Concepts

Wedding חתנה

Wedding is written חתנה in Hebrew. Wedding appears 18,147 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.1% more than chance alone would give (about 17,603; probability 2.3 × 10⁻⁵).

Found in the Torah
18,147
Chance alone
17,603
P (≥ found)
2.3 × 10⁻⁵
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, חתנה appears 18,147 times in the Torah — 3.1% more than the 17,603 chance alone would give; the probability of 18,147 or more by chance alone is 2.3 × 10⁻⁵.

The shortest skip at which חתנה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 16:7, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), חתנה is found 189,755 times; chance alone would give about 183,424.

  • Genesis 3,823
  • Exodus 4,314
  • Leviticus 3,417
  • Numbers 4,312
  • Deuteronomy 2,281

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 16:7ויקרא טז:זskip 2, forward

    וְלָקַח אֶת־שְׁנֵי הַשְּׂעִירִם וְהֶעֱמִיד אֹתָם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד

    And he shall take the two goats, and set them before the LORD at the door of the tent of meeting.

    חתנה at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 16:7יתוולקאשישעירםוהחתנה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 166,310Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 18:15בראשית יח:טוskip 2, backward

    וַתְּכַחֵשׁ שָׂרָה לֵאמֹר לֹא צָחַקְתִּי כִּי יָרֵאָה וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא כִּי צָחָֽקְתְּ

    Then Sarah denied, saying: ‘I laughed not’; for she was afraid. And He said: ‘Nay; but thou didst laugh.’

    חתנה at skip 2, backward from Genesis 18:15יהולשרבוכששרהלאמחתןה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 21,166Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 41:32בראשית מא:לבskip 2, backward

    וְעַל הִשָּׁנוֹת הַחֲלוֹם אֶל־פַּרְעֹה פַּעֲמָיִם כִּֽי־נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר מֵעִם הָאֱלֹהִים וּמְמַהֵר הָאֱלֹהִים לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ

    And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

    חתנה at skip 2, backward from Genesis 41:32מאדועלשוהלוםאלפרחתנה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 61,633Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 26:27שמות כו:כזskip 2, backward

    וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן לַיַּרְכָתַיִם יָֽמָּה

    and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward;

    חתנה at skip 2, backward from Exodus 26:27עהמשכןשיומשהבריחחתנה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 116,630Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 36:32שמות לו:לבskip 2, backward

    וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי הַמִּשְׁכָּן לַיַּרְכָתַיִם יָֽמָּה

    and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.

    חתנה at skip 2, backward from Exodus 36:32עהמשכןשיומשהבריחחתנה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 134,418Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

56,968 sequences of חתנה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 56,758 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 3,823
  • Exodus 4,314
  • Leviticus 3,417
  • Numbers 4,312
  • Deuteronomy 2,462
  • Joshua 2,190
  • Judges 1,647
  • Samuel 3,194
  • Kings 3,808
  • Isaiah 2,687
  • Jeremiah 3,299
  • Ezekiel 4,520
  • The Twelve 2,089
  • Psalms 3,331
  • Proverbs 1,258
  • Job 1,455
  • Song of Songs 284
  • Ruth 221
  • Lamentations 350
  • Ecclesiastes 648
  • Esther 416
  • Daniel 1,239
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 2,021
  • Chronicles 3,983

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 14:3יהושע יד:גskip 2, forward

    כִּֽי־נָתַן מֹשֶׁה נַחֲלַת שְׁנֵי הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּה מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן וְלַלְוִיִּם לֹֽא־נָתַן נַחֲלָה בְּתוֹכָֽם

    For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

    חתנה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 14:3תןמשהנלשימטותוחצחתנה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 326,763Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Kings 3:27מלכים ב ג:כזskip 2, forward

    וַיִּקַּח אֶת־בְּנוֹ הַבְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר־יִמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו וַיַּעֲלֵהוּ עֹלָה עַל־הַחֹמָה וַיְהִי קֶצֶף־גָּדוֹל עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּסְעוּ מֵֽעָלָיו וַיָּשֻׁבוּ לָאָֽרֶץ

    Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there came great wrath upon Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

    חתנה at skip 2, forward from 2 Kings 3:27כלוויקאבובכוראשרחתנה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 532,447Open in the laboratory →

  3. Psalms 90:7תהלים צ:זskip 2, forward

    כִּֽי־כָלִינוּ בְאַפֶּךָ וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ נִבְהָֽלְנוּ

    For we are consumed in Thine anger, And by Thy wrath are we hurried away.

    חתנה at skip 2, forward from Psalms 90:7באפךובמךבלנושתעוחתנה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 907,315Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

חתנה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חתנה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 463.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

  • חתונה — the Tanakh's own spelling found 1,854 in the Torah (chance 1,748)

Questions

Does Wedding appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, חתנה appears 18,147 times in the Torah — 3.1% more than the 17,603 chance alone would give; the probability of 18,147 or more by chance alone is 2.3 × 10⁻⁵.

What is the shortest skip for Wedding in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Leviticus 16:7 — the shortest of 18,147 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 17,603.

What is the gematria of Wedding in Hebrew?

Wedding is spelled חתנה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 463; one other spelling is counted on this page.

How many times is Wedding found in the whole Tanakh?

56,968 sequences of חתנה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 56,758 that chance alone would produce.

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