Kanah קנה
Kanah (קנה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 197,099 sequences of Kanah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 29:8); chance alone would give about 196,889.
- Found in the Torah
- 197,099
- Chance alone
- 196,889
- P (≥ found)
- 0.32
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
197,099 sequences of קנה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 196,889 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 29:8, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 3,074,920 sequences of קנה, against about 3,051,689 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 196,889 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 48,992
- Exodus 38,391
- Leviticus 37,028
- Numbers 48,856
- Deuteronomy 23,832
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹא נוּכַל עַד אֲשֶׁר יֵאָֽסְפוּ כָּל־הָעֲדָרִים וְגָֽלֲלוּ אֶת־הָאֶבֶן מֵעַל פִּי הַבְּאֵר וְהִשְׁקִינוּ הַצֹּֽאן
And they said: ‘We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 40,212Open in the laboratory →
וְלָֽקַחְתָּ מִדַּם הַפָּר וְנָתַתָּה עַל־קַרְנֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בְּאֶצְבָּעֶךָ וְאֶת־כָּל־הַדָּם תִּשְׁפֹּךְ אֶל־יְסוֹד הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all the remaining blood at the base of the altar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 121,110Open in the laboratory →
וּמִן־הַדָּם יִתֵּן עַל־קַרְנֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֵת כָּל־הַדָּם יִשְׁפֹּךְ אֶל־יְסוֹד מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה אֲשֶׁר־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tent of meeting, and all the remaining blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 145,236Open in the laboratory →
אַחֲרֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֹתוֹ תִירָאוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתָיו תִּשְׁמֹרוּ וּבְקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ וְאֹתוֹ תַעֲבֹדוּ וּבוֹ תִדְבָּקֽוּן
After the LORD your God shall ye walk, and Him shall ye fear, and His commandments shall ye keep, and unto His voice shall ye hearken, and Him shall ye serve, and unto Him shall ye cleave.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 272,928Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר מִי מִלֵּל לְאַבְרָהָם הֵינִיקָה בָנִים שָׂרָה כִּֽי־יָלַדְתִּי בֵן לִזְקֻנָֽיו
And she said: ‘Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 25,618Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 629,980 sequences of קנה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 635,348).
- Genesis 48,992
- Exodus 38,391
- Leviticus 37,028
- Numbers 48,856
- Deuteronomy 25,416
- Joshua 20,984
- Judges 18,193
- Samuel 36,139
- Kings 40,294
- Isaiah 40,812
- Jeremiah 47,342
- Ezekiel 36,336
- The Twelve 31,499
- Psalms 38,480
- Proverbs 13,537
- Job 13,700
- Song of Songs 2,407
- Ruth 3,019
- Lamentations 3,645
- Ecclesiastes 4,467
- Esther 3,729
- Daniel 18,522
- Ezra–Nehemiah 20,360
- Chronicles 37,832
Outside the Torah
וּמֵי הַיַּרְקוֹן וְהָֽרַקּוֹן עִֽם־הַגְּבוּל מוּל יָפֽוֹ
and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 335,110Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־יִשַׁי הֲתַמּוּ הַנְּעָרִים וַיֹּאמֶר עוֹד שָׁאַר הַקָּטָן וְהִנֵּה רֹעֶה בַּצֹּאן וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־יִשַׁי שִׁלְחָה וְקָחֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־נָסֹב עַד־בֹּאוֹ פֹֽה
And Samuel said unto Jesse: ‘Are here all thy children?’ And he said: ‘There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep.’ And Samuel said unto Jesse: ‘Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 408,428Open in the laboratory →
וַיְקֹנֵן דָּוִד אֶת־הַקִּינָה הַזֹּאת עַל־שָׁאוּל וְעַל־יְהוֹנָתָן בְּנֽוֹ
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 435,848Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
קנה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קנה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 155.
As a plain word it stands 43 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 14:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Kana.
Questions
Does Kanah appear in the Torah codes?
197,099 sequences of קנה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 196,889 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Kanah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 29:8 — the shortest of 197,099 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 196,889.
How is Kanah spelled in Hebrew?
Kanah is spelled קנה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 155.
Is Kanah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 629,980 sequences of קנה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 635,348).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 196,889 here) beside the count.