Dishan דישן
Dishan (דישן) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Dishan is found 17,066 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 44:20) — 1.4% above the 16,827 chance alone would give (probability of 17,066 or more by chance alone: 0.03).
- Found in the Torah
- 17,066
- Chance alone
- 16,827
- P (≥ found)
- 0.03
- 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 17,066 sequences of דישן at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 16,827); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 44:20, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 175,308 sequences of דישן, against about 175,331 from chance alone.
- Genesis 4,485
- Exodus 3,531
- Leviticus 1,945
- Numbers 4,843
- Deuteronomy 2,262
The shortest skips
וַנֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֲדֹנִי יֶשׁ־לָנוּ אָב זָקֵן וְיֶלֶד זְקֻנִים קָטָן וְאָחִיו מֵת וַיִּוָּתֵר הוּא לְבַדּוֹ לְאִמּוֹ וְאָבִיו אֲהֵבֽוֹ
And we said unto my lord: We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 68,046Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן לָבָן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב הַבָּנוֹת בְּנֹתַי וְהַבָּנִים בָּנַי וְהַצֹּאן צֹאנִי וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה רֹאֶה לִי־הוּא וְלִבְנֹתַי מָֽה־אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לָאֵלֶּה הַיּוֹם אוֹ לִבְנֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר יָלָֽדוּ
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: ‘The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 45,935Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה כֹּה תֹאמַר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתֶּם רְאִיתֶם כִּי מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם דִּבַּרְתִּי עִמָּכֶֽם
And the LORD said unto Moses: Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel: Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 107,914Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא תָסוּר מִכָּל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים לְעָבְדָֽם
and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. .
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 292,237Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם שִׂימוּ לְבַבְכֶם לְכָל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מֵעִיד בָּכֶם הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר תְּצַוֻּם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּֽאת
he said unto them: ‘Set your heart unto all the words wherewith I testify against you this day; that ye may charge your children therewith to observe to do all the words of this law.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 302,431Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, דישן appears 82,256 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 82,887, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 4,485
- Exodus 3,531
- Leviticus 1,945
- Numbers 4,843
- Deuteronomy 2,514
- Joshua 2,370
- Judges 2,560
- Samuel 8,233
- Kings 5,743
- Isaiah 4,080
- Jeremiah 4,987
- Ezekiel 4,778
- The Twelve 3,088
- Psalms 6,974
- Proverbs 1,883
- Job 2,630
- Song of Songs 599
- Ruth 305
- Lamentations 447
- Ecclesiastes 699
- Esther 1,026
- Daniel 3,295
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,008
- Chronicles 7,233
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵלֲכָה נָּא וַאֲשַׁלֵּם אֶת־נִדְרִי אֲשֶׁר־נָדַרְתִּי לַֽיהוָה בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן
And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said unto the king: ‘I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 458,228Open in the laboratory →
בִּשְׁנַת אַחַת לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ בֶּן־אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ מִזֶּרַע מָדָי אֲשֶׁר הָמְלַךְ עַל מַלְכוּת כַּשְׂדִּֽים
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,052,755Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּלְכְּדוּ שְׁנֵֽי־שָׂרֵי מִדְיָן אֶת־עֹרֵב וְאֶת־זְאֵב וַיַּהַרְגוּ אֶת־עוֹרֵב בְּצוּר־עוֹרֵב וְאֶת־זְאֵב הָרְגוּ בְיֶֽקֶב־זְאֵב וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אֶל־מִדְיָן וְרֹאשׁ־עֹרֵב וּזְאֵב הֵבִיאוּ אֶל־גִּדְעוֹן מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּֽן
And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the Rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the Winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 357,635Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
דישן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as דישן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 364.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:26. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Dishan appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 17,066 sequences of דישן at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 16,827); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Dishan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 44:20 — the shortest of 17,066 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 16,827.
How is Dishan spelled in Hebrew?
Dishan is spelled דישן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 364.
Is Dishan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, דישן appears 82,256 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 82,887, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 16,827 here) beside the count.