Ophni עפני
Ophni (עפני) is the name of a people in the Tanakh. Ophni appears 8,565 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.3% more than chance alone would give (about 8,294; probability 0.0016).
- Found in the Torah
- 8,565
- Chance alone
- 8,294
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0016
- 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, עפני appears 8,565 times in the Torah — 3.3% more than the 8,294 chance alone would give; the probability of 8,565 or more by chance alone is 0.0016.
The shortest skip at which עפני appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 25:30, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), עפני is found 92,429 times; chance alone would give about 86,425.
- Genesis 2,384
- Exodus 1,812
- Leviticus 1,029
- Numbers 2,382
- Deuteronomy 958
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב הַלְעִיטֵנִי נָא מִן־הָאָדֹם הָאָדֹם הַזֶּה כִּי עָיֵף אָנֹכִי עַל־כֵּן קָרָֽא־שְׁמוֹ אֱדֽוֹם
And Esau said to Jacob: ‘Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint.’ Therefore was his name called Edom.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 34,215Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אֶת־אֲשֶׁר יֶשְׁנוֹ פֹּה עִמָּנוּ עֹמֵד הַיּוֹם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ פֹּה עִמָּנוּ הַיּֽוֹם
but with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 296,116Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אֶת־אֲשֶׁר יֶשְׁנוֹ פֹּה עִמָּנוּ עֹמֵד הַיּוֹם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ פֹּה עִמָּנוּ הַיּֽוֹם
but with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 296,154Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה לֵךְ נְחֵה אֶת־הָעָם אֶל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּרְתִּי לָךְ הִנֵּה מַלְאָכִי יֵלֵךְ לְפָנֶיךָ וּבְיוֹם פָּקְדִי וּפָקַדְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם חַטָּאתָֽם
And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee; behold, Mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 127,624Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעֲלוּ בַנֶּגֶב וַיָּבֹא עַד־חֶבְרוֹן וְשָׁם אֲחִימַן שֵׁשַׁי וְתַלְמַי יְלִידֵי הָעֲנָק וְחֶבְרוֹן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים נִבְנְתָה לִפְנֵי צֹעַן מִצְרָֽיִם
And they went up into the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there.—Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.—
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 210,266Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, עפני appears 37,480 times in the whole Tanakh — 4.0% more than the 36,048 chance alone would give; the probability of 37,480 or more by chance alone is 3.4 × 10⁻¹⁴.
- Genesis 2,384
- Exodus 1,812
- Leviticus 1,029
- Numbers 2,382
- Deuteronomy 1,054
- Joshua 1,256
- Judges 1,337
- Samuel 2,212
- Kings 1,893
- Isaiah 2,414
- Jeremiah 1,984
- Ezekiel 2,175
- The Twelve 1,706
- Psalms 3,772
- Proverbs 1,480
- Job 2,233
- Song of Songs 207
- Ruth 211
- Lamentations 198
- Ecclesiastes 313
- Esther 265
- Daniel 975
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,456
- Chronicles 2,732
Outside the Torah
זַךְ אֲנִי בְּֽלִי פָשַׁע חַף אָנֹכִי וְלֹא עָוֺן לִֽי
’I am clean, without transgression, I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 987,611Open in the laboratory →
הַמְעַט־לָנוּ אֶת־עֲוֺן פְּעוֹר אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־הִטַּהַרְנוּ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיְהִי הַנֶּגֶף בַּעֲדַת יְהוָֽה
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 339,697Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ לֶאֱסָרְךָ יָרַדְנוּ לְתִתְּךָ בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְשׁוֹן הִשָּׁבְעוּ לִי פֶּֽן־תִּפְגְּעוּן בִּי אַתֶּֽם
And they said unto him: ‘We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines.’ And Samson said unto them: ‘Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 371,386Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עפני — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עפני, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 210.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ophni in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, עפני appears 8,565 times in the Torah — 3.3% more than the 8,294 chance alone would give; the probability of 8,565 or more by chance alone is 0.0016.
What is the shortest skip for Ophni in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 25:30 — the shortest of 8,565 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 8,294.
What is the gematria of Ophni in Hebrew?
Ophni is spelled עפני — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 210.
How many times is Ophni found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, עפני appears 37,480 times in the whole Tanakh — 4.0% more than the 36,048 chance alone would give; the probability of 37,480 or more by chance alone is 3.4 × 10⁻¹⁴.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 8,294 here) beside the count.