1976 תשל״ו–תשל״ז
1976 spans two Hebrew years: 5736 (תשל״ו) until Rosh Hashanah and 5737 (תשל״ז) after it. In the Torah codes, 1976 is found 63,722 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 9:23) — about what chance alone gives (about 63,460).
- Found in the Torah
- 63,722
- Chance alone
- 63,460
- P (≥ found)
- 0.15
- 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 63,722 sequences of תשל״ו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 63,460).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 9:23, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 679,347 sequences of תשל״ו, against about 661,246 from chance alone.
- Genesis 12,893
- Exodus 15,525
- Leviticus 10,552
- Numbers 13,450
- Deuteronomy 11,302
The shortest skips
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 →
וַיִּקָּחֵם וַיַּֽעֲבִרֵם אֶת־הַנָּחַל וַֽיַּעֲבֵר אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ
And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,771Open in the laboratory →
מִזְבַּח אֲדָמָה תַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי וְזָבַחְתָּ עָלָיו אֶת־עֹלֹתֶיךָ וְאֶת־שְׁלָמֶיךָ אֶת־צֹֽאנְךָ וְאֶת־בְּקָרֶךָ בְּכָל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַזְכִּיר אֶת־שְׁמִי אָבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וּבֵרַכְתִּֽיךָ
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come unto thee and bless thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 107,965Open in the laboratory →
וּפַר חַטָּאת תַּעֲשֶׂה לַיּוֹם עַל־הַכִּפֻּרִים וְחִטֵּאתָ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בְּכַפֶּרְךָ עָלָיו וּמָֽשַׁחְתָּ אֹתוֹ לְקַדְּשֽׁוֹ
And every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin-offering, beside the other offerings of atonement; and thou shalt do the purification upon the altar when thou makest atonement for it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 122,519Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ בָּהּ אֶת־אַדְנֵי פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֵת מִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת וְאֶת־מִכְבַּר הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־כְּלֵי הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 137,766Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תשל״ז
The Torah holds 4,898 sequences of תשל״ז at skips 2–5,000, 7.2% above what chance alone gives (about 4,568); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 7.3 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 18:12, reading forward.
The whole Tanakh holds 17,384 sequences of תשל״ז at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 17,119); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
וַיִּקַּח יִתְרוֹ חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה עֹלָה וּזְבָחִים לֵֽאלֹהִים וַיָּבֹא אַהֲרֹן וְכֹל זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֶאֱכָל־לֶחֶם עִם־חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִֽים
And Jethro, Moses’father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’father-in-law before God.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 104,708Open in the laboratory →
וּמִשְׁמַרְתָּם הָאָרֹן וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן וְהַמְּנֹרָה וְהַֽמִּזְבְּחֹת וּכְלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר יְשָׁרְתוּ בָּהֶם וְהַמָּסָךְ וְכֹל עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ
and their charge the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith the priests minister, and the screen, and all that pertaineth to the service thereof;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 191,597Open in the laboratory →
וּלְקַחְתֶּם אֲגֻדַּת אֵזוֹב וּטְבַלְתֶּם בַּדָּם אֲשֶׁר־בַּסַּף וְהִגַּעְתֶּם אֶל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף וְאֶל־שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת מִן־הַדָּם אֲשֶׁר בַּסָּף וְאַתֶּם לֹא תֵצְאוּ אִישׁ מִפֶּֽתַח־בֵּיתוֹ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 95,268Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת שׁוֹק הַיָּמִין תִּתְּנוּ תְרוּמָה לַכֹּהֵן מִזִּבְחֵי שַׁלְמֵיכֶֽם
And the right thigh shall ye give unto the priest for a heave-offering out of your sacrifices of peace-offerings.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 150,460Open in the laboratory →
קוּמוּ סְּעוּ וְעִבְרוּ אֶת־נַחַל אַרְנֹן רְאֵה נָתַתִּי בְיָדְךָ אֶת־סִיחֹן מֶֽלֶךְ־חֶשְׁבּוֹן הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְאֶת־אַרְצוֹ הָחֵל רָשׁ וְהִתְגָּר בּוֹ מִלְחָמָֽה
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of Arnon; behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 253,798Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 241,506 sequences of תשל״ו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 243,844).
- Genesis 12,893
- Exodus 15,525
- Leviticus 10,552
- Numbers 13,450
- Deuteronomy 11,982
- Joshua 7,656
- Judges 8,221
- Samuel 22,464
- Kings 21,464
- Isaiah 10,989
- Jeremiah 15,502
- Ezekiel 15,571
- The Twelve 8,883
- Psalms 13,380
- Proverbs 5,240
- Job 5,471
- Song of Songs 1,061
- Ruth 1,297
- Lamentations 1,053
- Ecclesiastes 2,484
- Esther 3,061
- Daniel 3,766
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,199
- Chronicles 22,342
Outside the Torah
וַיִּקַּח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הָהָר וְאֶת־כָּל־הַנֶּגֶב וְאֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַגֹּשֶׁן וְאֶת־הַשְּׁפֵלָה וְאֶת־הָעֲרָבָה וְאֶת־הַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וּשְׁפֵלָתֹֽה
So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the Lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the Lowland of the same;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,385Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ נָתוֹן נִתֵּן וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ שָׁמָּה אִישׁ נֶזֶם שְׁלָלֽוֹ
And they answered: ‘We will willingly give them.’ And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,215Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצְאוּ שָׂרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיְהִי מִדֵּי צֵאתָם שָׂכַל דָּוִד מִכֹּל עַבְדֵי שָׁאוּל וַיִּיקַר שְׁמוֹ מְאֹֽד
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David prospered more than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 414,497Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשל״ו — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5736 (autumn 1975 to autumn 1976), in which 1976 begins. Searched as תשלו, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 736.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Ruth 2:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1976 in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 63,722 sequences of תשל״ו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 63,460).
What is the shortest skip for 1976 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 9:23 — the shortest of 63,722 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 63,460.
How is 1976 spelled in Hebrew?
1976 is spelled תשל״ו — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 736.
Is 1976 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 241,506 sequences of תשל״ו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 243,844).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 63,460 here) beside the count.