Kinah קינה
Kinah (קינה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 19,993 sequences of Kinah, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 25:32); chance alone would give about 20,211.
- Found in the Torah
- 19,993
- Chance alone
- 20,211
- P (≥ found)
- 0.94
- 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, קינה appears 19,993 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 20,211, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 25:32, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 208,576 sequences of קינה, against about 210,591 from chance alone.
- Genesis 5,673
- Exodus 3,851
- Leviticus 3,287
- Numbers 4,858
- Deuteronomy 2,324
The shortest skips
וְשִׁשָּׁה קָנִים יֹצְאִים מִצִּדֶּיהָ שְׁלֹשָׁה קְנֵי מְנֹרָה מִצִּדָּהּ הָאֶחָד וּשְׁלֹשָׁה קְנֵי מְנֹרָה מִצִּדָּהּ הַשֵּׁנִֽי
And there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candle-stick out of the other side thereof;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 114,800Open in the laboratory →
וְשִׁשָּׁה קָנִים יֹצְאִים מִצִּדֶּיהָ שְׁלֹשָׁה קְנֵי מְנֹרָה מִצִּדָּהּ הָאֶחָד וּשְׁלֹשָׁה קְנֵי מְנֹרָה מִצִּדָּהּ הַשֵּׁנִֽי
And there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candle-stick out of the other side thereof;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 114,820Open in the laboratory →
וְשִׁשָּׁה קָנִים יֹצְאִים מִצִּדֶּיהָ שְׁלֹשָׁה קְנֵי מְנֹרָה מִצִּדָּהּ הָֽאֶחָד וּשְׁלֹשָׁה קְנֵי מְנֹרָה מִצִּדָּהּ הַשֵּׁנִֽי
And there were six branches going out of the sides thereof: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 135,593Open in the laboratory →
וְשִׁשָּׁה קָנִים יֹצְאִים מִצִּדֶּיהָ שְׁלֹשָׁה קְנֵי מְנֹרָה מִצִּדָּהּ הָֽאֶחָד וּשְׁלֹשָׁה קְנֵי מְנֹרָה מִצִּדָּהּ הַשֵּׁנִֽי
And there were six branches going out of the sides thereof: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 135,613Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי זִלְפָּה שִׁפְחַת לֵאָה גָּד וְאָשֵׁר אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּד־לוֹ בְּפַדַּן אֲרָֽם
and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 52,045Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 70,907 sequences of קינה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 73,024).
- Genesis 5,673
- Exodus 3,851
- Leviticus 3,287
- Numbers 4,858
- Deuteronomy 2,562
- Joshua 2,318
- Judges 2,223
- Samuel 4,130
- Kings 4,692
- Isaiah 4,791
- Jeremiah 5,264
- Ezekiel 4,108
- The Twelve 3,752
- Psalms 5,088
- Proverbs 1,559
- Job 1,865
- Song of Songs 285
- Ruth 397
- Lamentations 373
- Ecclesiastes 530
- Esther 411
- Daniel 1,991
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,399
- Chronicles 4,500
Outside the Torah
אֲשֶׁר קֹנֵיהֶן יַֽהֲרְגֻן וְלֹא יֶאְשָׁמוּ וּמֹכְרֵיהֶן יֹאמַר בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה וַאעְשִׁר וְרֹעֵיהֶם לֹא יַחְמוֹל עֲלֵיהֶֽן
whose buyers slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say: Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 851,432Open in the laboratory →
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הִנְנִי מֵקִים עָלֶיךָ רָעָה מִבֵּיתֶךָ וְלָקַחְתִּי אֶת־נָשֶׁיךָ לְעֵינֶיךָ וְנָתַתִּי לְרֵעֶיךָ וְשָׁכַב עִם־נָשֶׁיךָ לְעֵינֵי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ הַזֹּֽאת
Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 451,820Open in the laboratory →
לָכֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהוָה הִנְנִי פֹקֵד עַל־שְׁמַעְיָה הַנֶּחֱלָמִי וְעַל־זַרְעוֹ לֹא־יִהְיֶה לוֹ אִישׁ יוֹשֵׁב בְּתוֹךְ־הָעָם הַזֶּה וְלֹֽא־יִרְאֶה בַטּוֹב אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי עֹשֶֽׂה־לְעַמִּי נְאֻם־יְהוָה כִּֽי־סָרָה דִבֶּר עַל־יְהוָֽה
therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto My people, saith the LORD; because he hath spoken perversion against the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 685,898Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
קינה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קינה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 165.
As a plain word it stands 12 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 7:29. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Kinah in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, קינה appears 19,993 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 20,211, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Kinah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 25:32 — the shortest of 19,993 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 20,211.
How is Kinah spelled in Hebrew?
Kinah is spelled קינה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 165.
Is Kinah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 70,907 sequences of קינה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 73,024).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 20,211 here) beside the count.