Number 256 — רנ״ו
In words: two hundred and fifty-six
In Hebrew letters
רנ״ו
Attestation database
Attested 13 times · in sources: 8
10 exact · 3 im hakolel (±1)
Earliest: עץ חיים (~1573) — פרק ז - מת
אהרן = עב קפד
Torah page
Number 256 falls on page 256 of 354
Page begins: Bamidbar (Numbers) 18 · Korach · קֹרַח
תפדה ופדויו מבן חדש תפדה בערכך…
The verse the page opens in · Bamidbar (Numbers) 18:15
כָּל־פֶּטֶר רֶחֶם לְכָל־בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־יַקְרִיבוּ לַה׳ בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה יִהְיֶה־לָּךְ אַךְ פָּדֹה תִפְדֶּה אֵת בְּכוֹר הָאָדָם וְאֵת בְּכוֹר־הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּמֵאָה תִּפְדֶּה
Every thing that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto HaShem, both of man and beast, shall be thine; howbeit the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
Pages are counted as in “Chumash 354”: the last letter of the phrase at its extended value (ך500 ם600 ן700 ף800 ץ900), then mod 354. This is not the count used in the attestation database.
Structure 861×354: Binyamin Pichkhadze, “Chumash 354”, Bnei Brak, 2002. Torah text: Westminster Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0.
Names with the number 256
Torah words with this gematria (9)
אַהֲרֹ֖ן (Exod.4.14, 301)
דְּבָרִ֣ים (Gen.11.1, 56)
נִרְאָ֥ה (Gen.12.7, 14)
בְרֻדִּֽים (Gen.31.10, 2)
הֶאֱמִֽירְ (Deut.26.18)
יוּרַ֔ם (Lev.4.10)
נְּדַבֵּ֖ר (Gen.44.16)
עֲצוּמִ֖ים (Deut.7.1)
דְּבָרִ֣ים (Gen.11.1, 56)
נִרְאָ֥ה (Gen.12.7, 14)
בְרֻדִּֽים (Gen.31.10, 2)
הֶאֱמִֽירְ (Deut.26.18)
יוּרַ֔ם (Lev.4.10)
נְּדַבֵּ֖ר (Gen.44.16)
עֲצוּמִ֖ים (Deut.7.1)
Tanakh names with this gematria (4)
אַהֲרֹ֖ן (Exod.4.14, 347)
יוֹרָ֖ם (2Sam.8.10, 19)
אֲמַרְיָ֖ה (Zeph.1.1, 13)
עַצְמ֖וֹן (Num.34.5, 2)
יוֹרָ֖ם (2Sam.8.10, 19)
אֲמַרְיָ֖ה (Zeph.1.1, 13)
עַצְמ֖וֹן (Num.34.5, 2)
The number 256 appears in the Torah
323 times — in 42 portions
Most often — in:
Tetzaveh (31), Tzav (24), Chukat (21), Shmini (19), Vaera (17)
Nearby numbers with Torah words
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