1971 תשל״א–תשל״ב
1971 spans two Hebrew years: 5731 (תשל״א) until Rosh Hashanah and 5732 (תשל״ב) after it. 1971 appears 56,725 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% more than chance alone would give (about 56,242; probability 0.02).
- Found in the Torah
- 56,725
- Chance alone
- 56,242
- P (≥ found)
- 0.02
- 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, תשל״א appears 56,725 times in the Torah — 0.9% more than the 56,242 chance alone would give; the probability of 56,725 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
The shortest skip at which תשל״א appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 34:17, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תשל״א is found 602,835 times; chance alone would give about 586,032.
- Genesis 11,881
- Exodus 13,040
- Leviticus 9,569
- Numbers 11,943
- Deuteronomy 10,292
The shortest skips
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 →
Also searched: תשל״ב
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ב appears 34,541 times in the Torah — 1.7% more than the 33,972 chance alone would give; the probability of 34,541 or more by chance alone is 0.001.
The shortest skip at which תשל״ב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:16, reading forward.
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ב appears 122,786 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 122,700, so the count is in line with chance.
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 →
וְחַג שָׁבֻעֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה לְךָ בִּכּוּרֵי קְצִיר חִטִּים וְחַג הָֽאָסִיף תְּקוּפַת הַשָּׁנָֽה
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the year.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 130,208Open in the laboratory →
עִשָּׂרוֹן עִשָּׂרוֹן תַּעֲשֶׂה לַכֶּבֶשׂ הָאֶחָד לְשִׁבְעַת הַכְּבָשִֽׂים
a several tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 236,184Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב לָתֶת לָךְ עָרִים גְּדֹלֹת וְטֹבֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־בָנִֽיתָ
And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee—great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 261,768Open in the laboratory →
וּמוֹרַאֲכֶם וְחִתְּכֶם יִֽהְיֶה עַל כָּל־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וְעַל כָּל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמָיִם בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תִּרְמֹשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָה וּֽבְכָל־דְּגֵי הַיָּם בְּיֶדְכֶם נִתָּֽנוּ
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, and upon all wherewith the ground teemeth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 10,374Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״א appears 181,463 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.8% more than the 180,026 chance alone would give; the probability of 181,463 or more by chance alone is 0.00036.
- Genesis 11,881
- Exodus 13,040
- Leviticus 9,569
- Numbers 11,943
- Deuteronomy 10,783
- Joshua 5,139
- Judges 6,290
- Samuel 17,533
- Kings 17,589
- Isaiah 6,593
- Jeremiah 12,152
- Ezekiel 11,974
- The Twelve 5,870
- Psalms 7,459
- Proverbs 2,994
- Job 3,676
- Song of Songs 733
- Ruth 959
- Lamentations 759
- Ecclesiastes 1,798
- Esther 2,580
- Daniel 3,069
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,504
- Chronicles 12,576
Outside the Torah
וּמִמַּטֵּה אָשֵׁר אֶת־מִשְׁאָל וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ אֶת־עַבְדּוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with the open land about it, Abdon with the open land about it;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 337,635Open in the laboratory →
וּמְעִיל קָטֹן תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּוֹ אִמּוֹ וְהַעַלְתָה לוֹ מִיָּמִים יָמִימָה בַּֽעֲלוֹתָהּ אֶת־אִישָׁהּ לִזְבֹּחַ אֶת־זֶבַח הַיָּמִֽים
Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 386,113Open in the laboratory →
וּבֵרַךְ עֵלִי אֶת־אֶלְקָנָה וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאָמַר יָשֵׂם יְהוָה לְךָ זֶרַע מִן־הָאִשָּׁה הַזֹּאת תַּחַת הַשְּׁאֵלָה אֲשֶׁר שָׁאַל לַֽיהוָה וְהָלְכוּ לִמְקֹמֽוֹ
And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say: ‘The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to the LORD.’ And they would go unto their own home.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 386,215Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשל״א — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5731 (autumn 1970 to autumn 1971), in which 1971 begins. Searched as תשלא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 731.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does 1971 appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״א appears 56,725 times in the Torah — 0.9% more than the 56,242 chance alone would give; the probability of 56,725 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
What is the shortest skip for 1971 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 34:17 — the shortest of 56,725 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 56,242.
What is the gematria of 1971 in Hebrew?
1971 is spelled תשל״א — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 731.
How many times is 1971 found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״א appears 181,463 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.8% more than the 180,026 chance alone would give; the probability of 181,463 or more by chance alone is 0.00036.
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