Onan אונן
Onan (אונן) is a person named in the Tanakh. Onan appears 591,764 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 591,329 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 591,764
- Chance alone · every skip
- 591,329
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.29
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,562
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 58,058 found · chance alone about 56,750 (probability of 58,058 or more by chance alone: 2.3 × 10⁻⁸).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 591,764 sequences of אונן across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 591,329).
The shortest skip at which אונן appears in the Torah is 2 — at Numbers 20:21, reading forward.
The longest skip at which אונן was found in the Torah is 101,562 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 173,128
- Exodus 117,062
- Leviticus 88,128
- Numbers 112,031
- Deuteronomy 101,415
Examples across the range
5 of the 591,764 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- א ו נ ןNumbers 20:21
וַיְמָאֵן אֱדוֹם נְתֹן אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲבֹר בִּגְבֻלוֹ וַיֵּט יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעָלָֽיו
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; wherefore Israel turned away from him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 223,032 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ו נ ןNumbers 20:21
Letter by letter
- א ו נ ןDeuteronomy 13:18
… הַחֵרֶם לְמַעַן יָשׁוּב יְהוָה מֵחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְנָֽתַן־לְךָ רַחֲמִים וְרִֽחַמְךָ וְהִרְבֶּךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר …
And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of His anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 273,763 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ו נ ןDeuteronomy 13:18
- אGenesis 17:7
וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ …
And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וGenesis 17:4
אֲנִי הִנֵּה בְרִיתִי אִתָּךְ וְהָיִיתָ לְאַב הֲמוֹן גּוֹיִֽם
’As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.
- נGenesis 17:1
… אֵלָיו אֲנִי־אֵל שַׁדַּי הִתְהַלֵּךְ לְפָנַי וֶהְיֵה תָמִֽים
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him: ‘I am God Almighty; walk before Me, and be thou wholehearted.
- ןGenesis 16:16
וְאַבְרָם בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים בְּלֶֽדֶת־הָגָר אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל לְאַבְרָֽם
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 19,356 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 17:7
- אExodus 25:21
וְנָתַתָּ אֶת־הַכַּפֹּרֶת עַל־הָאָרֹן מִלְמָעְלָה וְאֶל־הָאָרֹן תִּתֵּן אֶת־הָעֵדֻת אֲשֶׁר אֶתֵּן אֵלֶֽיךָ
And thou shalt put the ark-cover above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וExodus 26:2
… הַיְרִיעָה הָֽאַחַת שְׁמֹנֶה וְעֶשְׂרִים בָּֽאַמָּה וְרֹחַב אַרְבַּע בָּאַמָּה הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִדָּה …
The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have one measure.
- נExodus 26:20
וּלְצֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית לִפְאַת צָפוֹן עֶשְׂרִים קָֽרֶשׁ
and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards.
- נExodus 27:2
וְעָשִׂיתָ קַרְנֹתָיו עַל אַרְבַּע פִּנֹּתָיו מִמֶּנּוּ תִּהְיֶיןָ קַרְנֹתָיו וְצִפִּיתָ אֹתוֹ נְחֹֽשֶׁת
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it; and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 114,287 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- אExodus 25:21
- אDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וNumbers 8:18
וָאֶקַּח אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם תַּחַת כָּל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
- נExodus 16:8
… עָלָיו וְנַחְנוּ מָה לֹא־עָלֵינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם כִּי עַל־יְהוָֽה
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- ןGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 101,562, width 101,562 — one row is 101,562 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,830 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,562 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 34:12
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 8,638,612 sequences of אונן across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 8,756,190).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 220,674 found · chance alone about 218,028 (probability of 220,674 or more by chance alone: 7.8 × 10⁻⁹).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 657,123
- Exodus 456,900
- Leviticus 349,208
- Numbers 449,567
- Deuteronomy 426,937
- Joshua 263,918
- Judges 308,264
- Samuel 801,022
- Kings 794,668
- Isaiah 429,219
- Jeremiah 626,504
- Ezekiel 551,053
- The Twelve 406,886
- Psalms 442,221
- Proverbs 139,794
- Job 221,800
- Song of Songs 25,282
- Ruth 38,681
- Lamentations 32,988
- Ecclesiastes 74,353
- Esther 74,113
- Daniel 192,736
- Ezra–Nehemiah 239,803
- Chronicles 635,572
Outside the Torah
- אJudges 21:17
וַיֹּאמְרוּ יְרֻשַּׁת פְּלֵיטָה לְבִנְיָמִן וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶה שֵׁבֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל
And they said: ‘They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ו נ נJudges 21:18
וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹא נוּכַל לָתֵת־לָהֶם נָשִׁים …
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters.’ For the children of Israel had sworn, saying: ‘Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 383,058 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- אJudges 21:17
- אJoshua 9:9
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו מֵאֶרֶץ רְחוֹקָה מְאֹד בָּאוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ לְשֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ …
And they said unto him: ‘From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God; for we have heard the fame of Him, and all that He did in Egypt,
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וJoshua 9:10
… בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן לְסִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ חֶשְׁבּוֹן וּלְעוֹג מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁן אֲשֶׁר בְּעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת
and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
- נJoshua 9:11
… וּלְכוּ לִקְרָאתָם וַאֲמַרְתֶּם אֲלֵיהֶם עַבְדֵיכֶם אֲנַחְנוּ וְעַתָּה כִּרְתוּ־לָנוּ בְרִֽית
And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying: Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them: We are your servants; and now make ye a covenant with us.
- נJoshua 9:13
וְאֵלֶּה נֹאדוֹת הַיַּיִן אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּאנוּ חֲדָשִׁים וְהִנֵּה הִתְבַּקָּעוּ וְאֵלֶּה שַׂלְמוֹתֵינוּ …
And these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent. And these our garments and our shoes are worn by reason of the very long journey.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 318,140 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אJoshua 9:9
- א2 Chronicles 36:18
… יְהוָה וְאֹצְרוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ וְשָׂרָיו הַכֹּל הֵבִיא בָבֶֽל
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וEzekiel 46:20
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי זֶה הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יְבַשְּׁלוּ־שָׁם הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־הָאָשָׁם וְאֶת …
And he said unto me: ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt-offering and the sin-offering, where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.’
- נ1 Samuel 12:2
… מִתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵיכֶם וַאֲנִי זָקַנְתִּי וָשַׂבְתִּי וּבָנַי הִנָּם אִתְּכֶם וַאֲנִי הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי לִפְנֵיכֶם …
And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.
- נGenesis 1:20
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל־הָאָרֶץ …
And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’
skip 398,574, width 398,574 — one row is 398,574 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,647 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,574 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 36:18
The spelling
אונן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אונן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 107.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 38:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Onan in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 591,764 sequences of אונן across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 591,329).
What is the shortest skip for Onan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 20:21 — the shortest of 591,764 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 591,329.
What is the gematria of Onan in Hebrew?
Onan is spelled אונן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 107.
How many times is Onan found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 8,638,612 sequences of אונן across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 8,756,190).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 591,329 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.