Dedan דדן
Dedan (דדן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Dedan appears 75,133 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% more than chance alone would give (about 73,915; probability 4.0 × 10⁻⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 75,133
- Chance alone
- 73,915
- P (≥ found)
- 4.0 × 10⁻⁶
- 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, דדן appears 75,133 times in the Torah — 1.6% more than the 73,915 chance alone would give; the probability of 75,133 or more by chance alone is 4.0 × 10⁻⁶.
The shortest skip at which דדן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 34:1, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), דדן is found 1,139,146 times; chance alone would give about 1,145,651.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 73,915 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 20,578
- Exodus 13,943
- Leviticus 8,420
- Numbers 22,180
- Deuteronomy 10,012
The shortest skips
וַיַּעַל מֹשֶׁה מֵֽעַרְבֹת מוֹאָב אֶל־הַר נְבוֹ רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי יְרֵחוֹ וַיַּרְאֵהוּ יְהוָה אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַגִּלְעָד עַד־דָּֽן
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 304,268Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא קַיִן מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־נוֹד קִדְמַת־עֵֽדֶן
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 4,929Open in the laboratory →
וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶה בַקָּרַחַת אוֹ בַגַּבַּחַת נֶגַע לָבָן אֲדַמְדָּם צָרַעַת פֹּרַחַת הִוא בְּקָרַחְתּוֹ אוֹ בְגַבַּחְתּֽוֹ
But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague, it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 160,225Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַל הָֽאַרְבֶּה עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַיָּנַח בְּכֹל גְּבוּל מִצְרָיִם כָּבֵד מְאֹד לְפָנָיו לֹא־הָיָה כֵן אַרְבֶּה כָּמֹהוּ וְאַחֲרָיו לֹא יִֽהְיֶה־כֵּֽן
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 92,501Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּיִם וַיְכַסּוּ אֶת־הָרֶכֶב וְאֶת־הַפָּרָשִׁים לְכֹל חֵיל פַּרְעֹה הַבָּאִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם בַּיָּם לֹֽא־נִשְׁאַר בָּהֶם עַד־אֶחָֽד
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 99,712Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, דדן appears 434,196 times in the whole Tanakh — 8.2% more than the 401,129 chance alone would give; the probability of 434,196 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
- Genesis 20,578
- Exodus 13,943
- Leviticus 8,420
- Numbers 22,180
- Deuteronomy 10,784
- Joshua 10,743
- Judges 10,039
- Samuel 55,220
- Kings 23,820
- Isaiah 20,455
- Jeremiah 25,971
- Ezekiel 26,749
- The Twelve 14,534
- Psalms 39,444
- Proverbs 10,077
- Job 12,205
- Song of Songs 2,869
- Ruth 1,708
- Lamentations 2,089
- Ecclesiastes 2,950
- Esther 7,310
- Daniel 37,670
- Ezra–Nehemiah 21,267
- Chronicles 33,171
Outside the Torah
אַשְׁדּוֹד בְּנוֹתֶיהָ וַחֲצֵרֶיהָ עַזָּה בְּנוֹתֶיהָ וַחֲצֵרֶיהָ עַד־נַחַל מִצְרָיִם וְהַיָּם הגבול וּגְבֽוּל
Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the Brook of Egypt, the Great Sea being the border thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 329,460Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַיִּתְּנֵם יְהוָה בְּיַד־מִדְיָן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִֽים
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 353,199Open in the laboratory →
וַתָּעָז יַד־מִדְיָן עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִפְּנֵי מִדְיָן עָשֽׂוּ לָהֶם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַמִּנְהָרוֹת אֲשֶׁר בֶּֽהָרִים וְאֶת־הַמְּעָרוֹת וְאֶת־הַמְּצָדֽוֹת
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 353,216Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
דדן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as דדן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 58.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 25:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Dedan appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, דדן appears 75,133 times in the Torah — 1.6% more than the 73,915 chance alone would give; the probability of 75,133 or more by chance alone is 4.0 × 10⁻⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Dedan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 34:1 — the shortest of 75,133 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 73,915.
What is the gematria of Dedan in Hebrew?
Dedan is spelled דדן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 58.
How many times is Dedan found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, דדן appears 434,196 times in the whole Tanakh — 8.2% more than the 401,129 chance alone would give; the probability of 434,196 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
Search it yourself
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