1997 תשנ״ז–תשנ״ח
1997 spans two Hebrew years: 5757 (תשנ״ז) until Rosh Hashanah and 5758 (תשנ״ח) after it. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 3,077 sequences of 1997, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 43:10); chance alone would give about 2,992.
- Found in the Torah
- 3,077
- Chance alone
- 2,992
- P (≥ found)
- 0.06
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
3,077 sequences of תשנ״ז at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 2,992 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which תשנ״ז appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 43:10, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תשנ״ז is found 32,785 times; chance alone would give about 31,174.
- Genesis 490
- Exodus 858
- Leviticus 565
- Numbers 769
- Deuteronomy 395
The shortest skips
כִּי לוּלֵא הִתְמַהְמָהְנוּ כִּֽי־עַתָּה שַׁבְנוּ זֶה פַעֲמָֽיִם
For except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 65,552Open in the laboratory →
וְֽאֶת־הָאַבְנֵט שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר וּתְכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the weaver in colours; as the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 139,285Open in the laboratory →
וּמֵאֵת עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יִקַּח שְׁנֵֽי־שְׂעִירֵי עִזִּים לְחַטָּאת וְאַיִל אֶחָד לְעֹלָֽה
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 166,224Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵנִיף אוֹתָם הַכֹּהֵן תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה קֹדֶשׁ הוּא לַכֹּהֵן עַל חֲזֵה הַתְּנוּפָה וְעַל שׁוֹק הַתְּרוּמָה וְאַחַר יִשְׁתֶּה הַנָּזִיר יָֽיִן
And the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD; this is holy for the priest, together with the breast of waving and the thigh of heaving; and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 198,059Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְרַקְּעוּ אֶת־פַּחֵי הַזָּהָב וְקִצֵּץ פְּתִילִם לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַתְּכֵלֶת וּבְתוֹךְ הָֽאַרְגָּמָן וּבְתוֹךְ תּוֹלַעַת הַשָּׁנִי וּבְתוֹךְ הַשֵּׁשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵֽׁב
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into threads, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 137,973Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תשנ״ח
At skips 2–5,000, תשנ״ח appears 10,262 times in the Torah — 4.9% more than the 9,785 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,262 or more by chance alone is 8.8 × 10⁻⁷.
The shortest skip at which תשנ״ח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 10:17, reading forward.
At skips 2–5,000, תשנ״ח appears 32,808 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.3% more than the 32,396 chance alone would give; the probability of 32,808 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
וְעַתָּה שָׂא נָא חַטָּאתִי אַךְ הַפַּעַם וְהַעְתִּירוּ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְיָסֵר מֵֽעָלַי רַק אֶת־הַמָּוֶת הַזֶּֽה
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 92,687Open in the laboratory →
שְׁלֹשָׁה גְבִעִים מְֽשֻׁקָּדִים בַּקָּנֶה הָאֶחָד כַּפְתֹּר וָפֶרַח וּשְׁלֹשָׁה גְבִעִים מְשֻׁקָּדִים בַּקָּנֶה הָאֶחָד כַּפְתֹּר וָפָרַח כֵּן לְשֵׁשֶׁת הַקָּנִים הַיֹּצְאִים מִן־הַמְּנֹרָֽה
three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches going out of the candlestick.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 114,903Open in the laboratory →
שְׁלֹשָׁה גְבִעִים מְֽשֻׁקָּדִים בַּקָּנֶה הָאֶחָד כַּפְתֹּר וָפֶרַח וּשְׁלֹשָׁה גְבִעִים מְשֻׁקָּדִים בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד כַּפְתֹּר וָפָרַח כֵּן לְשֵׁשֶׁת הַקָּנִים הַיֹּצְאִים מִן־הַמְּנֹרָֽה
three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower. So for the six branches going out of the candlestick.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 135,695Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁם אִתָּנוּ נַעַר עִבְרִי עֶבֶד לְשַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים וַנְּסַפֶּר־לוֹ וַיִּפְתָּר־לָנוּ אֶת־חֲלֹמֹתֵינוּ אִישׁ כַּחֲלֹמוֹ פָּתָֽר
And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 60,613Open in the laboratory →
שֶׁבֶר תַּחַת שֶׁבֶר עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן שֵׁן תַּחַת שֵׁן כַּאֲשֶׁר יִתֵּן מוּם בָּֽאָדָם כֵּן יִנָּתֶן בּֽוֹ
breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath maimed a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 179,422Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 10,694 sequences of תשנ״ז at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 10,681).
- Genesis 490
- Exodus 858
- Leviticus 565
- Numbers 769
- Deuteronomy 421
- Joshua 358
- Judges 301
- Samuel 523
- Kings 815
- Isaiah 615
- Jeremiah 552
- Ezekiel 679
- The Twelve 381
- Psalms 713
- Proverbs 270
- Job 284
- Song of Songs 54
- Ruth 74
- Lamentations 56
- Ecclesiastes 96
- Esther 130
- Daniel 230
- Ezra–Nehemiah 526
- Chronicles 934
Outside the Torah
וַיִּקַּח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־עָכָן בֶּן־זֶרַח וְאֶת־הַכֶּסֶף וְאֶת־הָאַדֶּרֶת וְֽאֶת־לְשׁוֹן הַזָּהָב וְֽאֶת־בָּנָיו וְֽאֶת־בְּנֹתָיו וְאֶת־שׁוֹרוֹ וְאֶת־חֲמֹרוֹ וְאֶת־צֹאנוֹ וְאֶֽת־אָהֳלוֹ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמּוֹ וַיַּעֲלוּ אֹתָם עֵמֶק עָכֽוֹר
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,024Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְשׁוֹן אִֽם־תַּעֲשׂוּן כָּזֹאת כִּי אִם־נִקַּמְתִּי בָכֶם וְאַחַר אֶחְדָּֽל
And Samson said unto them: ‘If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 371,048Open in the laboratory →
אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה כְּשֹׁךְ חֲמַת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ זָכַר אֶת־וַשְׁתִּי וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂתָה וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר־נִגְזַר עָלֶֽיהָ
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was assuaged, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,024,442Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשנ״ז — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5757 (autumn 1996 to autumn 1997), in which 1997 begins. Searched as תשנז, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 757.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1997 in the Torah codes?
3,077 sequences of תשנ״ז at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 2,992 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for 1997 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 43:10 — the shortest of 3,077 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,992.
What is the gematria of 1997 in Hebrew?
1997 is spelled תשנ״ז — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 757.
How many times is 1997 found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 10,694 sequences of תשנ״ז at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 10,681).
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