Kayin (Cain · קין)
Kayin (Cain · קין) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Kayin (Cain) is found 221,937 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 19:14) — about what chance alone gives (about 221,459).
- Found in the Torah
- 221,937
- Chance alone
- 221,459
- P (≥ found)
- 0.15
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 221,937 sequences of קין at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 221,459).
The shortest skip at which קין appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 19:14, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), קין is found 3,302,312 times; chance alone would give about 3,432,512.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 221,459 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 71,013
- Exodus 40,477
- Leviticus 31,669
- Numbers 53,241
- Deuteronomy 25,537
The shortest skips
וַיֵּצֵא לוֹט וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל־חֲתָנָיו לֹקְחֵי בְנֹתָיו וַיֹּאמֶר קוּמוּ צְּאוּ מִן־הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה כִּֽי־מַשְׁחִית יְהוָה אֶת־הָעִיר וַיְהִי כִמְצַחֵק בְּעֵינֵי חֲתָנָֽיו
And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said: ‘Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city.’ But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that jested.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 22,967Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּלֶךְ מִשָּׁם יִצְחָק וַיִּחַן בְּנַֽחַל־גְּרָר וַיֵּשֶׁב שָֽׁם
And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,278Open in the laboratory →
וַיֶּחֱמוּ הַצֹּאן אֶל־הַמַּקְלוֹת וַתֵּלַדְןָ הַצֹּאן עֲקֻדִּים נְקֻדִּים וּטְלֻאִֽים
And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 43,373Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בְּעֵת יַחֵם הַצֹּאן וָאֶשָּׂא עֵינַי וָאֵרֶא בַּחֲלוֹם וְהִנֵּה הָֽעַתֻּדִים הָעֹלִים עַל־הַצֹּאן עֲקֻדִּים נְקֻדִּים וּבְרֻדִּֽים
And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,096Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר שָׂא־נָא עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה כָּל־הָֽעַתֻּדִים הָעֹלִים עַל־הַצֹּאן עֲקֻדִּים נְקֻדִּים וּבְרֻדִּים כִּי רָאִיתִי אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לָבָן עֹשֶׂה לָּֽךְ
And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,184Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
858,070 sequences of קין at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 859,105 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 71,013
- Exodus 40,477
- Leviticus 31,669
- Numbers 53,241
- Deuteronomy 27,410
- Joshua 23,620
- Judges 27,649
- Samuel 52,514
- Kings 53,067
- Isaiah 60,826
- Jeremiah 56,145
- Ezekiel 47,283
- The Twelve 41,680
- Psalms 74,137
- Proverbs 26,377
- Job 34,695
- Song of Songs 4,000
- Ruth 5,424
- Lamentations 4,811
- Ecclesiastes 6,272
- Esther 4,853
- Daniel 28,293
- Ezra–Nehemiah 28,852
- Chronicles 53,762
Outside the Torah
וְהָֽרַבִּית וְקִשְׁיוֹן וָאָֽבֶץ
and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 334,187Open in the laboratory →
וּמִמַּטֵּה יִשָּׂשכָר אֶת־קִשְׁיוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ אֶת־דָּֽבְרַת וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with the open land about it, Dobrath with the open land about it;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 337,559Open in the laboratory →
וּבֵין הַֽמַּעְבְּרוֹת אֲשֶׁר בִּקֵּשׁ יֽוֹנָתָן לַֽעֲבֹר עַל־מַצַּב פְּלִשְׁתִּים שֵׁן־הַסֶּלַע מֵהָעֵבֶר מִזֶּה וְשֵׁן־הַסֶּלַע מֵהָעֵבֶר מִזֶּה וְשֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד בּוֹצֵץ וְשֵׁם הָאֶחָד סֶֽנֶּה
And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 402,678Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
קין — the Tanakh's own spelling: Cain. Searched as קין, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 160.
As a plain word it stands 16 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Cain.
Questions
Is Kayin (Cain) in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 221,937 sequences of קין at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 221,459).
What is the shortest skip for Kayin (Cain) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:14 — the shortest of 221,937 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 221,459.
What is the gematria of Kayin (Cain) in Hebrew?
Kayin is spelled קין — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 160.
How many times is Kayin (Cain) found in the whole Tanakh?
858,070 sequences of קין at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 859,105 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 221,459 here) beside the count.