Nafisa נפיסה

In Hebrew letters the first name Nafisa is written נפיסה — female given name. Nafisa appears 1,092 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), 12% more than chance alone would give (about 972; probability 8.3 × 10⁻⁵).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 1,092
Chance alone · every skip: 972
P (≥ found) · every skip: 8.3 × 10⁻⁵
Shortest skip: 50
Longest skip found: 73,202

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 124 found · chance alone about 123 (probability of 124 or more by chance alone: 0.49).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–76,212), נפיסה appears 1,092 times in the Torah — 12% more than the 972 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,092 or more by chance alone is 8.3 × 10⁻⁵.

The shortest skip at which נפיסה appears in the Torah is 50 — at Exodus 28:30, reading forward.

The longest skip at which נפיסה was found in the Torah is 73,202 — at Genesis 4:9, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 313
Exodus 224
Leviticus 162
Numbers 258
Deuteronomy 135

Examples across the range

5 of the 1,092 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.

shortest skipExodus 28:30שמות כח:לskip 50, forward
Letter by letter
1. נExodus 28:30
  … מִשְׁפַּט בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל־לִבּוֹ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה תָּמִֽיד
  And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
2. פExodus 28:32
  וְהָיָה פִֽי־רֹאשׁוֹ בְּתוֹכוֹ שָׂפָה יִֽהְיֶה לְפִיו סָבִיב מַעֲשֵׂה אֹרֵג …
  And it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof; it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail that it be not rent.
3. י סExodus 28:33
  וְעָשִׂיתָ עַל־שׁוּלָיו רִמֹּנֵי תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי … שׁוּלָיו סָבִיב וּפַעֲמֹנֵי זָהָב בְּתוֹכָם סָבִֽיב
  And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
4. הExodus 28:35
  וְהָיָה עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן לְשָׁרֵת וְנִשְׁמַע קוֹלוֹ בְּבֹאוֹ אֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וּבְצֵאתוֹ וְלֹא יָמֽוּת
  And it shall be upon Aaron to minister; and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
skip 50, width 50 — one row is 50 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 119,860 of the TorahOpen at skip 50 in the laboratory →
a short skipGenesis 36:38בראשית לו:לחskip 94, forward
1. ןGenesis 36:38
  וַיָּמָת שָׁאוּל וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו בַּעַל חָנָן בֶּן־עַכְבּֽוֹר
  And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. פGenesis 36:40
  וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת אַלּוּפֵי עֵשָׂו לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לִמְקֹמֹתָם בִּשְׁמֹתָם אַלּוּף תִּמְנָע אַלּוּף עַֽלְוָה אַלּוּף יְתֵֽת
  And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: the chief of Timna, the chief of Alvah, the chief of Jetheth;
2. יGenesis 36:43
  אַלּוּף מַגְדִּיאֵל אַלּוּף עִירָם אֵלֶּה אַלּוּפֵי אֱדוֹם לְמֹֽשְׁבֹתָם בְּאֶרֶץ אֲחֻזָּתָם הוּא עֵשָׂו אֲבִי אֱדֽוֹם
  the chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau the father of the Edomites.
3. סGenesis 37:2
  אֵלֶּה תֹּלְדוֹת יַעֲקֹב יוֹסֵף בֶּן־שְׁבַֽע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה הָיָה …
  These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being still a lad even with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought evil report of them unto their father.
4. הGenesis 37:3
  וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָהַב אֶת־יוֹסֵף מִכָּל־בָּנָיו כִּֽי …
  Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colours.
skip 94, width 94 — one row is 94 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 53,813 of the TorahOpen at skip 94 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 33:48במדבר לג:מחskip 180, backward
1. ןNumbers 33:48
  וַיִּסְעוּ מֵהָרֵי הָעֲבָרִים וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעַֽרְבֹת מוֹאָב עַל יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחֽוֹ
  And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. פNumbers 33:42
  וַיִּסְעוּ מִצַּלְמֹנָה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּפוּנֹֽן
  And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
2. יNumbers 33:38
  … הַכֹּהֵן אֶל־הֹר הָהָר עַל־פִּי יְהוָה וַיָּמָת שָׁם בִּשְׁנַת הָֽאַרְבָּעִים …
  And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
3. סNumbers 33:32
