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Table 23.7. Biblical Hebrew species names with at least two letters sharing same k. Names with
two different k's having this characterization are classified twice (once for each k) and are starred.
Table 23.7. Biblical Hebrew species names with at least two letters sharing same k.
Altogether there are 69 different names in this list.
Names with two different k's having this characterization are classified twice (once for
each k) and are starred. Altogether there are 69 different names in this list.

k Biblical species names (in Hebrew)
1 ʠʥʹʷ * , ʺʩʬʩʬ , * ʤʷʰʠ , ʠʩʡʬ , ʺʠʷ , ʷʬʩ , ʤʩʠ , ʩʸʠ , ʬʩʠ

2 , ʤʸʥʡʣ , * ʸʩʦʸʦ , ʸʡʫʲ , ʡʥʡʦ , ʸʩʴʫ , ʸʥʡ , ʹʥʸʡ , ʡʸʲ , ʤʡʸʠ , ʣʥʸʡ , ʡʤʸ , ʸʡʣ , ʸʫ , ʸʷʡ , ʹʡʫ , ʡʬʫ
ʭʫʸʫ , ʯʷʸʡ * , ʸʲʸʲ , * ʸʣʸʣ

3 ʬʹʠ , ʬʢʸʧ , * ʺʩʬʩʬ , ʪʬʹ , ʬʮʢ , ʬʲʥʹ , ʬʧʹ , ʥʬʹ , ʹʩʬ
4 ʸʤʣʺ * , ʸʣʸʣ , ʺʴʩʫʥʣ , ʺʲʬʥʺ , ʺʩʮʮʹ , ʺʮʹʰʺ , ʱʮʧʺ , ʣʥʺʲ , ʸʮʺ , ʭʺʥʸ , ʭʣʠ

5 ʤʰʱ , ʤʰʥʡʬ , ʯʥʮʰʷ , ʤʰʡʬ , ʤʴʰʠ , * ʤʷʰʠ , ʯʩʰʺ , ʤʩʰʦʲ , ʤʰʷ , ʤʰʲʩ , ʤʬʮʰ , ʤʰʠʺ , ʤʰʥʩ
6 ʱʥʫ , ʳʥʱ , ʱʥʱ

7 * ʸʲʸʲ , * ʸʩʦʸʦ , ʤʩʰʦʲ , ʦʲ
8 ʧʥʧ , * ʤʴʶʴʶ , ʯʴʩʴʹ , ʧʸʴʠ , ʳʧʹ
9 * ʤʴʶʴʶ

The number of different names in the table (69, of which 27 are three-letter
names) is large. It is hard to believe that this number (27) comprises only 3.8%
(probability of occurring randomly) of all three-letter species names that appear
in the Bible.
A natural question arises: If based on the probability calculation listed
above one cannot perceive this phenomenon as coincidence, then . . . what is its
significance?
We have no definite answer but can offer two possible responses. First, if
a certain structure (pattern) is found in biblical species names that occurs with
frequency that defies randomness, obviously it has significance. Secondly, referring
to the substance of this phenomenon we may contemplate two possible frameworks
for discussion. First, earlier in the book we have related to the fact that the word
“life” in Hebrew, Chaim, implies double in a symmetrical way (section 5.5). Does
the same hold true for the double appearance of same k in two different letters?
A more outrageous framework for discussion may have to do with the double
helix in cell chromosomes of every sexually multiplying living creature. Since