1998 תשנ״ח–תשנ״ט
1998 spans two Hebrew years: 5758 (תשנ״ח) until Rosh Hashanah and 5759 (תשנ״ט) after it. In the Torah codes, 1998 is found 10,262 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 10:17) — 4.9% above the 9,785 chance alone would give (probability of 10,262 or more by chance alone: 8.8 × 10⁻⁷).
- Found in the Torah
- 10,262
- Chance alone
- 9,785
- P (≥ found)
- 8.8 × 10⁻⁷
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 10,262 sequences of תשנ״ח at skips 2–5,000, 4.9% above what chance alone gives (about 9,785); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 8.8 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 10:17, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 106,703 sequences of תשנ״ח, against about 101,960 from chance alone.
- Genesis 2,059
- Exodus 2,714
- Leviticus 1,578
- Numbers 2,734
- Deuteronomy 1,177
The shortest skips
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 →
Also searched: תשנ״ט
The Torah holds 2,600 sequences of תשנ״ט at skips 2–5,000, 5.9% above what chance alone gives (about 2,455); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.002 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Genesis 44:26, reading forward.
The whole Tanakh holds 7,761 sequences of תשנ״ט at skips 2–5,000, 4.8% above what chance alone gives (about 7,407); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.3 × 10⁻⁵ by chance alone.
וַנֹּאמֶר לֹא נוּכַל לָרֶדֶת אִם־יֵשׁ אָחִינוּ הַקָּטֹן אִתָּנוּ וְיָרַדְנוּ כִּי־לֹא נוּכַל לִרְאוֹת פְּנֵי הָאִישׁ וְאָחִינוּ הַקָּטֹן אֵינֶנּוּ אִתָּֽנוּ
And we said: We cannot go down; if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 68,305Open in the laboratory →
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּי לְבִלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת מֵחֻקּוֹת הַתּֽוֹעֵבֹת אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשׂוּ לִפְנֵיכֶם וְלֹא תִֽטַּמְּאוּ בָּהֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
Therefore shall ye keep My charge, that ye do not any of these abominable customs, which were done before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 170,205Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַתָּה אֶת־שְׁתֵּי עֲבֹתֹת הַזָּהָב עַל־שְׁתֵּי הַטַּבָּעֹת אֶל־קְצוֹת הַחֹֽשֶׁן
And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 119,421Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר לֵאָה בְּאָשְׁרִי כִּי אִשְּׁרוּנִי בָּנוֹת וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ אָשֵֽׁר
And Leah said: ‘Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy.’ And she called his name Asher.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 41,992Open in the laboratory →
וְהָאֲבָנִים תִּֽהְיֶיןָ עַל־שְׁמֹת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה עַל־שְׁמֹתָם פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם אִישׁ עַל־שְׁמוֹ תִּֽהְיֶיןָ לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר שָֽׁבֶט
And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 119,301Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 32,808 sequences of תשנ״ח at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% above what chance alone gives (about 32,396); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.
- Genesis 2,059
- Exodus 2,714
- Leviticus 1,578
- Numbers 2,734
- Deuteronomy 1,284
- Joshua 1,125
- Judges 968
- Samuel 1,954
- Kings 2,213
- Isaiah 1,474
- Jeremiah 1,535
- Ezekiel 2,320
- The Twelve 1,044
- Psalms 2,095
- Proverbs 1,040
- Job 1,127
- Song of Songs 216
- Ruth 260
- Lamentations 168
- Ecclesiastes 321
- Esther 381
- Daniel 652
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,268
- Chronicles 2,278
Outside the Torah
וְתָאַר מִצָּפוֹן וְיָצָא עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ וְיָצָא אֶל־גְּלִילוֹת אֲשֶׁר־נֹכַח מַעֲלֵה אֲדֻמִּים וְיָרַד אֶבֶן בֹּהַן בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן
And it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 332,973Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֻׁבוּ כָל־הַיְּהוּדִים מִכָּל־הַמְּקֹמוֹת אֲשֶׁר נִדְּחוּ־שָׁם וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶֽרֶץ־יְהוּדָה אֶל־גְּדַלְיָהוּ הַמִּצְפָּתָה וַיַּאַסְפוּ יַיִן וָקַיִץ הַרְבֵּה מְאֹֽד
then all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 705,413Open in the laboratory →
רַבּוּ מִשַּׂעֲרוֹת רֹאשִׁי שֹׂנְאַי חִנָּם עָצְמוּ מַצְמִיתַי אֹיְבַי שֶׁקֶר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־גָזַלְתִּי אָז אָשִֽׁיב
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many; Should I restore that which I took not away?
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 893,093Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשנ״ח — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5758 (autumn 1997 to autumn 1998), in which 1998 begins. Searched as תשנח, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 758.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 1998 in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 10,262 sequences of תשנ״ח at skips 2–5,000, 4.9% above what chance alone gives (about 9,785); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 8.8 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for 1998 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 10:17 — the shortest of 10,262 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 9,785.
How is 1998 spelled in Hebrew?
1998 is spelled תשנ״ח — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 758.
Is 1998 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 32,808 sequences of תשנ״ח at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% above what chance alone gives (about 32,396); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 9,785 here) beside the count.