Biblical names

Hanani חנני

Hanani (חנני) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Hanani is found 16,277 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 27:46) — 4.5% above the 15,582 chance alone would give (probability of 16,277 or more by chance alone: 1.6 × 10⁻⁸).

Found in the Torah
16,277
Chance alone
15,582
P (≥ found)
1.6 × 10⁻⁸
Shortest skip
3

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 16,277 sequences of חנני at skips 2–5,000, 4.5% above what chance alone gives (about 15,582); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.6 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 27:46, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 166,114 sequences of חנני, against about 162,361 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 4,963
  • Exodus 2,781
  • Leviticus 1,907
  • Numbers 5,086
  • Deuteronomy 1,540

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 27:46בראשית כז:מוskip 3, backward

    וַתֹּאמֶר רִבְקָה אֶל־יִצְחָק קַצְתִּי בְחַיַּי מִפְּנֵי בְּנוֹת חֵת אִם־לֹקֵחַ יַעֲקֹב אִשָּׁה מִבְּנֽוֹת־חֵת כָּאֵלֶּה מִבְּנוֹת הָאָרֶץ לָמָּה לִּי חַיִּֽים

    And Rebekah said to Isaac: ‘I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?’

    חנני at skip 3, backward from Genesis 27:46צחקקצתיבחימפיבותתאםלקחיעקבחנני
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 38,567Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 49:26בראשית מט:כוskip 4, forward

    בִּרְכֹת אָבִיךָ גָּֽבְרוּ עַל־בִּרְכֹת הוֹרַי עַֽד־תַּאֲוַת גִּבְעֹת עוֹלָם תִּֽהְיֶין לְרֹאשׁ יוֹסֵף וּלְקָדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָֽיו

    The blessings of thy father Are mighty beyond the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of the prince among his brethren.

    חנני at skip 4, forward from Genesis 49:26סףולקדקדנזיראיובימיזאבטרףבבקריאכלעדוחנןי
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 76,261Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 26:19שמות כו:יטskip 4, backward

    וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵי־כֶסֶף תַּעֲשֶׂה תַּחַת עֶשְׂרִים הַקָּרֶשׁ שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָיו וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָֽיו

    And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons;

    חנני at skip 4, backward from Exodus 26:19רשהאחדלשתיידתוושיאדיםתתהקרשהאחדלשתייחנני
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 116,256Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 36:24שמות לו:כדskip 4, backward

    וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵי־כֶסֶף עָשָׂה תַּחַת עֶשְׂרִים הַקְּרָשִׁים שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָיו וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָֽיו

    And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

    חנני at skip 4, backward from Exodus 36:24רשהאחדלשתיידתוושיאדיםתתהקרשהאחדלשתייחנני
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 134,060Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 7:84במדבר ז:פדskip 4, backward

    זֹאת חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בְּיוֹם הִמָּשַׁח אֹתוֹ מֵאֵת נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קַעֲרֹת כֶּסֶף שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה מִֽזְרְקֵי־כֶסֶף שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר כַּפּוֹת זָהָב שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵֽה

    This was the dedication-offering of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hands of the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans;

    חנני at skip 4, backward from Numbers 7:84החמשהזהקרבןאחרעבעינזאתנכתהמזבחביוםהמחןןי
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 201,968Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 70,011 sequences of חנני at skips 2–5,000, 4.7% above what chance alone gives (about 66,896); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.2 × 10⁻³³ by chance alone.

  • Genesis 4,963
  • Exodus 2,781
  • Leviticus 1,907
  • Numbers 5,086
  • Deuteronomy 1,715
  • Joshua 2,751
  • Judges 2,368
  • Samuel 4,026
  • Kings 3,805
  • Isaiah 3,725
  • Jeremiah 3,353
  • Ezekiel 4,281
  • The Twelve 2,463
  • Psalms 6,662
  • Proverbs 2,089
  • Job 3,369
  • Song of Songs 471
  • Ruth 301
  • Lamentations 530
  • Ecclesiastes 696
  • Esther 486
  • Daniel 2,876
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 3,812
  • Chronicles 5,495

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Kings 7:4מלכים ב ז:דskip 2, forward

    אִם־אָמַרְנוּ נָבוֹא הָעִיר וְהָרָעָב בָּעִיר וָמַתְנוּ שָׁם וְאִם־יָשַׁבְנוּ פֹה וָמָתְנוּ וְעַתָּה לְכוּ וְנִפְּלָה אֶל־מַחֲנֵה אֲרָם אִם־יְחַיֻּנוּ נִֽחְיֶה וְאִם־יְמִיתֻנוּ וָמָֽתְנוּ

    If we say: We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Arameans; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.’

    חנני at skip 2, forward from 2 Kings 7:4ארםאםייוחהואםימיחנני
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 539,354Open in the laboratory →

  2. Lamentations 1:14איכה א:ידskip 2, forward

    נִשְׂקַד עֹל פְּשָׁעַי בְּיָדוֹ יִשְׂתָּֽרְגוּ עָלוּ עַל־צַוָּארִי הִכְשִׁיל כֹּחִי נְתָנַנִי אֲדֹנָי בִּידֵי לֹא־אוּכַל קֽוּם

    The yoke of my transgressions is impressed by His hand; They are knit together, They are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail; The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, Against whom I am not able to stand.

    חנני at skip 2, forward from Lamentations 1:14הכשילכיתנאדניבידחנני
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,006,820Open in the laboratory →

  3. Ezra 2:53עזרא ב:נגskip 2, forward

    בְּנֵי־בַרְקוֹס בְּֽנֵי־סִֽיסְרָא בְּנֵי־תָֽמַח

    the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah;

    חנני at skip 2, forward from Ezra 2:53אבניתמביצחבניחטיחנני
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,061,489Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

חנני — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חנני, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 118.

As a plain word it stands 25 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 33:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Hanani appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 16,277 sequences of חנני at skips 2–5,000, 4.5% above what chance alone gives (about 15,582); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.6 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Hanani in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading backward from Genesis 27:46 — the shortest of 16,277 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 15,582.

How is Hanani spelled in Hebrew?

Hanani is spelled חנני — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 118.

Is Hanani in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 70,011 sequences of חנני at skips 2–5,000, 4.7% above what chance alone gives (about 66,896); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.2 × 10⁻³³ 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 15,582 here) beside the count.

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