1977 תשל״ז–תשל״ח
1977 spans two Hebrew years: 5737 (תשל״ז) until Rosh Hashanah and 5738 (תשל״ח) after it. 1977 appears 4,898 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 7.2% more than chance alone would give (about 4,568; probability 7.3 × 10⁻⁷).
- Found in the Torah
- 4,898
- Chance alone
- 4,568
- P (≥ found)
- 7.3 × 10⁻⁷
- Shortest skip
- 3
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״ז appears 4,898 times in the Torah — 7.2% more than the 4,568 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,898 or more by chance alone is 7.3 × 10⁻⁷.
The shortest skip at which תשל״ז appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 18:12, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תשל״ז is found 49,122 times; chance alone would give about 47,602.
- Genesis 650
- Exodus 1,453
- Leviticus 1,002
- Numbers 1,022
- Deuteronomy 771
The shortest skips
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 →
Also searched: תשל״ח
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ח appears 15,382 times in the Torah — 2.9% more than the 14,942 chance alone would give; the probability of 15,382 or more by chance alone is 0.00017.
The shortest skip at which תשל״ח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 39:4, reading forward.
51,856 sequences of תשל״ח at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 51,924 that chance alone would produce.
כְּתֵפֹת עָֽשׂוּ־לוֹ חֹבְרֹת עַל־שְׁנֵי קצוותו חֻבָּֽר
They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 138,047Open in the laboratory →
וַתְּדַבֵּר מִרְיָם וְאַהֲרֹן בְּמֹשֶׁה עַל־אֹדוֹת הָאִשָּׁה הַכֻּשִׁית אֲשֶׁר לָקָח כִּֽי־אִשָּׁה כֻשִׁית לָקָֽח
And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 208,789Open in the laboratory →
כַּמִּסְפָּר אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּ כָּכָה תַּעֲשׂוּ לָאֶחָד כְּמִסְפָּרָֽם
According to the number that ye may prepare, so shall ye do for every one according to their number.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 213,833Open in the laboratory →
אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְפָנֶיךָ הִוא בְּמֵיטַב הָאָרֶץ הוֹשֵׁב אֶת־אָבִיךָ וְאֶת־אַחֶיךָ יֵשְׁבוּ בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן וְאִם־יָדַעְתָּ וְיֶשׁ־בָּם אַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל וְשַׂמְתָּם שָׂרֵי מִקְנֶה עַל־אֲשֶׁר־לִֽי
the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell. And if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 72,257Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּמָת שַׂמְלָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו שָׁאוּל מֵרְחֹבוֹת הַנָּהָֽר
And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,773Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ז appears 17,384 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.5% more than the 17,119 chance alone would give; the probability of 17,384 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
- Genesis 650
- Exodus 1,453
- Leviticus 1,002
- Numbers 1,022
- Deuteronomy 809
- Joshua 525
- Judges 478
- Samuel 1,029
- Kings 1,743
- Isaiah 876
- Jeremiah 989
- Ezekiel 992
- The Twelve 557
- Psalms 1,062
- Proverbs 374
- Job 352
- Song of Songs 99
- Ruth 105
- Lamentations 86
- Ecclesiastes 157
- Esther 255
- Daniel 346
- Ezra–Nehemiah 665
- Chronicles 1,758
Outside the Torah
וַיַּרְא כִּֽי־אֵין אִישׁ וַיִּשְׁתּוֹמֵם כִּי אֵין מַפְגִּיעַ וַתּוֹשַֽׁע לוֹ זְרֹעוֹ וְצִדְקָתוֹ הִיא סְמָכָֽתְהוּ
And He saw that there was no man, And was astonished that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation unto Him; And His righteousness, it sustained Him;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 635,153Open in the laboratory →
וְאַבִּיט וְאֵין עֹזֵר וְאֶשְׁתּוֹמֵם וְאֵין סוֹמֵךְ וַתּוֹשַֽׁע לִי זְרֹעִי וַחֲמָתִי הִיא סְמָכָֽתְנִי
And I looked, and there was none to help, and I beheld in astonishment, and there was none to uphold; therefore Mine own arm brought salvation unto Me, And My fury, it upheld Me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 638,265Open in the laboratory →
אִֽם־יַעֲלֶה הָעָם הַזֶּה לַעֲשׂוֹת זְבָחִים בְּבֵית־יְהוָה בִּירוּשָׁלִַם וְשָׁב לֵב הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶל־אֲדֹנֵיהֶם אֶל־רְחַבְעָם מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וַהֲרָגֻנִי וְשָׁבוּ אֶל־רְחַבְעָם מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָֽה
If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn back unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 505,418Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשל״ז — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5737 (autumn 1976 to autumn 1977), in which 1977 begins. Searched as תשלז, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 737.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1977 in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ז appears 4,898 times in the Torah — 7.2% more than the 4,568 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,898 or more by chance alone is 7.3 × 10⁻⁷.
What is the shortest skip for 1977 in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 18:12 — the shortest of 4,898 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,568.
What is the gematria of 1977 in Hebrew?
1977 is spelled תשל״ז — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 737.
How many times is 1977 found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ז appears 17,384 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.5% more than the 17,119 chance alone would give; the probability of 17,384 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
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