  וַיִּסְעוּ מִבְּנֵי יַעֲקָן וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּחֹר הַגִּדְגָּֽד
  And they journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and pitched in Hor-haggidgad.
4. הNumbers 33:23
  וַיִּסְעוּ מִקְּהֵלָתָה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּהַר־שָֽׁפֶר
  And they journeyed from Kehelah, and pitched in mount Shepher.
skip 180, width 180 — one row is 180 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 245,670 of the TorahOpen at skip 180 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 27:3ויקרא כז:גskip 1,033, backward
1. ןLeviticus 27:3
  … הַזָּכָר מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְעַד בֶּן־שִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ חֲמִשִּׁים …
  then thy valuation shall be for the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. פLeviticus 26:30
  … חַמָּנֵיכֶם וְנָֽתַתִּי אֶת־פִּגְרֵיכֶם עַל־פִּגְרֵי גִּלּוּלֵיכֶם וְגָעֲלָה נַפְשִׁי אֶתְכֶֽם
  And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.
2. יLeviticus 26:9
  וּפָנִיתִי אֲלֵיכֶם וְהִפְרֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֶתְכֶם וַהֲקִימֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶֽם
  And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you; and will establish My covenant with you.
3. סLeviticus 25:44
  וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר יִהְיוּ־לָךְ מֵאֵת הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹתֵיכֶם מֵהֶם תִּקְנוּ עֶבֶד וְאָמָֽה
  And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou mayest have: of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
4. הLeviticus 25:22
  … אֵת הַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁמִינִת וַאֲכַלְתֶּם מִן־הַתְּבוּאָה יָשָׁן עַד הַשָּׁנָה הַתְּשִׁיעִת עַד …
  And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the produce, the old store; until the ninth year, until her produce come in, ye shall eat the old store.
skip 1,033, width 1,033 — one row is 1,033 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 184,796 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,033 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 4:9בראשית ד:טskip 73,202, forward
1. ןGenesis 4:9
  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־קַיִן אֵי הֶבֶל אָחִיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא יָדַעְתִּי הֲשֹׁמֵר אָחִי אָנֹֽכִי
  And the LORD said unto Cain: ‘Where is Abel thy brother?’ And he said: ‘I know not; am I my brother’s keeper?’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ףGenesis 50:22
  וַיֵּשֶׁב יוֹסֵף בְּמִצְרַיִם הוּא וּבֵית אָבִיו וַיְחִי יוֹסֵף מֵאָה וָעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִֽים
  And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
2. יLeviticus 8:5
  וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־הָעֵדָה זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה לַעֲשֽׂוֹת
  And Moses said unto the congregation: ‘This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded to be done.’
3. סNumbers 21:14
  עַל־כֵּן יֵֽאָמַר בְּסֵפֶר מִלְחֲמֹת יְהוָה אֶת־וָהֵב בְּסוּפָה וְאֶת־הַנְּחָלִים אַרְנֽוֹן
  wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of the LORD: Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of Arnon,
4. הDeuteronomy 30:5
  וֶהֱבִֽיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָרְשׁוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ וִֽירִשְׁתָּהּ וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ וְהִרְבְּךָ מֵאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ
  And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. .
skip 73,202, width 73,202 — one row is 73,202 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 4,592 of the TorahOpen at skip 73,202 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–299,260), נפיסה appears 16,127 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.3% more than the 15,758 chance alone would give; the probability of 16,127 or more by chance alone is 0.0017.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 493 found · chance alone about 522 (probability of 493 or more by chance alone: 0.90).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 1,109
Exodus 768
Leviticus 531
Numbers 896
Deuteronomy 537
Joshua 468
Judges 446
Samuel 987
Kings 955
Isaiah 814
Jeremiah 1,141
Ezekiel 1,077
The Twelve 764
Psalms 1,259
Proverbs 462
Job 548
Song of Songs 117
Ruth 70
Lamentations 120
Ecclesiastes 154
Esther 174
Daniel 586
Ezra–Nehemiah 760
Chronicles 1,384

