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Rostam רוסתם

In Hebrew letters the first name Rostam is written רוסתם — male given name. Rostam appears 4,188 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), 3.9% more than chance alone would give (about 4,031; probability 0.0072).

Found in the Torah · every skip
4,188
Chance alone · every skip
4,031
P (≥ found) · every skip
0.0072
Shortest skip
12
Longest skip found
74,933

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: 473 found · chance alone about 512 (probability of 473 or more by chance alone: 0.96).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–76,212), רוסתם appears 4,188 times in the Torah — 3.9% more than the 4,031 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,188 or more by chance alone is 0.0072.

The shortest skip at which רוסתם appears in the Torah is 12 — at Exodus 32:8, reading backward.

The longest skip at which רוסתם was found in the Torah is 74,933 — at Deuteronomy 33:10, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

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

  • Genesis 1,123
  • Exodus 942
  • Leviticus 561
  • Numbers 773
  • Deuteronomy 789

Examples across the range

5 of the 4,188 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.

  1. shortest skipExodus 32:8שמות לב:חskip 12, backward

    Letter by letter

    1. ר ו ס ת מExodus 32:8

      סָרוּ מַהֵר מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִם עָשׂוּ לָהֶם עֵגֶל מַסֵּכָה וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־לוֹ וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־לוֹ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלֶּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הֶֽעֱלוּךָ …

      they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said: This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.’

    רוסתם at skip 12, backward from Exodus 32:8קאלמשהלךרדכישחתעמךאשרהעליתמארץמצריםסרומהרןהדרךאשרצויםעשולהםעגלמכהוישתחוולויזבחולוויאמואלהאלהיךישראלאשרהעלוךמארץמצריםויאמריקוקאלרוסתמ
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 126,179 of the TorahOpen at skip 12 in the laboratory →

  2. a short skipLeviticus 13:4ויקרא יג:דskip 17, forward
    1. ר ו ס תLeviticus 13:4

      וְאִם־בַּהֶרֶת לְבָנָה הִוא בְּעוֹר בְּשָׂרוֹ וְעָמֹק אֵין־מַרְאֶהָ מִן־הָעוֹר וּשְׂעָרָה לֹא־הָפַךְ לָבָן וְהִסְגִּיר הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַנֶּגַע שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים …

      And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days.

    Letter by letter: the other 1 letter
    1. םLeviticus 13:5

      וְרָאָהוּ הַכֹּהֵן בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְהִנֵּה הַנֶּגַע עָמַד בְּעֵינָיו …

      And the priest shall look on him the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague stay in its appearance, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more.

    רוסתם at skip 17, forward from Leviticus 13:4געעמקמעורבשרונגעצרעתהואוראהוהכהןוטמאאתוואםבהרתלבנההואבעורבשוועמקאיןמראהמןהערושערהלאהפךלבןוהגירהכהןאתהנגעשבעימיםוראהוהכהןביוהשביעיוהנההנגעעמדבעיניולאפשההנגעבעורוהסגירוהכהןשבעתימיםשניתרוסתם
    skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 158,227 of the TorahOpen at skip 17 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipLeviticus 13:57ויקרא יג:נזskip 112, backward
    1. רLeviticus 13:57

      … אֽוֹ־בָעֵרֶב אוֹ בְכָל־כְּלִי־עוֹר פֹּרַחַת הִוא בָּאֵשׁ תִּשְׂרְפֶנּוּ אֵת …

      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.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. וLeviticus 13:55

      … בָּאֵשׁ תִּשְׂרְפֶנּוּ פְּחֶתֶת הִוא בְּקָרַחְתּוֹ אוֹ בְגַבַּחְתּֽוֹ

      And the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its colour, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without.

    2. סLeviticus 13:54

      וְצִוָּה הַכֹּהֵן וְכִבְּסוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ הַנָּגַע וְהִסְגִּירוֹ שִׁבְעַת־יָמִים שֵׁנִֽית

      then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more.

    3. תLeviticus 13:52

      … אוֹ אֶת־הָעֵרֶב בַּצֶּמֶר אוֹ בַפִּשְׁתִּים אוֹ אֶת־כָּל־כְּלִי הָעוֹר …

      And he shall burn the garment, or the warp, or the woof, whether it be of wool or of linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is; for it is a malignant leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

    4. םLeviticus 13:51

      וְרָאָה אֶת־הַנֶּגַע בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי כִּֽי־פָשָׂה הַנֶּגַע בַּבֶּגֶד …

      And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skin is used for, the plague is a malignant leprosy: it is unclean.

