Hophni חפני
Hophni (חפני) is a person named in the Tanakh. Hophni appears 59,097 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 7.0% more than chance alone would give (about 55,228; probability 7.2 × 10⁻⁶⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 59,097
- Chance alone · every skip
- 55,228
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 7.2 × 10⁻⁶⁰
- Shortest skip
- 4
- Longest skip found
- 101,366
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: 5,650 found · chance alone about 5,300 (probability of 5,650 or more by chance alone: 1.0 × 10⁻⁶).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), חפני appears 59,097 times in the Torah — 7.0% more than the 55,228 chance alone would give; the probability of 59,097 or more by chance alone is 7.2 × 10⁻⁶⁰.
The shortest skip at which חפני appears in the Torah is 4 — at Exodus 25:35, reading backward.
The longest skip at which חפני was found in the Torah is 101,366 — at Deuteronomy 34:2, 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 14,649
- Exodus 12,573
- Leviticus 9,417
- Numbers 14,512
- Deuteronomy 7,946
Examples across the range
5 of the 59,097 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.
Letter by letter
- ח פ נ יExodus 25:35
וְכַפְתֹּר תַּחַת שְׁנֵי הַקָּנִים מִמֶּנָּה וְכַפְתֹּר תַּחַת שְׁנֵי הַקָּנִים מִמֶּנָּה וְכַפְתֹּר תַּחַת …
And a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 114,982 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- ח פ נ יExodus 25:35
Letter by letter
- ח פ נ יExodus 25:35
… הַקָּנִים מִמֶּנָּה וְכַפְתֹּר תַּחַת שְׁנֵי הַקָּנִים מִמֶּנָּה וְכַפְתֹּר תַּחַת־שְׁנֵי הַקָּנִים מִמֶּנָּה לְשֵׁשֶׁת הַקָּנִים …
And a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 115,002 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- ח פ נ יExodus 25:35
- חGenesis 30:41
וְהָיָה בְּכָל־יַחֵם הַצֹּאן הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת וְשָׂם יַעֲקֹב אֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת לְעֵינֵי הַצֹּאן בָּרֳהָטִים לְיַחְמֵנָּה בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- פGenesis 30:43
וַיִּפְרֹץ הָאִישׁ מְאֹד מְאֹד וַֽיְהִי־לוֹ צֹאן רַבּוֹת וּשְׁפָחוֹת וַעֲבָדִים וּגְמַלִּים וַחֲמֹרִֽים
And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
- נGenesis 31:1
… אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִינוּ וּמֵאֲשֶׁר לְאָבִינוּ עָשָׂה אֵת כָּל־הַכָּבֹד הַזֶּֽה …
And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying: ‘Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this wealth.’
- יGenesis 31:4
וַיִּשְׁלַח יַעֲקֹב וַיִּקְרָא לְרָחֵל וּלְלֵאָה הַשָּׂדֶה אֶל־צֹאנֽוֹ
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
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 43,470 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- חGenesis 30:41
- חNumbers 26:56
עַל־פִּי הַגּוֹרָל תֵּחָלֵק נַחֲלָתוֹ בֵּין רַב לִמְעָֽט
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- פNumbers 26:32
וּשְׁמִידָע מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשְּׁמִידָעִי וְחֵפֶר מִשְׁפַּחַת הַֽחֶפְרִֽי
and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
- נNumbers 26:9
וּבְנֵי אֱלִיאָב נְמוּאֵל וְדָתָן וַאֲבִירָם הֽוּא־דָתָן וַאֲבִירָם …
And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, the elect of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD;
- יNumbers 25:6
וְהִנֵּה אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּא וַיַּקְרֵב אֶל־אֶחָיו אֶת־הַמִּדְיָנִית לְעֵינֵי …
And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.
skip 1,001, width 1,001 — one row is 1,001 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 233,442 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,001 in the laboratory →
- חNumbers 26:56
- חDeuteronomy 34:2
וְאֵת כָּל־נַפְתָּלִי וְאֶת־אֶרֶץ אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה וְאֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה עַד הַיָּם הָאַחֲרֽוֹן
and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the hinder sea;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- פNumbers 8:12
… יִסְמְכוּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל רֹאשׁ הַפָּרִים וַעֲשֵׂה אֶת־הָאֶחָד חַטָּאת וְאֶת …
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks; and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
- נExodus 16:7
… אֶת־כְּבוֹד יְהוָה בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם עַל־יְהוָה וְנַחְנוּ מָה כִּי …
and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?’
