1970 תש״ל–תשל״א
1970 spans two Hebrew years: 5730 (תש״ל) until Rosh Hashanah and 5731 (תשל״א) after it. In the Torah codes, 1970 is found 650,075 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 4:18) — 1.7% above the 638,934 chance alone would give (probability of 650,075 or more by chance alone: 3.3 × 10⁻⁴⁴).
- Found in the Torah
- 650,075
- Chance alone
- 638,934
- P (≥ found)
- 3.3 × 10⁻⁴⁴
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 650,075 sequences of תש״ל at skips 2–5,000, 1.7% above what chance alone gives (about 638,934); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.3 × 10⁻⁴⁴ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:18, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 10,286,094 sequences of תש״ל, against about 9,903,193 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 638,934 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 124,874
- Exodus 158,176
- Leviticus 106,465
- Numbers 142,891
- Deuteronomy 117,669
The shortest skips
וַיִּוָּלֵד לַֽחֲנוֹךְ אֶת־עִירָד וְעִירָד יָלַד אֶת־מְחֽוּיָאֵל וּמְחִיּיָאֵל יָלַד אֶת־מְתוּשָׁאֵל וּמְתוּשָׁאֵל יָלַד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ
And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,038Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּוָּלֵד לַֽחֲנוֹךְ אֶת־עִירָד וְעִירָד יָלַד אֶת־מְחֽוּיָאֵל וּמְחִיּיָאֵל יָלַד אֶת־מְתוּשָׁאֵל וּמְתוּשָׁאֵל יָלַד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ
And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,045Open 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 7,560Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח שֵׁם וָיֶפֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַל־שְׁכֶם שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ אֲחֹרַנִּית וַיְכַסּוּ אֵת עֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם וּפְנֵיהֶם אֲחֹרַנִּית וְעֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם לֹא רָאֽוּ
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,291Open in the laboratory →
הִנֵּה־נָא לִי שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָדְעוּ אִישׁ אוֹצִֽיאָה־נָּא אֶתְהֶן אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשׂוּ לָהֶן כַּטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם רַק לָֽאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵל אַל־תַּעֲשׂוּ דָבָר כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּן בָּאוּ בְּצֵל קֹרָתִֽי
Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 22,562Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תשל״א
The Torah holds 56,725 sequences of תשל״א at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 56,242); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 34:17, reading forward.
The whole Tanakh holds 181,463 sequences of תשל״א at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 180,026); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00036 by chance alone.
אֱלֹהֵי מַסֵּכָה לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה־לָּֽךְ
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 129,995Open in the laboratory →
אֵת מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה וְאֶת־מִכְבַּר הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ אֶת־בַּדָּיו וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו אֶת־הַכִּיֹּר וְאֶת־כַּנּֽוֹ
the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 131,642Open in the laboratory →
אֵת מִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת וְאֶת־מִכְבַּר הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ אֶת־בַּדָּיו וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו אֶת־הַכִּיֹּר וְאֶת־כַּנּֽוֹ
the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 139,728Open in the laboratory →
אָרוּר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָקִים אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָֽה־הַזֹּאת לַעֲשׂוֹת אוֹתָם וְאָמַר כָּל־הָעָם אָמֵֽן
Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say: Amen.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 291,493Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ יַעֲקֹב מַקַּל לִבְנֶה לַח וְלוּז וְעֶרְמוֹן וַיְפַצֵּל בָּהֵן פְּצָלוֹת לְבָנוֹת מַחְשֹׂף הַלָּבָן אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמַּקְלֽוֹת
And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which was in the rods.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 43,253Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,264,074 sequences of תש״ל at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 2,256,902); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.2 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
- Genesis 124,874
- Exodus 158,176
- Leviticus 106,465
- Numbers 142,891
- Deuteronomy 121,662
- Joshua 69,206
- Judges 71,914
- Samuel 188,854
- Kings 207,316
- Isaiah 94,564
- Jeremiah 146,029
- Ezekiel 147,703
- The Twelve 78,246
- Psalms 121,216
- Proverbs 50,130
- Job 50,006
- Song of Songs 10,601
- Ruth 12,932
- Lamentations 10,513
- Ecclesiastes 25,010
- Esther 31,846
- Daniel 38,099
- Ezra–Nehemiah 65,084
- Chronicles 190,737
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי מוֹת מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן מְשָׁרֵת מֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹֽר
Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 304,896Open in the laboratory →
וְיִשְׁמְעוּ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְכֹל יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ וְנָסַבּוּ עָלֵינוּ וְהִכְרִיתוּ אֶת־שְׁמֵנוּ מִן־הָאָרֶץ וּמַֽה־תַּעֲשֵׂה לְשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדֽוֹל
For when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land hear of it, they will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth; and what wilt Thou do for Thy great name?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,000Open in the laboratory →
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּכָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה מִזְבַּח אֲבָנִים שְׁלֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־הֵנִיף עֲלֵיהֶן בַּרְזֶל וַיַּעֲלוּ עָלָיו עֹלוֹת לַֽיהוָה וַֽיִּזְבְּחוּ שְׁלָמִֽים
as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron; and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,277Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תש״ל — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5730 (autumn 1969 to autumn 1970), in which 1970 begins. Searched as תשל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 730.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1970 in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 650,075 sequences of תש״ל at skips 2–5,000, 1.7% above what chance alone gives (about 638,934); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.3 × 10⁻⁴⁴ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for 1970 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:18 — the shortest of 650,075 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 638,934.
How is 1970 spelled in Hebrew?
1970 is spelled תש״ל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 730.
Is 1970 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,264,074 sequences of תש״ל at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 2,256,902); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.2 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 638,934 here) beside the count.