Zoan צען
Zoan (צען) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Zoan appears 1,050,752 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), 1.8% more than chance alone would give (about 1,032,670; probability 9.9 × 10⁻⁷¹).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 1,050,752
- Chance alone · every skip
- 1,032,670
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 9.9 × 10⁻⁷¹
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,236
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 66,044 found · chance alone about 66,626 (probability of 66,044 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), צען appears 1,050,752 times in the Torah — 1.8% more than the 1,032,670 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,050,752 or more by chance alone is 9.9 × 10⁻⁷¹.
The shortest skip at which צען appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 36:2, reading forward.
The longest skip at which צען was found in the Torah is 152,236 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, reading backward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,032,670 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 295,787
- Exodus 251,887
- Leviticus 128,543
- Numbers 182,043
- Deuteronomy 192,492
Examples across the range
5 of the 1,050,752 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- צ ע ןGenesis 36:2
… וְאֶת־אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה בַּת־עֲנָה בַּת־צִבְעוֹן הַֽחִוִּֽי
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 52,274 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- צ ע ןGenesis 36:2
Letter by letter
- צ ע ןGenesis 36:14
… בְּנֵי אָהֳלִיבָמָה בַת־עֲנָה בַּת־צִבְעוֹן אֵשֶׁת עֵשָׂו וַתֵּלֶד לְעֵשָׂו אֶת …
And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife; and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 52,811 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- צ ע ןGenesis 36:14
- צExodus 5:15
וַיָּבֹאוּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּצְעֲקוּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר לָמָּה תַעֲשֶׂה כֹה לַעֲבָדֶֽיךָ
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying: ‘Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- עExodus 5:17
וַיֹּאמֶר נִרְפִּים אַתֶּם נִרְפִּים עַל־כֵּן אַתֶּם אֹֽמְרִים נֵלְכָה נִזְבְּחָה לַֽיהוָֽה
But he said: ‘Ye are idle, ye are idle; therefore ye say: Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.
- נExodus 5:19
וַיִּרְאוּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֹתָם בְּרָע לֵאמֹר לֹא־תִגְרְעוּ מִלִּבְנֵיכֶם דְּבַר־יוֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ
And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were set on mischief, when they said: ‘Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily task.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 84,340 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- צExodus 5:15
- צLeviticus 24:2
צַו אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית לַמָּאוֹר לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר תָּמִֽיד
’Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- עLeviticus 24:23
… וַיִּרְגְּמוּ אֹתוֹ אָבֶן וּבְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל עָשׂוּ כַּֽאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה …
And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and they brought forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
- ןLeviticus 25:20
וְכִי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נֹּאכַל בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִת הֵן לֹא נִזְרָע וְלֹא נֶאֱסֹף אֶת־תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ
And if ye shall say: ‘What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our increase’;
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 178,569 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- צLeviticus 24:2
- צDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- עLeviticus 8:30
… אַהֲרֹן עַל־בְּגָדָיו וְעַל־בָּנָיו וְעַל־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו אִתּוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֶֽת …
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’garments with him.
- ןGenesis 1:7
… הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
skip 152,236, width 152,236 — one row is 152,236 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,778 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,236 in the laboratory →
- צDeuteronomy 34:11
Across the Tanakh
15,327,661 sequences of צען across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 15,444,161 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 259,271 found · chance alone about 256,910 (probability of 259,271 or more by chance alone: 1.7 × 10⁻⁶).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,119,809
- Exodus 972,918
- Leviticus 491,661
- Numbers 705,651
- Deuteronomy 766,996
- Joshua 511,134
- Judges 358,715
- Samuel 849,885
- Kings 952,935
- Isaiah 1,275,053
- Jeremiah 1,190,023
- Ezekiel 951,093
- The Twelve 868,190
- Psalms 1,318,765
- Proverbs 479,032
- Job 464,480
- Song of Songs 70,797
- Ruth 44,954
- Lamentations 105,662
- Ecclesiastes 96,556
- Esther 91,502
- Daniel 275,281
- Ezra–Nehemiah 325,617
- Chronicles 1,040,952
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- צ ע ןJoshua 18:17
וְתָאַר מִצָּפוֹן וְיָצָא עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ וְיָצָא אֶל־גְּלִילוֹת אֲשֶׁר …
And it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 332,954 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- צ ע ןJoshua 18:17
- צ1 Samuel 13:13
… שָׁאוּל נִסְכָּלְתָּ לֹא שָׁמַרְתָּ אֶת־מִצְוַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּךְ כִּי …
And Samuel said to Saul: ‘Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which He commanded thee; for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- ע1 Samuel 13:14
… אִישׁ כִּלְבָבוֹ וַיְצַוֵּהוּ יְהוָה לְנָגִיד עַל־עַמּוֹ כִּי לֹא שָׁמַרְתָּ אֵת …
But now thy kingdom shall not continue; the LORD hath sought him a man after His own heart, and the LORD hath appointed him to be prince over His people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.’
- נ1 Samuel 13:16
וְשָׁאוּל וְיוֹנָתָן בְּנוֹ וְהָעָם הַנִּמְצָא עִמָּם יֹשְׁבִים בְּגֶבַע בִּנְיָמִן וּפְלִשְׁתִּים חָנוּ בְמִכְמָֽשׂ
And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeath-benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmas.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 401,831 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- צ1 Samuel 13:13
- ץ2 Chronicles 36:21
… יְהוָה בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ עַד־רָצְתָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה …
to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- עIsaiah 25:3
עַל־כֵּן יְכַבְּדוּךָ עַם־עָז קִרְיַת גּוֹיִם עָרִיצִים יִירָאֽוּךָ
Therefore shall the strong people glorify Thee, The city of the terrible nations shall fear Thee.
- ןGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 598,331, width 598,331 — one row is 598,331 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,806 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,331 in the laboratory →
- ץ2 Chronicles 36:21
The spelling
צען — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as צען, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 210.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 13:22. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Zoan appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–152,424), צען appears 1,050,752 times in the Torah — 1.8% more than the 1,032,670 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,050,752 or more by chance alone is 9.9 × 10⁻⁷¹.
What is the shortest skip for Zoan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 36:2 — the shortest of 1,050,752 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 1,032,670.
What is the gematria of Zoan in Hebrew?
Zoan is spelled צען — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 210.
How many times is Zoan found in the whole Tanakh?
15,327,661 sequences of צען across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 15,444,161 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,032,670 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.