הַטּוֹבִים יִקָּח וְנָתַן לַעֲבָדָֽיו
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 394,334Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח חָנוּן אֶת־עַבְדֵי דָוִד וַיְגַלַּח אֶת־חֲצִי זְקָנָם וַיִּכְרֹת אֶת־מַדְוֵיהֶם בַּחֵצִי עַד שְׁתֽוֹתֵיהֶם וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם
So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 448,462Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חנן — the Tanakh's own spelling: Hanan. Searched as חנן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 108.
As a plain word it stands 18 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 33:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Hanan.
Questions
Does Canan (Hanan) appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 161,457 sequences of חנן at skips 2–5,000, 6.4% above what chance alone gives (about 151,797); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.9 × 10⁻¹³³ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Canan (Hanan) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 29:4 — the shortest of 161,457 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 151,797.
How is Canan (Hanan) spelled in Hebrew?
Canan is spelled חנן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 108.
Is Canan (Hanan) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 611,847 sequences of חנן at skips 2–5,000, 5.1% above what chance alone gives (about 582,031); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 151,797 here) beside the count.