The places of the last 7 letters add up to 73 = 6 + 1 + 22 + 5 + 1 + 20 + 18, Their traditional HEbrew values add to 703, which is divisible by 37. 6 + 1 + 400 + 5 + 1 + 200 + 90 = 37 x 19 = 703 The alphabet-position total of all 28 letters except the opening letter, whose position is 2, equals 296 and is divisible by 37. 37 * 8 = 296 = 298 - 2