1927 תרפ״ז–תרפ״ח
1927 spans two Hebrew years: 5687 (תרפ״ז) until Rosh Hashanah and 5688 (תרפ״ח) after it. 1927 appears 1,217 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,183 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,217
- Chance alone
- 1,183
- P (≥ found)
- 0.16
- Shortest skip
- 8
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,217 sequences of תרפ״ז at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,183 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 8 — the first at Numbers 23:4, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 12,804 sequences of תרפ״ז, against about 12,324 from chance alone.
- Genesis 232
- Exodus 336
- Leviticus 241
- Numbers 245
- Deuteronomy 163
The shortest skips
וַיִּקָּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־בִּלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֶת־שִׁבְעַת הַֽמִּזְבְּחֹת עָרַכְתִּי וָאַעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And God met Balaam; and he said unto Him: ‘I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 227,821Open in the laboratory →
לֵךְ וְאָֽסַפְתָּ אֶת־זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם נִרְאָה אֵלַי אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר פָּקֹד פָּקַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם וְאֶת־הֶעָשׂוּי לָכֶם בְּמִצְרָֽיִם
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying: I have surely remembered you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 81,382Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה כִּֽי־תִמְצֶאןָ אֹתוֹ רָעוֹת רַבּוֹת וְצָרוֹת וְעָנְתָה הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת לְפָנָיו לְעֵד כִּי לֹא תִשָּׁכַח מִפִּי זַרְעוֹ כִּי יָדַעְתִּי אֶת־יִצְרוֹ אֲשֶׁר הוּא עֹשֶׂה הַיּוֹם בְּטֶרֶם אֲבִיאֶנּוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבָּֽעְתִּי
then it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination how they do even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.’
skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 299,864Open in the laboratory →
וְיִרְכְּסוּ אֶת־הַחֹשֶׁן מטבעתו אֶל־טַבְּעֹת הָאֵפֹד בִּפְתִיל תְּכֵלֶת לִֽהְיוֹת עַל־חֵשֶׁב הָאֵפוֹד וְלֹֽא־יִזַּח הַחֹשֶׁן מֵעַל הָאֵפֽוֹד
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a thread of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 119,651Open in the laboratory →
וְכִפֶּר הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר־יִמְשַׁח אֹתוֹ וַאֲשֶׁר יְמַלֵּא אֶת־יָדוֹ לְכַהֵן תַּחַת אָבִיו וְלָבַשׁ אֶת־בִּגְדֵי הַבָּד בִּגְדֵי הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ
And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
skip 31, width 31 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 167,859Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תרפ״ח
3,832 sequences of תרפ״ח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 3,868 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Numbers 20:18, reading forward.
The whole Tanakh holds 12,984 sequences of תרפ״ח at skips 2–5,000, 3.3% above what chance alone gives (about 12,574); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00014 by chance alone.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֱדוֹם לֹא תַעֲבֹר בִּי פֶּן־בַּחֶרֶב אֵצֵא לִקְרָאתֶֽךָ
And Edom said unto him: ‘Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 222,893Open in the laboratory →
וְיִרְכְּסוּ אֶת־הַחֹשֶׁן מטבעתו אֶל־טַבְּעֹת הָאֵפֹד בִּפְתִיל תְּכֵלֶת לִֽהְיוֹת עַל־חֵשֶׁב הָאֵפוֹד וְלֹֽא־יִזַּח הַחֹשֶׁן מֵעַל הָאֵפֽוֹד
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a thread of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 119,651Open in the laboratory →
וְהָֽיְתָה־זֹּאת לָכֶם לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְכַפֵּר עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכָּל־חַטֹּאתָם אַחַת בַּשָּׁנָה וַיַּעַשׂ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year.’ And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 167,986Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּיִם וַיְכַסּוּ אֶת־הָרֶכֶב וְאֶת־הַפָּרָשִׁים לְכֹל חֵיל פַּרְעֹה הַבָּאִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם בַּיָּם לֹֽא־נִשְׁאַר בָּהֶם עַד־אֶחָֽד
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 99,664Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב וְאֶת־הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַיֹּתֶרֶת מִן־הַכָּבֵד מִן־הַחַטָּאת הִקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
But the fat, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver of the sin-offering, he made smoke upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 153,486Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 4,300 sequences of תרפ״ז at skips 2–5,000, 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 4,146); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0087 by chance alone.
- Genesis 232
- Exodus 336
- Leviticus 241
- Numbers 245
- Deuteronomy 175
- Joshua 137
- Judges 108
- Samuel 185
- Kings 302
- Isaiah 315
- Jeremiah 215
- Ezekiel 326
- The Twelve 180
- Psalms 315
- Proverbs 164
- Job 175
- Song of Songs 34
- Ruth 22
- Lamentations 20
- Ecclesiastes 34
- Esther 51
- Daniel 68
- Ezra–Nehemiah 120
- Chronicles 300
Outside the Torah
וְעַכְבְּרֵי הַזָּהָב מִסְפַּר כָּל־עָרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים לַחֲמֵשֶׁת הַסְּרָנִים מֵעִיר מִבְצָר וְעַד כֹּפֶר הַפְּרָזִי וְעַד אָבֵל הַגְּדוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחוּ עָלֶיהָ אֵת אֲרוֹן יְהוָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה בִּשְׂדֵה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֵּֽית־הַשִּׁמְשִֽׁי
and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto Abel by the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 392,102Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־עֲבָדָיו הֲלוֹא תֵדְעוּ כִּי־שַׂר וְגָדוֹל נָפַל הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And the king said unto his servants: ‘Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 440,764Open in the laboratory →
כִּי־כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה לַסָּֽרִיסִים אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַי וּבָֽחֲרוּ בַּאֲשֶׁר חָפָצְתִּי וּמַחֲזִיקִים בִּבְרִיתִֽי
For thus saith the LORD Concerning the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths, And choose the things that please Me, And hold fast by My covenant:
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 631,890Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תרפ״ז — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5687 (autumn 1926 to autumn 1927), in which 1927 begins. Searched as תרפז, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 687.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1927 in the Bible code?
1,217 sequences of תרפ״ז at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,183 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for 1927 in the Torah?
Skip 8, reading forward from Numbers 23:4 — the shortest of 1,217 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,183.
How is 1927 spelled in Hebrew?
1927 is spelled תרפ״ז — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 687.
Is 1927 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 4,300 sequences of תרפ״ז at skips 2–5,000, 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 4,146); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0087 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
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