- יGenesis 1:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 101,366, width 101,366 — one row is 101,366 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,319 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,366 in the laboratory →
- חDeuteronomy 34:2
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), חפני appears 880,483 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 891,610, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 23,600 found · chance alone about 22,201 (probability of 23,600 or more by chance alone: 7.6 × 10⁻²¹).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 58,501
- Exodus 47,083
- Leviticus 33,324
- Numbers 48,378
- Deuteronomy 28,395
- Joshua 27,158
- Judges 23,699
- Samuel 55,116
- Kings 62,562
- Isaiah 46,151
- Jeremiah 45,417
- Ezekiel 56,564
- The Twelve 39,710
- Psalms 74,566
- Proverbs 31,455
- Job 36,064
- Song of Songs 4,869
- Ruth 3,185
- Lamentations 6,207
- Ecclesiastes 12,150
- Esther 7,539
- Daniel 20,432
- Ezra–Nehemiah 31,398
- Chronicles 80,560
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ח פ נ יJudges 3:25
וַיָּחִילוּ עַד־בּוֹשׁ וְהְנֵּה אֵינֶנּוּ פֹתֵחַ דַּלְתוֹת הָֽעֲלִיָּה וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־הַמַּפְתֵּחַ …
And they tarried till they were ashamed; and, behold, he opened not the doors of the upper chamber; therefore they took the key, and opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 349,670 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח פ נ יJudges 3:25
- חJob 30:12
עַל־יָמִין פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי אָרְחוֹת אֵידָֽם
Upon my right hand rise the brood; They entangle my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ףJob 30:15
הָהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהוֹת תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי וּכְעָב עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי
Terrors are turned upon me, They chase mine honour as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
- נJob 30:18
בְּרָב־כֹּחַ יִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
- יJob 30:22
תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל־רוּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵנִי וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי תשוה
Thou liftest me up to the wind, Thou causest me to ride upon it; And Thou dissolvest my substance.
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 984,938 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- חJob 30:12
- ח2 Chronicles 36:4
… אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יְהוֹיָקִים וְאֶת־יוֹאָחָז אָחִיו לָקַח נְכוֹ וַיְבִיאֵהוּ מִצְרָֽיְמָה
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- פEzekiel 46:7
וְאֵיפָה לַפָּר וְאֵיפָה לָאַיִל יַעֲשֶׂה מִנְחָה וְלַכְּבָשִׂים כַּאֲשֶׁר תַּשִּׂיג יָדוֹ וְשֶׁמֶן הִין לָאֵיפָֽה
and he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for the bullock, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as his means suffice, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
- נ1 Samuel 11:5
… יִבְכּוּ וַיְסַפְּרוּ־לוֹ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵֽישׁ
And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said: ‘What aileth the people that they weep?’ And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
- יGenesis 1:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 398,503, width 398,503 — one row is 398,503 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,195,708 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,503 in the laboratory →
- ח2 Chronicles 36:4
The spelling
חפני — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חפני, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 148.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 1:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Hophni appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), חפני appears 59,097 times in the Torah — 7.0% more than the 55,228 chance alone would give; the probability of 59,097 or more by chance alone is 7.2 × 10⁻⁶⁰.
What is the shortest skip for Hophni in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading backward from Exodus 25:35 — the shortest of 59,097 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 55,228.
What is the gematria of Hophni in Hebrew?
Hophni is spelled חפני — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 148.
How many times is Hophni found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), חפני appears 880,483 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 891,610, 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 55,228 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.