First names

Dexter דקסטר

In Hebrew letters the first name Dexter is written דקסטר — male given name. Dexter appears once as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3,525 (Leviticus 7:2), below chance alone (about 2.2).

Found in the Torah
1
Chance alone
2.2
P (≥ found)
0.89
Shortest skip
3,525

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

At skips 2–5,000, דקסטר appears once in the Torah, below the count chance alone would give (about 2.2).

The shortest skip at which דקסטר appears in the Torah is 3,525 — the first at Leviticus 7:2, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), דקסטר is found 24 times; chance alone would give about 17.5.

  • Leviticus 1

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 7:2ויקרא ז:בskip 3,525, forward

    בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁחֲטוּ אֶת־הָעֹלָה יִשְׁחֲטוּ אֶת־הָאָשָׁם וְאֶת־דָּמוֹ יִזְרֹק עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִֽיב

    In the place where they kill the burnt-offering shall they kill the guilt-offering: and the blood thereof shall be dashed against the altar round about.

    דקסטר at skip 3,525, forward from Leviticus 7:2שהםוישפהמוסבתמשבצותזהנתחיםאתהראשואתהפדרעלהאוהודעאליוחטאתואשרחטאואתהאשםואתמויזרקעלהמיבניואתווידשאתאהרןאתענהואתהתחמואתהשחףואתושערצהבדקומאאתוהכהןנואלאהרןלאמכיתבאואלארהקטרתעלהאשלפנייקוקוכסקרבעמםושמרתםאתמשמרתילאלהיהםולאיחללושםאלהיהדקסטר
    skip 3,525, width 3,525 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 149,032Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

11 sequences of דקסטר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8.3 that chance alone would produce.

  • Leviticus 1
  • Samuel 2
  • Kings 1
  • Isaiah 1
  • Ezekiel 1
  • The Twelve 2
  • Psalms 1
  • Job 1
  • Esther 1

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Kings 10:10מלכים ב י:יskip 139, backward

    דְּעוּ אֵפוֹא כִּי לֹא יִפֹּל מִדְּבַר יְהוָה אַרְצָה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה עַל־בֵּית אַחְאָב וַיהוָה עָשָׂה אֵת אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד עַבְדּוֹ אֵלִיָּֽהוּ

    Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab; for the LORD hath done that which He spoke by His servant Elijah.’

    דקסטר at skip 139, backward from 2 Kings 10:10ישתויאמרפקדונאאתהארורלאמרבחלקיזרעאליאכלוהכיזרעאלהזקניםואלהאמניםיתאדניכםויאומאדמאדויאנמליךאישהובבעיניךעשתםויהיכבאהפראליהםויקתחהשערעדהברויהיבבקרואתאשרדברביעבדואליהוואחזיהומלךיהודהויאמרמיהםוילךמשםוימצאאתיהונדבקנאתיליקוקוירכבואתובדקסטר
    skip 139, width 139 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 545,767Open in the laboratory →

  2. Esther 1:12אסתר א:יבskip 1,253, backward

    וַתְּמָאֵן הַמַּלְכָּה וַשְׁתִּי לָבוֹא בִּדְבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר בְּיַד הַסָּרִיסִים וַיִּקְצֹף הַמֶּלֶךְ מְאֹד וַחֲמָתוֹ בָּעֲרָה בֽוֹ

    But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the chamberlains; therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

    דקסטר at skip 1,253, backward from Esther 1:12ועלכלהמעשהשםאמרתיאניבסילברבדבריםכאשרתדרנדרדעלהלךנגדהחייםטובמראההזהמצאתיאמהקהלתאחתלאלרשעלטובולהורולטמאוליעבדיםעלסויםושריםהלכרודלתיםבשובשפלקולהטחרהמלךאשרביהסריסיםויקהואמהלקחהמרדכילולבתוימןבןהמדתאהאגגיוינשאהוהויבואעדלפנישערהמלךכידקסטר
    skip 1,253, width 1,253 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 1,023,618Open in the laboratory →

  3. Job 31:23איוב לא:כגskip 1,469, forward

    כִּי פַחַד אֵלַי אֵיד אֵל וּמִשְּׂאֵתוֹ לֹא אוּכָֽל

    For calamity from God was a terror to me, And by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.

    דקסטר at skip 1,469, forward from Job 31:23להותצלמותקלהואעלפנימינחושהקץשםלחשךולכלתכליתיאבותםלשיתעםכלביצאניכיפחדאליאיאלומשאתולאאמרתבאזניוולמליןאשמעאיםאשרעלכןרומאחריווכחקרכייגרענפימיםיזקומואצרותברדתאהאשרחשכתידברתיולאאענהושתיםולאארידעתכיכלתוכלולאיבצרמיוניםהנךיפהדודיאףנעיםדקסטר
    skip 1,469, width 1,469 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 986,121Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

דקסטר — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as דקסטר, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 373.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Dexter appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, דקסטר appears once in the Torah, below the count chance alone would give (about 2.2).

What is the shortest skip for Dexter in the Torah?

Skip 3,525, reading forward from Leviticus 7:2 — the shortest of 1 sequence at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2.2.

What is the gematria of Dexter in Hebrew?

Dexter is spelled דקסטר — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 373.

How many times is Dexter found in the whole Tanakh?

11 sequences of דקסטר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8.3 that chance alone would produce.

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