Lester שון לסטר
Lester is a first name, written שון לסטר in Hebrew (male given name). In the Torah codes, שון (from Lester) is found 10,874,318 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:31) — about what chance alone gives (about 11,031,875).
- Found in the Torah (שון) · every skip
- 10,874,318
- Chance alone · every skip
- 11,031,875
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,326
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 707,141 found · chance alone about 711,754 (probability of 707,141 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for שון, and לסטר has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
10,874,318 sequences of שון across every skip (2–152,424) in the Torah, close to the 11,031,875 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 1:31, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שון was found in the Torah is 152,326 — at Genesis 1:1, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 11,031,875 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 2,578,454
- Exodus 2,478,599
- Leviticus 1,564,369
- Numbers 2,421,964
- Deuteronomy 1,830,932
Examples across the range
5 of the 10,874,318 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
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
- ש ו נGenesis 1:31
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וְהִנֵּה־טוֹב מְאֹד וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי …
And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,639 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ו נGenesis 1:31
- שGenesis 2:25
וַיִּֽהְיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם עֲרוּמִּים הָֽאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְלֹא יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּ
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- ו נGenesis 3:1
וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה …
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: ‘Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,905 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 2:25
- שExodus 6:17
בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֹן לִבְנִי וְשִׁמְעִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וExodus 6:19
וּבְנֵי מְרָרִי מַחְלִי וּמוּשִׁי אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַלֵּוִי לְתֹלְדֹתָֽם
And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
- נExodus 6:22
וּבְנֵי עֻזִּיאֵל מִֽישָׁאֵל וְאֶלְצָפָן וְסִתְרִֽי
And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 85,695 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 6:17
- שGenesis 1:31
… וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּֽׁי
And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וGenesis 2:20
… הַשָּׂדֶה וּלְאָדָם לֹֽא־מָצָא עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ
And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.
- ןGenesis 3:15
וְאֵיבָה אָשִׁית בֵּֽינְךָ וּבֵין הָֽאִשָּׁה וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ וּבֵין זַרְעָהּ …
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 1,670 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 1:31
- שGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וLeviticus 8:27
וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־הַכֹּל עַל כַּפֵּי אַהֲרֹן וְעַל כַּפֵּי בָנָיו וַיָּנֶף אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave-offering before the LORD.
- נDeuteronomy 34:9
… אֶת־יָדָיו עָלָיו וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֵלָיו בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה …
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 152,326, width 152,326 — one row is 152,326 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 18 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,326 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 1:1
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 174,340,445 sequences of שון across every skip (2–598,520), 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 173,574,002); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,862,847 found · chance alone about 2,887,367 (probability of 2,862,847 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 10,487,426
- Exodus 10,379,087
- Leviticus 6,720,984
- Numbers 10,470,470
- Deuteronomy 7,921,137
- Joshua 5,824,068
- Judges 5,806,141
- Samuel 14,198,342
- Kings 15,937,082
- Isaiah 9,271,600
- Jeremiah 11,341,669
- Ezekiel 10,051,122
- The Twelve 7,491,011
- Psalms 10,186,530
- Proverbs 3,887,949
- Job 4,083,242
- Song of Songs 738,933
- Ruth 755,880
- Lamentations 749,343
- Ecclesiastes 1,788,961
- Esther 2,135,068
- Daniel 2,783,669
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,997,785
- Chronicles 15,332,946
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש ו נJoshua 2:19
… יֵצֵא מִדַּלְתֵי בֵיתֵךְ הַחוּצָה דָּמוֹ בְרֹאשׁוֹ וַאֲנַחְנוּ נְקִיִּם וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִֽהְיֶה אִתָּךְ …
And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless; and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,276 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ו נJoshua 2:19
- שJudges 4:4
וּדְבוֹרָה אִשָּׁה נְבִיאָה אֵשֶׁת לַפִּידוֹת הִיא שֹׁפְטָה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּעֵת הַהִֽיא
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- ו נJudges 4:6
וַתִּשְׁלַח וַתִּקְרָא לְבָרָק בֶּן־אֲבִינֹעַם מִקֶּדֶשׁ נַפְתָּלִי … עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי נַפְתָּלִי וּמִבְּנֵי זְבֻלֽוּן
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him: ‘Hath not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, saying: Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 350,262 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שJudges 4:4
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
… עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּֽיהוּדָה מִֽי־בָכֶם מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וIsaiah 25:4
כִּֽי־הָיִיתָ מָעוֹז לַדָּל מָעוֹז לָאֶבְיוֹן בַּצַּר־לוֹ מַחְסֶה מִזֶּרֶם צֵל …
For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, A stronghold to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.
- נGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 598,478, width 598,478 — one row is 598,478 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,008 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,478 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
שון לסטר — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as שון, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 356.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- לסטר — the name in Hebrew letters Torah · every skip: 5,538 (chance 4,637)
Questions
Does Lester appear in the Torah codes?
10,874,318 sequences of שון across every skip (2–152,424) in the Torah, close to the 11,031,875 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Lester in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:31 — the shortest of 10,874,318 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 11,031,875.
How is Lester spelled in Hebrew?
Lester is spelled שון לסטר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 356; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Lester in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 174,340,445 sequences of שון across every skip (2–598,520), 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 173,574,002); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 11,031,875 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.