Alexander אלכסנדר
In Hebrew letters the first name Alexander is written אלכסנדר — male given name. In the Torah codes, Alexander is found once across every skip (2–50,808), the shortest at skip 13,162 (Deuteronomy 32:44) — about what chance alone gives (about 1.5).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 1
- Chance alone · every skip
- 1.5
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.77
- Shortest skip
- 13,162
- Longest skip found
- 13,162
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 7 letters (2–50,808), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 0 found · chance alone about 0.27.
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–50,808), אלכסנדר appears once in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1.5, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which אלכסנדר appears in the Torah is 13,162 — at Deuteronomy 32:44, reading backward.
The longest skip at which אלכסנדר was found in the Torah is 13,162; a spelling of 7 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 50,808.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Deuteronomy 1
The shortest skips
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.
Letter by letter
- אDeuteronomy 32:44
וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הַשִּׁירָֽה־הַזֹּאת בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם הוּא וְהוֹשֵׁעַ בִּן־נֽוּן
And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
- לDeuteronomy 26:3
… אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו הִגַּדְתִּי הַיּוֹם לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי …
And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him: ‘I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the land which the LORD swore unto our fathers to give us.’
- ךDeuteronomy 15:14
הַעֲנֵיק תַּעֲנִיק לוֹ מִצֹּאנְךָ וּמִֽגָּרְנְךָ וּמִיִּקְבֶךָ אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תִּתֶּן־לֽוֹ
thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
- סDeuteronomy 7:5
כִּֽי־אִם־כֹּה תַעֲשׂוּ לָהֶם מִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶם תִּתֹּצוּ וּמַצֵּבֹתָם תְּשַׁבֵּרוּ וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם תְּגַדֵּעוּן וּפְסִילֵיהֶם תִּשְׂרְפוּן בָּאֵֽשׁ
But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.
- נNumbers 36:9
וְלֹֽא־תִסֹּב נַחֲלָה מִמַּטֶּה לְמַטֶּה אַחֵר כִּי־אִישׁ בְּנַחֲלָתוֹ יִדְבְּקוּ מַטּוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave each one to its own inheritance.’
- דNumbers 28:28
וּמִנְחָתָם סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֹנִים לַפָּר הָֽאֶחָד שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים לָאַיִל הָאֶחָֽד
and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for each bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,
- רNumbers 20:28
… אֶלְעָזָר בְּנוֹ וַיָּמָת אַהֲרֹן שָׁם בְּרֹאשׁ הָהָר וַיֵּרֶד מֹשֶׁה וְאֶלְעָזָר מִן …
And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
skip 13,162, width 13,162 — one row is 13,162 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 302,352 of the TorahOpen at skip 13,162 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 32:44
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–199,506), אלכסנדר appears 29 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 25.2, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1 found · chance alone about 1.2 (probability of 1 or more by chance alone: 0.71).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 2
- Leviticus 2
- Deuteronomy 3
- Samuel 7
- Kings 1
- Jeremiah 4
- Ezekiel 1
- Psalms 2
- Job 2
- Daniel 2
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1
- Chronicles 2
Outside the Torah
- א1 Samuel 15:2
… אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה עֲמָלֵק לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר־שָׂם לוֹ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּעֲלֹתוֹ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם …
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
Letter by letter: the other 6 letters
- ל1 Samuel 17:9
… אֽוּכַל־לוֹ וְהִכִּיתִיו וִהְיִיתֶם לָנוּ לַעֲבָדִים וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֹתָֽנוּ
If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.’
- כ1 Samuel 18:15
וַיַּרְא שָׁאוּל אֲשֶׁר־הוּא מַשְׂכִּיל מְאֹד וַיָּגָר מִפָּנָֽיו
And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in awe of him.
- ס1 Samuel 20:24
וַיִּסָּתֵר דָּוִד בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיְהִי הַחֹדֶשׁ וַיֵּשֶׁב הַמֶּלֶךְ על־הַלֶּחֶם לֶאֱכֽוֹל
So David hid himself in the field; and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to the meal to eat.
- נ1 Samuel 23:3
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי דָוִד אֵלָיו הִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ פֹה בִּֽיהוּדָה יְרֵאִים וְאַף …
And David’s men said unto him: ‘Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?’
- ד1 Samuel 25:14
… לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה שָׁלַח דָּוִד מַלְאָכִים מֵֽהַמִּדְבָּר לְבָרֵךְ אֶת־אֲדֹנֵינוּ וַיָּעַט בָּהֶֽם …
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying: ‘Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he flew upon them.
