Zaphnath-paaneah צפנת פענח
Zaphnath-paaneah (צפנת פענח) is a person named in the Tanakh — Zaphenath-paneah. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,580 sequences of צפנת (from Zaphnath-paaneah), the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 6:14); chance alone would give about 1,662.
- Found in the Torah (צפנת)
- 1,580
- Chance alone
- 1,662
- P (≥ found)
- 0.98
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for צפנת, and פענח has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
1,580 sequences of צפנת at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,662 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 6:14, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 18,453 sequences of צפנת, against about 17,314 from chance alone.
- Genesis 408
- Exodus 394
- Leviticus 228
- Numbers 348
- Deuteronomy 202
The shortest skips
עֲשֵׂה לְךָ תֵּבַת עֲצֵי־גֹפֶר קִנִּים תַּֽעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וְכָֽפַרְתָּ אֹתָהּ מִבַּיִת וּמִחוּץ בַּכֹּֽפֶר
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,461Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הֶחָצֵר לִפְאַת נֶגֶב תֵּימָנָה קַלְעֵי הֶֽחָצֵר שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר מֵאָה בָּאַמָּֽה
And he made the court; for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 136,573Open in the laboratory →
וְלִקְהָת מִשְׁפַּחַת הַֽעַמְרָמִי וּמִשְׁפַּחַת הַיִּצְהָרִי וּמִשְׁפַּחַת הַֽחֶבְרֹנִי וּמִשְׁפַּחַת הָֽעָזִּיאֵלִי אֵלֶּה הֵם מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַקְּהָתִֽי
And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites:
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 191,434Open in the laboratory →
כִּי־יִמָּצֵא אִישׁ גֹּנֵב נֶפֶשׁ מֵאֶחָיו מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהִתְעַמֶּר־בּוֹ וּמְכָרוֹ וּמֵת הַגַּנָּב הַהוּא וּבִֽעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, and sell him; then that thief shall die; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 287,204Open in the laboratory →
זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה לִקְטוּ מִמֶּנּוּ אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֹ עֹמֶר לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת מִסְפַּר נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם אִישׁ לַאֲשֶׁר בְּאָהֳלוֹ תִּקָּֽחוּ
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.’
skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 102,124Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 5,678 sequences of צפנת at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% above what chance alone gives (about 5,523); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
- Genesis 408
- Exodus 394
- Leviticus 228
- Numbers 348
- Deuteronomy 215
- Joshua 173
- Judges 116
- Samuel 228
- Kings 233
- Isaiah 474
- Jeremiah 366
- Ezekiel 450
- The Twelve 248
- Psalms 617
- Proverbs 275
- Job 261
- Song of Songs 42
- Ruth 18
- Lamentations 41
- Ecclesiastes 19
- Esther 27
- Daniel 122
- Ezra–Nehemiah 103
- Chronicles 272
Outside the Torah
וָאֶשְׁלַח אֶת־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן וָאֶגֹּף אֶת־מִצְרַיִם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ וְאַחַר הוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶֽם
And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof; and afterward I brought you out.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 342,683Open in the laboratory →
וְאָמַרְתָּ כֹּה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הוֹי לִֽמְתַפְּרוֹת כְּסָתוֹת עַל כָּל־אַצִּילֵי יָדַי וְעֹשׂוֹת הַמִּסְפָּחוֹת עַל־רֹאשׁ כָּל־קוֹמָה לְצוֹדֵד נְפָשׁוֹת הַנְּפָשׁוֹת תְּצוֹדֵדְנָה לְעַמִּי וּנְפָשׁוֹת לָכֶנָה תְחַיֶּֽינָה
and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 742,868Open in the laboratory →
וּמִי כְעַמְּךָ כְּיִשְׂרָאֵל גּוֹי אֶחָד בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הָלְכֽוּ־אֱלֹהִים לִפְדּֽוֹת־לוֹ לְעָם וְלָשׂוּם לוֹ שֵׁם וְלַעֲשׂוֹת לָכֶם הַגְּדוּלָּה וְנֹֽרָאוֹת לְאַרְצֶךָ מִפְּנֵי עַמְּךָ אֲשֶׁר פָּדִיתָ לְּךָ מִמִּצְרַיִם גּוֹיִם וֵאלֹהָֽיו
And who is like Thy people, like Israel, a nation one in the earth, whom God went to redeem unto Himself for a people, and to make Him a name, and to do for Thy land great things and tremendous, even for you, [in driving out] from before Thy people, whom Thou didst redeem to Thee out of Egypt, the nations and their gods?
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 445,949Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
צפנת פענח — the Tanakh's own spelling: Zaphenath-paneah. Searched as צפנת, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 620.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 41:45. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- פענח — the Tanakh's own spelling found 1,950 in the Torah (chance 1,890)
Questions
Is Zaphnath-paaneah in the Bible code?
1,580 sequences of צפנת at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,662 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Zaphnath-paaneah in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 6:14 — the shortest of 1,580 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,662.
How is Zaphnath-paaneah spelled in Hebrew?
Zaphnath-paaneah is spelled צפנת פענח — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 620; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Zaphnath-paaneah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 5,678 sequences of צפנת at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% above what chance alone gives (about 5,523); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 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 1,662 here) beside the count.