Nana ננה
In Hebrew letters the first name Nana is written ננה — female given name. Nana appears 604,447 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.0% more than chance alone would give (about 592,385; probability 2.7 × 10⁻⁵⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 604,447
- Chance alone
- 592,385
- P (≥ found)
- 2.7 × 10⁻⁵⁵
- 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, ננה appears 604,447 times in the Torah — 2.0% more than the 592,385 chance alone would give; the probability of 604,447 or more by chance alone is 2.7 × 10⁻⁵⁵.
The shortest skip at which ננה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:21, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), ננה is found 9,274,758 times; chance alone would give about 9,181,718.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 592,385 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 145,133
- Exodus 108,473
- Leviticus 94,601
- Numbers 172,195
- Deuteronomy 84,045
The shortest skips
וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַתַּנִּינִם הַגְּדֹלִים וְאֵת כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 974Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽהְיוּ בְנֵי־נֹחַ הַיֹּֽצְאִים מִן־הַתֵּבָה שֵׁם וְחָם וָיָפֶת וְחָם הוּא אֲבִי כְנָֽעַן
And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,127Open in the laboratory →
מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא יָצָא אַשּׁוּר וַיִּבֶן אֶת־נִינְוֵה וְאֶת־רְחֹבֹת עִיר וְאֶת־כָּֽלַח
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,954Open in the laboratory →
וְֽאֶת־רֶסֶן בֵּין נִֽינְוֵה וּבֵין כָּלַח הִוא הָעִיר הַגְּדֹלָֽה
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah—the same is the great city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,984Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל־לוֹט אַל־נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶיךָ וּבֵין רֹעַי וּבֵין רֹעֶיךָ כִּֽי־אֲנָשִׁים אַחִים אֲנָֽחְנוּ
And Abram said unto Lot: ‘Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,529Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ננה appears 2,177,383 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.3% more than the 2,150,339 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,177,383 or more by chance alone is 6.2 × 10⁻⁷⁶.
- Genesis 145,133
- Exodus 108,473
- Leviticus 94,601
- Numbers 172,195
- Deuteronomy 88,927
- Joshua 99,904
- Judges 74,168
- Samuel 134,467
- Kings 127,902
- Isaiah 105,946
- Jeremiah 156,703
- Ezekiel 138,124
- The Twelve 92,881
- Psalms 134,159
- Proverbs 33,473
- Job 43,866
- Song of Songs 12,454
- Ruth 7,859
- Lamentations 15,820
- Ecclesiastes 14,777
- Esther 17,056
- Daniel 78,798
- Ezra–Nehemiah 117,066
- Chronicles 162,631
Outside the Torah
מֹשֶׁה עַבְדִּי מֵת וְעַתָּה קוּם עֲבֹר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה אַתָּה וְכָל־הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לָהֶם לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
’Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 304,958Open in the laboratory →
עַד אֲשֶׁר־יָנִיחַ יְהוָה לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם כָּכֶם וְיָרְשׁוּ גַם־הֵמָּה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָהֶם וְשַׁבְתֶּם לְאֶרֶץ יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אוֹתָהּ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרַח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,792Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָאֲנָשִׁים יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי־נָתַן יְהוָה לָכֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְכִֽי־נָפְלָה אֵֽימַתְכֶם עָלֵינוּ וְכִי נָמֹגוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם
and she said unto the men: ‘I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,531Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ננה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as ננה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 105.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Nana in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, ננה appears 604,447 times in the Torah — 2.0% more than the 592,385 chance alone would give; the probability of 604,447 or more by chance alone is 2.7 × 10⁻⁵⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Nana in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:21 — the shortest of 604,447 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 592,385.
What is the gematria of Nana in Hebrew?
Nana is spelled ננה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 105.
How many times is Nana found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ננה appears 2,177,383 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.3% more than the 2,150,339 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,177,383 or more by chance alone is 6.2 × 10⁻⁷⁶.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 592,385 here) beside the count.