Daniel דניאל
Daniel (דניאל) is a person named in the Tanakh. Daniel appears 2,104 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 2,048 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 2,104
- Chance alone
- 2,048
- P (≥ found)
- 0.11
- Shortest skip
- 8
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 2,104 sequences of דניאל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,048).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 8 — the first at Genesis 44:32, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 15,602 sequences of דניאל, against about 16,144 from chance alone.
- Genesis 644
- Exodus 354
- Leviticus 232
- Numbers 549
- Deuteronomy 325
The shortest skips
כִּי עַבְדְּךָ עָרַב אֶת־הַנַּעַר מֵעִם אָבִי לֵאמֹר אִם־לֹא אֲבִיאֶנּוּ אֵלֶיךָ וְחָטָאתִי לְאָבִי כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים
For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying: If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 68,604Open in the laboratory →
לִֽיהוּדָה נַחְשׁוֹן בֶּן־עַמִּינָדָֽב
Of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 186,683Open in the laboratory →
וְדִשׁוֹן וְאֵצֶר וְדִישָׁן אֵלֶּה אַלּוּפֵי הַחֹרִי בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדֽוֹם
and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,181Open in the laboratory →
כִּי עַם קָדוֹשׁ אַתָּה לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וּבְךָ בָּחַר יְהוָה לִֽהְיוֹת לוֹ לְעַם סְגֻלָּה מִכֹּל הָֽעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָֽה
For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be His own treasure out of all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 273,927Open in the laboratory →
וְסָמַךְ אַהֲרֹן אֶת־שְׁתֵּי ידו עַל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׂעִיר הַחַי וְהִתְוַדָּה עָלָיו אֶת־כָּל־עֲוֺנֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת־כָּל־פִּשְׁעֵיהֶם לְכָל־חַטֹּאתָם וְנָתַן אֹתָם עַל־רֹאשׁ הַשָּׂעִיר וְשִׁלַּח בְּיַד־אִישׁ עִתִּי הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of an appointed man into the wilderness.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 167,193Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 10,255 sequences of דניאל at skips 2–5,000, 2.2% above what chance alone gives (about 10,032); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.
- Genesis 644
- Exodus 354
- Leviticus 232
- Numbers 549
- Deuteronomy 361
- Joshua 230
- Judges 345
- Samuel 1,255
- Kings 723
- Isaiah 499
- Jeremiah 706
- Ezekiel 581
- The Twelve 344
- Psalms 762
- Proverbs 170
- Job 297
- Song of Songs 72
- Ruth 42
- Lamentations 47
- Ecclesiastes 74
- Esther 118
- Daniel 592
- Ezra–Nehemiah 422
- Chronicles 836
Outside the Torah
וַיָּבֹא מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה וַיֵּשֶׁב תַּחַת הָֽאֵלָה אֲשֶׁר בְּעָפְרָה אֲשֶׁר לְיוֹאָשׁ אֲבִי הָֽעֶזְרִי וְגִדְעוֹן בְּנוֹ חֹבֵט חִטִּים בַּגַּת לְהָנִיס מִפְּנֵי מִדְיָֽן
And the angel of the LORD came, and sat under the terebinth which was in Ophrah, that belonged unto Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 353,829Open in the laboratory →
בָּֽא־זָדוֹן וַיָּבֹא קָלוֹן וְֽאֶת־צְנוּעִים חָכְמָֽה
When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 945,698Open in the laboratory →
צִיּוֹן יִשְׁאָלוּ דֶּרֶךְ הֵנָּה פְנֵיהֶם בֹּאוּ וְנִלְווּ אֶל־יְהוָה בְּרִית עוֹלָם לֹא תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ
They shall inquire concerning Zion With their faces hitherward: ‘Come ye, and join yourselves to the LORD In an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 719,318Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
דניאל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as דניאל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 95.
As a plain word it stands 48 times in the Tanakh, first at Daniel 1:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Danielle.
Questions
Does Daniel appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 2,104 sequences of דניאל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,048).
What is the shortest skip for Daniel in the Torah?
Skip 8, reading forward from Genesis 44:32 — the shortest of 2,104 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,048.
How is Daniel spelled in Hebrew?
Daniel is spelled דניאל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 95.
Is Daniel in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 10,255 sequences of דניאל at skips 2–5,000, 2.2% above what chance alone gives (about 10,032); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 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 2,048 here) beside the count.