Hena הנע
Hena (הנע) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Hena appears 475,277 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% more than chance alone would give (about 471,778; probability 1.8 × 10⁻⁷).
- Found in the Torah
- 475,277
- Chance alone
- 471,778
- P (≥ found)
- 1.8 × 10⁻⁷
- Shortest skip
- 2
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, הנע appears 475,277 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 471,778 chance alone would give; the probability of 475,277 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻⁷.
The shortest skip at which הנע appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:9, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), הנע is found 7,383,180 times; chance alone would give about 7,312,355.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 471,778 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 105,230
- Exodus 104,492
- Leviticus 77,798
- Numbers 116,523
- Deuteronomy 71,234
The shortest skips
וַיַּצְמַח יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִן־הָאֲדָמָה כָּל־עֵץ נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה וְטוֹב לְמַאֲכָל וְעֵץ הַֽחַיִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַגָּן וְעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָֽע
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,134Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מִי הִגִּיד לְךָ כִּי עֵירֹם אָתָּה הֲמִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְבִלְתִּי אֲכָל־מִמֶּנּוּ אָכָֽלְתָּ
And He said: ‘Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,450Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָבָה נִבְנֶה־לָּנוּ עִיר וּמִגְדָּל וְרֹאשׁוֹ בַשָּׁמַיִם וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּנוּ שֵׁם פֶּן־נָפוּץ עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And they said: ‘Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 12,839Open in the laboratory →
שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה עָבְדוּ אֶת־כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר וּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָרָֽדוּ
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,200Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יִצְחָק אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב גְּשָׁה־נָּא וַאֲמֻֽשְׁךָ בְּנִי הַֽאַתָּה זֶה בְּנִי עֵשָׂו אִם־לֹֽא
And Isaac said unto Jacob: ‘Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,201Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, הנע appears 1,732,780 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,749,022, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 105,230
- Exodus 104,492
- Leviticus 77,798
- Numbers 116,523
- Deuteronomy 74,845
- Joshua 79,160
- Judges 56,756
- Samuel 112,063
- Kings 121,437
- Isaiah 91,858
- Jeremiah 126,300
- Ezekiel 102,498
- The Twelve 81,940
- Psalms 104,575
- Proverbs 27,877
- Job 37,694
- Song of Songs 7,944
- Ruth 8,165
- Lamentations 8,606
- Ecclesiastes 15,999
- Esther 15,723
- Daniel 39,369
- Ezra–Nehemiah 80,295
- Chronicles 135,633
Outside the Torah
וַיִּֽירְאוּ מְאֹד כִּי עִיר גְּדוֹלָה גִּבְעוֹן כְּאַחַת עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה וְכִי הִיא גְדוֹלָה מִן־הָעַי וְכָל־אֲנָשֶׁיהָ גִּבֹּרִֽים
that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,530Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם מִמֶּנִּי תִרְאוּ וְכֵן תַּעֲשׂוּ וְהִנֵּה אָנֹכִי בָא בִּקְצֵה הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְהָיָה כַאֲשֶׁר־אֶעֱשֶׂה כֵּן תַּעֲשֽׂוּן
And he said unto them: ‘Look on me, and do likewise; and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 357,049Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְשׁוֹן נִקֵּיתִי הַפַּעַם מִפְּלִשְׁתִּים כִּֽי־עֹשֶׂה אֲנִי עִמָּם רָעָֽה
And Samson said unto them: ‘This time shall I be quits with the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 370,801Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
הנע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as הנע, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 125.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 18:34. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Hena appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, הנע appears 475,277 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 471,778 chance alone would give; the probability of 475,277 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻⁷.
What is the shortest skip for Hena in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:9 — the shortest of 475,277 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 471,778.
What is the gematria of Hena in Hebrew?
Hena is spelled הנע — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 125.
How many times is Hena found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, הנע appears 1,732,780 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,749,022, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 471,778 here) beside the count.