Nahman נחמן
Nahman is a first name, written נחמן in Hebrew (given name). In the Torah codes, Nahman is found 13,211 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 4 (Genesis 34:9) — 6.6% above the 12,389 chance alone would give (probability of 13,211 or more by chance alone: 1.4 × 10⁻¹³).
- Found in the Torah
- 13,211
- Chance alone
- 12,389
- P (≥ found)
- 1.4 × 10⁻¹³
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 13,211 sequences of נחמן at skips 2–5,000, 6.6% above what chance alone gives (about 12,389); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.4 × 10⁻¹³ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Genesis 34:9, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 135,532 sequences of נחמן, against about 129,093 from chance alone.
- Genesis 3,301
- Exodus 2,393
- Leviticus 1,713
- Numbers 4,532
- Deuteronomy 1,272
The shortest skips
וְהִֽתְחַתְּנוּ אֹתָנוּ בְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם תִּתְּנוּ־לָנוּ וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵינוּ תִּקְחוּ לָכֶֽם
And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,607Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְצִיצִת וּרְאִיתֶם אֹתוֹ וּזְכַרְתֶּם אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺת יְהוָה וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם וְלֹֽא־תָתֻרוּ אַחֲרֵי לְבַבְכֶם וְאַחֲרֵי עֵֽינֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם זֹנִים אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye go not about after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go astray;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 215,187Open in the laboratory →
הָבוּ לָכֶם אֲנָשִׁים חֲכָמִים וּנְבֹנִים וִידֻעִים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶם וַאֲשִׂימֵם בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶֽם
Get you, from each one of your tribes, wise men, and understanding, and full of knowledge, and I will make them heads over you.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 250,611Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי קֵינָן שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל
And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 5,899Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי־תֶרַח חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת תֶּרַח בְּחָרָֽן
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 14,141Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 49,771 sequences of נחמן at skips 2–5,000, 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 48,001); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.9 × 10⁻¹⁶ by chance alone.
- Genesis 3,301
- Exodus 2,393
- Leviticus 1,713
- Numbers 4,532
- Deuteronomy 1,394
- Joshua 1,924
- Judges 1,539
- Samuel 2,713
- Kings 2,625
- Isaiah 2,610
- Jeremiah 2,562
- Ezekiel 3,105
- The Twelve 1,819
- Psalms 4,032
- Proverbs 1,436
- Job 2,078
- Song of Songs 368
- Ruth 172
- Lamentations 388
- Ecclesiastes 465
- Esther 432
- Daniel 1,736
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,719
- Chronicles 3,715
Outside the Torah
וְרַק־אַתֶּם שִׁמְרוּ מִן־הַחֵרֶם פֶּֽן־תַּחֲרִימוּ וּלְקַחְתֶּם מִן־הַחֵרֶם וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֶת־מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל לְחֵרֶם וַעֲכַרְתֶּם אוֹתֽוֹ
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed by taking of the devoted thing, so should ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,619Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן אֶחָד מֵהַנְּעָרִים וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה רָאִיתִי בֵּן לְיִשַׁי בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי יֹדֵעַ נַגֵּן וְגִבּוֹר חַיִל וְאִישׁ מִלְחָמָה וּנְבוֹן דָּבָר וְאִישׁ תֹּאַר וַיהוָה עִמּֽוֹ
Then answered one of the young men, and said: ‘Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and prudent in affairs, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 408,830Open in the laboratory →
אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי אֶפְרַיִם וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹֽא־נִכְחַד מִמֶּנִּי כִּי עַתָּה הִזְנֵיתָ אֶפְרַיִם נִטְמָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
I, even I, know Ephraim, And Israel is not hid from Me; For now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed harlotry, Israel is defiled.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 805,052Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נחמן — the name in Hebrew letters: given name. Searched as נחמן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 148.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Nahman appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 13,211 sequences of נחמן at skips 2–5,000, 6.6% above what chance alone gives (about 12,389); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.4 × 10⁻¹³ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Nahman in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Genesis 34:9 — the shortest of 13,211 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 12,389.
How is Nahman spelled in Hebrew?
Nahman is spelled נחמן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 148.
Is Nahman in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 49,771 sequences of נחמן at skips 2–5,000, 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 48,001); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.9 × 10⁻¹⁶ 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 12,389 here) beside the count.