1978 תשל״ח–תשל״ט
1978 spans two Hebrew years: 5738 (תשל״ח) until Rosh Hashanah and 5739 (תשל״ט) after it. In the Torah codes, 1978 is found 15,382 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 39:4) — 2.9% above the 14,942 chance alone would give (probability of 15,382 or more by chance alone: 0.00017).
- Found in the Torah
- 15,382
- Chance alone
- 14,942
- P (≥ found)
- 0.00017
- 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 15,382 sequences of תשל״ח at skips 2–5,000, 2.9% above what chance alone gives (about 14,942); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00017 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 39:4, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 159,550 sequences of תשל״ח, against about 155,690 from chance alone.
- Genesis 2,893
- Exodus 4,057
- Leviticus 2,543
- Numbers 3,715
- Deuteronomy 2,174
The shortest skips
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 →
Also searched: תשל״ט
The Torah holds 3,945 sequences of תשל״ט at skips 2–5,000, 5.2% above what chance alone gives (about 3,749); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00079 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 5:8, reading forward.
The whole Tanakh holds 12,082 sequences of תשל״ט at skips 2–5,000, 1.8% above what chance alone gives (about 11,872); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
וְהֵבִיא אֹתָם אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְהִקְרִיב אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לַחַטָּאת רִאשׁוֹנָה וּמָלַק אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ מִמּוּל עָרְפּוֹ וְלֹא יַבְדִּֽיל
And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and pinch off its head close by its neck, but shall not divide it asunder.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 146,745Open in the laboratory →
אִם הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ יֶחֱטָא לְאַשְׁמַת הָעָם וְהִקְרִיב עַל חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר תָּמִים לַיהוָה לְחַטָּֽאת
if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin-offering.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 144,390Open in the laboratory →
כַּפּוֹת זָהָב שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה מְלֵאֹת קְטֹרֶת עֲשָׂרָה עֲשָׂרָה הַכַּף בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ כָּל־זְהַב הַכַּפּוֹת עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָֽה
twelve golden pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the pans a hundred and twenty shekels;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 202,122Open in the laboratory →
לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יְלַמְּדוּ אֶתְכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכֹל תּֽוֹעֲבֹתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶם וַחֲטָאתֶם לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods, and so ye sin against the LORD your God.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 282,451Open in the laboratory →
אֵת שְׁלֹשׁ הֶעָרִים תִּתְּנוּ מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן וְאֵת שְׁלֹשׁ הֶֽעָרִים תִּתְּנוּ בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן עָרֵי מִקְלָט תִּהְיֶֽינָה
Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 248,034Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 51,856 sequences of תשל״ח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 51,924).
- Genesis 2,893
- Exodus 4,057
- Leviticus 2,543
- Numbers 3,715
- Deuteronomy 2,298
- Joshua 1,646
- Judges 1,489
- Samuel 3,885
- Kings 4,597
- Isaiah 2,207
- Jeremiah 2,727
- Ezekiel 3,370
- The Twelve 1,723
- Psalms 3,035
- Proverbs 1,477
- Job 1,448
- Song of Songs 306
- Ruth 365
- Lamentations 287
- Ecclesiastes 576
- Esther 670
- Daniel 822
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,610
- Chronicles 4,110
Outside the Torah
וישבו בְּנֹב אֲשֶׁר בִּילִידֵי הָרָפָה וּמִשְׁקַל קֵינוֹ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת מִשְׁקַל נְחֹשֶׁת וְהוּא חָגוּר חֲדָשָׁה וַיֹּאמֶר לְהַכּוֹת אֶת־דָּוִֽד
And Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with new armour, thought to have slain David.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 471,746Open in the laboratory →
הַנְּבִיאִים נִבְּאוּ־בַשֶּׁקֶר וְהַכֹּהֲנִים יִרְדּוּ עַל־יְדֵיהֶם וְעַמִּי אָהֲבוּ כֵן וּמַֽה־תַּעֲשׂוּ לְאַחֲרִיתָֽהּ
The prophets prophesy in the service of falsehood, And the priests bear rule at their beck; And My people love to have it so; What then will ye do in the end thereof?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 650,409Open in the laboratory →
וּלְשִׁמְעִי בָּנִים שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר וּבָנוֹת שֵׁשׁ וּלְאֶחָיו אֵין בָּנִים רַבִּים וְכֹל מִשְׁפַּחְתָּם לֹא הִרְבּוּ עַד־בְּנֵי יְהוּדָֽה
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,103,398Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשל״ח — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5738 (autumn 1977 to autumn 1978), in which 1978 begins. Searched as תשלח, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 738.
As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 22:12. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1978 in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 15,382 sequences of תשל״ח at skips 2–5,000, 2.9% above what chance alone gives (about 14,942); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00017 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for 1978 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 39:4 — the shortest of 15,382 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 14,942.
How is 1978 spelled in Hebrew?
1978 is spelled תשל״ח — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 738.
Is 1978 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 51,856 sequences of תשל״ח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 51,924).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 14,942 here) beside the count.