Ester (Esther · אסתר)
Ester (Esther · אסתר) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 5,397 sequences of Ester (Esther), the shortest at skip 4 (Genesis 11:29); chance alone would give about 5,555.
- Found in the Torah
- 5,397
- Chance alone
- 5,555
- P (≥ found)
- 0.98
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
5,397 sequences of אסתר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5,555 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Genesis 11:29, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 63,350 sequences of אסתר, against about 57,880 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,441
- Exodus 1,185
- Leviticus 720
- Numbers 1,214
- Deuteronomy 837
The shortest skips
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם וְנָחוֹר לָהֶם נָשִׁים שֵׁם אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם שָׂרָי וְשֵׁם אֵֽשֶׁת־נָחוֹר מִלְכָּה בַּת־הָרָן אֲבִֽי־מִלְכָּה וַֽאֲבִי יִסְכָּֽה
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,980Open in the laboratory →
הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה שְֽׁלֵמִים הֵם אִתָּנוּ וְיֵשְׁבוּ בָאָרֶץ וְיִסְחֲרוּ אֹתָהּ וְהָאָרֶץ הִנֵּה רַֽחֲבַת־יָדַיִם לִפְנֵיהֶם אֶת־בְּנֹתָם נִקַּֽח־לָנוּ לְנָשִׁים וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵינוּ נִתֵּן לָהֶֽם
’These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 50,157Open in the laboratory →
וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵי־כֶסֶף עָשָׂה תַּחַת עֶשְׂרִים הַקְּרָשִׁים שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָיו וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָֽיו
And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 133,998Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת כָּל־הָעֵדָה הִקְהִילוּ בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי וַיִּתְיַֽלְדוּ עַל־מִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 186,984Open in the laboratory →
לִבְנֵי גָד תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כֹּל יֹצֵא צָבָֽא
Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 187,313Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
17,763 sequences of אסתר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 18,205 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 1,441
- Exodus 1,185
- Leviticus 720
- Numbers 1,214
- Deuteronomy 908
- Joshua 371
- Judges 637
- Samuel 802
- Kings 1,732
- Isaiah 1,124
- Jeremiah 1,073
- Ezekiel 1,230
- The Twelve 816
- Psalms 1,219
- Proverbs 569
- Job 447
- Song of Songs 51
- Ruth 53
- Lamentations 68
- Ecclesiastes 239
- Esther 299
- Daniel 351
- Ezra–Nehemiah 383
- Chronicles 831
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעֲלוּ אֵלֶיהָ סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָהּ פַּתִּי אוֹתוֹ וּרְאִי בַּמֶּה כֹּחוֹ גָדוֹל וּבַמֶּה נוּכַל לוֹ וַאֲסַרְנֻהוּ לְעַנֹּתוֹ וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִתַּן־לָךְ אִישׁ אֶלֶף וּמֵאָה כָּֽסֶף
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her: ‘Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 372,261Open in the laboratory →
אֲרָם סֹחַרְתֵּךְ מֵרֹב מַעֲשָׂיִךְ בְּנֹפֶךְ אַרְגָּמָן וְרִקְמָה וּבוּץ וְרָאמֹת וְכַדְכֹּד נָתְנוּ בְּעִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ
Aram was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy wealth; they traded for thy wares with carbuncles, purple, and richly woven work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 765,880Open in the laboratory →
הֲיֹאבֶה רֵּים עָבְדֶךָ אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ
Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 992,774Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אסתר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Esther. Searched as אסתר, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 661.
As a plain word it stands 44 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Esther.
Questions
Does Ester (Esther) appear in the Torah codes?
5,397 sequences of אסתר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5,555 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Ester (Esther) in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Genesis 11:29 — the shortest of 5,397 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5,555.
How is Ester (Esther) spelled in Hebrew?
Ester is spelled אסתר — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 661.
Is Ester (Esther) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
17,763 sequences of אסתר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 18,205 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 5,555 here) beside the count.