2009 תשס״ט–תש״ע
2009 spans two Hebrew years: 5769 (תשס״ט) until Rosh Hashanah and 5770 (תש״ע) after it. In the Torah codes, 2009 is found 353 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 18 (Genesis 41:51) — 11% above the 319 chance alone would give (probability of 353 or more by chance alone: 0.03).
- Found in the Torah
- 353
- Chance alone
- 319
- P (≥ found)
- 0.03
- Shortest skip
- 18
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 353 sequences of תשס״ט at skips 2–5,000, 11% above what chance alone gives (about 319); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 18 — the first at Genesis 41:51, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 3,628 sequences of תשס״ט, against about 3,320 from chance alone.
- Genesis 44
- Exodus 103
- Leviticus 79
- Numbers 82
- Deuteronomy 45
The shortest skips
וַיִּקְרָא יוֹסֵף אֶת־שֵׁם הַבְּכוֹר מְנַשֶּׁה כִּֽי־נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל־בֵּית אָבִֽי
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: ‘for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.’
skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 62,669Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־הַחֲרֵשׁ יַחֲרִישׁ לָהּ אִישָׁהּ מִיּוֹם אֶל־יוֹם וְהֵקִים אֶת־כָּל־נְדָרֶיהָ אוֹ אֶת־כָּל־אֱסָרֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָ הֵקִים אֹתָם כִּי־הֶחֱרִשׁ לָהּ בְּיוֹם שָׁמְעֽוֹ
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he causeth all her vows to stand, or all her bonds, which are upon her; he hath let them stand, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
skip 76, width 76 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 239,307Open in the laboratory →
אֶת־אֵֽימָתִי אֲשַׁלַּח לְפָנֶיךָ וְהַמֹּתִי אֶת־כָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר תָּבֹא בָּהֶם וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶיךָ אֵלֶיךָ עֹֽרֶף
I will send My terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
skip 94, width 94 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 112,161Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַתָּ עַֽל־הַשֻּׁלְחָן לֶחֶם פָּנִים לְפָנַי תָּמִֽיד
And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me always.
skip 99, width 99 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 114,691Open in the laboratory →
וּבַיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי פָּרִים בְּנֵי־בָקָר שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר אֵילִם שְׁנָיִם כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר תְּמִימִֽם
And on the second day ye shall present twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
skip 107, width 107 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 237,516Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תש״ע
The Torah holds 342,232 sequences of תש״ע at skips 2–5,000, 2.7% above what chance alone gives (about 333,241); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.6 × 10⁻⁵⁴ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 9:24, reading forward.
The whole Tanakh holds 1,153,577 sequences of תש״ע at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 1,145,320); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.5 × 10⁻¹⁵ by chance alone.
וַיִּיקֶץ נֹחַ מִיֵּינוֹ וַיֵּדַע אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה־לוֹ בְּנוֹ הַקָּטָֽן
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,384Open in the laboratory →
וְאַבְרָם בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים בְּלֶֽדֶת־הָגָר אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל לְאַבְרָֽם
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,080Open in the laboratory →
וּנְמַלְתֶּם אֵת בְּשַׂר עָרְלַתְכֶם וְהָיָה לְאוֹת בְּרִית בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם
And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt Me and you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,595Open in the laboratory →
וְעָרֵל זָכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יִמּוֹל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵעַמֶּיהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִי הֵפַֽר
And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,761Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־מִקְנַת כַּסְפּוֹ כָּל־זָכָר בְּאַנְשֵׁי בֵּית אַבְרָהָם וַיָּמָל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתָם בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,244Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,103 sequences of תשס״ט at skips 2–5,000, 7.5% above what chance alone gives (about 1,027); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0094 by chance alone.
- Genesis 44
- Exodus 103
- Leviticus 79
- Numbers 82
- Deuteronomy 46
- Joshua 22
- Judges 23
- Samuel 30
- Kings 56
- Isaiah 77
- Jeremiah 46
- Ezekiel 82
- The Twelve 55
- Psalms 98
- Proverbs 63
- Job 46
- Song of Songs 5
- Ruth 4
- Lamentations 6
- Ecclesiastes 19
- Esther 25
- Daniel 18
- Ezra–Nehemiah 18
- Chronicles 56
Outside the Torah
וְעַד־זִקְנָה אֲנִי הוּא וְעַד־שֵיבָה אֲנִי אֶסְבֹּל אֲנִי עָשִׂיתִי וַאֲנִי אֶשָּׂא וַאֲנִי אֶסְבֹּל וַאֲמַלֵּֽט
Even to old age I am the same, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 622,861Open in the laboratory →
פָּשַׁטְתִּי אֶת־כֻּתָּנְתִּי אֵיכָכָה אֶלְבָּשֶׁנָּה רָחַצְתִּי אֶת־רַגְלַי אֵיכָכָה אֲטַנְּפֵֽם
I have put off my coat; How shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; How shall I defile them?
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 998,635Open in the laboratory →
שֵׁבֶט וְתוֹכַחַת יִתֵּן חָכְמָה וְנַעַר מְשֻׁלָּח מֵבִישׁ אִמּֽוֹ
The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 961,657Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תשס״ט — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5769 (autumn 2008 to autumn 2009), in which 2009 begins. Searched as תשסט, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 769.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 2009 in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 353 sequences of תשס״ט at skips 2–5,000, 11% above what chance alone gives (about 319); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for 2009 in the Torah?
Skip 18, reading backward from Genesis 41:51 — the shortest of 353 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 319.
How is 2009 spelled in Hebrew?
2009 is spelled תשס״ט — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 769.
Is 2009 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,103 sequences of תשס״ט at skips 2–5,000, 7.5% above what chance alone gives (about 1,027); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0094 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
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