Haran חרן
Haran (חרן) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 194,509 sequences of Haran, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 13:18); chance alone would give about 194,770.
- Found in the Torah
- 194,509
- Chance alone
- 194,770
- P (≥ found)
- 0.72
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
194,509 sequences of חרן at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 194,770 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which חרן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 13:18, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), חרן is found 2,946,856 times; chance alone would give about 3,018,846.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 194,770 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 52,274
- Exodus 37,978
- Leviticus 27,497
- Numbers 52,197
- Deuteronomy 24,563
The shortest skips
וַיֶּאֱהַל אַבְרָם וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָֽה
And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,016Open in the laboratory →
אוּלַי יַחְסְרוּן חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּיקִם חֲמִשָּׁה הֲתַשְׁחִית בַּחֲמִשָּׁה אֶת־כָּל־הָעִיר וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אַשְׁחִית אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם אַרְבָּעִים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five?’ And He said: ‘I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,815Open in the laboratory →
וַתָּמָת שָׂרָה בְּקִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִוא חֶבְרוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיָּבֹא אַבְרָהָם לִסְפֹּד לְשָׂרָה וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ
And Sarah died in Kiriatharba—the same is Hebron—in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,403Open in the laboratory →
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן קָבַר אַבְרָהָם אֶת־שָׂרָה אִשְׁתּוֹ אֶל־מְעָרַת שְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה עַל־פְּנֵי מַמְרֵא הִוא חֶבְרוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָֽעַן
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre—the same is Hebron—in the land of Canaan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,292Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא יַעֲקֹב אֶל־יִצְחָק אָבִיו מַמְרֵא קִרְיַת הָֽאַרְבַּע הִוא חֶבְרוֹן אֲשֶׁר־גָּֽר־שָׁם אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָֽק
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriatharba—the same is Hebron—where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 52,096Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, חרן appears 722,797 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 719,064 chance alone would give; the probability of 722,797 or more by chance alone is 5.4 × 10⁻⁶.
- Genesis 52,274
- Exodus 37,978
- Leviticus 27,497
- Numbers 52,197
- Deuteronomy 26,286
- Joshua 31,044
- Judges 22,387
- Samuel 41,957
- Kings 49,393
- Isaiah 42,364
- Jeremiah 38,766
- Ezekiel 45,299
- The Twelve 27,776
- Psalms 53,554
- Proverbs 24,436
- Job 27,080
- Song of Songs 3,603
- Ruth 2,634
- Lamentations 4,581
- Ecclesiastes 7,608
- Esther 5,866
- Daniel 19,301
- Ezra–Nehemiah 27,082
- Chronicles 51,834
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁלַח אֲדֹנִי־צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶל־הוֹהָם מֶֽלֶךְ־חֶבְרוֹן וְאֶל־פִּרְאָם מֶֽלֶךְ־יַרְמוּת וְאֶל־יָפִיעַ מֶֽלֶךְ־לָכִישׁ וְאֶל־דְּבִיר מֶֽלֶךְ־עֶגְלוֹן לֵאמֹֽר
Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,579Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּאָסְפוּ וַֽיַּעֲלוּ חֲמֵשֶׁת מַלְכֵי הָאֱמֹרִי מֶלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם מֶֽלֶךְ־חֶבְרוֹן מֶֽלֶךְ־יַרְמוּת מֶֽלֶךְ־לָכִישׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־עֶגְלוֹן הֵם וְכָל־מַֽחֲנֵיהֶם וַֽיַּחֲנוּ עַל־גִּבְעוֹן וַיִּֽלָּחֲמוּ עָלֶֽיהָ
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,717Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כֵן וַיֹּצִיאוּ אֵלָיו אֶת־חֲמֵשֶׁת הַמְּלָכִים הָאֵלֶּה מִן־הַמְּעָרָה אֵת מֶלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶת־מֶלֶךְ חֶבְרוֹן אֶת־מֶלֶךְ יַרְמוּת אֶת־מֶלֶךְ לָכִישׁ אֶת־מֶלֶךְ עֶגְלֽוֹן
And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 320,917Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חרן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חרן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 258.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 11:31. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Haran in the Torah codes?
194,509 sequences of חרן at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 194,770 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Haran in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 13:18 — the shortest of 194,509 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 194,770.
What is the gematria of Haran in Hebrew?
Haran is spelled חרן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 258.
How many times is Haran found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, חרן appears 722,797 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 719,064 chance alone would give; the probability of 722,797 or more by chance alone is 5.4 × 10⁻⁶.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 194,770 here) beside the count.