1957 תשי״ז–תשי״ח
1957 spans two Hebrew years: 5717 (תשי״ז) until Rosh Hashanah and 5718 (תשי״ח) after it. 1957 appears 6,710 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 6,683 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 6,710
- Chance alone
- 6,683
- P (≥ found)
- 0.37
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 6,710 sequences of תשי״ז at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 6,683).
The shortest skip at which תשי״ז appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Exodus 30:25, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תשי״ז is found 69,168 times; chance alone would give about 69,639.
- Genesis 1,150
- Exodus 2,043
- Leviticus 1,187
- Numbers 1,370
- Deuteronomy 960
The shortest skips
וְעָשִׂיתָ אֹתוֹ שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹדֶשׁ רֹקַח מִרְקַחַת מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵחַ שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶֽה
And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 124,259Open in the laboratory →
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מִדַּם הַֽחַטָּאת בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ וְנָתַן עַל־קַרְנֹת מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה וְאֶת־דָּמוֹ יִשְׁפֹּךְ אֶל־יְסוֹד מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָֽה
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and the remaining blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 145,646Open in the laboratory →
וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּם אֵת שְׁנַת הַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּקְרָאתֶם דְּרוֹר בָּאָרֶץ לְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶיהָ יוֹבֵל הִוא תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם וְשַׁבְתֶּם אִישׁ אֶל־אֲחֻזָּתוֹ וְאִישׁ אֶל־מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ תָּשֻֽׁבוּ
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 180,127Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת
And the man said: ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,809Open in the laboratory →
לֹא־יֹאבֶה יְהוָה סְלֹחַֽ לוֹ כִּי אָז יֶעְשַׁן אַף־יְהוָה וְקִנְאָתוֹ בָּאִישׁ הַהוּא וְרָבְצָה בּוֹ כָּל־הָאָלָה הַכְּתוּבָה בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה וּמָחָה יְהוָה אֶת־שְׁמוֹ מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
the LORD will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy shall be kindled against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 296,525Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תשי״ח
At skips 2–5,000, תשי״ח appears 22,201 times in the Torah — 1.6% more than the 21,859 chance alone would give; the probability of 22,201 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
The shortest skip at which תשי״ח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 26:4, reading forward.
The whole Tanakh holds 80,851 sequences of תשי״ח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 81,072).
וְעָשִׂיתָ לֻֽלְאֹת תְּכֵלֶת עַל שְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִקָּצָה בַּחֹבָרֶת וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה בִּשְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הַקִּיצוֹנָה בַּמַּחְבֶּרֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the first set; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second set.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 115,439Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ לֻֽלְאֹת תְּכֵלֶת עַל שְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הָֽאֶחָת מִקָּצָה בַּמַּחְבָּרֶת כֵּן עָשָׂה בִּשְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הַקִּיצוֹנָה בַּמַּחְבֶּרֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית
And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain that was outmost in the first set; likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second set.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 133,417Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל־קֹרַח וְאֶֽל־כָּל־עֲדָתוֹ לֵאמֹר בֹּקֶר וְיֹדַע יְהוָה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וְאֶת־הַקָּדוֹשׁ וְהִקְרִיב אֵלָיו וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר־בּוֹ יַקְרִיב אֵלָֽיו
And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: ‘In the morning the LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to come near unto Him. .
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 215,576Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים חָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת אָרְכּוֹ וְחָֽמֵשׁ־אַמּוֹת רָחְבּוֹ רָבוּעַ וְשָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת קֹמָתֽוֹ
And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, four-square, and three cubits the height thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 136,181Open in the laboratory →
בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֶלַע מִשְׁפַּחַת הַבַּלְעִי לְאַשְׁבֵּל מִשְׁפַּחַת הָֽאַשְׁבֵּלִי לַאֲחִירָם מִשְׁפַּחַת הָאֲחִירָמִֽי
The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 232,744Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 26,560 sequences of תשי״ז at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 26,729).
- Genesis 1,150
- Exodus 2,043
- Leviticus 1,187
- Numbers 1,370
- Deuteronomy 1,037
- Joshua 741
- Judges 875
- Samuel 1,376
- Kings 2,705
- Isaiah 1,565
- Jeremiah 1,436
- Ezekiel 1,607
- The Twelve 1,090
- Psalms 1,855
- Proverbs 641
- Job 773
- Song of Songs 169
- Ruth 158
- Lamentations 117
- Ecclesiastes 239
- Esther 289
- Daniel 410
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,091
- Chronicles 2,636
Outside the Torah
יַעַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלַי וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ עָלָה בְאָזְנָי וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי בְּאַפֶּךָ וּמִתְגִּי בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ וַהֲשִׁבֹתִיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּאתָ בָּֽהּ
Because of thy raging against Me, And for that thy tumult is come up into Mine ears, Therefore will I put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I will turn thee back by the way By which thou camest.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 564,402Open in the laboratory →
יַעַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלַי וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ עָלָה בְאָזְנָי וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי בְּאַפֶּךָ וּמִתְגִּי בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ וַהֲשִׁיבֹתִיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּאתָ בָּֽהּ
Because of thy raging against Me, And for that thine uproar is come up into Mine ears, Therefore will I put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I will turn thee back by the way By which thou camest.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 612,237Open in the laboratory →
לָכֵן יְשַׁלַּח הָאָדוֹן יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת בְּמִשְׁמַנָּיו רָזוֹן וְתַחַת כְּבֹדוֹ יֵקַד יְקֹד כִּיקוֹד אֵֽשׁ
Therefore will the Lord, the LORD of hosts, Send among his fat ones leanness; And under his glory there shall be kindled A burning like the burning of fire.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 586,053Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשי״ז — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5717 (autumn 1956 to autumn 1957), in which 1957 begins. Searched as תשיז, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 717.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1957 in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 6,710 sequences of תשי״ז at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 6,683).
What is the shortest skip for 1957 in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading backward from Exodus 30:25 — the shortest of 6,710 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 6,683.
What is the gematria of 1957 in Hebrew?
1957 is spelled תשי״ז — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 717.
How many times is 1957 found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 26,560 sequences of תשי״ז at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 26,729).
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