1928 תרפ״ח–תרפ״ט

1928 spans two Hebrew years: 5688 (תרפ״ח) until Rosh Hashanah and 5689 (תרפ״ט) after it. 1928 appears 42,023 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 4.3% more than chance alone would give (about 40,309; probability 1.1 × 10⁻¹⁷).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 42,023
Chance alone · every skip: 40,309
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.1 × 10⁻¹⁷
Shortest skip: 3
Longest skip found: 100,985

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 3,832 found · chance alone about 3,868 (probability of 3,832 or more by chance alone: 0.72).

Open in the live laboratory

In the Torah

Across every skip (2–101,616), תרפ״ח appears 42,023 times in the Torah — 4.3% more than the 40,309 chance alone would give; the probability of 42,023 or more by chance alone is 1.1 × 10⁻¹⁷.

The shortest skip at which תרפ״ח appears in the Torah is 3 — at Numbers 20:18, reading forward.

The longest skip at which תרפ״ח was found in the Torah is 100,985 — at Genesis 1:28, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 9,807
Exodus 10,290
Leviticus 6,589
Numbers 7,702
Deuteronomy 7,635

Examples across the range

5 of the 42,023 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.

shortest skipNumbers 20:18במדבר כ:יחskip 3, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת ר פ חNumbers 20:18
  … 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 222,893 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
a short skipExodus 28:28שמות כח:כחskip 5, backward
1. ת רExodus 28:28
  וְיִרְכְּסוּ אֶת־הַחֹשֶׁן מטבעתו אֶל־טַבְּעֹת הָאֵפֹד …
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. פ חExodus 28:27
  … מִמּוּל פָּנָיו לְעֻמַּת מֶחְבַּרְתּוֹ מִמַּעַל לְחֵשֶׁב הָאֵפֽוֹד
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 119,651 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipDeuteronomy 31:9דברים לא:טskip 103, backward
1. תDeuteronomy 31:9
  וַיִּכְתֹּב מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ אֶל …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. רDeuteronomy 31:7
  … הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה …
2. פDeuteronomy 31:6
  … תִּֽירְאוּ וְאַל־תַּעַרְצוּ מִפְּנֵיהֶם כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ …
3. חDeuteronomy 31:4
  … לָהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְסִיחוֹן וּלְעוֹג מַלְכֵי הָאֱמֹרִי …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 103, width 103 — one row is 103 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 298,923 of the TorahOpen at skip 103 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 17:5שמות יז:הskip 1,006, forward
1. תExodus 17:5
  … אֲשֶׁר הִכִּיתָ בּוֹ אֶת־הַיְאֹר קַח בְּיָדְךָ …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. רExodus 18:8
  … וּלְמִצְרַיִם עַל אוֹדֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל־הַתְּלָאָה …
2. פExodus 18:25
  … עַל־הָעָם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת שָׂרֵי …
3. חExodus 19:16
  … שֹׁפָר חָזָק מְאֹד וַיֶּחֱרַד כָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 1,006, width 1,006 — one row is 1,006 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 103,500 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,006 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 1:28בראשית א:כחskip 100,985, forward
1. תGenesis 1:28
  וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. רExodus 16:21
  וַיִּלְקְטוּ אֹתוֹ בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר אִישׁ כְּפִי אָכְלוֹ …
2. פNumbers 8:19
  … יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וּלְכַפֵּר עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל …
3. חDeuteronomy 34:3
  … וְֽאֶת־הַכִּכָּר בִּקְעַת יְרֵחוֹ עִיר הַתְּמָרִים עַד …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 100,985, width 100,985 — one row is 100,985 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 1,388 of the TorahOpen at skip 100,985 in the laboratory →

Also searched: תרפ״ט

Across every skip (2–101,616), תרפ״ט appears 10,432 times in the Torah — 3.1% more than the 10,115 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,432 or more by chance alone is 0.00087.

The shortest skip at which תרפ״ט appears in the Torah is 11 — at Genesis 41:8, reading forward.

The longest skip at which תרפ״ט was found in the Torah is 100,801 — at Deuteronomy 34:9, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

115,584 sequences of תרפ״ט across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 115,460 that chance alone would produce.

