Medan מדן
Medan (מדן) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Medan is found 267,511 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 10:4) — 1.4% above the 263,727 chance alone would give (probability of 267,511 or more by chance alone: 9.9 × 10⁻¹⁴).
- Found in the Torah
- 267,511
- Chance alone
- 263,727
- P (≥ found)
- 9.9 × 10⁻¹⁴
- 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 267,511 sequences of מדן at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 263,727); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.9 × 10⁻¹⁴ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 10:4, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 4,073,625 sequences of מדן, against about 4,087,653 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 263,727 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 67,678
- Exodus 53,083
- Leviticus 32,049
- Numbers 77,997
- Deuteronomy 36,704
The shortest skips
וּבְנֵי יָוָן אֱלִישָׁה וְתַרְשִׁישׁ כִּתִּים וְדֹדָנִֽים
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,691Open in the laboratory →
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כָּרַת יְהוָה אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּרִית לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ נָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מִנְּהַר מִצְרַיִם עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: ‘Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,182Open in the laboratory →
וְהִפְרֵתִי אֹֽתְךָ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד וּנְתַתִּיךָ לְגוֹיִם וּמְלָכִים מִמְּךָ יֵצֵֽאוּ
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,323Open in the laboratory →
וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ הִנֵּה בֵּרַכְתִּי אֹתוֹ וְהִפְרֵיתִי אֹתוֹ וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֹתוֹ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר נְשִׂיאִם יוֹלִיד וּנְתַתִּיו לְגוֹי גָּדֽוֹל
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,126Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן יִצְחָק וַיֹּאמֶר לְעֵשָׂו הֵן גְּבִיר שַׂמְתִּיו לָךְ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֶחָיו נָתַתִּי לוֹ לַעֲבָדִים וְדָגָן וְתִירֹשׁ סְמַכְתִּיו וּלְכָה אֵפוֹא מָה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה בְּנִֽי
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau: ‘Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,058Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,233,270 sequences of מדן at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 1,225,891); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.4 × 10⁻¹¹ by chance alone.
- Genesis 67,678
- Exodus 53,083
- Leviticus 32,049
- Numbers 77,997
- Deuteronomy 39,293
- Joshua 37,145
- Judges 34,992
- Samuel 107,127
- Kings 76,284
- Isaiah 62,676
- Jeremiah 82,962
- Ezekiel 82,386
- The Twelve 51,344
- Psalms 100,678
- Proverbs 29,155
- Job 36,198
- Song of Songs 6,889
- Ruth 5,876
- Lamentations 5,931
- Ecclesiastes 11,228
- Esther 19,611
- Daniel 54,350
- Ezra–Nehemiah 64,012
- Chronicles 94,326
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֹּאמְרוּ כִּי הֻגֵּד הֻגַּד לַעֲבָדֶיךָ אֵת אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁה עַבְדּוֹ לָתֵת לָכֶם אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וּלְהַשְׁמִיד אֶת־כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וַנִּירָא מְאֹד לְנַפְשֹׁתֵינוּ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וַֽנַּעֲשֵׂה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה
And they answered Joshua, and said: ‘Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,193Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ לָהֶם כֵּן וַיַּצֵּל אוֹתָם מִיַּד בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא הֲרָגֽוּם
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,279Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר פִּֽינְחָס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וְאֶל־בְּנֵי־גָד וְאֶל־בְּנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה הַיּוֹם יָדַעְנוּ כִּֽי־בְתוֹכֵנוּ יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־מְעַלְתֶּם בַּֽיהוָה הַמַּעַל הַזֶּה אָז הִצַּלְתֶּם אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּד יְהוָֽה
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh: ‘This day we know that the LORD is in the midst of us, because ye have not committed this treachery against the LORD; now have ye delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 340,816Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מדן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מדן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 94.
As a plain word it stands 9 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 25:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Medan in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 267,511 sequences of מדן at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 263,727); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.9 × 10⁻¹⁴ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Medan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 10:4 — the shortest of 267,511 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 263,727.
How is Medan spelled in Hebrew?
Medan is spelled מדן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 94.
Is Medan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,233,270 sequences of מדן at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 1,225,891); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.4 × 10⁻¹¹ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 263,727 here) beside the count.