- ר1 Samuel 27:2
וַיָּקָם דָּוִד וַיַּעֲבֹר הוּא וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר …
And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
skip 3,871, width 3,871 — one row is 3,871 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 405,839 of the TanakhOpen at skip 3,871 in the laboratory →
- א1 Samuel 15:2
- אDaniel 3:1
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מַלְכָּא עֲבַד צְלֵם דִּֽי־דְהַב רוּמֵהּ …
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Letter by letter: the other 6 letters
- לDaniel 5:16
… אַרְגְּוָנָא תִלְבַּשׁ והמונכא דִֽי־דַהֲבָא עַֽל־צַוְּארָךְ וְתַלְתָּא בְמַלְכוּתָא תִּשְׁלַֽט
But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and loose knots; now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt rule as one of three in the kingdom.’
- ךDaniel 8:21
וְהַצָּפִיר הַשָּׂעִיר מֶלֶךְ יָוָן וְהַקֶּרֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר בֵּין־עֵינָיו הוּא הַמֶּלֶךְ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן
And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
- סDaniel 12:4
וְאַתָּה דָֽנִיֵּאל סְתֹם הַדְּבָרִים וַחֲתֹם הַסֵּפֶר עַד־עֵת קֵץ יְשֹׁטְטוּ רַבִּים וְתִרְבֶּה הַדָּֽעַת
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.’
- ןEzra 5:2
בֵּאדַיִן קָמוּ זְרֻבָּבֶל בַּר־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל וְיֵשׁוּעַ …
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
- דEzra 8:33
… וְעִמּוֹ אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־פִּֽינְחָס וְעִמָּהֶם יוֹזָבָד בֶּן־יֵשׁוּעַ וְנֽוֹעַדְיָה בֶן־בִּנּוּי …
And on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites;
- רNehemiah 3:10
וְעַל־יָדָם הֶחֱזִיק יְדָיָה בֶן־חֲרוּמַף וְנֶגֶד בֵּיתוֹ וְעַל־יָדוֹ הֶחֱזִיק חַטּוּשׁ בֶּן־חֲשַׁבְנְיָֽה
And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah.
skip 6,378, width 6,378 — one row is 6,378 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 1,039,642 of the TanakhOpen at skip 6,378 in the laboratory →
- אDaniel 3:1
- א2 Chronicles 29:3
הוּא בַשָּׁנָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה לְמָלְכוֹ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן פָּתַח אֶת־דַּלְתוֹת בֵּית־יְהוָה וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם
He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
Letter by letter: the other 6 letters
- לLamentations 3:62
שִׂפְתֵי קָמַי וְהֶגְיוֹנָם עָלַי כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם
The lips of those that rose up against me, And their muttering against me all the day.
- כZephaniah 2:7
… יִרְעוּן בְּבָתֵּי אַשְׁקְלוֹן בָּעֶרֶב יִרְבָּצוּן כִּי יִפְקְדֵם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וְשָׁב שבותם …
And it shall be a portion for the remnant of the house of Judah, Whereon they shall feed; In the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; For the LORD their God will remember them, And turn their captivity.
- סJeremiah 17:25
… הַזֹּאת מְלָכִים וְשָׂרִים יֹשְׁבִים עַל־כִּסֵּא דָוִד רֹכְבִים בָּרֶכֶב וּבַסּוּסִים הֵמָּה …
then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall be inhabited for ever.
- נ1 Kings 8:47
… אֵלֶיךָ בְּאֶרֶץ שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם לֵאמֹר חָטָאנוּ וְהֶעֱוִינוּ רָשָֽׁעְנוּ
yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn back, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying: We have sinned, and have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly;
- דJoshua 12:20
מֶלֶךְ שִׁמְרוֹן מְראוֹן אֶחָד מֶלֶךְ אַכְשָׁף אֶחָֽד
the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
- רLeviticus 9:9
… וַיִּטְבֹּל אֶצְבָּעוֹ בַּדָּם וַיִּתֵּן עַל־קַרְנוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת־הַדָּם יָצַק אֶל …
And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.
skip 171,357, width 171,357 — one row is 171,357 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,181,540 of the TanakhOpen at skip 171,357 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 29:3
The spelling
אלכסנדר — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as אלכסנדר, 7 letters, with a standard gematria value of 365.
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: Aleksandr, Aleksandar, Alexandre, Aleksander, Aliaksandr.
Questions
Is Alexander in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–50,808), אלכסנדר appears once in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1.5, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Alexander in the Torah?
Skip 13,162, reading backward from Deuteronomy 32:44 — the shortest of 1 sequence across every skip (2–50,808), where chance alone would give about 1.5.
What is the gematria of Alexander in Hebrew?
Alexander is spelled אלכסנדר — 7 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 365.
How many times is Alexander found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–199,506), אלכסנדר appears 29 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 25.2, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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