    רוסתם at skip 112, backward from Leviticus 13:57אישצרועהואטמאהואטמאיטעבויטמאטמאהואבדדישבמחרוהיההנגעירקרקאואדמדםהאתהנגעביוהשביעיכיפשבבצמראובפשיםאואתכלכלצוההכהןוכבואתאשרבוהנהואבקרחתואבגבחתוואםראובכלכליעופרחתהואבאשהצמראוהפשתיםאוהשתיאוהוץלמחנהוראההכהןוהנהנרחתאלכליחרשעלמיםחייםאתרוסתם
    skip 112, width 112 — one row is 112 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 161,107 of the TorahOpen at skip 112 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipNumbers 19:6במדבר יט:וskip 1,006, forward
    1. רNumbers 19:6

      וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן עֵץ אֶרֶז וְאֵזוֹב וּשְׁנִי תוֹלָעַת וְהִשְׁלִיךְ אֶל־תּוֹךְ שְׂרֵפַת הַפָּרָֽה

      And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. וNumbers 20:1

      … הָעֵדָה מִדְבַּר־צִן בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָֽרִאשׁוֹן וַיֵּשֶׁב הָעָם בְּקָדֵשׁ וַתָּמָת שָׁם מִרְיָם …

      And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

    2. סNumbers 20:19

      וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּֽמְסִלָּה נַעֲלֶה וְאִם־מֵימֶיךָ נִשְׁתֶּה אֲנִי …

      And the children of Israel said unto him: ‘We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof; let me only pass through on my feet; there is no hurt.’

    3. תNumbers 21:8

      … נֵס וְהָיָה כָּל־הַנָּשׁוּךְ וְרָאָה אֹתוֹ וָחָֽי

      And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.’

    4. מNumbers 21:29

      אוֹי־לְךָ מוֹאָב אָבַדְתָּ עַם־כְּמוֹשׁ נָתַן בָּנָיו פְּלֵיטִם וּבְנֹתָיו בַּשְּׁבִית לְמֶלֶךְ אֱמֹרִי סִיחֽוֹן

      Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh; He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

    רוסתם at skip 1,006, forward from Numbers 19:6תיםבמגפהארבעהעשראלףושושמרתםאתמשמרתהקדשואתמחלתךבתוךבניישראלולבנישליךאלתוךשפתהפרהוכבסבחדשהראשוןישבהעםבקדשבניישראלבמלהנעלהואםמהנשוךוראהאווחיויעשמשבשביתלמלךאריסיחוןוניתאראתהעםכיברוךהואויקםתילעשותלךכהויאמרלאויגהרריקדםלכהארהלייעקבולרוסתמ
    skip 1,006, width 1,006 — one row is 1,006 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 220,922 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,006 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 33:10דברים לג:יskip 74,933, backward
    1. רDeuteronomy 33:10

      יוֹרוּ מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לְיַעֲקֹב וְתוֹרָתְךָ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל יָשִׂימוּ קְטוֹרָה בְּאַפֶּךָ וְכָלִיל עַֽל־מִזְבְּחֶֽךָ

      They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, And Israel Thy law; They shall put incense before Thee, And whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar. .

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. וNumbers 23:15

      וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־בָּלָק הִתְיַצֵּב כֹּה עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ וְאָנֹכִי אִקָּרֶה כֹּֽה

      And he said unto Balak: ‘Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.’

    2. סLeviticus 9:9

      … הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת־הַדָּם יָצַק אֶל־יְסוֹד הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ

      And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.

    3. תExodus 1:12

      וְכַאֲשֶׁר יְעַנּוּ אֹתוֹ כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ וַיָּקֻצוּ מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

      But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were adread because of the children of Israel.

    4. מGenesis 3:13

      וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לָאִשָּׁה מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂית וַתֹּאמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה הַנָּחָשׁ הִשִּׁיאַנִי וָאֹכֵֽל

      And the LORD God said unto the woman: ‘What is this thou hast done?’ And the woman said: ‘The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.’

    רוסתם at skip 74,933, backward from Deuteronomy 33:10זאתעשיתותארהאשההנחשהוכאשריענואוכןירבהוכןתהדםיצקאליודהמזבחואתצבכהעלעלתךאנכיאקרהכהיתךינצרויוומשפטיךליערוסתמ
    skip 74,933, width 74,933 — one row is 74,933 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 303,285 of the TorahOpen at skip 74,933 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 61,531 sequences of רוסתם across every skip (2–299,260) — about what chance alone gives (about 61,382).

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,012 found · chance alone about 2,034 (probability of 2,012 or more by chance alone: 0.69).

