Elkanan אלחנן
Elkanan (אלחנן) is a person named in the Tanakh — Elhanan. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 983 sequences of Elkanan, the shortest at skip 8 (Genesis 5:29); chance alone would give about 937.
- Found in the Torah
- 983
- Chance alone
- 937
- P (≥ found)
- 0.07
- Shortest skip
- 8
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
983 sequences of אלחנן at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 937 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which אלחנן appears in the Torah is 8 — the first at Genesis 5:29, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), אלחנן is found 7,912 times; chance alone would give about 7,388.
- Genesis 275
- Exodus 158
- Leviticus 148
- Numbers 294
- Deuteronomy 108
The shortest skips
וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ נֹחַ לֵאמֹר זֶה יְנַחֲמֵנוּ מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂנוּ וּמֵעִצְּבוֹן יָדֵינוּ מִן־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר אֵֽרְרָהּ יְהוָֽה
And he called his name Noah, saying: ‘This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,629Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו אֲבָל אֲשֵׁמִים אֲנַחְנוּ עַל־אָחִינוּ אֲשֶׁר רָאִינוּ צָרַת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּהִתְחַֽנְנוֹ אֵלֵינוּ וְלֹא שָׁמָעְנוּ עַל־כֵּן בָּאָה אֵלֵינוּ הַצָּרָה הַזֹּֽאת
And they said one to another: ‘We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 63,960Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא תוּכַל לִרְאֹת אֶת־פָּנָי כִּי לֹֽא־יִרְאַנִי הָאָדָם וָחָֽי
And He said: ‘Thou canst not see My face, for man shall not see Me and live.’
skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 128,893Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא אַחַר אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַקֻּבָּה וַיִּדְקֹר אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶם אֵת אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת־הָאִשָּׁה אֶל־קֳבָתָהּ וַתֵּֽעָצַר הַמַּגֵּפָה מֵעַל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And he went after the man of Israel into the chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 230,585Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו יֶשׁ־לִי רָב אָחִי יְהִי לְךָ אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ
And Esau said: ‘I have enough; my brother, let that which thou hast be thine.’
skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 48,619Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,472 sequences of אלחנן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,418).
- Genesis 275
- Exodus 158
- Leviticus 148
- Numbers 294
- Deuteronomy 115
- Joshua 125
- Judges 125
- Samuel 262
- Kings 193
- Isaiah 145
- Jeremiah 178
- Ezekiel 187
- The Twelve 90
- Psalms 221
- Proverbs 74
- Job 151
- Song of Songs 11
- Ruth 17
- Lamentations 21
- Ecclesiastes 38
- Esther 44
- Daniel 172
- Ezra–Nehemiah 171
- Chronicles 257
Outside the Torah
שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,011,716Open in the laboratory →
וּמִן־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן אֲחֵי שָׁאוּל שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וְעַד־הֵנָּה מַרְבִּיתָם שֹׁמְרִים מִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית שָׁאֽוּל
And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,118,039Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה רָאשֵׁי אֲבֹתֵיהֶם וְהִתְיַחְשָׂם הָעֹלִים עִמִּי בְּמַלְכוּת אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא הַמֶּלֶךְ מִבָּבֶֽל
Now these are the heads of their fathers’houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,069,750Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אלחנן — the Tanakh's own spelling: Elhanan. Searched as אלחנן, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 139.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 21:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Elkanan in the Torah codes?
983 sequences of אלחנן at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 937 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Elkanan in the Torah?
Skip 8, reading forward from Genesis 5:29 — the shortest of 983 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 937.
What is the gematria of Elkanan in Hebrew?
Elkanan is spelled אלחנן — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 139.
How many times is Elkanan found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,472 sequences of אלחנן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,418).
Search it yourself
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