Staffan סטפן

Staffan is a first name, written סטפן in Hebrew (male given name). In the Torah codes, Staffan is found 976 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 78 (Numbers 36:3) — 21% above the 805 chance alone would give (probability of 976 or more by chance alone: 3.0 × 10⁻⁹).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 976
Chance alone · every skip: 805
P (≥ found) · every skip: 3.0 × 10⁻⁹
Shortest skip: 78
Longest skip found: 94,899

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 86 found · chance alone about 77.3 (probability of 86 or more by chance alone: 0.17).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 976 sequences of סטפן across every skip (2–101,616), 21% above what chance alone gives (about 805); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.0 × 10⁻⁹ by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 78 — at Numbers 36:3, reading forward.

The longest skip at which סטפן was found in the Torah is 94,899 — at Deuteronomy 32:36, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

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

Genesis 176
Exodus 241
Leviticus 150
Numbers 293
Deuteronomy 116

Examples across the range

5 of the 976 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 skipNumbers 36:3במדבר לו:גskip 78, forward
Letter by letter
1. סNumbers 36:3
  … לְנָשִׁים וְנִגְרְעָה נַחֲלָתָן מִנַּחֲלַת אֲבֹתֵינוּ וְנוֹסַף עַל נַחֲלַת הַמַּטֶּה אֲשֶׁר תִּהְיֶינָה …
  And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong…
2. טNumbers 36:4
  … יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנֽוֹסְפָה נַחֲלָתָן עַל נַחֲלַת הַמַּטֶּה אֲשֶׁר תִּהְיֶינָה לָהֶם וּמִֽנַּחֲלַת מַטֵּה …
  And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong; so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.’
3. ףNumbers 36:5
  וַיְצַו מֹשֶׁה אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל־פִּי יְהוָה לֵאמֹר כֵּן מַטֵּה בְנֵֽי־יוֹסֵף דֹּבְרִֽים
  And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying: ‘The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right.
4. נNumbers 36:6
  … לְנָשִׁים אַךְ לְמִשְׁפַּחַת מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם תִּהְיֶינָה לְנָשִֽׁים
  This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying: Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.
skip 78, width 78 — one row is 78 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 249,318 of the TorahOpen at skip 78 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 4:29ויקרא ד:כטskip 248, backward
1. סLeviticus 4:29
  וְסָמַךְ אֶת־יָדוֹ עַל רֹאשׁ הַֽחַטָּאת וְשָׁחַט אֶת־הַחַטָּאת בִּמְקוֹם הָעֹלָֽה
  And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. טLeviticus 4:24
  … יִשְׁחַט אֶת־הָעֹלָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה חַטָּאת הֽוּא
  And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before the LORD; it is a sin-offering.
2. פLeviticus 4:20
  וְעָשָׂה לַפָּר כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְפַר הַֽחַטָּאת כֵּן יַעֲשֶׂה־לּוֹ וְכִפֶּר עֲלֵהֶם הַכֹּהֵן וְנִסְלַח לָהֶֽם
  Thus shall he do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
3. נLeviticus 4:15
  וְסָמְכוּ זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁ …
  And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD; and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.
skip 248, width 248 — one row is 248 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 145,846 of the TorahOpen at skip 248 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 21:23במדבר כא:כגskip 318, backward
1. סNumbers 21:23
  וְלֹא־נָתַן סִיחֹן אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲבֹר בִּגְבֻלוֹ וַיֶּאֱסֹף …
  And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. טNumbers 21:15
  וְאֶשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים אֲשֶׁר נָטָה לְשֶׁבֶת עָר וְנִשְׁעַן לִגְבוּל מוֹאָֽב
  And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the seat of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.—
2. ףNumbers 21:8
  … יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עֲשֵׂה לְךָ שָׂרָף וְשִׂים אֹתוֹ עַל־נֵס וְהָיָה …
  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.’
3. ןNumbers 21:3
  וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוָה בְּקוֹל יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וַיַּחֲרֵם אֶתְהֶם וְאֶת …
  And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and the name of the place was called Hormah.
skip 318, width 318 — one row is 318 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 224,548 of the TorahOpen at skip 318 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 39:12בראשית לט:יבskip 1,137, forward
1. סGenesis 39:12
  וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂהוּ בְּבִגְדוֹ לֵאמֹר שִׁכְבָה עִמִּי וַיַּעֲזֹב בִּגְדוֹ בְּיָדָהּ וַיָּנָס וַיֵּצֵא הַחֽוּצָה
  that she caught him by his garment, saying: ‘Lie with me.’ And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. טGenesis 40:11
  … פַּרְעֹה בְּיָדִי וָאֶקַּח אֶת־הָֽעֲנָבִים וָֽאֶשְׂחַט אֹתָם אֶל־כּוֹס פַּרְעֹה וָאֶתֵּן …
  and Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.’
2. פGenesis 41:10
  פַּרְעֹה קָצַף עַל־עֲבָדָיו וַיִּתֵּן אֹתִי בְּמִשְׁמַר בֵּית שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים אֹתִי וְאֵת שַׂר הָאֹפִֽים
  Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in the ward of the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.
3. ןGenesis 41:32
  וְעַל הִשָּׁנוֹת הַחֲלוֹם אֶל־פַּרְעֹה פַּעֲמָיִם כִּֽי־נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר מֵעִם הָאֱלֹהִים וּמְמַהֵר הָאֱלֹהִים לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ
  And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
skip 1,137, width 1,137 — one row is 1,137 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 58,242 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,137 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 32:36דברים לב:לוskip 94,899, backward
1. סDeuteronomy 32:36
  … כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי־אָזְלַת יָד וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְעָזֽוּב
  For the LORD will judge His people, And repent Himself for His servants; When He seeth that their stay is gone, And there is none remaining, shut up or left at large.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. טNumbers 11:9
  וּבְרֶדֶת הַטַּל עַל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה לָיְלָה יֵרֵד הַמָּן עָלָֽיו
  And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.—
2. ףExodus 23:27
  … וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶיךָ אֵלֶיךָ עֹֽרֶף
  I will send My terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
3. נGenesis 14:24
  … וְחֵלֶק הָֽאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הָלְכוּ אִתִּי עָנֵר אֶשְׁכֹּל וּמַמְרֵא הֵם יִקְחוּ חֶלְקָֽם …
  save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.’
skip 94,899, width 94,899 — one row is 94,899 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 301,997 of the TorahOpen at skip 94,899 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 11,415 sequences of סטפן across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 11,289).

