1974 תשל״ד–תשל״ה
1974 spans two Hebrew years: 5734 (תשל״ד) until Rosh Hashanah and 5735 (תשל״ה) after it. In the Torah codes, 1974 is found 14,889 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 31:29) — 1.9% above the 14,615 chance alone would give (probability of 14,889 or more by chance alone: 0.01).
- Found in the Torah
- 14,889
- Chance alone
- 14,615
- P (≥ found)
- 0.01
- 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 14,889 sequences of תשל״ד at skips 2–5,000, 1.9% above what chance alone gives (about 14,615); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 31:29, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 156,723 sequences of תשל״ד, against about 152,290 from chance alone.
- Genesis 2,891
- Exodus 3,632
- Leviticus 2,343
- Numbers 3,613
- Deuteronomy 2,410
The shortest skips
יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדִי לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמָּכֶם רָע וֵֽאלֹהֵי אֲבִיכֶם אֶמֶשׁ אָמַר אֵלַי לֵאמֹר הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ מִדַּבֵּר עִֽם־יַעֲקֹב מִטּוֹב עַד־רָֽע
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke unto me yesternight, saying: Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 45,018Open in the laboratory →
וְהָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־הוּא טָהוֹר וּבְדֶרֶךְ לֹא־הָיָה וְחָדַל לַעֲשׂוֹת הַפֶּסַח וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵֽעַמֶּיהָ כִּי קָרְבַּן יְהוָה לֹא הִקְרִיב בְּמֹעֲדוֹ חֶטְאוֹ יִשָּׂא הָאִישׁ הַהֽוּא
But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he brought not the offering of the LORD in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 204,466Open in the laboratory →
הִשָּׁמֶר בְּנֶֽגַע־הַצָּרַעַת לִשְׁמֹר מְאֹד וְלַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יוֹרוּ אֶתְכֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִם תִּשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת
Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you, as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 287,291Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת יִשָּׂשכָר לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָה וְשִׁשִּׁים אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאֽוֹת
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 232,135Open in the laboratory →
וּצְבָאוֹ וּפְקֻדֵיהֶם חֲמִשָּׁה וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים
and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 189,414Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תשל״ה
The Torah holds 59,882 sequences of תשל״ה at skips 2–5,000, 2.7% above what chance alone gives (about 58,310); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.6 × 10⁻¹¹ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 30:31, reading forward.
The whole Tanakh holds 193,556 sequences of תשל״ה at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 191,836); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.4 × 10⁻⁵ by chance alone.
וַיֹּאמֶר מָה אֶתֶּן־לָךְ וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב לֹא־תִתֶּן־לִי מְאוּמָה אִם־תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּי הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אָשׁוּבָה אֶרְעֶה צֹֽאנְךָ אֶשְׁמֹֽר
And he said: ‘What shall I give thee?’ And Jacob said: ‘Thou shalt not give me aught; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 42,872Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־כָּכָה אַתְּ־עֹשֶׂה לִּי הָרְגֵנִי נָא הָרֹג אִם־מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וְאַל־אֶרְאֶה בְּרָעָתִֽי
And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 207,426Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה תַּעֲשׂוּ לַיהוָה בְּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם לְבַד מִנִּדְרֵיכֶם וְנִדְבֹתֵיכֶם לְעֹלֹֽתֵיכֶם וּלְמִנְחֹתֵיכֶם וּלְנִסְכֵּיכֶם וּלְשַׁלְמֵיכֶֽם
These ye shall offer unto the LORD in your appointed seasons, beside your vows, and your freewill-offerings, whether they be your burnt-offerings, or your meal-offerings, or your drink-offerings, or your peace-offerings.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 238,409Open in the laboratory →
וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְחָקַרְתָּ וְשָׁאַלְתָּ הֵיטֵב וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר נֶעֶשְׂתָה הַתּוֹעֵבָה הַזֹּאת בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ
then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 273,543Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶל־הַבָּקָר רָץ אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקַּח בֶּן־בָּקָר רַךְ וָטוֹב וַיִּתֵּן אֶל־הַנַּעַר וַיְמַהֵר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹתֽוֹ
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hastened to dress it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 20,831Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ד appears 60,449 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 60,904, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 2,891
- Exodus 3,632
- Leviticus 2,343
- Numbers 3,613
- Deuteronomy 2,560
- Joshua 1,542
- Judges 1,678
- Samuel 6,438
- Kings 5,282
- Isaiah 2,408
- Jeremiah 3,881
- Ezekiel 4,102
- The Twelve 1,993
- Psalms 3,735
- Proverbs 1,501
- Job 1,410
- Song of Songs 265
- Ruth 358
- Lamentations 268
- Ecclesiastes 697
- Esther 1,164
- Daniel 1,655
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,995
- Chronicles 5,038
Outside the Torah
מְבָרֵךְ רֵעֵהוּ בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל בַּבֹּקֶר הַשְׁכֵּים קְלָלָה תֵּחָשֶׁב לֽוֹ
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 959,951Open in the laboratory →
וְגַם דָּם נָקִי שָׁפַךְ מְנַשֶּׁה הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד עַד אֲשֶׁר־מִלֵּא אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַם פֶּה לָפֶה לְבַד מֵֽחַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִיא אֶת־יְהוּדָה לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָֽה
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 567,406Open in the laboratory →
קָצַפְתִּי עַל־עַמִּי חִלַּלְתִּי נַחֲלָתִי וָאֶתְּנֵם בְּיָדֵךְ לֹא־שַׂמְתְּ לָהֶם רַחֲמִים עַל־זָקֵן הִכְבַּדְתְּ עֻלֵּךְ מְאֹֽד
I was wroth with My people, I profaned Mine inheritance, And gave them into thy hand; Thou didst show them no mercy; Upon the aged hast thou very heavily Laid thy yoke.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 623,555Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשל״ד — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5734 (autumn 1973 to autumn 1974), in which 1974 begins. Searched as תשלד, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 734.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does 1974 appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 14,889 sequences of תשל״ד at skips 2–5,000, 1.9% above what chance alone gives (about 14,615); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for 1974 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 31:29 — the shortest of 14,889 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 14,615.
How is 1974 spelled in Hebrew?
1974 is spelled תשל״ד — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 734.
Is 1974 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ד appears 60,449 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 60,904, 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 14,615 here) beside the count.