1987 תשמ״ז–תשמ״ח
1987 spans two Hebrew years: 5747 (תשמ״ז) until Rosh Hashanah and 5748 (תשמ״ח) after it. In the Torah codes, 1987 is found 5,529 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 4 (Leviticus 26:19) — 4.0% above the 5,314 chance alone would give (probability of 5,529 or more by chance alone: 0.0017).
- Found in the Torah
- 5,529
- Chance alone
- 5,314
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0017
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 5,529 sequences of תשמ״ז at skips 2–5,000, 4.0% above what chance alone gives (about 5,314); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0017 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Leviticus 26:19, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 58,398 sequences of תשמ״ז, against about 55,370 from chance alone.
- Genesis 784
- Exodus 1,672
- Leviticus 1,092
- Numbers 1,238
- Deuteronomy 743
The shortest skips
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 →
Also searched: תשמ״ח
The Torah holds 18,097 sequences of תשמ״ח at skips 2–5,000, 4.1% above what chance alone gives (about 17,380); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.3 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 11:28, reading forward.
The whole Tanakh holds 59,151 sequences of תשמ״ח at skips 2–5,000, 1.7% above what chance alone gives (about 58,173); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.6 × 10⁻⁵ by chance alone.
וַיַּעַן יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן מְשָׁרֵת מֹשֶׁה מִבְּחֻרָיו וַיֹּאמַר אֲדֹנִי מֹשֶׁה כְּלָאֵֽם
And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses from his youth up, answered and said: ‘My lord Moses, shut them in.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 208,330Open in the laboratory →
אוֹ לָאַיִל תַּעֲשֶׂה מִנְחָה סֹלֶת שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן שְׁלִשִׁית הַהִֽין
Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 213,583Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְשׁוּתֶלַח מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשֻּׁתַלְחִי לְבֶכֶר מִשְׁפַּחַת הַבַּכְרִי לְתַחַן מִשְׁפַּחַת הַֽתַּחֲנִֽי
These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 232,577Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־יְהוּדָה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְשֵׁלָה מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשֵּׁלָנִי לְפֶרֶץ מִשְׁפַּחַת הַפַּרְצִי לְזֶרַח מִשְׁפַּחַת הַזַּרְחִֽי
And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 231,925Open in the laboratory →
וְלֶחֶם מַצּוֹת וְחַלֹּת מַצֹּת בְּלוּלֹת בַּשֶּׁמֶן וּרְקִיקֵי מַצּוֹת מְשֻׁחִים בַּשָּׁמֶן סֹלֶת חִטִּים תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתָֽם
and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened spread with oil; of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 120,687Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
19,316 sequences of תשמ״ז at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 19,180 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 784
- Exodus 1,672
- Leviticus 1,092
- Numbers 1,238
- Deuteronomy 794
- Joshua 530
- Judges 599
- Samuel 879
- Kings 1,900
- Isaiah 1,092
- Jeremiah 1,066
- Ezekiel 1,182
- The Twelve 792
- Psalms 1,166
- Proverbs 422
- Job 446
- Song of Songs 96
- Ruth 100
- Lamentations 95
- Ecclesiastes 178
- Esther 264
- Daniel 272
- Ezra–Nehemiah 804
- Chronicles 1,853
Outside the Torah
כִּֽי־נָסַךְ עֲלֵיכֶם יְהוָה רוּחַ תַּרְדֵּמָה וַיְעַצֵּם אֶת־עֵֽינֵיכֶם אֶת־הַנְּבִיאִים וְאֶת־רָאשֵׁיכֶם הַחֹזִים כִּסָּֽה
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, And hath closed your eyes; The prophets, and your heads, the seers, hath He covered.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 602,584Open in the laboratory →
אַחֲרָיו הֶחֱרָה הֶחֱזִיק בָּרוּךְ בֶּן־זבי מִדָּה שֵׁנִית מִן־הַמִּקְצוֹעַ עַד־פֶּתַח בֵּית אֶלְיָשִׁיב הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדֽוֹל
After him Baruch the son of Zaccai earnestly repaired another portion, from the Turning unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,078,568Open in the laboratory →
כִּי מִסְפַּר עָרֶיךָ הָיוּ אֱלֹהֶיךָ יְהוּדָה וּמִסְפַּר חֻצוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם שַׂמְתֶּם מִזְבְּחוֹת לַבֹּשֶׁת מִזְבְּחוֹת לְקַטֵּר לַבָּֽעַל
For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to offer unto Baal.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 659,016Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשמ״ז — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5747 (autumn 1986 to autumn 1987), in which 1987 begins. Searched as תשמז, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 747.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does 1987 appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 5,529 sequences of תשמ״ז at skips 2–5,000, 4.0% above what chance alone gives (about 5,314); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0017 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for 1987 in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Leviticus 26:19 — the shortest of 5,529 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5,314.
How is 1987 spelled in Hebrew?
1987 is spelled תשמ״ז — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 747.
Is 1987 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
19,316 sequences of תשמ״ז at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 19,180 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 5,314 here) beside the count.