1988 תשמ״ח–תשמ״ט
1988 spans two Hebrew years: 5748 (תשמ״ח) until Rosh Hashanah and 5749 (תשמ״ט) after it. 1988 appears 18,097 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 4.1% more than chance alone would give (about 17,380; probability 3.3 × 10⁻⁸).
- Found in the Torah
- 18,097
- Chance alone
- 17,380
- P (≥ found)
- 3.3 × 10⁻⁸
- 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״ח appears 18,097 times in the Torah — 4.1% more than the 17,380 chance alone would give; the probability of 18,097 or more by chance alone is 3.3 × 10⁻⁸.
The shortest skip at which תשמ״ח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 11:28, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תשמ״ח is found 190,118 times; chance alone would give about 181,098.
- Genesis 3,280
- Exodus 5,233
- Leviticus 2,940
- Numbers 4,358
- Deuteronomy 2,286
The shortest skips
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 →
Also searched: תשמ״ט
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ט appears 4,559 times in the Torah — 4.5% more than the 4,361 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,559 or more by chance alone is 0.0015.
The shortest skip at which תשמ״ט appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 30:38, reading backward.
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ט appears 13,624 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.4% more than the 13,301 chance alone would give; the probability of 13,624 or more by chance alone is 0.0026.
וַיַּצֵּג אֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת אֲשֶׁר פִּצֵּל בָּרֳהָטִים בְּשִֽׁקֲתוֹת הַמָּיִם אֲשֶׁר תָּבֹאןָ הַצֹּאן לִשְׁתּוֹת לְנֹכַח הַצֹּאן וַיֵּחַמְנָה בְּבֹאָן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת
And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 43,300Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תָּשִׂים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם
Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 108,147Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה פֹּה עֲמֹד עִמָּדִי וַאֲדַבְּרָה אֵלֶיךָ אֵת כָּל־הַמִּצְוָה וְהַחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תְּלַמְּדֵם וְעָשׂוּ בָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לָהֶם לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ
But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 261,106Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה הַֽחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְרוּן לַעֲשׂוֹת בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֶיךָ לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ כָּל־הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם חַיִּים עַל־הָאֲדָמָֽה
These are the statutes and the ordinances, which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 270,571Open in the laboratory →
לֹא־תִדְרֹשׁ שְׁלֹמָם וְטֹבָתָם כָּל־יָמֶיךָ לְעוֹלָֽם
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 285,893Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ח appears 59,151 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.7% more than the 58,173 chance alone would give; the probability of 59,151 or more by chance alone is 2.6 × 10⁻⁵.
- Genesis 3,280
- Exodus 5,233
- Leviticus 2,940
- Numbers 4,358
- Deuteronomy 2,456
- Joshua 1,696
- Judges 1,613
- Samuel 3,726
- Kings 5,065
- Isaiah 2,613
- Jeremiah 2,987
- Ezekiel 4,394
- The Twelve 2,163
- Psalms 3,432
- Proverbs 1,864
- Job 1,675
- Song of Songs 310
- Ruth 382
- Lamentations 297
- Ecclesiastes 654
- Esther 786
- Daniel 795
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,960
- Chronicles 4,472
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעַרְכוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים לִקְרַאת יִשְׂרָאֵל וַתִּטֹּשׁ הַמִּלְחָמָה וַיִּנָּגֶף יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּכּוּ בַמַּֽעֲרָכָה בַּשָּׂדֶה כְּאַרְבַּעַת אֲלָפִים אִֽישׁ
And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel; and when the battle was spread, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 388,516Open in the laboratory →
מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּעֵצָה תִכּוֹן וּבְתַחְבֻּלוֹת עֲשֵׂה מִלְחָמָֽה
Every purpose is established by counsel; and with good advice carry on war.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 953,762Open in the laboratory →
וְרַק־אַתֶּם שִׁמְרוּ מִן־הַחֵרֶם פֶּֽן־תַּחֲרִימוּ וּלְקַחְתֶּם מִן־הַחֵרֶם וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֶת־מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל לְחֵרֶם וַעֲכַרְתֶּם אוֹתֽוֹ
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed by taking of the devoted thing, so should ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 312,647Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשמ״ח — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5748 (autumn 1987 to autumn 1988), in which 1988 begins. Searched as תשמח, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 748.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 31:13. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does 1988 appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ח appears 18,097 times in the Torah — 4.1% more than the 17,380 chance alone would give; the probability of 18,097 or more by chance alone is 3.3 × 10⁻⁸.
What is the shortest skip for 1988 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 11:28 — the shortest of 18,097 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 17,380.
What is the gematria of 1988 in Hebrew?
1988 is spelled תשמ״ח — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 748.
How many times is 1988 found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ח appears 59,151 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.7% more than the 58,173 chance alone would give; the probability of 59,151 or more by chance alone is 2.6 × 10⁻⁵.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 17,380 here) beside the count.