Shaphan שפן
Shaphan (שפן) is a person named in the Tanakh — Shaphan, rock badger. In the Torah codes, Shaphan is found 115,959 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 11:4) — 3.5% above the 112,009 chance alone would give (probability of 115,959 or more by chance alone: 4.3 × 10⁻³²).
- Found in the Torah
- 115,959
- Chance alone
- 112,009
- P (≥ found)
- 4.3 × 10⁻³²
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 115,959 sequences of שפן at skips 2–5,000, 3.5% above what chance alone gives (about 112,009); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.3 × 10⁻³² by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 11:4, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 1,829,461 sequences of שפן, against about 1,736,094 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 112,009 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 25,278
- Exodus 24,039
- Leviticus 16,084
- Numbers 37,152
- Deuteronomy 13,406
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָבָה נִבְנֶה־לָּנוּ עִיר וּמִגְדָּל וְרֹאשׁוֹ בַשָּׁמַיִם וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּנוּ שֵׁם פֶּן־נָפוּץ עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And they said: ‘Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 12,869Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּנְהַג אֶת־כָּל־מִקְנֵהוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־רְכֻשׁוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכָשׁ מִקְנֵה קִנְיָנוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכַשׁ בְּפַדַּן אֲרָם לָבוֹא אֶל־יִצְחָק אָבִיו אַרְצָה כְּנָֽעַן
and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,519Open in the laboratory →
כִּי תִשָּׂא אֶת־רֹאשׁ בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם וְנָתְנוּ אִישׁ כֹּפֶר נַפְשׁוֹ לַיהוָה בִּפְקֹד אֹתָם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה בָהֶם נֶגֶף בִּפְקֹד אֹתָֽם
’When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 123,613Open in the laboratory →
וְהֶֽעָרִים אֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ מֵאֲחֻזַּת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֵת הָרַב תַּרְבּוּ וּמֵאֵת הַמְעַט תַּמְעִיטוּ אִישׁ כְּפִי נַחֲלָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר יִנְחָלוּ יִתֵּן מֵעָרָיו לַלְוִיִּֽם
And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto the Levites.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 247,796Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־אִם־כֹּה תַעֲשׂוּ לָהֶם מִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶם תִּתֹּצוּ וּמַצֵּבֹתָם תְּשַׁבֵּרוּ וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם תְּגַדֵּעוּן וּפְסִילֵיהֶם תִּשְׂרְפוּן בָּאֵֽשׁ
But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 262,873Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 411,778 sequences of שפן at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% above what chance alone gives (about 407,335); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻¹² by chance alone.
- Genesis 25,278
- Exodus 24,039
- Leviticus 16,084
- Numbers 37,152
- Deuteronomy 14,192
- Joshua 13,513
- Judges 14,325
- Samuel 26,494
- Kings 23,755
- Isaiah 23,535
- Jeremiah 20,555
- Ezekiel 25,097
- The Twelve 16,523
- Psalms 31,939
- Proverbs 14,966
- Job 16,848
- Song of Songs 2,470
- Ruth 2,048
- Lamentations 2,141
- Ecclesiastes 3,432
- Esther 4,324
- Daniel 9,093
- Ezra–Nehemiah 14,863
- Chronicles 29,112
Outside the Torah
וַיָּשָׁב פִּֽינְחָס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְהַנְּשִׂיאִים מֵאֵת בְּנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵן וּמֵאֵת בְּנֵי־גָד מֵאֶרֶץ הַגִּלְעָד אֶל־אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּשִׁבוּ אוֹתָם דָּבָֽר
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them back word.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 340,882Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לְיֶתֶר בְּכוֹרוֹ קוּם הֲרֹג אוֹתָם וְלֹא־שָׁלַף הַנַּעַר חַרְבּוֹ כִּי יָרֵא כִּי עוֹדֶנּוּ נָֽעַר
And he said unto Jether his first-born: ‘Up, and slay them.’ But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 358,899Open in the laboratory →
וְכַלָּתוֹ אֵֽשֶׁת־פִּינְחָס הָרָה לָלַת וַתִּשְׁמַע אֶת־הַשְּׁמֻעָה אֶל־הִלָּקַח אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים וּמֵת חָמִיהָ וְאִישָׁהּ וַתִּכְרַע וַתֵּלֶד כִּֽי־נֶהֶפְכוּ עָלֶיהָ צִרֶֽיהָ
And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’wife, was with child, near to be delivered; and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came suddenly upon her.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 389,708Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שפן — the Tanakh's own spelling: Shaphan, rock badger. Searched as שפן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 430.
As a plain word it stands 29 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 22:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Shaphan in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 115,959 sequences of שפן at skips 2–5,000, 3.5% above what chance alone gives (about 112,009); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.3 × 10⁻³² by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Shaphan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 11:4 — the shortest of 115,959 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 112,009.
How is Shaphan spelled in Hebrew?
Shaphan is spelled שפן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 430.
Is Shaphan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 411,778 sequences of שפן at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% above what chance alone gives (about 407,335); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻¹² by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 112,009 here) beside the count.