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1909 תרס״ט–תר״ע

1909 spans two Hebrew years: 5669 (תרס״ט) until Rosh Hashanah and 5670 (תר״ע) after it. In the Torah codes, 1909 is found 386 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 17 (Leviticus 26:20) — about what chance alone gives (about 370).

Found in the Torah
386
Chance alone
370
P (≥ found)
0.21
Shortest skip
17

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

In the Torah

386 sequences of תרס״ט at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 370 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 17 — the first at Leviticus 26:20, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 4,052 sequences of תרס״ט, against about 3,859 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 59
  • Exodus 98
  • Leviticus 100
  • Numbers 89
  • Deuteronomy 40

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 26:20ויקרא כו:כskip 17, forward

    וְתַם לָרִיק כֹּחֲכֶם וְלֹֽא־תִתֵּן אַרְצְכֶם אֶת־יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הָאָרֶץ לֹא יִתֵּן פִּרְיֽוֹ

    And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her produce, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

    תרסט at skip 17, forward from Leviticus 26:20כםכברזלואתארצכםכנחשהותםלריקכחכםולאתתןארצכםאתיבולהועץהארץלאיןפריוואםתלכועמיקיולאתאבולשמעליויפתיעליכםמכהשבעכחאתיכםוהשלחתיבכםאתחיתהשדהושכלהאתכםוהכריתהאתבהמתכםוהמעיטהאתכםתרסט
    skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 183,287Open in the laboratory →

  2. Leviticus 11:8ויקרא יא:חskip 27, backward

    מִבְּשָׂרָם לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ וּבְנִבְלָתָם לֹא תִגָּעוּ טְמֵאִים הֵם לָכֶֽם

    Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

    תרסט at skip 27, backward from Leviticus 11:8ננומפריסטמאהואלכםואתהעלהגרההואופרסהלאיפריסלכםואתהארנבתכימעלתגרהסהלאהפריסהמאההואלכםורכימפריספרההואושסעשסהואגרהלאיגטמאהואלכםמתאכלוובנבלםלאתגעוטמאםאתזהתאכלומכלאשרבמיםכסנפירוקשקשתבמיםבימיםואתםתאכלווכלאשראיןלוסנתרסט
    skip 27, width 27 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 155,764Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 46:18בראשית מו:יחskip 28, forward

    אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן לָבָן לְלֵאָה בִתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד אֶת־אֵלֶּה לְיַעֲקֹב שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה נָֽפֶשׁ

    These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

    תרסט at skip 28, forward from Genesis 46:18ןעריוארודיואראליובניאישוהוישויובריעהושרחאחריעהחברומלכיאלאלהבניזתןלבןללאהבוותלדאתאלהעשרהנפשבניחלאשתיעקבימןויולדליוףבארץמצריםלואסנתבתפויפרעכהןאןאתאפריםובניבנימןבלעובכראונעמןאחיוראשמפיםוחפלהבנירחלאשרילדליעקבכלתרסט
    skip 28, width 28 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 71,097Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 38:25בראשית לח:כהskip 33, forward

    הִוא מוּצֵאת וְהִיא שָׁלְחָה אֶל־חָמִיהָ לֵאמֹר לְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אֵלֶּה לּוֹ אָנֹכִי הָרָה וַתֹּאמֶר הַכֶּר־נָא לְמִי הַחֹתֶמֶת וְהַפְּתִילִים וְהַמַּטֶּה הָאֵֽלֶּה

    When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying: ‘By the man, whose these are, am I with child’; and she said: ‘Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.’

    תרסט at skip 33, forward from Genesis 38:25זנתהתמרכלתךוגםהנההרהלהודההוציאוהותשרףהואמולחמיהלאמרלאישאשראלהלוהכרנאלמיהחמתוהפתיליםריהודהויאמצדקהממניכישלהבניולאיףעודלדעתהונהתאומיםבבנהויהיבלדתמילדתותקשרעלידושנילאמיהיכמשיבידווהנהיצאאחיעליךפרץויקראשמופרץואחתרסט
    skip 33, width 33 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 57,289Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 19:5במדבר יט:הskip 38, forward

    וְשָׂרַף אֶת־הַפָּרָה לְעֵינָיו אֶת־עֹרָהּ וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָהּ וְאֶת־דָּמָהּ עַל־פִּרְשָׁהּ יִשְׂרֹֽף

    And the heifer shall be burnt in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall be burnt.

    תרסט at skip 38, forward from Numbers 19:5עלונתתםאתהאלאלעזרהכהןחנהושחטאתהלפניוולקחאלוהזהאלנכחפניאהלמועדמדפרהלעיניואערהואתבשרהלקחהכהןעץאזואזובושנירפתהפרהוכבבגדיוהכהןוואאלהמחנהומאהכהןעדהעיובמיםורחץבשרובמיםוטמראתאפרהפרהוהניחמחוץלמלעדתבניישראללמשמרתלמיתרסט
    skip 38, width 38 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 220,856Open in the laboratory →

Also searched: תר״ע

385,712 sequences of תר״ע at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 387,303 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:7, reading forward.

At skips 2–5,000, תר״ע appears 1,336,410 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,339,480, so the count is in line with chance.

  1. Genesis 3:7בראשית ג:זskip 2, forward

    וַתִּפָּקַחְנָה עֵינֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּדְעוּ כִּי עֵֽירֻמִּם הֵם וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה וַיַּעֲשׂוּ לָהֶם חֲגֹרֹֽת

    And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.

