Paran פארן
Paran (פארן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Paran is found 114,782 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 10:29) — about what chance alone gives (about 119,402).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 114,782
- Chance alone · every skip
- 119,402
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 3
- Longest skip found
- 101,331
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: 11,334 found · chance alone about 11,459 (probability of 11,334 or more by chance alone: 0.88).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), פארן appears 114,782 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 119,402, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which פארן appears in the Torah is 3 — at Exodus 10:29, reading backward.
The longest skip at which פארן was found in the Torah is 101,331 — at Genesis 1:12, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 30,405
- Exodus 23,190
- Leviticus 15,976
- Numbers 28,992
- Deuteronomy 16,219
Examples across the range
5 of the 114,782 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
- ף א ר ןExodus 10:29
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה כֵּן דִּבַּרְתָּ לֹא־אֹסִף עוֹד רְאוֹת פָּנֶֽיךָ
And Moses said: ‘Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 93,315 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ף א ר ןExodus 10:29
Letter by letter
- פ א ר נNumbers 4:45
אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי מְרָרִי אֲשֶׁר פָּקַד מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן עַל־פִּי יְהוָה בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה
These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 195,017 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- פ א ר נNumbers 4:45
- פDeuteronomy 28:42
כָּל־עֵצְךָ וּפְרִי אַדְמָתֶךָ יְיָרֵשׁ הַצְּלָצַֽל
All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- אDeuteronomy 28:45
וּבָאוּ עָלֶיךָ כָּל־הַקְּלָלוֹת הָאֵלֶּה וּרְדָפוּךָ …
And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded thee.
- רDeuteronomy 28:46
וְהָיוּ בְךָ לְאוֹת וּלְמוֹפֵת וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ עַד־עוֹלָֽם
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever;
- נDeuteronomy 28:48
… בְּרָעָב וּבְצָמָא וּבְעֵירֹם וּבְחֹסֶר כֹּל וְנָתַן עֹל בַּרְזֶל עַל־צַוָּארֶךָ עַד …
therefore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
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 293,644 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- פDeuteronomy 28:42
- ףLeviticus 11:23
וְכֹל שֶׁרֶץ הָעוֹף אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ אַרְבַּע רַגְלָיִם שֶׁקֶץ הוּא לָכֶֽם
But all winged swarming things, which have four feet, are a detestable thing unto you.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- אLeviticus 11:44
כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם וִהְיִיתֶם קְדֹשִׁים כִּי קָדוֹשׁ …
For I am the LORD your God; sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy; neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of swarming thing that moveth upon the earth.
- רLeviticus 13:6
וְרָאָה הַכֹּהֵן אֹתוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שֵׁנִית …
And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
- ןLeviticus 13:26
וְאִם יִרְאֶנָּה הַכֹּהֵן וְהִנֵּה אֵֽין־בַּבֶּהֶרֶת שֵׂעָר לָבָן וּשְׁפָלָה אֵינֶנָּה …
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days.
skip 1,002, width 1,002 — one row is 1,002 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 156,352 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,002 in the laboratory →
- ףLeviticus 11:23
- פGenesis 1:12
… מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹֽשֶׂה־פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא …
And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- אExodus 16:12
… תְּלוּנֹּת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דַּבֵּר אֲלֵהֶם לֵאמֹר בֵּין הָֽעַרְבַּיִם תֹּאכְלוּ בָשָׂר וּבַבֹּקֶר …
’I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak unto them, saying: At dusk ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.’
- רNumbers 8:17
כִּי לִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי כָל …
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- נDeuteronomy 34:7
וּמֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה בְּמֹתוֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָה עֵינוֹ וְלֹא־נָס לֵחֹֽה
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
skip 101,331, width 101,331 — one row is 101,331 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 551 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,331 in the laboratory →
- פGenesis 1:12
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), פארן appears 1,533,722 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 1,526,109 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,533,722 or more by chance alone is 3.7 × 10⁻¹⁰.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 37,516 found · chance alone about 38,000 (probability of 37,516 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 111,119
- Exodus 91,450
- Leviticus 63,072
- Numbers 113,344
- Deuteronomy 63,828
- Joshua 48,079
- Judges 52,221
- Samuel 107,432
- Kings 100,055
- Isaiah 103,229
- Jeremiah 89,982
- Ezekiel 102,507
- The Twelve 67,212
- Psalms 112,280
- Proverbs 49,971
- Job 56,493
- Song of Songs 8,834
- Ruth 3,090
- Lamentations 9,637
- Ecclesiastes 9,421
- Esther 12,186
- Daniel 27,061
- Ezra–Nehemiah 34,070
- Chronicles 97,149
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- פ א ר נJeremiah 43:6
… וְאֶת־בְּנוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֵת כָּל־הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחַ נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן רַב־טַבָּחִים אֶת־גְּדַלְיָהוּ …
the men, and the women, and the children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 709,191 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- פ א ר נJeremiah 43:6
- פ1 Kings 18:39
וַיַּרְא כָּל־הָעָם וַֽיִּפְּלוּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ יְהוָה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים יְהוָה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִֽים
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said: ‘The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- א1 Kings 18:40
… יִמָּלֵט מֵהֶם וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּם וַיּוֹרִדֵם אֵלִיָּהוּ אֶל־נַחַל קִישׁוֹן וַיִּשְׁחָטֵם שָֽׁם
And Elijah said unto them: ‘Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.’ And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
- ר1 Kings 18:42
… עָלָה אֶל־רֹאשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל וַיִּגְהַר אַרְצָה וַיָּשֶׂם פָּנָיו בֵּין ברכו
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.
- נ1 Kings 18:44
וַֽיְהִי בַּשְּׁבִעִית וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה־עָב קְטַנָּה כְּכַף־אִישׁ עֹלָה מִיָּם וַיֹּאמֶר …
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said: ‘Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man’s hand.’ And he said: ‘Go up, say unto Ahab: Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.’
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 518,003 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- פ1 Kings 18:39
- פ2 Chronicles 36:23
כֹּה־אָמַר כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- אEzekiel 46:19
וַיְבִיאֵנִי בַמָּבוֹא אֲשֶׁר עַל־כֶּתֶף הַשַּׁעַר …
Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north; and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.
- ר1 Samuel 11:10
וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ מָחָר נֵצֵא אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָּנוּ כְּכָל־הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
And the men of Jabesh said: ‘To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.’
- נGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 398,965, width 398,965 — one row is 398,965 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,947 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,965 in the laboratory →
- פ2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
פארן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as פארן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 331.
As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 14:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Paran appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), פארן appears 114,782 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 119,402, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Paran in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Exodus 10:29 — the shortest of 114,782 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 119,402.
What is the gematria of Paran in Hebrew?
Paran is spelled פארן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 331.
How many times is Paran found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), פארן appears 1,533,722 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 1,526,109 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,533,722 or more by chance alone is 3.7 × 10⁻¹⁰.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 119,402 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.