First names

Herman הרמן

Herman is a first name, written הרמן in Hebrew (male given name). Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 641,684 sequences of Herman, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 8:20); chance alone would give about 646,400.

Found in the Torah · every skip
641,684
Chance alone · every skip
646,400
P (≥ found) · every skip
1.00
Shortest skip
2
Longest skip found
101,389

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 61,215 found · chance alone about 62,035 (probability of 61,215 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

In the Torah

Across every skip (2–101,616), הרמן appears 641,684 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 646,400, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 8:20, reading forward.

The longest skip at which הרמן was found in the Torah is 101,389 — at Deuteronomy 34:5, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 147,504
  • Exodus 139,199
  • Leviticus 102,259
  • Numbers 130,266
  • Deuteronomy 122,456

Examples across the range

5 of the 641,684 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.

  1. shortest skipExodus 8:20שמות ח:כskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ה ר מ נExodus 8:20

      … עֲבָדָיו וּבְכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם תִּשָּׁחֵת הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵי הֶעָרֹֽב

      And the LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’houses; and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the swarms of flies.

    הרמן at skip 2, forward from Exodus 8:20יםתשחתאץפיהערבויהרמנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 89,137 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  2. also at the shortest skipNumbers 18:24במדבר יח:כדskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ה ר מ נNumbers 18:24

      … מַעְשַׂר בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יָרִימוּ לַֽיהוָה תְּרוּמָה נָתַתִּי לַלְוִיִּם לְנַחֲלָה עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי …

      For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they set apart as a gift unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said unto them: Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’

    הרמן at skip 2, forward from Numbers 18:24מוליקותוהתתיללויקרמנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 220,125 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipGenesis 16:12בראשית טז:יבskip 100, forward
    1. הGenesis 16:12

      וְהוּא יִהְיֶה פֶּרֶא אָדָם יָדוֹ בַכֹּל וְיַד כֹּל בּוֹ וְעַל־פְּנֵי כָל־אֶחָיו יִשְׁכֹּֽן

      And he shall be a wild ass of a man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the face of all his brethren.’

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. רGenesis 16:14

      עַל־כֵּן קָרָא לַבְּאֵר בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי הִנֵּה בֵין־קָדֵשׁ וּבֵין בָּֽרֶד

      Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

    2. מGenesis 16:16

      וְאַבְרָם בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים בְּלֶֽדֶת־הָגָר אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל לְאַבְרָֽם

      And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

    3. נGenesis 17:2

      וְאֶתְּנָה בְרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וְאַרְבֶּה אוֹתְךָ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹֽד

      And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.’

    הרמן at skip 100, forward from Genesis 16:12וקביניוביניךויאמראברםלהעיןבדרךשורויאמרהגרשתחתידיהויאמרלהמלאךיקוניךוהואיהיפראאדםידובןקראלבארבאלחיראיהנהבלדתהגראתישעאללאברםוייתיביניוביךוארבהאותךתשמךאברםוהיהשמךאברהםכביןזרעךאחריךלדרתםלבריייתילהםלאלהיםויאמראלההרמנ
    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 18,883 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipNumbers 8:8במדבר ח:חskip 1,000, forward
    1. הNumbers 8:8

      וְלָֽקְחוּ פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר וּמִנְחָתוֹ סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן וּפַר־שֵׁנִי בֶן־בָּקָר תִּקַּח לְחַטָּֽאת

      Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. רNumbers 8:26

      וְשֵׁרֵת אֶת־אֶחָיו בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לִשְׁמֹר מִשְׁמֶרֶת וַעֲבֹדָה לֹא יַעֲבֹד כָּכָה תַּעֲשֶׂה לַלְוִיִּם בְּמִשְׁמְרֹתָֽם

      but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, but they shall do no manner of service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges.’

    2. םNumbers 9:17

      … וּבִמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכָּן־שָׁם הֶֽעָנָן שָׁם יַחֲנוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

      And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed; and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped.

    3. נNumbers 10:14

      וַיִּסַּע דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה בְנֵֽי־יְהוּדָה בָּרִאשֹׁנָה לְצִבְאֹתָם וְעַל־צְבָאוֹ נַחְשׁוֹן בֶּן־עַמִּינָדָֽב

      And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

    הרמן at skip 1,000, forward from Numbers 8:8כסףשבעיםשקלבשקלהקדששנלשיםומאהמשקלהמזרקאחדכעינןקרבנוקערתכסףאחתשלחתוסלתבלולבשמןופרשניאהלמועדלשממשמרתועבדהשכןשםהענןשיחנובניישרסעדגלמחנהבייהודהבראשותאכלבקצההמחנהויצעקהעאיומיםולאחמשהימיםולאעותויהיובחצרותותדברמריהרםנ
    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 down the middle column.

    letter 202,754 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 34:5דברים לד:הskip 101,389, backward
    1. הDeuteronomy 34:5

      וַיָּמָת שָׁם מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב עַל־פִּי יְהוָֽה

      So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. רNumbers 8:15

      וְאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן יָבֹאוּ הַלְוִיִּם לַעֲבֹד אֶת־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְטִֽהַרְתָּ אֹתָם וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָֽה

      And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.