shortest skipGenesis 41:8בראשית מא:חskip 11, forward
1. תGenesis 41:8
  … לָהֶם אֶת־חֲלֹמוֹ וְאֵין־פּוֹתֵר אוֹתָם לְפַרְעֹֽה
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. ר פ טGenesis 41:9
  וַיְדַבֵּר שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים אֶת־פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר אֶת־חֲטָאַי אֲנִי מַזְכִּיר הַיּֽוֹם
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 60,468 of the TorahOpen at skip 11 in the laboratory →
a short skipLeviticus 19:21ויקרא יט:כאskip 18, forward
1. תLeviticus 19:21
  … אֲשָׁמוֹ לַֽיהוָה אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אֵיל …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. ר פ טLeviticus 19:22
  וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן בְּאֵיל הָֽאָשָׁם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה עַל־חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא וְנִסְלַח לוֹ מֵחַטָּאתוֹ …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 18, width 18 — one row is 18 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 171,164 of the TorahOpen at skip 18 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 15:3ויקרא טו:גskip 116, backward
1. תLeviticus 15:3
  … בְּזוֹבוֹ רָר בְּשָׂרוֹ אֶת־זוֹבוֹ אֽוֹ־הֶחְתִּים …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. רLeviticus 14:57
  … בְּיוֹם הַטָּמֵא וּבְיוֹם הַטָּהֹר זֹאת תּוֹרַת הַצָּרָֽעַת
2. פLeviticus 14:53
  וְשִׁלַּח אֶת־הַצִּפֹּר הַֽחַיָּה אֶל־מִחוּץ …
3. טLeviticus 14:51
  … וְאֵת הַצִּפֹּר הַֽחַיָּה וְטָבַל אֹתָם בְּדַם הַצִּפֹּר …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 116, width 116 — one row is 116 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 164,398 of the TorahOpen at skip 116 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 8:22שמות ח:כבskip 1,001, forward
1. תExodus 8:22
  … לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן כִּי תּוֹעֲבַת מִצְרַיִם נִזְבַּח לַיהוָה …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. רExodus 9:11
  … הַשְּׁחִין בַּֽחֲרְטֻמִּם וּבְכָל־מִצְרָֽיִם
2. פExodus 9:29
  … כְּצֵאתִי אֶת־הָעִיר אֶפְרֹשׂ אֶת־כַּפַּי אֶל …
3. טExodus 10:10
  … אֲשַׁלַּח אֶתְכֶם וְאֶֽת־טַפְּכֶם רְאוּ כִּי רָעָה …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 1,001, width 1,001 — one row is 1,001 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 89,215 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,001 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 34:9דברים לד:טskip 100,801, backward
1. תDeuteronomy 34:9
  … כִּֽי־סָמַךְ מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יָדָיו עָלָיו וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. רNumbers 9:1
  … מִצְרַיִם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן לֵאמֹֽר
2. פExodus 16:33
  … מָן וְהַנַּח אֹתוֹ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם
3. טGenesis 2:12
  וּֽזֲהַב הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא טוֹב שָׁם הַבְּדֹלַח וְאֶבֶן …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 100,801, width 100,801 — one row is 100,801 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 304,650 of the TorahOpen at skip 100,801 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

504,449 sequences of תרפ״ח across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 504,988 that chance alone would produce.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 12,984 found · chance alone about 12,574 (probability of 12,984 or more by chance alone: 0.00014).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 32,983
Exodus 32,934
Leviticus 22,243
Numbers 26,712
Deuteronomy 26,617
Joshua 15,699
Judges 15,509
Samuel 36,040
Kings 40,773
Isaiah 24,868
Jeremiah 37,371
Ezekiel 39,630
The Twelve 21,562
Psalms 30,329
Proverbs 11,996
Job 12,614
Song of Songs 2,421
Ruth 2,987
Lamentations 2,292
Ecclesiastes 4,387
Esther 5,426
Daniel 8,928
Ezra–Nehemiah 13,720
Chronicles 36,408

Open the whole Tanakh in the laboratory

Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the Torah1 Samuel 24:15שמואל א כד:טוskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת ר ף ח1 Samuel 24:15
  … יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֲרֵי מִי אַתָּה רֹדֵף אַֽחֲרֵי כֶּלֶב מֵת אַחֲרֵי …
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 423,856 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipPsalms 19:14תהלים יט:ידskip 101, backward
1. תPsalms 19:14
  … בִי אָז אֵיתָם וְנִקֵּיתִי מִפֶּשַֽׁע רָֽב
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. רPsalms 19:11
  הַֽנֶּחֱמָדִים מִזָּהָב וּמִפַּז רָב וּמְתוּקִים מִדְּבַשׁ וְנֹפֶת …
2. פPsalms 19:8
  … יְהוָה נֶאֱמָנָה מַחְכִּימַת פֶּֽתִי
3. חPsalms 19:6
  וְהוּא כְּחָתָן יֹצֵא מֵחֻפָּתוֹ יָשִׂישׂ כְּגִבּוֹר לָרוּץ …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 867,011 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:23דברי הימים ב לו:כגskip 398,277, backward
1. ת2 Chronicles 36:23
  … מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. רEzekiel 47:5
  … מֵי שָׂחוּ נַחַל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יֵעָבֵֽר
2. פ1 Samuel 12:15
  … יְהוָה וּמְרִיתֶם אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה וְהָיְתָה יַד …
3. חGenesis 2:9
  … וְטוֹב לְמַאֲכָל וְעֵץ הַֽחַיִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַגָּן וְעֵץ …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 398,277, width 398,277 — one row is 398,277 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,957 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,277 in the laboratory →

The spelling

תרפ״ח — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5688 (autumn 1927 to autumn 1928), in which 1928 begins. Searched as תרפח, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 688.

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

Questions

Does 1928 appear in the Torah codes?

What is the shortest skip for 1928 in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading forward from Numbers 20:18 — the shortest of 42,023 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 40,309.

What is the gematria of 1928 in Hebrew?

1928 is spelled תרפ״ח — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 688.

How many times is 1928 found in the whole Tanakh?