First names

Saddam סדאם

In Hebrew letters the first name Saddam is written סדאם — male given name. Saddam appears 2,992 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 3,012 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
2,992
Chance alone
3,012
P (≥ found)
0.65
Shortest skip
5

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

In the Torah

2,992 sequences of סדאם at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 3,012 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which סדאם appears in the Torah is 5 — the first at Genesis 46:20, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), סדאם is found 30,810 times; chance alone would give about 31,388.

  • Genesis 741
  • Exodus 607
  • Leviticus 356
  • Numbers 893
  • Deuteronomy 395

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 46:20בראשית מו:כskip 5, backward

    וַיִּוָּלֵד לְיוֹסֵף בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ אָֽסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶת־אֶפְרָֽיִם

    And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.

    סדאם at skip 5, backward from Genesis 46:20ימןויולדליוסףבארץצריםשרילהלואנתבתפוטיפרעכהןאןאסדאמ
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 71,174Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 34:7שמות לד:זskip 9, backward

    נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֺן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה פֹּקֵד עֲוֺן אָבוֹת עַל־בָּנִים וְעַל־בְּנֵי בָנִים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים

    keeping mercy unto the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and unto the fourth generation.’

    סדאם at skip 9, backward from Exodus 34:7עבריקוקעלפניוויקראיקוקיקוקאלרחווחנוןארךפיםורבחסואמתנצרחדלאלפיםנשאעוןופשעוחטאהונקהלאינקסדאם
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 129,376Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 30:4במדבר ל:דskip 9, backward

    וְאִשָּׁה כִּֽי־תִדֹּר נֶדֶר לַיהוָה וְאָסְרָה אִסָּר בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ בִּנְעֻרֶֽיהָ

    Also when a woman voweth a vow unto the LORD, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

    סדאם at skip 9, backward from Numbers 30:4עהלאסראסרעלנפשולאיחלדברוככלהיצאפיויעשהושהכיתדרנרליקוקוארהאסרבביתאביהבנעריהושמעאביהאתנדסדאמ
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 238,642Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 13:18שמות יג:יחskip 10, backward

    וַיַּסֵּב אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָעָם דֶּרֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּר יַם־סוּף וַחֲמֻשִׁים עָלוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

    But God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

    סדאם at skip 10, backward from Exodus 13:18אכיאמראלהיםפןינחםהעםבראתםמלחמהושבוצרימהויסבלהיםאתהעםרךהמדבריםוףוחמשיםעלובניישראלמארץמצריםויקחמשהסדאמ
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 97,797Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 35:12שמות לה:יבskip 13, forward

    אֶת־הָאָרֹן וְאֶת־בַּדָּיו אֶת־הַכַּפֹּרֶת וְאֵת פָּרֹכֶת הַמָּסָֽךְ

    the ark, and the staves thereof, the ark-cover, and the veil of the screen;

    סדאם at skip 13, forward from Exodus 35:12ואתעמדיוואתאדניואתהארןואתבדיואתהכפרתואתפרכתהמךאתהשלחןואתביוואתכלכליוותלחםהפניםואתנרתהמאורואתכליהואתנרתיהואתשמןהמאורואתמזבחהקטרסדאמ
    skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 131,486Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

12,996 sequences of סדאם at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 13,551 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 741
  • Exodus 607
  • Leviticus 356
  • Numbers 893
  • Deuteronomy 448
  • Joshua 236
  • Judges 423
  • Samuel 820
  • Kings 1,091
  • Isaiah 827
  • Jeremiah 842
  • Ezekiel 787
  • The Twelve 634
  • Psalms 1,188
  • Proverbs 416
  • Job 333
  • Song of Songs 61
  • Ruth 22
  • Lamentations 69
  • Ecclesiastes 135
  • Esther 319
  • Daniel 496
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 445
  • Chronicles 807

Outside the Torah

  1. Zechariah 14:10זכריה יד:יskip 2, backward

    יִסּוֹב כָּל־הָאָרֶץ כָּעֲרָבָה מִגֶּבַע לְרִמּוֹן נֶגֶב יְרֽוּשָׁלִָם וְֽרָאֲמָה וְיָשְׁבָה תַחְתֶּיהָ לְמִשַּׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן עַד־מְקוֹם שַׁעַר הָֽרִאשׁוֹן עַד־שַׁעַר הַפִּנִּים וּמִגְדַּל חֲנַנְאֵל עַד יִקְבֵי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ

    All the land shall be turned as the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king’s winepresses.

    סדאם at skip 2, backward from Zechariah 14:10קאחדושוחיובכלהארסדאמ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 854,325Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Kings 22:9מלכים א כב:טskip 3, forward

    וַיִּקְרָא מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־סָרִיס אֶחָד וַיֹּאמֶר מַהֲרָה מִיכָיְהוּ בֶן־יִמְלָֽה

    Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said: ‘Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.’

    סדאם at skip 3, forward from 1 Kings 22:9ישראלאלסריאחוימרהרהמיכיהובסדאמ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 525,159Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Chronicles 18:8דברי הימים ב יח:חskip 3, forward

    וַיִּקְרָא מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־סָרִיס אֶחָד וַיֹּאמֶר מַהֵר מיכהו בֶן־יִמְלָֽא

    Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said: ‘Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.’

    סדאם at skip 3, forward from 2 Chronicles 18:8ישראלאלסריאחוימרהרמיכהובןיסדאמ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,164,935Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

סדאם — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as סדאם, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 105.

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

Questions

Is Saddam in the Torah codes?

2,992 sequences of סדאם at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 3,012 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Saddam in the Torah?

Skip 5, reading backward from Genesis 46:20 — the shortest of 2,992 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 3,012.

What is the gematria of Saddam in Hebrew?

Saddam is spelled סדאם — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 105.

How many times is Saddam found in the whole Tanakh?

12,996 sequences of סדאם at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 13,551 that chance alone would produce.

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