Japan יפן
Japan — in Hebrew יפן — country in East Asia. Japan appears 229,733 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% more than chance alone would give (about 226,647; probability 5.0 × 10⁻¹¹).
- Found in the Torah
- 229,733
- Chance alone
- 226,647
- P (≥ found)
- 5.0 × 10⁻¹¹
- 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, יפן appears 229,733 times in the Torah — 1.4% more than the 226,647 chance alone would give; the probability of 229,733 or more by chance alone is 5.0 × 10⁻¹¹.
The shortest skip at which יפן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 25:20, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), יפן is found 3,698,729 times; chance alone would give about 3,512,932.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 226,647 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 66,207
- Exodus 43,625
- Leviticus 28,661
- Numbers 63,552
- Deuteronomy 27,688
The shortest skips
וַיְהִי יִצְחָק בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה בְּקַחְתּוֹ אֶת־רִבְקָה בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל הָֽאֲרַמִּי מִפַּדַּן אֲרָם אֲחוֹת לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 33,733Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת שֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִי קָרָא אֶפְרָיִם כִּֽי־הִפְרַנִי אֱלֹהִים בְּאֶרֶץ עָנְיִֽי
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: ‘for God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,696Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲנִי בְּבֹאִי מִפַּדָּן מֵתָה עָלַי רָחֵל בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּעוֹד כִּבְרַת־אֶרֶץ לָבֹא אֶפְרָתָה וָאֶקְבְּרֶהָ שָּׁם בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָת הִוא בֵּית לָֽחֶם
And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath—the same is Beth-lehem.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 74,251Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה דַּבֵּר־אַתָּה עִמָּנוּ וְנִשְׁמָעָה וְאַל־יְדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ אֱלֹהִים פֶּן־נָמֽוּת
And they said unto Moses: ‘Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 107,746Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תִּמְאָסוּ וְאִם אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי תִּגְעַל נַפְשְׁכֶם לְבִלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺתַי לְהַפְרְכֶם אֶת־בְּרִיתִֽי
and if ye shall reject My statutes, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 183,009Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, יפן appears 978,310 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.4% more than the 964,976 chance alone would give; the probability of 978,310 or more by chance alone is 4.4 × 10⁻⁴².
- Genesis 66,207
- Exodus 43,625
- Leviticus 28,661
- Numbers 63,552
- Deuteronomy 29,742
- Joshua 30,056
- Judges 35,042
- Samuel 60,548
- Kings 51,473
- Isaiah 61,384
- Jeremiah 54,033
- Ezekiel 62,381
- The Twelve 45,856
- Psalms 97,320
- Proverbs 33,440
- Job 51,823
- Song of Songs 6,557
- Ruth 4,657
- Lamentations 6,688
- Ecclesiastes 6,766
- Esther 7,174
- Daniel 27,111
- Ezra–Nehemiah 34,227
- Chronicles 69,987
Outside the Torah
וְלוֹ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים שֵׁם אַחַת חַנָּה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִית פְּנִנָּה וַיְהִי לִפְנִנָּה יְלָדִים וּלְחַנָּה אֵין יְלָדִֽים
And he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 383,695Open in the laboratory →
וְלוֹ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים שֵׁם אַחַת חַנָּה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִית פְּנִנָּה וַיְהִי לִפְנִנָּה יְלָדִים וּלְחַנָּה אֵין יְלָדִֽים
And he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 383,704Open in the laboratory →
וְזֶה־לְּךָ הָאוֹת אֲשֶׁר יָבֹא אֶל־שְׁנֵי בָנֶיךָ אֶל־חָפְנִי וּפִֽינְחָס בְּיוֹם אֶחָד יָמוּתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם
And this shall be the sign unto thee, that which shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 387,118Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יפן — the name in Hebrew letters: country in East Asia. Searched as יפן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 140.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Japan appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, יפן appears 229,733 times in the Torah — 1.4% more than the 226,647 chance alone would give; the probability of 229,733 or more by chance alone is 5.0 × 10⁻¹¹.
What is the shortest skip for Japan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 25:20 — the shortest of 229,733 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 226,647.
What is the gematria of Japan in Hebrew?
Japan is spelled יפן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 140.
How many times is Japan found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, יפן appears 978,310 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.4% more than the 964,976 chance alone would give; the probability of 978,310 or more by chance alone is 4.4 × 10⁻⁴².
Search it yourself
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