Syene סונה
Syene (סונה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 79,263 sequences of Syene, the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 9:21); chance alone would give about 79,553.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 79,263
- Chance alone · every skip
- 79,553
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.85
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,186
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: 7,645 found · chance alone about 7,635 (probability of 7,645 or more by chance alone: 0.45).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), סונה appears 79,263 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 79,553, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which סונה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Numbers 9:21, reading backward.
The longest skip at which סונה was found in the Torah is 101,186 — at Deuteronomy 33:17, 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 20,052
- Exodus 16,386
- Leviticus 10,417
- Numbers 20,914
- Deuteronomy 11,494
Examples across the range
5 of the 79,263 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
- ס ו נ הNumbers 9:21
… וְנָסָעוּ אוֹ יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה וְנַעֲלָה הֶעָנָן וְנָסָֽעוּ
And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed; or if it continued by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 205,001 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ס ו נ הNumbers 9:21
Letter by letter
- ס ו נ הExodus 4:3
וַיֹּאמֶר הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אַרְצָה וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אַרְצָה וַיְהִי לְנָחָשׁ וַיָּנָס מֹשֶׁה מִפָּנָֽיו
And He said: ‘Cast it on the ground.’ And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 81,981 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ס ו נ הExodus 4:3
- סGenesis 40:18
וַיַּעַן יוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמֶר זֶה פִּתְרֹנוֹ שְׁלֹשֶׁת הַסַּלִּים שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים הֵֽם
And Joseph answered and said: ‘This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וGenesis 40:20
וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת אֶת־פַּרְעֹה …
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
- ןGenesis 40:21
וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת־שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים עַל־מַשְׁקֵהוּ וַיִּתֵּן הַכּוֹס עַל־כַּף פַּרְעֹֽה
And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
- הGenesis 41:1
וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים וּפַרְעֹה חֹלֵם וְהִנֵּה עֹמֵד עַל־הַיְאֹֽר
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
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 59,757 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- סGenesis 40:18
- סExodus 21:32
אִם־עֶבֶד יִגַּח הַשּׁוֹר אוֹ אָמָה כֶּסֶף שְׁלֹשִׁים שְׁקָלִים יִתֵּן לַֽאדֹנָיו וְהַשּׁוֹר יִסָּקֵֽל
If the ox gore a bondman or a bondwoman, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וExodus 22:15
וְכִֽי־יְפַתֶּה אִישׁ בְּתוּלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אֹרָשָׂה וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ מָהֹר יִמְהָרֶנָּה לּוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
- נExodus 23:12
… מַעֲשֶׂיךָ וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי תִּשְׁבֹּת לְמַעַן יָנוּחַ שֽׁוֹרְךָ וַחֲמֹרֶךָ וְיִנָּפֵשׁ בֶּן־אֲמָתְךָ …
Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
- הExodus 23:32
לֹֽא־תִכְרֹת לָהֶם וְלֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם בְּרִֽית
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
skip 1,001, width 1,001 — one row is 1,001 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 109,419 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,001 in the laboratory →
- סExodus 21:32
- סDeuteronomy 33:17
… קַרְנָיו בָּהֶם עַמִּים יְנַגַּח יַחְדָּו אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ וְהֵם רִבְבוֹת אֶפְרַיִם וְהֵם …
His firstling bullock, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; With them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וNumbers 8:2
דַּבֵּר אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹת אֶל …
’Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him: When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.’
- נExodus 16:3
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵהֶם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִֽי־יִתֵּן מוּתֵנוּ בְיַד …
and the children of Israel said unto them: ‘Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’
- הGenesis 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 101,186, width 101,186 — one row is 101,186 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 303,635 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,186 in the laboratory →
- סDeuteronomy 33:17
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,273,178 sequences of סונה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,293,071).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 31,770 found · chance alone about 32,197 (probability of 31,770 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 70,107
- Exodus 59,730
- Leviticus 37,505
- Numbers 78,465
- Deuteronomy 45,729
- Joshua 26,365
- Judges 43,187
- Samuel 61,029
- Kings 112,462
- Isaiah 92,167
- Jeremiah 75,262
- Ezekiel 70,079
- The Twelve 70,285
- Psalms 131,780
- Proverbs 49,266
- Job 36,732
- Song of Songs 6,090
- Ruth 1,514
- Lamentations 6,287
- Ecclesiastes 16,239
- Esther 23,929
- Daniel 25,783
- Ezra–Nehemiah 42,548
- Chronicles 90,638
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ס ו נ הJudges 18:23
וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ אֶל־בְּנֵי־דָן וַיַּסֵּבּוּ פְּנֵיהֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְמִיכָה מַה־לְּךָ כִּי נִזְעָֽקְתָּ
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah: ‘What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 376,449 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ס ו נ הJudges 18:23
- ס2 Kings 20:18
וּמִבָּנֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יֵצְאוּ מִמְּךָ אֲשֶׁר תּוֹלִיד יקח וְהָיוּ סָֽרִיסִים בְּהֵיכַל מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶֽל
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be officers in the palace of the king of Babylon.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ו2 Kings 20:20
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי חִזְקִיָּהוּ וְכָל־גְּבוּרָתוֹ וַאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אֶת־הַבְּרֵכָה וְאֶת־הַתְּעָלָה …
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- נ2 Kings 20:21
וַיִּשְׁכַּב חִזְקִיָּהוּ עִם־אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּמְלֹךְ מְנַשֶּׁה בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
- ה2 Kings 21:2
וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה כְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהוָה מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the nations, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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 566,158 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ס2 Kings 20:18
- ס2 Chronicles 35:26
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ וַחֲסָדָיו כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרַת יְהוָֽה
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the Law of the LORD,
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וEzekiel 46:3
וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ עַם־הָאָרֶץ פֶּתַח הַשַּׁעַר הַהוּא בַּשַּׁבָּתוֹת וּבֶחֳדָשִׁים לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
- נ1 Samuel 11:4
וַיָּבֹאוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים גִּבְעַת שָׁאוּל וַיְדַבְּרוּ הַדְּבָרִים בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיִּשְׂאוּ כָל־הָעָם אֶת־קוֹלָם וַיִּבְכּֽוּ
Then came the messengers to Gibeath-shaul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
- הGenesis 1:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 398,408, width 398,408 — one row is 398,408 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,195,433 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,408 in the laboratory →
- ס2 Chronicles 35:26
The spelling
סונה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as סונה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 121.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 29:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Sune.
Questions
Does Syene appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), סונה appears 79,263 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 79,553, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Syene in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Numbers 9:21 — the shortest of 79,263 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 79,553.
What is the gematria of Syene in Hebrew?
Syene is spelled סונה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 121.
How many times is Syene found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,273,178 sequences of סונה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,293,071).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 79,553 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.