First names

Nesta נסטה

Nesta is a first name, written נסטה in Hebrew (male given name). In the Torah codes, Nesta is found 541 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 37 (Deuteronomy 25:3) — 20% above the 451 chance alone would give (probability of 541 or more by chance alone: 2.2 × 10⁻⁵).

Found in the Torah
541
Chance alone
451
P (≥ found)
2.2 × 10⁻⁵
Shortest skip
37

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 541 sequences of נסטה at skips 2–5,000, 20% above what chance alone gives (about 451); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.2 × 10⁻⁵ by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 37 — the first at Deuteronomy 25:3, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 5,712 sequences of נסטה, against about 4,700 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 67
  • Exodus 107
  • Leviticus 147
  • Numbers 177
  • Deuteronomy 43

The shortest skips

  1. Deuteronomy 25:3דברים כה:גskip 37, backward

    אַרְבָּעִים יַכֶּנּוּ לֹא יֹסִיף פֶּן־יֹסִיף לְהַכֹּתוֹ עַל־אֵלֶּה מַכָּה רַבָּה וְנִקְלָה אָחִיךָ לְעֵינֶֽיךָ

    Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes.

    נסטה at skip 37, backward from Deuteronomy 25:3ריךלגרליתוםולאלמנהיהיארץמצריםעלכןאנכימצוךלהיהריבביןאנשיםונגשואלקואתהצדיקורשיעואתהרשעוהפילוהשפוהכהולפניועיםיכנולאייףפןיסיףלהקלהאחיךלעייךלאתחסםשויחדוומתאחדמהםובןאיןלוהלאישזריבמהיבאעליהולקההבכוראשרתלדיקוםעלשםאנסטה
    skip 37, width 37 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 288,185Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 37:27שמות לז:כזskip 42, backward

    וּשְׁתֵּי טַבְּעֹת זָהָב עָֽשָׂה־לוֹ מִתַּחַת לְזֵרוֹ עַל שְׁתֵּי צַלְעֹתָיו עַל שְׁנֵי צִדָּיו לְבָתִּים לְבַדִּים לָשֵׂאת אֹתוֹ בָּהֶֽם

    And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for holders for staves wherewith to bear it.

    נסטה at skip 42, backward from Exodus 37:27איםממנהכפתריהםוקנתםממרויעשאתנרתיהשבעהומלקחבטהורעשהאתהואתכלכליהואמהארכוואמרחבורבועואויצףאתוזהבהוראתגגוואיעשלוזרזהבביבושתיטבעיצלעתיועלשיצדיולבתיםהבדיםעצישטיםויצףאתםזהקטרתהסמיםטהורמעשהרקחומשאמותארכווחמשאמותרחבנסטה
    skip 42, width 42 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 136,082Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 13:57ויקרא יג:נזskip 61, forward

    וְאִם־תֵּרָאֶה עוֹד בַּבֶּגֶד אֽוֹ־בַשְּׁתִי אֽוֹ־בָעֵרֶב אוֹ בְכָל־כְּלִי־עוֹר פֹּרַחַת הִוא בָּאֵשׁ תִּשְׂרְפֶנּוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ הַנָּֽגַע

    And if it appear still in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is breaking out, thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.

    נסטה at skip 61, forward from Leviticus 13:57בסאתהנגעוהנהלאהפךהנגערחתואובגבחתוואםראההכההעוראומןהשתיאומןהערבוהואבאשתשרפואתאשרבוהנמהםהנגעוכבשניתוטהרזאוכלכליעורלהרואולטמאורתווהובאאלכהןויצאהכהרועוצוההכהןולקחלמטהרשכהןושחטאתהצפורהאחתאלכאתשניהתולעתואתהאזבוטבנסטה
    skip 61, width 61 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 161,122Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 25:10שמות כה:יskip 88, forward

    וְעָשׂוּ אֲרוֹן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים אַמָּתַיִם וָחֵצִי אָרְכּוֹ וְאַמָּה וָחֵצִי רָחְבּוֹ וְאַמָּה וָחֵצִי קֹמָתֽוֹ

    And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

    נסטה at skip 88, forward from Exodus 25:10ראלויקחוליתרומהמאתכלאמןותולעתשניוששועזיםועםואבנימלאיםלאפדולחשןועשוועשוארועצישטיםאמתתעליוזרזהבביבויצקתלושיתבדיעצישיםוצפיתאתםממנוונתתאלארןאתהעדתאמקשהתעשהאתםמשניקצותהכהיוהכרביםפרשיכנפיםלמעעלהארןמלמעלהואלהארןתתןסטה
    skip 88, width 88 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 113,747Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 6:14דברים ו:ידskip 99, forward

