Ben-Deker דקר
Ben-Deker (דקר) is a person named in the Tanakh — son of Deker. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 62,553 sequences of Ben-Deker, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 18:25); chance alone would give about 63,321.
- Found in the Torah
- 62,553
- Chance alone
- 63,321
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 62,553 sequences of דקר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 63,321).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 18:25, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 1,028,699 sequences of דקר, against about 981,449 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 63,321 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 17,813
- Exodus 13,330
- Leviticus 8,699
- Numbers 14,881
- Deuteronomy 7,830
The shortest skips
חָלִלָה לְּךָ מֵעֲשֹׂת כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה לְהָמִית צַדִּיק עִם־רָשָׁע וְהָיָה כַצַּדִּיק כָּרָשָׁע חָלִלָה לָּךְ הֲשֹׁפֵט כָּל־הָאָרֶץ לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה מִשְׁפָּֽט
That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the judge of all the earth do justly?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,673Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא־תִזְבַּח עַל־חָמֵץ דַּם־זִבְחִי וְלֹֽא־יָלִין חֵֽלֶב־חַגִּי עַד־בֹּֽקֶר
Thou shalt not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of My feast remain all night until the morning.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 111,727Open in the laboratory →
וַתֵּתַצַּב אֲחֹתוֹ מֵרָחֹק לְדֵעָה מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂה לֽוֹ
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 79,183Open in the laboratory →
וַתְּהִי שָׂרַי עֲקָרָה אֵין לָהּ וָלָֽד
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,005Open in the laboratory →
בִּלְעָדַי רַק אֲשֶׁר אָֽכְלוּ הַנְּעָרִים 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 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,262Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
246,195 sequences of דקר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 249,201 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 17,813
- Exodus 13,330
- Leviticus 8,699
- Numbers 14,881
- Deuteronomy 8,280
- Joshua 6,452
- Judges 6,301
- Samuel 19,051
- Kings 17,318
- Isaiah 17,987
- Jeremiah 16,906
- Ezekiel 14,479
- The Twelve 11,657
- Psalms 19,211
- Proverbs 8,955
- Job 7,193
- Song of Songs 1,414
- Ruth 876
- Lamentations 1,239
- Ecclesiastes 1,724
- Esther 2,395
- Daniel 9,565
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,167
- Chronicles 14,302
Outside the Torah
וַיִּבֶן אֶת־עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה מירכותי הַבַּיִת בְּצַלְעוֹת אֲרָזִים מִן־הַקַּרְקַע עַד־הַקִּירוֹת וַיִּבֶן לוֹ מִבַּיִת לִדְבִיר לְקֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים
And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 488,663Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־הַכְּרוּבִים בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת הַפְּנִימִי וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ אֶת־כַּנְפֵי הַכְּרֻבִים וַתִּגַּע כְּנַף־הָֽאֶחָד בַּקִּיר וּכְנַף הַכְּרוּב הַשֵּׁנִי נֹגַעַת בַּקִּיר הַשֵּׁנִי וְכַנְפֵיהֶם אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַבַּיִת נֹגְעֹת כָּנָף אֶל־כָּנָֽף
And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 489,230Open in the laboratory →
מַצְדִּיקֵי רָשָׁע עֵקֶב שֹׁחַד וְצִדְקַת צַדִּיקִים יָסִירוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ
That justify the wicked for a reward, And take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 580,586Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
דקר — the Tanakh's own spelling: son of Deker. Searched as דקר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 304.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 4:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ben-Deker in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 62,553 sequences of דקר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 63,321).
What is the shortest skip for Ben-Deker in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 18:25 — the shortest of 62,553 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 63,321.
How is Ben-Deker spelled in Hebrew?
Ben-Deker is spelled דקר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 304.
Is Ben-Deker in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
246,195 sequences of דקר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 249,201 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 63,321 here) beside the count.