Hakkatan קטן
Hakkatan (קטן) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Hakkatan is found 232,476 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 35:15) — 18% above the 196,231 chance alone would give (probability of 232,476 or more by chance alone: below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 232,476
- Chance alone · every skip
- 196,231
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 151,683
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 13,230 found · chance alone about 12,660 (probability of 13,230 or more by chance alone: 2.6 × 10⁻⁷).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 232,476 sequences of קטן across every skip (2–152,424), 18% above what chance alone gives (about 196,231); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Numbers 35:15, reading forward.
The longest skip at which קטן was found in the Torah is 151,683 — at Genesis 1:15, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 196,231 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 58,363
- Exodus 47,649
- Leviticus 40,492
- Numbers 52,960
- Deuteronomy 33,012
Examples across the range
5 of the 232,476 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ק ט נNumbers 35:15
… בְּתוֹכָם תִּהְיֶינָה שֵׁשׁ־הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לְמִקְלָט לָנוּס שָׁמָּה כָּל־מַכֵּה־נֶפֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָֽה …
For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the settler among them, shall these six cities be for refuge, that every one that killeth any person through error may flee thither.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 248,125 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק ט נNumbers 35:15
Letter by letter
- ק ט נGenesis 44:16
… נֹּאמַר לַֽאדֹנִי מַה־נְּדַבֵּר וּמַה־נִּצְטַדָּק הָאֱלֹהִים מָצָא אֶת־עֲוֺן עֲבָדֶיךָ …
And Judah said: ‘What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord’s bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 67,807 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק ט נGenesis 44:16
- קLeviticus 13:34
… פָשָׂה הַנֶּתֶק בָּעוֹר וּמַרְאֵהוּ אֵינֶנּוּ עָמֹק מִן־הָעוֹר וְטִהַר אֹתוֹ הַכֹּהֵן …
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- טLeviticus 13:36
וְרָאָהוּ הַכֹּהֵן וְהִנֵּה פָּשָׂה הַנֶּתֶק בָּעוֹר לֹֽא־יְבַקֵּר הַכֹּהֵן לַשֵּׂעָר הַצָּהֹב טָמֵא הֽוּא
then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair: he is unclean.
- ןLeviticus 13:39
וְרָאָה הַכֹּהֵן וְהִנֵּה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָם בֶּהָרֹת כֵּהוֹת לְבָנֹת בֹּהַק הוּא פָּרַח בָּעוֹר טָהוֹר הֽוּא
then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin: he is clean.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 159,893 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- קLeviticus 13:34
- קExodus 38:5
וַיִּצֹק אַרְבַּע טַבָּעֹת בְּאַרְבַּע הַקְּצָוֺת לְמִכְבַּר הַנְּחֹשֶׁת בָּתִּים לַבַּדִּֽים
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be holders for the staves.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- טExodus 37:15
וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הַבַּדִּים עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים וַיְצַף אֹתָם זָהָב לָשֵׂאת אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן
And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
- ןExodus 36:32
וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי הַמִּשְׁכָּן לַיַּרְכָתַיִם יָֽמָּה
and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 136,411 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- קExodus 38:5
- קGenesis 1:15
וְהָיוּ לִמְאוֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהָאִיר עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- טLeviticus 8:28
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֹתָם מֵעַל כַּפֵּיהֶם וַיַּקְטֵר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל־הָעֹלָה מִלֻּאִים הֵם …
And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- נDeuteronomy 33:27
מְעֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם וּמִתַּחַת זְרֹעֹת עוֹלָם וַיְגָרֶשׁ מִפָּנֶיךָ אוֹיֵב וַיֹּאמֶר הַשְׁמֵֽד
The eternal God is a dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said: ‘Destroy.’
skip 151,683, width 151,683 — one row is 151,683 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 693 of the TorahOpen at skip 151,683 in the laboratory →
- קGenesis 1:15
Across the Tanakh
2,312,845 sequences of קטן across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,363,661 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 41,600 found · chance alone about 39,319 (probability of 41,600 or more by chance alone: 2.3 × 10⁻³⁰).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 181,512
- Exodus 135,711
- Leviticus 114,200
- Numbers 142,797
- Deuteronomy 90,359
- Joshua 57,066
- Judges 60,288
- Samuel 135,340
- Kings 151,245
- Isaiah 149,331
- Jeremiah 152,821
- Ezekiel 133,727
- The Twelve 122,376
- Psalms 172,452
- Proverbs 78,547
- Job 79,022
- Song of Songs 9,755
- Ruth 12,990
- Lamentations 12,908
- Ecclesiastes 21,047
- Esther 16,604
- Daniel 60,093
- Ezra–Nehemiah 62,489
- Chronicles 160,165
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ק ט נDaniel 2:35
… וְדַהֲבָא וַהֲווֹ כְּעוּר מִן־אִדְּרֵי־קַיִט וּנְשָׂא הִמּוֹן רוּחָא וְכָל־אֲתַר לָא …
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain…
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,038,544 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק ט נDaniel 2:35
- קJudges 2:18
וְכִֽי־הֵקִים יְהוָה לָהֶם שֹֽׁפְטִים וְהָיָה יְהוָה …
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repented the LORD because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and crushed them.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- טJudges 2:19
וְהָיָה בְּמוֹת הַשּׁוֹפֵט יָשֻׁבוּ וְהִשְׁחִיתוּ מֵֽאֲבוֹתָם לָלֶכֶת אַֽחֲרֵי …
But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to worship them; they left nothing undone of their practices, nor of their stubborn way.
- ןJudges 2:20
וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר יַעַן אֲשֶׁר עָבְרוּ הַגּוֹי הַזֶּה אֶת …
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel; and He said: ‘Because this nation have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto My voice;
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 347,776 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- קJudges 2:18
- ק2 Chronicles 36:14
… וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הִקְדִּישׁ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, transgressed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of the LORD which He had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- טIsaiah 25:7
וּבִלַּע בָּהָר הַזֶּה פְּנֵֽי־הַלּוֹט הַלּוֹט עַל־כָּל־הָֽעַמִּים וְהַמַּסֵּכָה הַנְּסוּכָה עַל־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם
And He will destroy in this mountain The face of the covering that is cast over all peoples, And the veil that is spread over all nations.
- נGenesis 1:21
… לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 597,663, width 597,663 — one row is 597,663 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,358 of the TanakhOpen at skip 597,663 in the laboratory →
- ק2 Chronicles 36:14
The spelling
קטן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קטן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 159.
As a plain word it stands 25 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 44:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Hakkatan in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 232,476 sequences of קטן across every skip (2–152,424), 18% above what chance alone gives (about 196,231); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Hakkatan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 35:15 — the shortest of 232,476 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 196,231.
How is Hakkatan spelled in Hebrew?
Hakkatan is spelled קטן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 159.
Is Hakkatan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
2,312,845 sequences of קטן across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,363,661 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 196,231 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.