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There is a custom to say a verse corresponding to ones name at the end of the Amidah, as a Segulah not to forget his name on the day of Judgement. There are several sources for this practice, including a bracketed Rashi (Michah 6:9) (this is quite possibly a later addition), some editions of the Kitzur Shelah (Kitzur Shelah by R' Michel Epstein), and the Zohar. Read all about it here.

A verse that starts with the same letter as the beginning of your name, and ends with the same letter as your name ends is a verse that corresponds to your name.

I have seen many partial lists on verses corresponding to names, usually brought in various Siddurim (such as this one). However, these lists usually just have verses for popular names, and are not an exhaustive list.

I'm looking for complete listing of every verse in the Tanach, grouped by first and last letter, starting from "א-א", and ending at "ת-ת"

Does such a list exist?

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  • related: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/9964/is-there-a-possuk-in-tanach-that-starts-with-a-samech-and-ends-with-a-aleph/ – Menachem Jun 27 '13 at 23:06
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    I think it's in most Siddurim. – Hacham Gabriel Jun 27 '13 at 23:23
  • http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/3137/posuk-for-name-at-end-of-shemona-esrei/3145#3145 – C. Ben Yosef Jun 28 '13 at 00:04
  • http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/20613/reciting-a-posuk-representing-your-name-at-end-of-shemona-esrei-source/20616#comment48785_20616 – Double AA Jun 28 '13 at 04:18
  • @HachamGabriel, some sidurim list one verse per pair of letters. I've never seen a sidur list every verse in Tanach or even Chumash. – msh210 Jun 28 '13 at 04:18
  • Where in the Shlah is this? I seem to remember from last time this came up that no one could find it in the Shlah. – Double AA Jun 28 '13 at 04:34
  • @DoubleAA: It says "Kitzur Shalah, end of the Sefer" From here: http://www.schechter.edu/responsa.aspx?ID=50 _ In 1693, Rabbi Yehiel Michal Epstein (Germany, d. 1706) published an abbreviation of that work in Fuerth entitled Kitzur Shnei Luhot Habrit which appeared in many different versions which are not identical. In at least one of the versions of the Kitzur Shelah (Lemberg, 1862 or 1864, fol. 101 at the end of the book, copied by Zlotnick, pp. 223-224 and Rozen, p. 154 = 144-145) we find the following paragraph:_ – Menachem Jun 28 '13 at 04:59
  • @DoubleAA: Last paragraph on this page: http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=42571&pgnum=193 – Menachem Jun 28 '13 at 05:01
  • I knew it was was in the kitzur shelah; I thought you found it in the shelah. – Double AA Jun 28 '13 at 05:41
  • The Artscroll Siddur has the list for all names. – Dennis Jun 28 '13 at 12:19
  • @Dennis, see my comment above. – msh210 Jun 28 '13 at 15:40
  • @Mor: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/15499/tehilim-hachida-in-the-order-of-the-aleph-bais/ – Menachem Jun 28 '13 at 18:51
  • If there are multiple pesukim for your name, can you just pick whichever one you want? – SAH Jan 09 '18 at 14:53
  • the עוז והדר siddur has a complete list – yih613 Sep 20 '21 at 02:39

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In the Bar Ilan responsa program, they have an option under פרפראות לתנ"ך where you can enter a name and it gives you all the corresponding verses. If you do not hav access to the program, let me know the name you want to check, and I will be happy to check for you.

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    The name Shabtai, seen here: http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=20312&pgnum=391 , has a verse that starts with a "Sin" I was wondering if there are any that start with a "Shin". – Menachem Jun 28 '13 at 17:34
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    see following link for all the psukim: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ips-MkGIS3dxhyS7FkW6JVPYWJxVFH6mvWI54l-W9cg/edit?usp=sharing – Ofer Livnat Jun 30 '13 at 13:42
  • Thank you, that is a great resource, I don't suppose they have it available online somewhere. – Menachem Jun 30 '13 at 17:51
  • They have an online version of the program, but you need to pay subscription, and I think this specific function doesn't appear there. It is a great program and worthwhile to buy. But I'll happily check any other name. – Ofer Livnat Jul 02 '13 at 14:51
  • could you check starting with "peh" and ending with "kuf? –  Jun 14 '14 at 22:54
  • I apologize but the search yielded no results starting with a "peh" and ending with a "kuf". Let me know your name and I will search for a pasuk that perhaps connects to your name in a different way. – Ofer Livnat Jun 20 '14 at 08:30
  • could you check for a posuk starting with "zayin" and ending with "lamed" – Joshua Pearl Jun 05 '15 at 09:56
  • במדבר פרשת חקת פרק יט פסוק ב

    • זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה' לֵאמֹר דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין בָּהּ מוּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל:

    1. איוב פרק כ פסוק כט

    זֶה חֵלֶק אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱ-לֹהִים וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרוֹ מֵאֵל: פ

    1. איכה פרק ג פסוק כא

    זֹאת אָשִׁיב אֶל לִבִּי עַל כֵּן אוֹחִיל: ס

    – Ofer Livnat Oct 12 '15 at 11:31
  • Would you be so kind as to check for one starting with "shin" and ending with "hey"? THANK YOU – SAH Jan 20 '16 at 03:16
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    @SAH A full list is in the next answer. The easiest to remember is שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹה – Double AA Jan 20 '16 at 19:57
  • @OferLivnat I wonder how it is possible (ok, possible, but quite unlikely) that one combination is missing if there are 23,099 pesukim in such databases? (Also confused because I thought there were only like 9,000 verses in Tanach.) – SAH Jan 09 '18 at 14:56