    לֹא תֵֽלְכוּן אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים מֵאֱלֹהֵי הָֽעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶֽם

    Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;

    נסטה at skip 99, forward from Deuteronomy 6:14ךובשכבךובקומךוקשרתםלאשבעלאבתיךלאברהםליצחקוםוזיתיםאשרלאנטעתואכלתתשבעלאתלכואחריאלהיםאיהאדמהלאתנואתיקוקאלהיקוקלמעןייבלךובאתוירעדתוהחקיםומשפטיםאשרצקאותתומפתיםגדליםורעיםויצונויקוקלעשותאתכלהחלהמצוההזאתלפנייקוקאלהןסטה
    skip 99, width 99 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 261,934Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 1,665 sequences of נסטה at skips 2–5,000, 6.2% above what chance alone gives (about 1,568); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0076 by chance alone.

  • Genesis 67
  • Exodus 107
  • Leviticus 147
  • Numbers 177
  • Deuteronomy 45
  • Joshua 39
  • Judges 41
  • Samuel 32
  • Kings 96
  • Isaiah 115
  • Jeremiah 73
  • Ezekiel 99
  • The Twelve 82
  • Psalms 187
  • Proverbs 63
  • Job 41
  • Song of Songs 10
  • Ruth 1
  • Lamentations 15
  • Ecclesiastes 27
  • Esther 19
  • Daniel 61
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 66
  • Chronicles 55

Outside the Torah

  1. Proverbs 9:2משלי ט:בskip 5, backward

    טָבְחָה טִבְחָהּ מָסְכָה יֵינָהּ אַף עָֽרְכָה שֻׁלְחָנָֽהּ

    She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

    נסטה at skip 5, backward from Proverbs 9:2ביתהחצבהעמודיהשבעטבחהבחהמכהייהאףערכהשלחנהשלחהננסטה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 944,292Open in the laboratory →

  2. Isaiah 30:23ישעיהו ל:כגskip 28, backward

    וְנָתַן מְטַר זַרְעֲךָ אֲשֶׁר־תִּזְרַע אֶת־הָאֲדָמָה וְלֶחֶם תְּבוּאַת הָֽאֲדָמָה וְהָיָה דָשֵׁן וְשָׁמֵן יִרְעֶה מִקְנֶיךָ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כַּר נִרְחָֽב

    And He will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou sowest the ground, And bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous; In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

    נסטה at skip 28, backward from Isaiah 30:23כשמעתוענךונתןלכםאדנילםלחץולאיכנףעודמוריךוהראותאתמוריךואזניךתשמעחריךלאמרזהדרךלכובוכיכיתשמאילוומאתםאתצפויפךואתאפדתמכתזהבךתזרםאתאמרלוונתמטרזרעךאשראדמהולחםתבואתהאדמהוהיןירעהמקניךביוםההואכרנפיםוהעיריםעבדיהאדמהבלןסטה
    skip 28, width 28 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 604,556Open in the laboratory →

  3. Psalms 84:12תהלים פד:יבskip 33, backward

    כִּי שֶׁמֶשׁ וּמָגֵן יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים חֵן וְכָבוֹד יִתֵּן יְהוָה לֹא יִמְנַע־טוֹב לַֽהֹלְכִים בְּתָמִֽים

    For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

    נסטה at skip 33, backward from Psalms 84:12דםעוזלובךמסלותבלבבםעביןישיתוהוגםברכותיעטהמלחיליראהאלאלהיםבציוןיתשמעהתפלתיאזינהאלהייאהאלהיםוהבפנימשיחךכימאלףבחרתיהתופףבביתאלשעכישמשומגיקוקאלהיםחקלאימנעטובלהלכיםבתמיםיאדםבטחבךלמנצחלבניקרחקארצךשבתשבותיעקבנשאתעןסטה
    skip 33, width 33 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 903,723Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

נסטה — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as נסטה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 124.

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

Questions

Is Nesta in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 541 sequences of נסטה at skips 2–5,000, 20% above what chance alone gives (about 451); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.2 × 10⁻⁵ by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Nesta in the Torah?

Skip 37, reading backward from Deuteronomy 25:3 — the shortest of 541 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 451.

How is Nesta spelled in Hebrew?

Nesta is spelled נסטה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 124.

Is Nesta in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 1,665 sequences of נסטה at skips 2–5,000, 6.2% above what chance alone gives (about 1,568); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0076 by chance alone.

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