Zethan זיתן
Zethan (זיתן) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 5,922 sequences of Zethan, the shortest at skip 4 (Exodus 30:31); chance alone would give about 6,054.
- Found in the Torah
- 5,922
- Chance alone
- 6,054
- P (≥ found)
- 0.96
- Shortest skip
- 4
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, זיתן appears 5,922 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 6,054, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which זיתן appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Exodus 30:31, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), זיתן is found 61,287 times; chance alone would give about 63,079.
- Genesis 1,253
- Exodus 1,458
- Leviticus 1,093
- Numbers 1,270
- Deuteronomy 848
The shortest skips
וְאֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּדַבֵּר לֵאמֹר שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה זֶה לִי לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying: This shall be a holy anointing oil unto Me throughout your generations.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 124,502Open in the laboratory →
וִידֵי מֹשֶׁה כְּבֵדִים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶבֶן וַיָּשִׂימוּ תַחְתָּיו וַיֵּשֶׁב עָלֶיהָ וְאַהֲרֹן וְחוּר תָּֽמְכוּ בְיָדָיו מִזֶּה אֶחָד וּמִזֶּה אֶחָד וַיְהִי יָדָיו אֱמוּנָה עַד־בֹּא הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
But Moses’hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 103,917Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶתְכֶם לָקַח יְהוָה וַיּוֹצִא אֶתְכֶם מִכּוּר הַבַּרְזֶל מִמִּצְרָיִם לִהְיוֹת לוֹ לְעַם נַחֲלָה כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
But you hath the LORD taken and brought forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto Him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 257,617Open in the laboratory →
פַּעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמּוֹן פַּֽעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמּוֹן עַל־שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל סָבִֽיב
a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 120,018Open in the laboratory →
וּשְׁתֵּי טַבְּעֹת זָהָב תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לּוֹ מִתַּחַת לְזֵרוֹ עַל שְׁתֵּי צַלְעֹתָיו תַּעֲשֶׂה עַל־שְׁנֵי צִדָּיו וְהָיָה לְבָתִּים לְבַדִּים לָשֵׂאת אֹתוֹ בָּהֵֽמָּה
And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them; and they shall be for places for staves wherewith to bear it.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 123,203Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 25,060 sequences of זיתן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 25,303).
- Genesis 1,253
- Exodus 1,458
- Leviticus 1,093
- Numbers 1,270
- Deuteronomy 953
- Joshua 713
- Judges 798
- Samuel 1,182
- Kings 1,767
- Isaiah 1,579
- Jeremiah 1,522
- Ezekiel 1,618
- The Twelve 1,087
- Psalms 2,193
- Proverbs 626
- Job 897
- Song of Songs 146
- Ruth 163
- Lamentations 157
- Ecclesiastes 202
- Esther 163
- Daniel 755
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,213
- Chronicles 2,252
Outside the Torah
כְּחֹרֶב בְּצָיוֹן שְׁאוֹן זָרִים תַּכְנִיעַ חֹרֶב בְּצֵל עָב זְמִיר עָֽרִיצִים יַעֲנֶֽה
As the heat in a dry place, Thou didst subdue the noise of strangers; As the heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones was brought low.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 598,582Open in the laboratory →
הֶן־כֹּל רָאֲתָה עֵינִי שָֽׁמְעָה אָזְנִי וַתָּבֶן לָֽהּ
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 973,241Open in the laboratory →
הָעָם הַמַּכְעִיסִים אוֹתִי עַל־פָּנַי תָּמִיד זֹֽבְחִים בַּגַּנּוֹת וּֽמְקַטְּרִים עַל־הַלְּבֵנִֽים
A people that provoke Me to My face continually, that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon bricks;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 639,643Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זיתן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as זיתן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 467.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Zethan in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, זיתן appears 5,922 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 6,054, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Zethan in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading backward from Exodus 30:31 — the shortest of 5,922 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 6,054.
What is the gematria of Zethan in Hebrew?
Zethan is spelled זיתן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 467.
How many times is Zethan found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 25,060 sequences of זיתן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 25,303).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 6,054 here) beside the count.