1960 תש״כ–תשכ״א
1960 spans two Hebrew years: 5720 (תש״כ) until Rosh Hashanah and 5721 (תשכ״א) after it. 1960 appears 360,113 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% more than chance alone would give (about 354,509; probability 3.1 × 10⁻²¹).
- Found in the Torah
- 360,113
- Chance alone
- 354,509
- P (≥ found)
- 3.1 × 10⁻²¹
- 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, 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 every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), תש״כ is found 5,704,799 times; chance alone would give about 5,494,734.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 354,509 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 65,758
- Exodus 84,511
- Leviticus 59,676
- Numbers 60,262
- Deuteronomy 89,906
The shortest skips
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 →
Also searched: תשכ״א
At skips 2–5,000, תשכ״א appears 31,594 times in the Torah — 1.2% more than the 31,205 chance alone would give; the probability of 31,594 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
The shortest skip at which תשכ״א appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 19:15, reading forward.
At skips 2–5,000, תשכ״א appears 98,154 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.4% more than the 96,776 chance alone would give; the probability of 98,154 or more by chance alone is 4.9 × 10⁻⁶.
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 →
וְאֶת־הַכּוֹס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָךְ וְאֶת־הַיַּנְשֽׁוּף
and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 156,111Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אִם־בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהוָה בְּאַחַד שְׁבָטֶיךָ שָׁם תַּעֲלֶה עֹלֹתֶיךָ וְשָׁם תַּעֲשֶׂה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּֽךָּ
but in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 271,476Open in the laboratory →
כַּֽחַטָּאת כָּֽאָשָׁם תּוֹרָה אַחַת לָהֶם הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר יְכַפֶּר־בּוֹ לוֹ יִהְיֶֽה
As is the sin-offering, so is the guilt-offering; there is one law for them; the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 149,240Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־הָאַיִל יַעֲשֶׂה זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים לַֽיהוָה עַל סַל הַמַּצּוֹת וְעָשָׂה הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־מִנְחָתוֹ וְאֶת־נִסְכּֽוֹ
And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 197,835Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
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.
- Genesis 65,758
- Exodus 84,511
- Leviticus 59,676
- Numbers 60,262
- Deuteronomy 92,862
- Joshua 31,856
- Judges 31,027
- Samuel 85,884
- Kings 110,570
- Isaiah 60,523
- Jeremiah 83,906
- Ezekiel 89,886
- The Twelve 45,909
- Psalms 76,023
- Proverbs 32,519
- Job 29,101
- Song of Songs 6,414
- Ruth 7,731
- Lamentations 6,044
- Ecclesiastes 14,444
- Esther 19,555
- Daniel 17,868
- Ezra–Nehemiah 27,732
- Chronicles 78,024
Outside the Torah
זָכוֹר אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶתְכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מֵנִיחַ לָכֶם וְנָתַן לָכֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּֽאת
’Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, you, saying: The LORD your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,651Open in the laboratory →
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא גִּדַּל יְהוָה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽרְאוּ אֹתוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר יָרְאוּ אֶת־מֹשֶׁה כָּל־יְמֵי חַיָּֽיו
On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,784Open in the laboratory →
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּחְלְקוּ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 326,905Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תש״כ — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5720 (autumn 1959 to autumn 1960), in which 1960 begins. Searched as תשכ, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 720.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does 1960 appear in the Torah codes?
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.
What is the shortest skip for 1960 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 18:5 — the shortest of 360,113 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 354,509.
What is the gematria of 1960 in Hebrew?
1960 is spelled תש״כ — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 720.
How many times is 1960 found in the whole Tanakh?
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.
Search it yourself
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