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahIsaiah 36:6ישעיהו לו:וskip 36, forward
1. נ פIsaiah 36:6
  הִנֵּה בָטַחְתָּ עַל־מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקָּנֶה הָרָצוּץ הַזֶּה עַל־מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר יִסָּמֵךְ אִישׁ עָלָיו וּבָא בְכַפּוֹ וּנְקָבָהּ כֵּן פַּרְעֹה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם …
  Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it; so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. י ס הIsaiah 36:7
  וְכִי־תֹאמַר אֵלַי אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ בָּטָחְנוּ הֲלוֹא־הוּא אֲשֶׁר הֵסִיר חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶת־בָּמֹתָיו וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לִֽיהוּדָה וְלִירוּשָׁלִַם לִפְנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הַזֶּה תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ …
  But if thou say unto me: We trust in the LORD our God; is not that He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem: Ye shall worship before this altar?
skip 36, width 36 — one row is 36 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 609,391 of the TanakhOpen at skip 36 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJoshua 7:10יהושע ז:יskip 106, backward
1. נJoshua 7:10
  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ קֻם לָךְ לָמָּה זֶּה אַתָּה נֹפֵל עַל־פָּנֶֽיךָ
  And the LORD said unto Joshua: ‘Get thee up; wherefore, now, art thou fallen upon thy face?
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ףJoshua 7:8
  בִּי אֲדֹנָי מָה אֹמַר אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר הָפַךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל עֹרֶף לִפְנֵי אֹיְבָֽיו
  Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
2. יJoshua 7:7
  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה לָמָה הֵעֲבַרְתָּ הַעֲבִיר אֶת …
  And Joshua said: ‘Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast Thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!
3. סJoshua 7:5
  … הַשַּׁעַר עַד־הַשְּׁבָרִים וַיַּכּוּם בַּמּוֹרָד וַיִּמַּס לְבַב־הָעָם וַיְהִי לְמָֽיִם
  And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
4. הJoshua 7:3
  … אֶת־כָּל־הָעָם כִּי מְעַט הֵֽמָּה
  And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him: ‘Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.’
skip 106, width 106 — one row is 106 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 314,041 of the TanakhOpen at skip 106 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 34:12דברי הימים ב לד:יבskip 297,259, backward
1. ן2 Chronicles 34:12
  … מִן־בְּנֵי מְרָרִי וּזְכַרְיָה וּמְשֻׁלָּם מִן־בְּנֵי הַקְּהָתִים לְנַצֵּחַ וְהַלְוִיִּם כָּל …
  And the men did the work faithfully; and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to preside over it; and other of the Levites, all that had skill with instruments of music.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. פPsalms 71:11
  לֵאמֹר אֱלֹהִים עֲזָבוֹ רִֽדְפוּ וְתִפְשׂוּהוּ כִּי־אֵין מַצִּֽיל
  Saying: 'God hath forsaken him; Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.'
2. יIsaiah 24:2
  וְהָיָה כָעָם כַּכֹּהֵן כַּעֶבֶד כַּֽאדֹנָיו כַּשִּׁפְחָה …
  And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; As with the servant, so with his master; As with the maid, so with her mistress; As with the buyer, so with the seller; As with the lender, so with the borrower; As with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3. סDeuteronomy 31:26
  לָקֹחַ אֵת סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּה וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֹתוֹ מִצַּד …
  ’Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
4. הGenesis 3:1
  וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר …
  Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: ‘Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’
skip 297,259, width 297,259 — one row is 297,259 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,191,950 of the TanakhOpen at skip 297,259 in the laboratory →

The spelling

נפיסה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as נפיסה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 205.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Nafisa appear in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–76,212), נפיסה appears 1,092 times in the Torah — 12% more than the 972 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,092 or more by chance alone is 8.3 × 10⁻⁵.

What is the shortest skip for Nafisa in the Torah?

Skip 50, reading forward from Exodus 28:30 — the shortest of 1,092 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 972.

What is the gematria of Nafisa in Hebrew?

Nafisa is spelled נפיסה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 205.

How many times is Nafisa found in the whole Tanakh?

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Csilla קסילהTorah · every skip: 1,434 (chance 1,450)
Duncan דאנקןTorah · every skip: 1,683 (chance 1,573)
Silke סילקהTorah · every skip: 1,418 (chance 1,450)
Stefano סטפנוTorah · every skip: 65 (chance 60.5)
Alexia אלקסיהTorah · every skip: 126 (chance 103)
Annemieke אנמיקהTorah · every skip: 949 (chance 923)
Badr בדרTorah · every skip: 3,396,681 (chance 3,416,780)
Catalina קטלינהTorah · every skip: 46 (chance 52.9)

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