Elnathan אלנתן
Elnathan (אלנתן) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 2,368 sequences of Elnathan, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 16:8); chance alone would give about 2,341.
- Found in the Torah
- 2,368
- Chance alone
- 2,341
- P (≥ found)
- 0.29
- 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 2,368 sequences of אלנתן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,341).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 16:8, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 18,635 sequences of אלנתן, against about 18,448 from chance alone.
- Genesis 654
- Exodus 398
- Leviticus 363
- Numbers 592
- Deuteronomy 361
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה בְּתֵת יְהוָה לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר לִשְׂבֹּעַ בִּשְׁמֹעַ יְהוָה אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם מַלִּינִם עָלָיו וְנַחְנוּ מָה לֹא־עָלֵינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם כִּי עַל־יְהוָֽה
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 101,698Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת כָּל־נַפְתָּלִי וְאֶת־אֶרֶץ אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה וְאֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה עַד הַיָּם הָאַחֲרֽוֹן
and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the hinder sea;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 304,284Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן בָּנוּ אֶת־חֶשְׁבּוֹן וְאֶת־אֶלְעָלֵא וְאֵת קִרְיָתָֽיִם
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 243,941Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־לֶמֶךְ אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־נֹחַ חָמֵשׁ וְתִשְׁעִים שָׁנָה וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Lamech lived after he begot Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,692Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח עֵשָׂו אֶת־נָשָׁיו וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וְאֶת־בְּנֹתָיו וְאֶת־כָּל־נַפְשׁוֹת בֵּיתוֹ וְאֶת־מִקְנֵהוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־קִנְיָנוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכַשׁ בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל־אֶרֶץ מִפְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב אָחִֽיו
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 52,459Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 8,035 sequences of אלנתן at skips 2–5,000, 2.7% above what chance alone gives (about 7,827); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0097 by chance alone.
- Genesis 654
- Exodus 398
- Leviticus 363
- Numbers 592
- Deuteronomy 388
- Joshua 276
- Judges 295
- Samuel 673
- Kings 470
- Isaiah 298
- Jeremiah 544
- Ezekiel 619
- The Twelve 265
- Psalms 424
- Proverbs 129
- Job 254
- Song of Songs 27
- Ruth 46
- Lamentations 33
- Ecclesiastes 70
- Esther 91
- Daniel 317
- Ezra–Nehemiah 341
- Chronicles 468
Outside the Torah
וְאֵילוֹן וְתִמְנָתָה וְעֶקְרֽוֹן
and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 335,052Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה אֶקְרָא וְאֶל־אֲדֹנָי אֶתְחַנָּֽן
Unto Thee, O LORD, did I call, And unto the LORD I made supplication:
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 871,880Open in the laboratory →
פַּרְשֶׁגֶן אִגַּרְתָּא דִּֽי־שְׁלַח תַּתְּנַי פַּחַת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָה וּשְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי וּכְנָוָתֵהּ אֲפַרְסְכָיֵא דִּי בַּעֲבַר נַהֲרָה עַל־דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מַלְכָּֽא
The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his companions the Apharesachites, who were beyond the River, sent unto Darius the king;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,065,455Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אלנתן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אלנתן, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 531.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 24:8. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Elnathan in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 2,368 sequences of אלנתן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,341).
What is the shortest skip for Elnathan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 16:8 — the shortest of 2,368 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,341.
How is Elnathan spelled in Hebrew?
Elnathan is spelled אלנתן — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 531.
Is Elnathan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 8,035 sequences of אלנתן at skips 2–5,000, 2.7% above what chance alone gives (about 7,827); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0097 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 2,341 here) beside the count.