Dan also ודן
Dan also (ודן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Vedan. Dan also appears 4,946,612 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), in line with the 4,974,424 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 4,946,612
- Chance alone · every skip
- 4,974,424
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,297
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 321,924 found · chance alone about 320,940 (probability of 321,924 or more by chance alone: 0.04).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 4,946,612 sequences of ודן across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 4,974,424).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 5:4, reading forward.
The longest skip at which ודן was found in the Torah is 152,297 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 4,974,424 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,343,952
- Exodus 996,273
- Leviticus 743,274
- Numbers 990,494
- Deuteronomy 872,619
Examples across the range
5 of the 4,946,612 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ו ד נGenesis 5:4
וַיִּֽהְיוּ יְמֵי־אָדָם אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שֵׁת שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,593 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ו ד נGenesis 5:4
Letter by letter
- ו ד נGenesis 5:7
וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁת אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־אֱנוֹשׁ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,720 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ו ד נGenesis 5:7
- וExodus 6:20
… לְאִשָּׁה וַתֵּלֶד לוֹ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת־מֹשֶׁה וּשְׁנֵי חַיֵּי עַמְרָם שֶׁבַע …
And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- דExodus 6:23
וַיִּקַּח אַהֲרֹן אֶת־אֱלִישֶׁבַע בַּת־עַמִּינָדָב אֲחוֹת נַחְשׁוֹן לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה וַתֵּלֶד …
And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- ןExodus 6:25
וְאֶלְעָזָר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹן לָקַֽח־לוֹ מִבְּנוֹת פּֽוּטִיאֵל לוֹ …
And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’houses of the Levites according to their families.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 85,840 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- וExodus 6:20
- וLeviticus 4:26
וְאֶת־כָּל־חֶלְבּוֹ יַקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה כְּחֵלֶב זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן מֵחַטָּאתוֹ וְנִסְלַח לֽוֹ
And all the fat thereof shall he make smoke upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- דLeviticus 5:7
… בְנֵֽי־יוֹנָה לַֽיהוָה אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת וְאֶחָד לְעֹלָֽה
And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he shall bring his forfeit for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD: one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering.
- נLeviticus 5:24
… יֹסֵף עָלָיו לַאֲשֶׁר הוּא לוֹ יִתְּנֶנּוּ בְּיוֹם אַשְׁמָתֽוֹ
or any thing about which he hath sworn falsely, he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto; unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being guilty.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 145,719 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- וLeviticus 4:26
- וDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- דLeviticus 8:30
… הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיַּז עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן עַל־בְּגָדָיו וְעַל־בָּנָיו וְעַל־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו …
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’garments with him.
- ןGenesis 1:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 152,297, width 152,297 — one row is 152,297 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,828 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,297 in the laboratory →
- וDeuteronomy 34:12
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 97,390,963 sequences of ודן across every skip (2–598,520), 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 96,545,655); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,621,785 found · chance alone about 1,606,017 (probability of 1,621,785 or more by chance alone: 9.9 × 10⁻³⁶).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 5,924,433
- Exodus 4,356,519
- Leviticus 3,187,902
- Numbers 4,274,470
- Deuteronomy 3,855,873
- Joshua 3,183,857
- Judges 3,232,821
- Samuel 8,128,246
- Kings 7,647,874
- Isaiah 5,928,352
- Jeremiah 7,005,033
- Ezekiel 6,091,597
- The Twelve 5,135,292
- Psalms 6,735,784
- Proverbs 2,120,263
- Job 2,783,025
- Song of Songs 377,981
- Ruth 387,129
- Lamentations 505,107
- Ecclesiastes 776,015
- Esther 1,002,939
- Daniel 1,869,688
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,239,742
- Chronicles 9,641,021
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ו ד נJoshua 1:4
מֵהַמִּדְבָּר וְהַלְּבָנוֹן הַזֶּה וְֽעַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדוֹל נְהַר־פְּרָת כֹּל אֶרֶץ …
From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,033 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ו ד נJoshua 1:4
- וJudges 4:10
וַיַּזְעֵק בָּרָק אֶת־זְבוּלֻן וְאֶת־נַפְתָּלִי קֶדְשָׁה וַיַּעַל בְּרַגְלָיו עֲשֶׂרֶת …
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet; and Deborah went up with him.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- דJudges 4:11
… עַד־אֵלוֹן בצענים אֲשֶׁר אֶת־קֶֽדֶשׁ
Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as Elon-bezaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
- ןJudges 4:13
… אִתּוֹ מֵחֲרֹשֶׁת הַגּוֹיִם אֶל־נַחַל קִישֽׁוֹן
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth-goiim, unto the brook Kishon.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 350,682 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- וJudges 4:10
- ו2 Chronicles 36:22
… רוּחַ כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל בְּכָל־מַלְכוּתוֹ וְגַם־בְּמִכְתָּב לֵאמֹֽר …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- דIsaiah 25:3
עַל־כֵּן יְכַבְּדוּךָ עַם־עָז קִרְיַת גּוֹיִם עָרִיצִים יִירָאֽוּךָ
Therefore shall the strong people glorify Thee, The city of the terrible nations shall fear Thee.
- נGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 598,430, width 598,430 — one row is 598,430 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,912 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,430 in the laboratory →
- ו2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
ודן — the Tanakh's own spelling: Vedan. Searched as ודן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 60.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 5:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Dan also in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 4,946,612 sequences of ודן across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 4,974,424).
What is the shortest skip for Dan also in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:4 — the shortest of 4,946,612 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 4,974,424.
How is Dan also spelled in Hebrew?
Dan also is spelled ודן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 60.
Is Dan also in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 97,390,963 sequences of ודן across every skip (2–598,520), 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 96,545,655); 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 4,974,424 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.