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 340 found · chance alone about 281 (probability of 340 or more by chance alone: 0.00036).

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

Genesis 666
Exodus 579
Leviticus 354
Numbers 666
Deuteronomy 368
Joshua 176
Judges 332
Samuel 454
Kings 808
Isaiah 749
Jeremiah 634
Ezekiel 618
The Twelve 676
Psalms 1,310
Proverbs 542
Job 352
Song of Songs 74
Ruth 18
Lamentations 66
Ecclesiastes 165
Esther 251
Daniel 269
Ezra–Nehemiah 419
Chronicles 869

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahPsalms 32:7תהלים לב:זskip 2, backward
Letter by letter
1. ס ט פ נPsalms 32:7
  אַתָּה סֵתֶר לִי מִצַּר תִּצְּרֵנִי רָנֵּי פַלֵּט תְּסוֹבְבֵנִי סֶֽלָה
  Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from the adversary; With songs of deliverance Thou wilt compass me about. Selah
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 873,189 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJoshua 12:8יהושע יב:חskip 180, backward
1. סJoshua 12:8
  בָּהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבָֽעֲרָבָה וּבָאֲשֵׁדוֹת וּבַמִּדְבָּר וּבַנֶּגֶב הַֽחִתִּי הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
  in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. טJoshua 12:6
  … יְהוָה יְרֻשָּׁה לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִי וְלַגָּדִי וְלַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּֽׁה
  Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smote them; and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
2. פJoshua 12:3
  … בֵּית הַיְשִׁמוֹת וּמִתֵּימָן תַּחַת אַשְׁדּוֹת הַפִּסְגָּֽה
  and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah;
3. נJoshua 12:1
  … בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרְחָה הַשָּׁמֶשׁ מִנַּחַל אַרְנוֹן עַד־הַר חֶרְמוֹן וְכָל־הָעֲרָבָה …
  Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:
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 324,496 of the TanakhOpen at skip 180 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 25:27דברי הימים ב כה:כזskip 392,256, backward
1. ס2 Chronicles 25:27
  … יְהוָה וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ עָלָיו קֶשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִַם וַיָּנָס לָכִישָׁה וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ אַחֲרָיו לָכִישָׁה וַיְמִיתֻהוּ …
  Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. טEzekiel 39:16
  וְגַם שֶׁם־עִיר הֲמוֹנָה וְטִהֲרוּ הָאָֽרֶץ
  And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
2. פ1 Samuel 7:7
  … פְלִשְׁתִּים כִּֽי־הִתְקַבְּצוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמִּצְפָּתָה וַיַּעֲלוּ סַרְנֵֽי־פְלִשְׁתִּים אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵל …
  And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
3. ןGenesis 1:14
  … בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים …
  And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
skip 392,256, width 392,256 — one row is 392,256 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,177,416 of the TanakhOpen at skip 392,256 in the laboratory →

The spelling

סטפן — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as סטפן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 199.

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

The same letters also spell: Stepan, Stephan.

Questions

Does Staffan appear in the Torah codes?

What is the shortest skip for Staffan in the Torah?

Skip 78, reading forward from Numbers 36:3 — the shortest of 976 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 805.

How is Staffan spelled in Hebrew?

Staffan is spelled סטפן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 199.

Is Staffan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 11,415 sequences of סטפן across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 11,289).

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