Punon פונן
Punon (פונן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Punon appears 10,629 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 5.5% more than chance alone would give (about 10,077; probability 2.6 × 10⁻⁸).
- Found in the Torah
- 10,629
- Chance alone
- 10,077
- P (≥ found)
- 2.6 × 10⁻⁸
- 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, פונן appears 10,629 times in the Torah — 5.5% more than the 10,077 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,629 or more by chance alone is 2.6 × 10⁻⁸.
The shortest skip at which פונן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 13:7, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), פונן is found 104,789 times; chance alone would give about 105,001.
- Genesis 3,083
- Exodus 1,753
- Leviticus 1,450
- Numbers 3,247
- Deuteronomy 1,096
The shortest skips
וַֽיְהִי־רִיב בֵּין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵֽה־אַבְרָם וּבֵין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה־לוֹט וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי אָז יֹשֵׁב בָּאָֽרֶץ
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 15,453Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל־שִׁמְעוֹן וְאֶל־לֵוִי עֲכַרְתֶּם אֹתִי לְהַבְאִישֵׁנִי בְּיֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִי וּבַפְּרִזִּי וַאֲנִי מְתֵי מִסְפָּר וְנֶאֶסְפוּ עָלַי וְהִכּוּנִי וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּי אֲנִי וּבֵיתִֽי
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: ‘Ye have troubled me, to make me odious unto the inhabitants of the land, even unto the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 50,710Open in the laboratory →
כִּי יְבִֽיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה בָא־שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ וְנָשַׁל גּֽוֹיִם־רַבִּים מִפָּנֶיךָ הַֽחִתִּי וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַֽחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי שִׁבְעָה גוֹיִם רַבִּים וַעֲצוּמִים מִמֶּֽךָּ
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 262,631Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִימֵם הַחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ
but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 282,394Open in the laboratory →
גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁב אָנֹכִי עִמָּכֶם תְּנוּ לִי אֲחֻזַּת־קֶבֶר עִמָּכֶם וְאֶקְבְּרָה מֵתִי מִלְּפָנָֽי
’I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,515Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, פונן appears 42,980 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.2% more than the 41,662 chance alone would give; the probability of 42,980 or more by chance alone is 6.7 × 10⁻¹¹.
- Genesis 3,083
- Exodus 1,753
- Leviticus 1,450
- Numbers 3,247
- Deuteronomy 1,210
- Joshua 1,561
- Judges 1,505
- Samuel 2,656
- Kings 1,736
- Isaiah 2,664
- Jeremiah 2,220
- Ezekiel 2,705
- The Twelve 1,719
- Psalms 4,048
- Proverbs 1,536
- Job 2,114
- Song of Songs 302
- Ruth 101
- Lamentations 315
- Ecclesiastes 258
- Esther 426
- Daniel 1,430
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,836
- Chronicles 3,105
Outside the Torah
בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ
Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 984,822Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַל יְהוּדָה וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי בְּיָדָם וַיַּכּוּם בְּבֶזֶק עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים אִֽישׁ
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 344,864Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־הַפָּר אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן לָהֶם וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ וַיִּקְרְאוּ בְשֵׁם־הַבַּעַל מֵהַבֹּקֶר וְעַד־הַצָּהֳרַיִם לֵאמֹר הַבַּעַל עֲנֵנוּ וְאֵין קוֹל וְאֵין עֹנֶה וַֽיְפַסְּחוּ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: ‘O Baal, answer us.’ But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they danced in halting wise about the altar which was made.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 517,234Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
פונן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as פונן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 186.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Punon in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, פונן appears 10,629 times in the Torah — 5.5% more than the 10,077 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,629 or more by chance alone is 2.6 × 10⁻⁸.
What is the shortest skip for Punon in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 13:7 — the shortest of 10,629 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 10,077.
What is the gematria of Punon in Hebrew?
Punon is spelled פונן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 186.
How many times is Punon found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, פונן appears 42,980 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.2% more than the 41,662 chance alone would give; the probability of 42,980 or more by chance alone is 6.7 × 10⁻¹¹.
Search it yourself
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