1972 תשל״ב–תשל״ג
1972 spans two Hebrew years: 5732 (תשל״ב) until Rosh Hashanah and 5733 (תשל״ג) after it. In the Torah codes, 1972 is found 34,541 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 6:16) — 1.7% above the 33,972 chance alone would give (probability of 34,541 or more by chance alone: 0.001).
- Found in the Torah
- 34,541
- Chance alone
- 33,972
- P (≥ found)
- 0.001
- 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 34,541 sequences of תשל״ב at skips 2–5,000, 1.7% above what chance alone gives (about 33,972); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.001 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 364,393 sequences of תשל״ב, against about 353,980 from chance alone.
- Genesis 6,878
- Exodus 7,820
- Leviticus 5,732
- Numbers 7,856
- Deuteronomy 6,255
The shortest skips
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 →
Also searched: תשל״ג
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ג appears 4,358 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 4,383, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Numbers 33:54, reading backward.
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ג appears 18,751 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 18,965, so the count is in line with chance.
וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ בְּגוֹרָל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶם לָרַב תַּרְבּוּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתוֹ וְלַמְעַט תַּמְעִיט אֶת־נַחֲלָתוֹ אֶל אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵא לוֹ שָׁמָּה הַגּוֹרָל לוֹ יִהְיֶה לְמַטּוֹת אֲבֹתֵיכֶם תִּתְנֶחָֽלוּ
And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families—to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 245,942Open in the laboratory →
לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלַגֵּר וְלַתּוֹשָׁב בְּתוֹכָם תִּהְיֶינָה שֵׁשׁ־הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לְמִקְלָט לָנוּס שָׁמָּה כָּל־מַכֵּה־נֶפֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָֽה
For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the settler among them, shall these six cities be for refuge, that every one that killeth any person through error may flee thither.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 248,102Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה הַֽנַּעֲרָ אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶיהָ הַטִּי־נָא כַדֵּךְ וְאֶשְׁתֶּה וְאָמְרָה שְׁתֵה וְגַם־גְּמַלֶּיךָ אַשְׁקֶה אֹתָהּ הֹכַחְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ לְיִצְחָק וּבָהּ אֵדַע כִּי־עָשִׂיתָ חֶסֶד עִם־אֲדֹנִֽי
So let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant, even for Isaac; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast shown kindness unto my master.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 30,122Open in the laboratory →
לֹא תִּגְנֹבוּ וְלֹא־תְכַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּרוּ אִישׁ בַּעֲמִיתֽוֹ
Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 170,687Open in the laboratory →
וַיְצַו מֹשֶׁה אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר זֹאת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תִּתְנַחֲלוּ אֹתָהּ בְּגוֹרָל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה לָתֵת לְתִשְׁעַת הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּֽה
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: ‘This is the land wherein ye shall receive inheritance by lot, which the LORD hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 246,734Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
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.
- Genesis 6,878
- Exodus 7,820
- Leviticus 5,732
- Numbers 7,856
- Deuteronomy 6,553
- Joshua 3,761
- Judges 3,796
- Samuel 10,072
- Kings 11,733
- Isaiah 4,862
- Jeremiah 8,045
- Ezekiel 7,945
- The Twelve 4,106
- Psalms 6,325
- Proverbs 2,828
- Job 2,470
- Song of Songs 546
- Ruth 659
- Lamentations 586
- Ecclesiastes 1,289
- Esther 1,649
- Daniel 2,075
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,883
- Chronicles 11,317
Outside the Torah
וְאֵת יֵהוּא בֶן־נִמְשִׁי תִּמְשַׁח לְמֶלֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת־אֱלִישָׁע בֶּן־שָׁפָט מֵאָבֵל מְחוֹלָה תִּמְשַׁח לְנָבִיא תַּחְתֶּֽיךָ
and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 519,518Open in the laboratory →
וְנָטִיתִי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֵת קָו שֹֽׁמְרוֹן וְאֶת־מִשְׁקֹלֶת בֵּית אַחְאָב וּמָחִיתִי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶה אֶת־הַצַּלַּחַת מָחָה וְהָפַךְ עַל־פָּנֶֽיהָ
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 567,158Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּקְחִי מִבְּגָדַיִךְ וַתַּֽעֲשִׂי־לָךְ בָּמוֹת טְלֻאוֹת וַתִּזְנִי עֲלֵיהֶם לֹא בָאוֹת וְלֹא יִהְיֶֽה
And thou didst take of thy garments, and didst make for thee high places decked with divers colours, and didst play the harlot upon them; the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 745,995Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשל״ב — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5732 (autumn 1971 to autumn 1972), in which 1972 begins. Searched as תשלב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 732.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does 1972 appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 34,541 sequences of תשל״ב at skips 2–5,000, 1.7% above what chance alone gives (about 33,972); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.001 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for 1972 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:16 — the shortest of 34,541 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 33,972.
How is 1972 spelled in Hebrew?
1972 is spelled תשל״ב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 732.
Is 1972 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
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.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 33,972 here) beside the count.