Nachshon נחשון
Nachshon (נחשון) is a person named in the Tanakh — Nahshon. Nachshon appears 848 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 11% more than chance alone would give (about 765; probability 0.0016).
- Found in the Torah
- 848
- Chance alone
- 765
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0016
- Shortest skip
- 3
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, נחשון appears 848 times in the Torah — 11% more than the 765 chance alone would give; the probability of 848 or more by chance alone is 0.0016.
The shortest skip at which נחשון appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 32:18, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), נחשון is found 6,434 times; chance alone would give about 6,027.
- Genesis 236
- Exodus 150
- Leviticus 124
- Numbers 253
- Deuteronomy 85
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵין קוֹל עֲנוֹת גְּבוּרָה וְאֵין קוֹל עֲנוֹת חֲלוּשָׁה קוֹל עַנּוֹת אָנֹכִי שֹׁמֵֽעַ
And he said: ‘It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 126,772Open in the laboratory →
וַיְנַשֵּׁק לְכָל־אֶחָיו וַיֵּבְךְּ עֲלֵיהֶם וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן דִּבְּרוּ אֶחָיו אִתּֽוֹ
And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that his brethren talked with him.
skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 69,535Open in the laboratory →
חֶמְאַת בָּקָר וַחֲלֵב צֹאן עִם־חֵלֶב כָּרִים וְאֵילִים בְּנֵֽי־בָשָׁן וְעַתּוּדִים עִם־חֵלֶב כִּלְיוֹת חִטָּה וְדַם־עֵנָב תִּשְׁתֶּה־חָֽמֶר
Curd of kine, and milk of sheep, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the kidney-fat of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest foaming wine.
skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 301,086Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא אָבָה סִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ חֶשְׁבּוֹן הַעֲבִרֵנוּ בּוֹ כִּֽי־הִקְשָׁה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־רוּחוֹ וְאִמֵּץ אֶת־לְבָבוֹ לְמַעַן תִּתּוֹ בְיָדְךָ כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
skip 31, width 31 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 254,168Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה נְחַשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וַיְשִׂמֵהוּ עַל־הַנֵּס וְהָיָה אִם־נָשַׁךְ הַנָּחָשׁ אֶת־אִישׁ וְהִבִּיט אֶל־נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת וָחָֽי
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
skip 37, width 37 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 223,980Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
3,131 sequences of נחשון at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,051 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 236
- Exodus 150
- Leviticus 124
- Numbers 253
- Deuteronomy 96
- Joshua 132
- Judges 109
- Samuel 237
- Kings 171
- Isaiah 146
- Jeremiah 134
- Ezekiel 176
- The Twelve 93
- Psalms 212
- Proverbs 104
- Job 125
- Song of Songs 24
- Ruth 8
- Lamentations 18
- Ecclesiastes 29
- Esther 22
- Daniel 92
- Ezra–Nehemiah 160
- Chronicles 280
Outside the Torah
וַיֵּצְאוּ נַעֲרֵי שָׂרֵי הַמְּדִינוֹת בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָה וַיִּשְׁלַח בֶּן־הֲדַד וַיַּגִּידוּ לוֹ לֵאמֹר אֲנָשִׁים יָצְאוּ מִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying: ‘There are men come out from Samaria.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 520,955Open in the laboratory →
עֵינֵי גַּבְהוּת אָדָם שָׁפֵל וְשַׁח רוּם אֲנָשִׁים וְנִשְׂגַּב יְהוָה לְבַדּוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַהֽוּא
The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, And the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 577,609Open in the laboratory →
טָמְנֵם בֶּעָפָר יָחַד פְּנֵיהֶם חֲבֹשׁ בַּטָּמֽוּן
Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 993,667Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נחשון — the Tanakh's own spelling: Nahshon. Searched as נחשון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 414.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 6:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Naashon.
Questions
Is Nachshon in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, נחשון appears 848 times in the Torah — 11% more than the 765 chance alone would give; the probability of 848 or more by chance alone is 0.0016.
What is the shortest skip for Nachshon in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 32:18 — the shortest of 848 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 765.
What is the gematria of Nachshon in Hebrew?
Nachshon is spelled נחשון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 414.
How many times is Nachshon found in the whole Tanakh?
3,131 sequences of נחשון at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,051 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 765 here) beside the count.