Hanun חנון
Hanun (חנון) is a person named in the Tanakh. Hanun appears 15,774 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 4.6% more than chance alone would give (about 15,077; probability 8.9 × 10⁻⁹).
- Found in the Torah
- 15,774
- Chance alone
- 15,077
- P (≥ found)
- 8.9 × 10⁻⁹
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, חנון appears 15,774 times in the Torah — 4.6% more than the 15,077 chance alone would give; the probability of 15,774 or more by chance alone is 8.9 × 10⁻⁹.
The shortest skip at which חנון appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 36:2, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), חנון is found 156,693 times; chance alone would give about 157,098.
- Genesis 4,605
- Exodus 2,719
- Leviticus 2,324
- Numbers 4,548
- Deuteronomy 1,578
The shortest skips
עֵשָׂו לָקַח אֶת־נָשָׁיו מִבְּנוֹת כְּנָעַן אֶת־עָדָה בַּת־אֵילוֹן הַֽחִתִּי וְאֶת־אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה בַּת־עֲנָה בַּת־צִבְעוֹן הַֽחִוִּֽי
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 52,225Open in the laboratory →
וְֽאֶת־רֶסֶן בֵּין נִֽינְוֵה וּבֵין כָּלַח הִוא הָעִיר הַגְּדֹלָֽה
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah—the same is the great city.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 11,995Open in the laboratory →
נַחְנוּ נַעֲבֹר חֲלוּצִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְאִתָּנוּ אֲחֻזַּת נַחֲלָתֵנוּ מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּֽן
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 243,701Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי יְהוּדָה עֵר וְאוֹנָן וְשֵׁלָה וָפֶרֶץ וָזָרַח וַיָּמָת עֵר וְאוֹנָן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־פֶרֶץ חֶצְרוֹן וְחָמֽוּל
And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 70,857Open in the laboratory →
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן נִגְּשׁוּ כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְצַוֵּם אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אִתּוֹ בְּהַר סִינָֽי
And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh, and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 130,780Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, חנון appears 64,694 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.9% more than the 62,885 chance alone would give; the probability of 64,694 or more by chance alone is 3.5 × 10⁻¹³.
- Genesis 4,605
- Exodus 2,719
- Leviticus 2,324
- Numbers 4,548
- Deuteronomy 1,732
- Joshua 2,748
- Judges 2,170
- Samuel 4,161
- Kings 3,308
- Isaiah 3,727
- Jeremiah 3,218
- Ezekiel 3,963
- The Twelve 2,266
- Psalms 5,397
- Proverbs 1,871
- Job 2,787
- Song of Songs 372
- Ruth 217
- Lamentations 479
- Ecclesiastes 586
- Esther 434
- Daniel 2,213
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,548
- Chronicles 5,301
Outside the Torah
וְעָלָה הָאִישׁ הַהוּא מֵֽעִירוֹ מִיָּמִים יָמִימָה לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺת וְלִזְבֹּחַ לַיהוָה צְבָאוֹת בְּשִׁלֹה וְשָׁם שְׁנֵי בְנֵֽי־עֵלִי חָפְנִי וּפִנְחָס כֹּהֲנִים לַיהוָֽה
And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there priests unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 383,793Open in the laboratory →
שְׁמַע־יְהוָה קוֹלִי אֶקְרָא וְחָנֵּנִי וַעֲנֵֽנִי
Hear, O LORD, when I call with my voice, And be gracious unto me, and answer me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 870,655Open in the laboratory →
וָאָשִׁיב אוֹתָם דָּבָר וָאוֹמַר לָהֶם אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם הוּא יַצְלִיחַֽ לָנוּ וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲבָדָיו נָקוּם וּבָנִינוּ וְלָכֶם אֵֽין־חֵלֶק וּצְדָקָה וְזִכָּרוֹן בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Then answered I them, and said unto them: ‘The God of heaven, He will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,077,275Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חנון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חנון, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 114.
As a plain word it stands 20 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 22:26. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Hanun in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, חנון appears 15,774 times in the Torah — 4.6% more than the 15,077 chance alone would give; the probability of 15,774 or more by chance alone is 8.9 × 10⁻⁹.
What is the shortest skip for Hanun in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 36:2 — the shortest of 15,774 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 15,077.
What is the gematria of Hanun in Hebrew?
Hanun is spelled חנון — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 114.
How many times is Hanun found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, חנון appears 64,694 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.9% more than the 62,885 chance alone would give; the probability of 64,694 or more by chance alone is 3.5 × 10⁻¹³.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 15,077 here) beside the count.