Tanniyn התנין
Tanniyn (התנין) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — sea monster, serpent, dragon. In the Torah codes, Tanniyn is found 3,559 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 24:31) — about what chance alone gives (about 3,550).
- Found in the Torah
- 3,559
- Chance alone
- 3,550
- P (≥ found)
- 0.44
- 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 3,559 sequences of התנין at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,550).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 24:31, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 28,184 sequences of התנין, against about 27,981 from chance alone.
- Genesis 871
- Exodus 731
- Leviticus 528
- Numbers 893
- Deuteronomy 536
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר בּוֹא בְּרוּךְ יְהוָה לָמָּה תַעֲמֹד בַּחוּץ וְאָנֹכִי פִּנִּיתִי הַבַּיִת וּמָקוֹם לַגְּמַלִּֽים
And he said: ‘Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have cleared the house, and made room for the camels.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 30,969Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר חֲמוֹר אִתָּם לֵאמֹר שְׁכֶם בְּנִי חָֽשְׁקָה נַפְשׁוֹ בְּבִתְּכֶם תְּנוּ נָא אֹתָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Hamor spoke with them, saying ‘The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter. I pray you give her unto him to wife.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,575Open in the laboratory →
דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם וְעָשׂוּ לָהֶם צִיצִת עַל־כַּנְפֵי בִגְדֵיהֶם לְדֹרֹתָם וְנָֽתְנוּ עַל־צִיצִת הַכָּנָף פְּתִיל תְּכֵֽלֶת
’Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them throughout their generations fringes in the corners of their garments, and that they put with the fringe of each corner a thread of blue.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 215,075Open in the laboratory →
בָּנִים אֲשֶׁר־יִוָּלְדוּ לָהֶם דּוֹר שְׁלִישִׁי יָבֹא לָהֶם בִּקְהַל יְהוָֽה
The children of the third generation that are born unto them may enter into the assembly of the LORD.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 285,993Open in the laboratory →
וְיָצָא הַכֹּהֵן מִן־הַבַּיִת אֶל־פֶּתַח הַבָּיִת וְהִסְגִּיר אֶת־הַבַּיִת שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים
then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 163,392Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 12,977 sequences of התנין at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 13,022).
- Genesis 871
- Exodus 731
- Leviticus 528
- Numbers 893
- Deuteronomy 593
- Joshua 542
- Judges 458
- Samuel 732
- Kings 727
- Isaiah 565
- Jeremiah 993
- Ezekiel 1,078
- The Twelve 519
- Psalms 862
- Proverbs 215
- Job 300
- Song of Songs 87
- Ruth 99
- Lamentations 59
- Ecclesiastes 116
- Esther 158
- Daniel 346
- Ezra–Nehemiah 646
- Chronicles 859
Outside the Torah
וּתְמַהֵרְנָה וְתִשֶּׂנָה עָלֵינוּ נֶהִי וְתֵרַדְנָה עֵינֵינוּ דִּמְעָה וְעַפְעַפֵּינוּ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם
let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 656,376Open in the laboratory →
נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ
The crown is fallen from our head; Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,011,727Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲמַרְתֶּם לָהֶם אֲשֶׁר נִכְרְתוּ מֵימֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מִפְּנֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה בְּעָבְרוֹ בַּיַּרְדֵּן נִכְרְתוּ מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן וְהָיוּ הָאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה לְזִכָּרוֹן לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד־עוֹלָֽם
then ye shall say unto them: Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 309,225Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
התנין — the Tanakh's own spelling: sea monster, serpent, dragon. Searched as התנין, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 515.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 27:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Tanniyn in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 3,559 sequences of התנין at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,550).
What is the shortest skip for Tanniyn in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 24:31 — the shortest of 3,559 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 3,550.
How is Tanniyn spelled in Hebrew?
Tanniyn is spelled התנין — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 515.
Is Tanniyn in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 12,977 sequences of התנין at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 13,022).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 3,550 here) beside the count.