1940 ה׳ת״ש–תש״א
1940 spans two Hebrew years: 5700 (ה׳ת״ש) until Rosh Hashanah and 5701 (תש״א) after it. 1940 appears 855,289 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.9% more than chance alone would give (about 831,028; probability 7.2 × 10⁻¹⁵⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 855,289
- Chance alone
- 831,028
- P (≥ found)
- 7.2 × 10⁻¹⁵⁵
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, ה׳ת״ש appears 855,289 times in the Torah — 2.9% more than the 831,028 chance alone would give; the probability of 855,289 or more by chance alone is 7.2 × 10⁻¹⁵⁵.
The shortest skip at which ה׳ת״ש appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:15, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), ה׳ת״ש is found 13,365,203 times; chance alone would give about 12,880,578.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 831,028 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 151,133
- Exodus 222,394
- Leviticus 160,236
- Numbers 168,311
- Deuteronomy 153,215
The shortest skips
וְזֶה אֲשֶׁר תַּֽעֲשֶׂה אֹתָהּ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אַמָּה אֹרֶךְ הַתֵּבָה חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אַמָּה קוֹמָתָֽהּ
And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,510Open in the laboratory →
צֹהַר תַּֽעֲשֶׂה לַתֵּבָה וְאֶל־אַמָּה תְּכַלֶנָּה מִלְמַעְלָה וּפֶתַח הַתֵּבָה בְּצִדָּהּ תָּשִׂים תַּחְתִּיִּם שְׁנִיִּם וּשְׁלִשִׁים תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ
A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,558Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי יָוָן אֱלִישָׁה וְתַרְשִׁישׁ כִּתִּים וְדֹדָנִֽים
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,681Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפֹּל אַבְרָהָם עַל־פָּנָיו וַיִּצְחָק וַיֹּאמֶר בְּלִבּוֹ הַלְּבֶן מֵאָֽה־שָׁנָה יִוָּלֵד וְאִם־שָׂרָה הֲבַת־תִּשְׁעִים שָׁנָה תֵּלֵֽד
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart: ‘Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,951Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל־לָבָן הָבָה אֶת־אִשְׁתִּי כִּי מָלְאוּ יָמָי וְאָבוֹאָה אֵלֶֽיהָ
And Jacob said unto Laban: ‘Give me my wife, for my days are filled, that I may go in unto her.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 40,813Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תש״א
The Torah holds 801,616 sequences of תש״א at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 801,555).
The shortest skip at which תש״א appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:14, reading forward.
At skips 2–5,000, תש״א appears 2,465,322 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.8% more than the 2,445,603 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,465,322 or more by chance alone is 1.2 × 10⁻³⁶.
עֲשֵׂה לְךָ תֵּבַת עֲצֵי־גֹפֶר קִנִּים תַּֽעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וְכָֽפַרְתָּ אֹתָהּ מִבַּיִת וּמִחוּץ בַּכֹּֽפֶר
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,470Open in the laboratory →
וְזֶה אֲשֶׁר תַּֽעֲשֶׂה אֹתָהּ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אַמָּה אֹרֶךְ הַתֵּבָה חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אַמָּה קוֹמָתָֽהּ
And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,507Open in the laboratory →
בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְחַיֵּי־נֹחַ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה נִבְקְעוּ כָּֽל־מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה וַאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם נִפְתָּֽחוּ
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,409Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים זֹאת אֽוֹת־הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי נֹתֵן בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם וּבֵין כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֲשֶׁר אִתְּכֶם לְדֹרֹת עוֹלָֽם
And God said: ‘This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,807Open in the laboratory →
וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ וּשְׁמָהּ רְאוּמָה וַתֵּלֶד גַּם־הִוא אֶת־טֶבַח וְאֶת־גַּחַם וְאֶת־תַּחַשׁ וְאֶֽת־מַעֲכָֽה
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,331Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ה׳ת״ש appears 2,651,906 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.8% more than the 2,606,037 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,651,906 or more by chance alone is 7.2 × 10⁻¹⁷⁷.
- Genesis 151,133
- Exodus 222,394
- Leviticus 160,236
- Numbers 168,311
- Deuteronomy 159,041
- Joshua 91,555
- Judges 78,316
- Samuel 181,480
- Kings 245,445
- Isaiah 109,115
- Jeremiah 186,893
- Ezekiel 188,339
- The Twelve 109,729
- Psalms 113,015
- Proverbs 38,838
- Job 37,681
- Song of Songs 10,690
- Ruth 13,264
- Lamentations 11,477
- Ecclesiastes 27,347
- Esther 32,983
- Daniel 32,090
- Ezra–Nehemiah 78,796
- Chronicles 203,738
Outside the Torah
וְהָיָה כְּתָפְשְׂכֶם אֶת־הָעִיר תַּצִּיתוּ אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ כִּדְבַר יְהוָה תַּעֲשׂוּ רְאוּ צִוִּיתִי אֶתְכֶֽם
And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the LORD shall ye do; see, I have commanded you.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,753Open in the laboratory →
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה עַבְדּוֹ כֵּן־צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכֵן עָשָׂה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֹֽא־הֵסִיר דָּבָר מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
As the LORD commanded Moses His servant, so did Moses command Joshua; and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,275Open in the laboratory →
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה עַבְדּוֹ כֵּן־צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכֵן עָשָׂה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֹֽא־הֵסִיר דָּבָר מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
As the LORD commanded Moses His servant, so did Moses command Joshua; and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,332Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ה׳ת״ש — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5700 (autumn 1939 to autumn 1940), in which 1940 begins. Searched as התש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 705.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does 1940 appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, ה׳ת״ש appears 855,289 times in the Torah — 2.9% more than the 831,028 chance alone would give; the probability of 855,289 or more by chance alone is 7.2 × 10⁻¹⁵⁵.
What is the shortest skip for 1940 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:15 — the shortest of 855,289 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 831,028.
What is the gematria of 1940 in Hebrew?
1940 is spelled ה׳ת״ש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 705.
How many times is 1940 found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ה׳ת״ש appears 2,651,906 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.8% more than the 2,606,037 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,651,906 or more by chance alone is 7.2 × 10⁻¹⁷⁷.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 831,028 here) beside the count.