Zenan צנן
Zenan (צנן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 83,724 sequences of Zenan, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 13:12); chance alone would give about 83,658.
- Found in the Torah
- 83,724
- Chance alone
- 83,658
- P (≥ found)
- 0.41
- 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, צנן appears 83,724 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 83,658, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which צנן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 13:12, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), צנן is found 1,305,397 times; chance alone would give about 1,296,666.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 83,658 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 25,090
- Exodus 16,389
- Leviticus 9,806
- Numbers 20,459
- Deuteronomy 11,980
The shortest skips
אַבְרָם יָשַׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־כְּנָעַן וְלוֹט יָשַׁב בְּעָרֵי הַכִּכָּר וַיֶּאֱהַל עַד־סְדֹֽם
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,730Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּקַּח שָׂרַי אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם אֶת־הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית שִׁפְחָתָהּ מִקֵּץ עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים לְשֶׁבֶת אַבְרָם בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַתִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָם אִישָׁהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,442Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַתִּי לְךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ אֵת אֶרֶץ מְגֻרֶיךָ אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן לַאֲחֻזַּת עוֹלָם וְהָיִיתִי לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִֽים
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,457Open in the laboratory →
וַתָּמָת שָׂרָה בְּקִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִוא חֶבְרוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיָּבֹא אַבְרָהָם לִסְפֹּד לְשָׂרָה וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ
And Sarah died in Kiriatharba—the same is Hebron—in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,411Open in the laboratory →
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן קָבַר אַבְרָהָם אֶת־שָׂרָה אִשְׁתּוֹ אֶל־מְעָרַת שְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה עַל־פְּנֵי מַמְרֵא הִוא חֶבְרוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָֽעַן
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre—the same is Hebron—in the land of Canaan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,300Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, צנן appears 322,743 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.2% more than the 315,859 chance alone would give; the probability of 322,743 or more by chance alone is 1.5 × 10⁻³⁴.
- Genesis 25,090
- Exodus 16,389
- Leviticus 9,806
- Numbers 20,459
- Deuteronomy 12,830
- Joshua 14,165
- Judges 7,889
- Samuel 14,882
- Kings 13,679
- Isaiah 24,877
- Jeremiah 23,059
- Ezekiel 20,016
- The Twelve 14,938
- Psalms 31,790
- Proverbs 9,843
- Job 12,024
- Song of Songs 1,828
- Ruth 1,155
- Lamentations 2,717
- Ecclesiastes 1,609
- Esther 1,784
- Daniel 11,620
- Ezra–Nehemiah 11,003
- Chronicles 19,291
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁבֹּת הַמָּן מִֽמָּחֳרָת בְּאָכְלָם מֵעֲבוּר הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־הָיָה עוֹד לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מָן וַיֹּאכְלוּ מִתְּבוּאַת אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִֽיא
And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,174Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר־נָחֲלוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן אֲשֶׁר נִֽחֲלוּ אוֹתָם אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וְרָאשֵׁי אֲבוֹת הַמַּטּוֹת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 326,650Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֲלֵיהֶם בְּשִׁלֹה בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן לֵאמֹר יְהוָה צִוָּה בְיַד־מֹשֶׁה לָֽתֶת־לָנוּ עָרִים לָשָׁבֶת וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן לִבְהֶמְתֵּֽנוּ
and they spoke unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying: ‘The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the open land thereabout for our cattle.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 336,200Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
צנן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as צנן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 190.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 15:37. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Zenan in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, צנן appears 83,724 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 83,658, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Zenan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 13:12 — the shortest of 83,724 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 83,658.
What is the gematria of Zenan in Hebrew?
Zenan is spelled צנן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 190.
How many times is Zenan found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, צנן appears 322,743 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.2% more than the 315,859 chance alone would give; the probability of 322,743 or more by chance alone is 1.5 × 10⁻³⁴.
Search it yourself
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