1979 תשל״ט–תש״מ
1979 spans two Hebrew years: 5739 (תשל״ט) until Rosh Hashanah and 5740 (תש״מ) after it. 1979 appears 3,945 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 5.2% more than chance alone would give (about 3,749; probability 0.00079).
- Found in the Torah
- 3,945
- Chance alone
- 3,749
- P (≥ found)
- 0.00079
- Shortest skip
- 2
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״ט appears 3,945 times in the Torah — 5.2% more than the 3,749 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,945 or more by chance alone is 0.00079.
The shortest skip at which תשל״ט appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 5:8, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תשל״ט is found 39,887 times; chance alone would give about 39,069.
- Genesis 508
- Exodus 992
- Leviticus 1,056
- Numbers 811
- Deuteronomy 578
The shortest skips
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 →
Also searched: תש״מ
At skips 2–5,000, תש״מ appears 757,003 times in the Torah — 1.9% more than the 743,201 chance alone would give; the probability of 757,003 or more by chance alone is 1.2 × 10⁻⁵⁷.
The shortest skip at which תש״מ appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:13, reading forward.
At skips 2–5,000, תש״מ appears 2,553,943 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 2,528,516 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,553,943 or more by chance alone is 1.2 × 10⁻⁵⁷.
וַֽיְהִי בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ חָֽרְבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ וַיָּסַר נֹחַ אֶת־מִכְסֵה הַתֵּבָה וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה חָֽרְבוּ פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,753Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיִּקַּח וַיָּבֵא לְאִמּוֹ וַתַּעַשׂ אִמּוֹ מַטְעַמִּים כַּאֲשֶׁר אָהֵב אָבִֽיו
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 36,848Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּסַר בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶת־הַתְּיָשִׁים הָֽעֲקֻדִּים וְהַטְּלֻאִים וְאֵת כָּל־הָֽעִזִּים הַנְּקֻדּוֹת וְהַטְּלֻאֹת כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־לָבָן בּוֹ וְכָל־חוּם בַּכְּשָׂבִים וַיִּתֵּן בְּיַד־בָּנָֽיו
And he removed that day the he-goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the dark ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 43,085Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־מִשַּׁשְׁתָּ אֶת־כָּל־כֵּלַי מַה־מָּצָאתָ מִכֹּל כְּלֵי־בֵיתֶךָ שִׂים כֹּה נֶגֶד אַחַי וְאַחֶיךָ וְיוֹכִיחוּ בֵּין שְׁנֵֽינוּ
Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 45,511Open in the laboratory →
עִזִּים מָאתַיִם וּתְיָשִׁים עֶשְׂרִים רְחֵלִים מָאתַיִם וְאֵילִים עֶשְׂרִֽים
two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,225Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ט appears 12,082 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.8% more than the 11,872 chance alone would give; the probability of 12,082 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
- Genesis 508
- Exodus 992
- Leviticus 1,056
- Numbers 811
- Deuteronomy 592
- Joshua 282
- Judges 273
- Samuel 704
- Kings 885
- Isaiah 547
- Jeremiah 661
- Ezekiel 841
- The Twelve 433
- Psalms 794
- Proverbs 434
- Job 365
- Song of Songs 65
- Ruth 100
- Lamentations 75
- Ecclesiastes 175
- Esther 217
- Daniel 203
- Ezra–Nehemiah 320
- Chronicles 749
Outside the Torah
עוֹד זֹאת עָשׂוּ לִי טִמְּאוּ אֶת־מִקְדָּשִׁי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַי חִלֵּֽלוּ
Moreover this they have done unto Me: they have defiled My sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned My sabbaths.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 760,818Open in the laboratory →
פְּעֻלַּת צַדִּיק לְחַיִּים תְּבוּאַת רָשָׁע לְחַטָּֽאת
The wages of the righteous is life; The increase of the wicked is sin.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 945,172Open in the laboratory →
וַתְּלַקֵּט בַּשָּׂדֶה עַד־הָעָרֶב וַתַּחְבֹּט אֵת אֲשֶׁר־לִקֵּטָה וַיְהִי כְּאֵיפָה שְׂעֹרִֽים
So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,003,292Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשל״ט — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5739 (autumn 1978 to autumn 1979), in which 1979 begins. Searched as תשלט, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 739.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Psalms 119:133. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1979 in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ט appears 3,945 times in the Torah — 5.2% more than the 3,749 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,945 or more by chance alone is 0.00079.
What is the shortest skip for 1979 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Leviticus 5:8 — the shortest of 3,945 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 3,749.
What is the gematria of 1979 in Hebrew?
1979 is spelled תשל״ט — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 739.
How many times is 1979 found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תשל״ט appears 12,082 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.8% more than the 11,872 chance alone would give; the probability of 12,082 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
Search it yourself
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