1986 תשמ״ו–תשמ״ז
1986 spans two Hebrew years: 5746 (תשמ״ו) until Rosh Hashanah and 5747 (תשמ״ז) after it. 1986 appears 74,426 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% more than chance alone would give (about 73,816; probability 0.01).
- Found in the Torah
- 74,426
- Chance alone
- 73,816
- 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
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ו appears 74,426 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 73,816 chance alone would give; the probability of 74,426 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
The shortest skip at which תשמ״ו appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:13, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תשמ״ו is found 806,642 times; chance alone would give about 769,154.
- Genesis 15,350
- Exodus 19,285
- Leviticus 11,962
- Numbers 16,039
- Deuteronomy 11,790
The shortest skips
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 →
אֵלֶּה פְּקוּדֵי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם כָּל־פְּקוּדֵי הַֽמַּחֲנֹת לְצִבְאֹתָם שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים
These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’houses; all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 190,133Open in the laboratory →
וְאַשְׂרִיאֵל מִשְׁפַּחַת הָֽאַשְׂרִֽאֵלִי וְשֶׁכֶם מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשִּׁכְמִֽי
and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 232,415Open in the laboratory →
וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אִם־יוּכַל אִישׁ לִמְנוֹת אֶת־עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ גַּֽם־זַרְעֲךָ יִמָּנֶֽה
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 15,902Open in the laboratory →
וְעָשִׂיתָ מְנֹרַת זָהָב טָהוֹר מִקְשָׁה תֵּעָשֶׂה הַמְּנוֹרָה יְרֵכָהּ וְקָנָהּ גְּבִיעֶיהָ כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ וּפְרָחֶיהָ מִמֶּנָּה יִהְיֽוּ
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 114,734Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תשמ״ז
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ז appears 5,529 times in the Torah — 4.0% more than the 5,314 chance alone would give; the probability of 5,529 or more by chance alone is 0.0017.
The shortest skip at which תשמ״ז appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Leviticus 26:19, reading forward.
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ז appears 19,316 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 19,180, so the count is in line with chance.
וְשָׁבַרְתִּי אֶת־גְּאוֹן עֻזְּכֶם וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־שְׁמֵיכֶם כַּבַּרְזֶל וְאֶֽת־אַרְצְכֶם כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 183,221Open in the laboratory →
מֵעֲרֹעֵר אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַחַל אַרְנֹן וְעַד־הַר שִׂיאֹן הוּא חֶרְמֽוֹן
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion—the same is Hermon—
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 259,393Open in the laboratory →
וְעָשִׂיתָ סִּֽירֹתָיו לְדַשְּׁנוֹ וְיָעָיו וּמִזְרְקֹתָיו וּמִזְלְגֹתָיו וּמַחְתֹּתָיו לְכָל־כֵּלָיו תַּעֲשֶׂה נְחֹֽשֶׁת
And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 117,307Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֶׂם אֹתָהּ יוֹסֵף לְחֹק עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה עַל־אַדְמַת מִצְרַיִם לְפַרְעֹה לַחֹמֶשׁ רַק אַדְמַת הַכֹּֽהֲנִים לְבַדָּם לֹא הָיְתָה לְפַרְעֹֽה
And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh’s.
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 73,568Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־מַשְׁחִתִים אֲנַחְנוּ אֶת־הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה כִּֽי־גָֽדְלָה צַעֲקָתָם אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה וַיְשַׁלְּחֵנוּ יְהוָה לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ
for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.’
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 22,945Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ו appears 272,649 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 273,191, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 15,350
- Exodus 19,285
- Leviticus 11,962
- Numbers 16,039
- Deuteronomy 12,726
- Joshua 8,659
- Judges 8,961
- Samuel 21,086
- Kings 23,592
- Isaiah 12,872
- Jeremiah 18,006
- Ezekiel 19,387
- The Twelve 11,397
- Psalms 14,703
- Proverbs 6,413
- Job 6,078
- Song of Songs 1,192
- Ruth 1,476
- Lamentations 1,119
- Ecclesiastes 2,692
- Esther 3,375
- Daniel 3,413
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,075
- Chronicles 23,791
Outside the Torah
וְאֶת־יַתִּר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ וְאֶת־אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ
and Jattir with the open land about it, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 336,918Open in the laboratory →
וחץ חֲנִיתוֹ כִּמְנוֹר אֹֽרְגִים וְלַהֶבֶת חֲנִיתוֹ שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שְׁקָלִים בַּרְזֶל וְנֹשֵׂא הַצִּנָּה הֹלֵךְ לְפָנָֽיו
And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer went before him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 409,525Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אִיזֶבֶל אִשְׁתּוֹ אַתָּה עַתָּה תַּעֲשֶׂה מְלוּכָה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל קוּם אֱכָל־לֶחֶם וְיִטַב לִבֶּךָ אֲנִי אֶתֵּן לְךָ אֶת־כֶּרֶם נָבוֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִֽי
And Jezebel his wife said unto him: ‘Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry; I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 523,256Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשמ״ו — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5746 (autumn 1985 to autumn 1986), in which 1986 begins. Searched as תשמו, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 746.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1986 in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ו appears 74,426 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 73,816 chance alone would give; the probability of 74,426 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
What is the shortest skip for 1986 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:13 — the shortest of 74,426 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 73,816.
What is the gematria of 1986 in Hebrew?
1986 is spelled תשמ״ו — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 746.
How many times is 1986 found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ו appears 272,649 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 273,191, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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