Crocodile תנין
Crocodile — in Hebrew תנין — sea monster; crocodile. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 38,477 sequences of Crocodile, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 9:21); chance alone would give about 38,906.
- Found in the Torah
- 38,477
- Chance alone
- 38,906
- P (≥ found)
- 0.99
- 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, תנין appears 38,477 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 38,906, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which תנין appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 9:21, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תנין is found 398,927 times; chance alone would give about 405,395.
- Genesis 10,771
- Exodus 7,686
- Leviticus 4,952
- Numbers 9,656
- Deuteronomy 5,412
The shortest skips
וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן־הַיַּיִן וַיִּשְׁכָּר וַיִּתְגַּל בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֹֽה
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,216Open in the laboratory →
תֶּבֶן אֵין נִתָּן לַעֲבָדֶיךָ וּלְבֵנִים אֹמְרִים לָנוּ עֲשׂוּ וְהִנֵּה עֲבָדֶיךָ מֻכִּים וְחָטָאת עַמֶּֽךָ
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us: Make brick; and, behold, thy servants are beaten, but the fault is in thine own people.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 84,369Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה גַּם־אַתָּה תִּתֵּן בְּיָדֵנוּ זְבָחִים וְעֹלוֹת וְעָשִׂינוּ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
And Moses said: ‘Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 93,100Open in the laboratory →
מְלֵאָתְךָ וְדִמְעֲךָ לֹא תְאַחֵר בְּכוֹר בָּנֶיךָ תִּתֶּן־לִּֽי
Thou shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto Me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 110,879Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר בּוֹא בְּרוּךְ יְהוָה לָמָּה תַעֲמֹד בַּחוּץ וְאָנֹכִי פִּנִּיתִי הַבַּיִת וּמָקוֹם לַגְּמַלִּֽים
And he said: ‘Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have cleared the house, and made room for the camels.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 30,967Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תנין appears 154,035 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 153,207 chance alone would give; the probability of 154,035 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
- Genesis 10,771
- Exodus 7,686
- Leviticus 4,952
- Numbers 9,656
- Deuteronomy 5,894
- Joshua 5,544
- Judges 5,297
- Samuel 9,307
- Kings 8,582
- Isaiah 7,067
- Jeremiah 10,066
- Ezekiel 12,102
- The Twelve 5,654
- Psalms 12,368
- Proverbs 3,827
- Job 5,448
- Song of Songs 1,157
- Ruth 1,167
- Lamentations 890
- Ecclesiastes 1,243
- Esther 1,571
- Daniel 5,370
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,658
- Chronicles 10,758
Outside the Torah
וְאִשָּׁה אַחַת מִנְּשֵׁי בְנֵֽי־הַנְּבִיאִים צָעֲקָה אֶל־אֱלִישָׁע לֵאמֹר עַבְדְּךָ אִישִׁי מֵת וְאַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ כִּי עַבְדְּךָ הָיָה יָרֵא אֶת־יְהוָה וְהַנֹּשֶׁה בָּא לָקַחַת אֶת־שְׁנֵי יְלָדַי לוֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying: ‘Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD; and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 532,528Open in the laboratory →
וְאָמַרְתָּ הָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שִׁמְעוּ דְּבַר־אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה כֹּה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה לֶהָרִים וְלַגְּבָעוֹת לָאֲפִיקִים ולגאית הִנְנִי אֲנִי מֵבִיא עֲלֵיכֶם חֶרֶב וְאִבַּדְתִּי בָּמֽוֹתֵיכֶֽם
and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the mountains and concerning the hills, concerning the ravines and concerning the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 733,411Open in the laboratory →
אֶֽת־הַנָּשִׂיא נָשִׂיא הוּא יֵֽשֶׁב־בּוֹ לֶאֱכָול־לֶחֶם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה מִדֶּרֶךְ אֻלָם הַשַּׁעַר יָבוֹא וּמִדַּרְכּוֹ יֵצֵֽא
As for the prince, being a prince, he shall sit therein to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 793,375Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תנין — the Tanakh's own spelling: sea monster; crocodile. Searched as תנין, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 510.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 51:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Crocodile appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, תנין appears 38,477 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 38,906, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Crocodile in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 9:21 — the shortest of 38,477 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 38,906.
What is the gematria of Crocodile in Hebrew?
Crocodile is spelled תנין — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 510.
How many times is Crocodile found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תנין appears 154,035 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 153,207 chance alone would give; the probability of 154,035 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
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