1959 תשי״ט–תש״כ
1959 spans two Hebrew years: 5719 (תשי״ט) until Rosh Hashanah and 5720 (תש״כ) after it. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 5,372 sequences of 1959, the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 6:3); chance alone would give about 5,485.
- Found in the Torah
- 5,372
- Chance alone
- 5,485
- P (≥ found)
- 0.94
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
5,372 sequences of תשי״ט at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5,485 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which תשי״ט appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 6:3, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תשי״ט is found 56,016 times; chance alone would give about 57,156.
- Genesis 819
- Exodus 1,490
- Leviticus 1,171
- Numbers 1,081
- Deuteronomy 811
The shortest skips
וְשָׁמַעְתָּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְשָׁמַרְתָּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אֲשֶׁר יִיטַב לְךָ וַאֲשֶׁר תִּרְבּוּן מְאֹד כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֶיךָ לָךְ אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָֽשׁ
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee—a land flowing with milk and honey.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 261,434Open in the laboratory →
וְהֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר תִּתֵּנוּ שֵׁשׁ־עָרֵי מִקְלָט תִּהְיֶינָה לָכֶֽם
And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 248,001Open in the laboratory →
לֹא־יוּכַל בַּעְלָהּ הָרִאשׁוֹן אֲשֶֽׁר־שִׁלְּחָהּ לָשׁוּב לְקַחְתָּהּ לִהְיוֹת לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר הֻטַּמָּאָה כִּֽי־תוֹעֵבָה הִוא לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְלֹא תַחֲטִיא אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָֽה
her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD; and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 287,028Open in the laboratory →
וַיְשַׁלַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־חֹתְנוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ לוֹ אֶל־אַרְצֽוֹ
And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 105,604Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָֽאֱלֹהִים בַּחֲלֹם גַּם אָנֹכִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי בְתָם־לְבָבְךָ עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת וָאֶחְשֹׂךְ גַּם־אָנֹכִי אֽוֹתְךָ מֵחֲטוֹ־לִי עַל־כֵּן לֹא־נְתַתִּיךָ לִנְגֹּעַ אֵלֶֽיהָ
And God said unto him in the dream: ‘Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,630Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תש״כ
At skips 2–5,000, תש״כ appears 360,113 times in the Torah — 1.6% more than the 354,509 chance alone would give; the probability of 360,113 or more by chance alone is 3.1 × 10⁻²¹.
The shortest skip at which תש״כ appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 18:5, reading forward.
At skips 2–5,000, תש״כ appears 1,218,085 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 1,213,230 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,218,085 or more by chance alone is 5.3 × 10⁻⁶.
וְאֶקְחָה פַת־לֶחֶם וְסַעֲדוּ לִבְּכֶם אַחַר תַּעֲבֹרוּ כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּן עֲבַרְתֶּם עַֽל־עַבְדְּכֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֵּן תַּעֲשֶׂה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come to your servant.’ And they said: ‘So do, as thou hast said.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,717Open in the laboratory →
וּכְמוֹ הַשַּׁחַר עָלָה וַיָּאִיצוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים בְּלוֹט לֵאמֹר קוּם קַח אֶֽת־אִשְׁתְּךָ וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי בְנֹתֶיךָ הַנִּמְצָאֹת פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶה בַּעֲוֺן הָעִֽיר
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying: ‘Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,071Open in the laboratory →
וַיֶּאֱהַב יִצְחָק אֶת־עֵשָׂו כִּי־צַיִד בְּפִיו וְרִבְקָה אֹהֶבֶת אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב
Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; and Rebekah loved Jacob.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 34,117Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ כִּמְעַט שָׁכַב אַחַד הָעָם אֶת־אִשְׁתֶּךָ וְהֵבֵאתָ עָלֵינוּ אָשָֽׁם
And Abimelech said: ‘What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 34,987Open in the laboratory →
בְּעוֹד שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים יִשָּׂא פַרְעֹה אֶת־רֹֽאשְׁךָ מֵֽעָלֶיךָ וְתָלָה אוֹתְךָ עַל־עֵץ וְאָכַל הָעוֹף אֶת־בְּשָׂרְךָ מֵעָלֶֽיךָ
within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 59,841Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 18,441 sequences of תשי״ט at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 18,536).
- Genesis 819
- Exodus 1,490
- Leviticus 1,171
- Numbers 1,081
- Deuteronomy 838
- Joshua 429
- Judges 504
- Samuel 966
- Kings 1,412
- Isaiah 897
- Jeremiah 1,029
- Ezekiel 1,385
- The Twelve 789
- Psalms 1,435
- Proverbs 721
- Job 661
- Song of Songs 122
- Ruth 158
- Lamentations 117
- Ecclesiastes 248
- Esther 283
- Daniel 285
- Ezra–Nehemiah 529
- Chronicles 1,072
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־דָּוִד אָבִי יַעַן אֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־לְבָבְךָ לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי הֱטִיבֹתָ כִּי הָיָה עִם־לְבָבֶֽךָ
But the LORD said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 494,076Open in the laboratory →
אֵת אֲשֶׁר יֶחֱטָא אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ וְנָֽשָׁא־בוֹ אָלָה לְהַֽאֲלֹתוֹ וּבָא אָלָה לִפְנֵי מִֽזְבַּחֲךָ בַּבַּיִת הַזֶּֽה
If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be exacted of him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before Thine altar in this house;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 494,934Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־דָּוִיד אָבִי יַעַן אֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־לְבָבְךָ לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי הֱֽטִיבוֹתָ כִּי הָיָה עִם־לְבָבֶֽךָ
But the LORD said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,148,316Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשי״ט — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5719 (autumn 1958 to autumn 1959), in which 1959 begins. Searched as תשיט, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 719.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1959 in the Bible code?
5,372 sequences of תשי״ט at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5,485 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for 1959 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 6:3 — the shortest of 5,372 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5,485.
What is the gematria of 1959 in Hebrew?
1959 is spelled תשי״ט — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 719.
How many times is 1959 found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 18,441 sequences of תשי״ט at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 18,536).
Search it yourself
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