Tartan תרתן
Tartan (תרתן) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Tartan is found 28,344 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 4:25) — about what chance alone gives (about 28,396).
- Found in the Torah
- 28,344
- Chance alone
- 28,396
- P (≥ found)
- 0.62
- 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 28,344 sequences of תרתן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 28,396).
The shortest skip at which תרתן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 4:25, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תרתן is found 296,273 times; chance alone would give about 295,883.
- Genesis 6,390
- Exodus 6,944
- Leviticus 4,639
- Numbers 5,547
- Deuteronomy 4,824
The shortest skips
וַתִּקַּח צִפֹּרָה צֹר וַתִּכְרֹת אֶת־עָרְלַת בְּנָהּ וַתַּגַּע לְרַגְלָיו וַתֹּאמֶר כִּי חֲתַן־דָּמִים אַתָּה לִֽי
Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said: ‘Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 83,229Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא־תִקֹּם וְלֹֽא־תִטֹּר אֶת־בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ וְאָֽהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ אֲנִי יְהוָֽה
Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 170,961Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא חָם אֲבִי כְנַעַן אֵת עֶרְוַת אָבִיו וַיַּגֵּד לִשְׁנֵֽי־אֶחָיו בַּחֽוּץ
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 11,259Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ אִתְּךָ תִּשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־כְּהֻנַּתְכֶם לְכָל־דְּבַר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּלְמִבֵּית לַפָּרֹכֶת וַעֲבַדְתֶּם עֲבֹדַת מַתָּנָה אֶתֵּן אֶת־כְּהֻנַּתְכֶם וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָֽת
And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood in everything that pertaineth to the altar, and to that within the veil; and ye shall serve; I give you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 219,035Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת־מַטֵּהוּ עַל־הַשָּׁמַיִם וַֽיהוָה נָתַן קֹלֹת וּבָרָד וַתִּהֲלַךְ אֵשׁ אָרְצָה וַיַּמְטֵר יְהוָה בָּרָד עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven; and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and the LORD caused to hail upon the land of Egypt.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 90,876Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תרתן appears 87,687 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.1% more than the 86,773 chance alone would give; the probability of 87,687 or more by chance alone is 0.00098.
- Genesis 6,390
- Exodus 6,944
- Leviticus 4,639
- Numbers 5,547
- Deuteronomy 5,189
- Joshua 3,131
- Judges 2,560
- Samuel 4,490
- Kings 5,882
- Isaiah 3,803
- Jeremiah 5,997
- Ezekiel 8,191
- The Twelve 3,025
- Psalms 4,962
- Proverbs 2,341
- Job 2,267
- Song of Songs 516
- Ruth 571
- Lamentations 423
- Ecclesiastes 764
- Esther 1,079
- Daniel 1,745
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,458
- Chronicles 4,773
Outside the Torah
רַק לְמַעַן דַּעַת דֹּרוֹת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְלַמְּדָם מִלְחָמָה רַק אֲשֶׁר־לְפָנִים לֹא יְדָעֽוּם
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 348,248Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־גַם־נָבִיא גַם־כֹּהֵן חָנֵפוּ גַּם־בְּבֵיתִי מָצָאתִי רָעָתָם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה
For both prophet and priest are ungodly; Yea, in My house have I found their wickedness, Saith the LORD. .
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 674,605Open in the laboratory →
בְּטֶרֶם תִּגָּלֶה רָעָתֵךְ כְּמוֹ עֵת חֶרְפַּת בְּנוֹת־אֲרָם וְכָל־סְבִיבוֹתֶיהָ בְּנוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים הַשָּׁאטוֹת אוֹתָךְ מִסָּבִֽיב
before thy wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the taunt of the daughters of Aram, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that have thee in disdain round about.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 748,267Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תרתן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as תרתן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 1,050.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 18:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Tartan in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 28,344 sequences of תרתן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 28,396).
What is the shortest skip for Tartan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 4:25 — the shortest of 28,344 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 28,396.
What is the gematria of Tartan in Hebrew?
Tartan is spelled תרתן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 1,050.
How many times is Tartan found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תרתן appears 87,687 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.1% more than the 86,773 chance alone would give; the probability of 87,687 or more by chance alone is 0.00098.
Search it yourself
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