    תרע at skip 2, forward from Genesis 3:7מםהםויפולהתאנהותרע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 3,263Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 3:24בראשית ג:כדskip 2, forward

    וַיְגָרֶשׁ אֶת־הָֽאָדָם וַיַּשְׁכֵּן מִקֶּדֶם לְגַן־עֵדֶן אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִים וְאֵת לַהַט הַחֶרֶב הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־דֶּרֶךְ עֵץ הַֽחַיִּֽים

    So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.

    תרע at skip 2, forward from Genesis 3:24תלשמראדךץהחייםותרע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 4,203Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 7:3בראשית ז:גskip 2, forward

    גַּם מֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה לְחַיּוֹת זֶרַע עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ

    of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

    תרע at skip 2, forward from Genesis 7:3בהלחיוזעלפניכלהתרע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 8,080Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 11:28בראשית יא:כחskip 2, forward

    וַיָּמָת הָרָן עַל־פְּנֵי תֶּרַח אָבִיו בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתּוֹ בְּאוּר כַּשְׂדִּֽים

    And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

    תרע at skip 2, forward from Genesis 11:28לוטוימהןלפניתרחתרע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 13,886Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 14:2בראשית יד:בskip 2, forward

    עָשׂוּ מִלְחָמָה אֶת־בֶּרַע מֶלֶךְ סְדֹם וְאֶת־בִּרְשַׁע מֶלֶךְ עֲמֹרָה שִׁנְאָב מֶלֶךְ אַדְמָה וְשֶׁמְאֵבֶר מֶלֶךְ צביים וּמֶלֶךְ בֶּלַע הִיא־צֹֽעַר

    that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela—the same is Zoar.

    תרע at skip 2, forward from Genesis 14:2ךסדםואבשמלךעמרהתרע
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 16,115Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 1,273 sequences of תרס״ט at skips 2–5,000, 6.0% above what chance alone gives (about 1,201); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.

  • Genesis 59
  • Exodus 98
  • Leviticus 100
  • Numbers 89
  • Deuteronomy 44
  • Joshua 22
  • Judges 25
  • Samuel 34
  • Kings 86
  • Isaiah 84
  • Jeremiah 64
  • Ezekiel 73
  • The Twelve 67
  • Psalms 155
  • Proverbs 71
  • Job 54
  • Song of Songs 6
  • Ruth 11
  • Lamentations 2
  • Ecclesiastes 12
  • Esther 36
  • Daniel 17
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 28
  • Chronicles 36

Outside the Torah

  1. Ezekiel 31:4יחזקאל לא:דskip 7, forward

    מַיִם גִּדְּלוּהוּ תְּהוֹם רֹֽמְמָתְהוּ אֶת־נַהֲרֹתֶיהָ הֹלֵךְ סְבִיבוֹת מַטָּעָהּ וְאֶת־תְּעָלֹתֶיהָ שִׁלְחָה אֶל כָּל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶֽה

    The waters nourished it, The deep made it to grow; Her rivers ran round About her plantation, And she sent out her conduits Unto all the trees of the field.

    תרסט at skip 7, forward from Ezekiel 31:4יתהצמרתומיםגדלוהותהוםרממהואתנהתיההלךביבותמעהואתתעלתיהשלחהאלכלעציהשתרסט
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 771,130Open in the laboratory →

  2. Ezekiel 16:43יחזקאל טז:מגskip 9, backward

    יַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־זכרתי אֶת־יְמֵי נְעוּרַיִךְ וַתִּרְגְּזִי־לִי בְּכָל־אֵלֶּה וְגַם־אֲנִי הֵא דַּרְכֵּךְ בְּרֹאשׁ נָתַתִּי נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְלֹא עשיתי אֶת־הַזִּמָּה עַל כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ

    Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted Me in all these things; lo, therefore I also will bring thy way upon thy head, saith the Lord GOD; or hast thou not committed this lewdness above all thine abominations?

    תרסט at skip 9, backward from Ezekiel 16:43יעודוהנחתיחמתיבךוסרהקנאתיממךושקתיולאאכעעודיעןאשלאזכרתיאימינעוריךותרגזיליבכלאלהוגםאניהאתרסט
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 747,406Open in the laboratory →

  3. Psalms 132:12תהלים קלב:יבskip 9, backward

    אִֽם־יִשְׁמְרוּ בָנֶיךָ בְּרִיתִי וְעֵדֹתִי זוֹ אֲלַמְּדֵם גַּם־בְּנֵיהֶם עֲדֵי־עַד יֵשְׁבוּ לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ

    If thy children keep My covenant And My testimony that I shall teach them, Their children also for ever shall sit upon thy throne.'

    תרסט at skip 9, backward from Psalms 132:12ךנשבעיקוקלדודאמתלאישובממנהמפריבנךאשיתלכאלךאםישמובניךברייועדתיזואלמדםגםבניהםעדיעדישבולכתרסט
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 929,829Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

תרס״ט — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5669 (autumn 1908 to autumn 1909), in which 1909 begins. Searched as תרסט, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 669.

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

Questions

Is 1909 in the Bible code?

386 sequences of תרס״ט at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 370 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for 1909 in the Torah?

Skip 17, reading forward from Leviticus 26:20 — the shortest of 386 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 370.

How is 1909 spelled in Hebrew?

1909 is spelled תרס״ט — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 669.

Is 1909 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 1,273 sequences of תרס״ט at skips 2–5,000, 6.0% above what chance alone gives (about 1,201); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.

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