    2. מExodus 16:8

      … אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם מַלִּינִם עָלָיו וְנַחְנוּ מָה לֹא־עָלֵינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם כִּי עַל …

      And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’

    3. ןGenesis 1:7

      … הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן

      And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.

    הרמן at skip 101,389, backward from Deuteronomy 34:5לרקיעויהיכויקראאלהיםםעליוונחנוהלאעלינותלליהלויםואחיכןיבאוהלוואבעלפייקוויקבראתובגקרמן
    skip 101,389, width 101,389 — one row is 101,389 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 304,473 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,389 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–399,013), הרמן appears 8,787,270 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 8,798,985, so the count is in line with chance.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 217,536 found · chance alone about 219,094 (probability of 217,536 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 552,686
  • Exodus 527,104
  • Leviticus 399,113
  • Numbers 494,528
  • Deuteronomy 465,498
  • Joshua 342,932
  • Judges 276,276
  • Samuel 653,704
  • Kings 761,912
  • Isaiah 448,373
  • Jeremiah 712,544
  • Ezekiel 558,057
  • The Twelve 451,827
  • Psalms 456,677
  • Proverbs 123,507
  • Job 142,301
  • Song of Songs 31,161
  • Ruth 36,777
  • Lamentations 33,871
  • Ecclesiastes 82,703
  • Esther 94,024
  • Daniel 138,425
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 276,404
  • Chronicles 726,866

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the TorahJoshua 2:9יהושע ב:טskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ה ר מ נJoshua 2:9

      … עָלֵינוּ וְכִי נָמֹגוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם

      and she said unto the men: ‘I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

    הרמן at skip 2, forward from Joshua 2:9כלישביאץפיכםכישמהרמנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 306,578 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skipJudges 9:38שופטים ט:לחskip 100, forward
    1. הJudges 9:38

      … מָאַסְתָּה בּוֹ צֵא־נָא עַתָּה וְהִלָּחֶם בּֽוֹ

      Then said Zebul unto him: ‘Where is now thy mouth, that thou saidst: Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.’

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. רJudges 9:41

      וַיֵּשֶׁב אֲבִימֶלֶךְ בָּארוּמָה וַיְגָרֶשׁ זְבֻל אֶת־גַּעַל וְאֶת־אֶחָיו מִשֶּׁבֶת בִּשְׁכֶֽם

      And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah; and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

    2. םJudges 9:43

      … רָאשִׁים וַיֶּאֱרֹב בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה הָעָם יֹצֵא מִן־הָעִיר וַיָּקָם עֲלֵיהֶם …

      And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people were coming forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

    3. נJudges 9:45

      וַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ נִלְחָם בָּעִיר כֹּל הַיּוֹם הַהוּא וַיִּלְכֹּד …

      And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein; and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

    הרמן at skip 100, forward from Judges 9:38יקםאבימלךוכלהעםאשרעמוויראגעלאתהעםויאמראלזברדיםמעםטבורהארץוראשאחבוצאנאעתהולחםבוויצאגךבארומהויגשזבלאתגעלוויראוהנההעיצאמןהעירוכוםואבימלךלחםבעירכלהיחביתאלבריתויגדלאבימלכרתשוכתעציםוישאהוישםעךוישימועלהצריחויציתועהרםנ
    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 362,141 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:13דברי הימים ב לו:יגskip 398,746, backward
    1. ה2 Chronicles 36:13

      … אֶת־לְבָבוֹ מִשּׁוּב אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

      And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD, the God of Israel.

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. רEzekiel 46:12

      … נְדָבָה לַֽיהוָה וּפָתַֽח לוֹ אֶת הַשַּׁעַר הַפֹּנֶה קָדִים וְעָשָׂה אֶת־עֹֽלָתוֹ …

      And when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto the LORD, one shall open for him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he doth on the sabbath day…

    2. ם1 Samuel 11:7

      … וַיְשַׁלַּח בְּכָל־גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיַד הַמַּלְאָכִים לֵאמֹר אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ יֹצֵא אַחֲרֵי …

      And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying: ‘Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen.’ And the dread of the LORD fell on the people…

    3. נGenesis 1:2

      וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם

      Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.

    הרמן at skip 398,746, backward from 2 Chronicles 36:13בהווחשךעלפיתהוםורוחאלבידהמלאכילאמראשראינפתחלואתהשעהפנהקדיםועובאליקוקאליישראלגםכלהרםנ
    skip 398,746, width 398,746 — one row is 398,746 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,196,290 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,746 in the laboratory →

The spelling

הרמן — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as הרמן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 295.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Hermann.

Questions

Does Herman appear in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–101,616), הרמן appears 641,684 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 646,400, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Herman in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 8:20 — the shortest of 641,684 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 646,400.

How is Herman spelled in Hebrew?

Herman is spelled הרמן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 295.

Is Herman in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

Across every skip (2–399,013), הרמן appears 8,787,270 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 8,798,985, 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 646,400 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.

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