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

  • Genesis 3,857
  • Exodus 3,142
  • Leviticus 2,094
  • Numbers 2,993
  • Deuteronomy 2,985
  • Joshua 2,304
  • Judges 1,822
  • Samuel 4,059
  • Kings 5,138
  • Isaiah 3,609
  • Jeremiah 4,459
  • Ezekiel 3,970
  • The Twelve 3,066
  • Psalms 4,225
  • Proverbs 1,662
  • Job 1,676
  • Song of Songs 290
  • Ruth 268
  • Lamentations 315
  • Ecclesiastes 549
  • Esther 751
  • Daniel 1,286
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,907
  • Chronicles 5,104
Open the whole Tanakh in the laboratory

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the TorahMicah 7:17מיכה ז:יזskip 3, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ר ו ס ת םMicah 7:17

      יְלַחֲכוּ עָפָר כַּנָּחָשׁ כְּזֹחֲלֵי אֶרֶץ יִרְגְּזוּ מִמִּסְגְּרֹֽתֵיהֶם אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יִפְחָדוּ וְיִֽרְאוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ

      They shall lick the dust like a serpent; Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; They shall come with fear unto the LORD our God, And shall be afraid because of Thee.

    רוסתם at skip 3, forward from Micah 7:17שכזחליארץיגזממגריהאליקוקאלהירוסתם
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 832,391 of the TanakhOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skip2 Kings 23:31מלכים ב כג:לאskip 101, backward
    1. ר2 Kings 23:31

      בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִים וְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנָה יְהוֹאָחָז בְּמָלְכוֹ וּשְׁלֹשָׁה …

      Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. ו2 Kings 23:29

      … יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיְמִיתֵהוּ בִּמְגִדּוֹ כִּרְאֹתוֹ אֹתֽוֹ

      In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

    2. ס2 Kings 23:28

      … עָשָׂה הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָֽה

      Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

    3. ת2 Kings 23:27

      … יְהוּדָה אָסִיר מֵעַל פָּנַי כַּאֲשֶׁר הֲסִרֹתִי אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמָאַסְתִּי אֶת־הָעִיר …

      And the LORD said: ‘I will remove Judah also out of My sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said: My name shall be there.’

    4. ם2 Kings 23:25

      … כְּכֹל תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה וְאַחֲרָיו לֹֽא־קָם כָּמֹֽהוּ

      And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

    רוסתם at skip 101, backward from 2 Kings 23:31הכפסחהזהמימיהשפטיםאשררושלםוגםאתהאבותואתהידהתורההכתביםעלהספראשרמהואחריולאקכמהואךלאשבפניכאשרהסריאתישראלומהםכתוביםעלפרדבריהימיגדוכראתואתוירכבהועבדחתאביובןעשיםושלששנהיבתיוויאסרהופרעהנכהברביאשיהואביוויסבאתשמויהלפיפרעהאישכערכונגשאתהרוסתם
    skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 571,902 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:5דברי הימים ב לו:הskip 297,531, backward
    1. ר2 Chronicles 36:5

      … וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה יְהוֹיָקִים בְּמָלְכוֹ וְאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע …

      Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. וPsalms 77:6

      חִשַּׁבְתִּי יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם שְׁנוֹת עוֹלָמִֽים

      I have pondered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

    2. סIsaiah 28:3

      בְּרַגְלַיִם תֵּֽרָמַסְנָה עֲטֶרֶת גֵּאוּת שִׁכּוֹרֵי אֶפְרָֽיִם

      The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim Shall be trodden under foot;

    3. תDeuteronomy 33:8

      וּלְלֵוִי אָמַר תֻּמֶּיךָ וְאוּרֶיךָ לְאִישׁ חֲסִידֶךָ אֲשֶׁר נִסִּיתוֹ בְּמַסָּה תְּרִיבֵהוּ עַל־מֵי מְרִיבָֽה

      And of Levi he said: Thy Thummim and Thy Urim be with Thy holy one, Whom Thou didst prove at Massah, With whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

    4. םGenesis 5:5

      וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי אָדָם אֲשֶׁר־חַי תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת

      And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

    רוסתם at skip 297,531, backward from 2 Chronicles 36:5ותשנהושלשישנהוימתויחיהוללויאמרמיךואוריךלדברגליםתרמנהעטרתגאותימיםמקדםשנתעולמיםאזכמלכוואחתעשהשנהמלךביררוסתם
    skip 297,531, width 297,531 — one row is 297,531 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,195,762 of the TanakhOpen at skip 297,531 in the laboratory →

The spelling

רוסתם — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as רוסתם, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 706.

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

Questions

Is Rostam in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–76,212), רוסתם appears 4,188 times in the Torah — 3.9% more than the 4,031 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,188 or more by chance alone is 0.0072.

What is the shortest skip for Rostam in the Torah?

Skip 12, reading backward from Exodus 32:8 — the shortest of 4,188 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 4,031.

What is the gematria of Rostam in Hebrew?

Rostam is spelled רוסתם — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 706.

How many times is Rostam found in the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 61,531 sequences of רוסתם across every skip (2–299,260) — about what chance alone gives (about 61,382).

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