2020 תש״פ–תשפ״א
2020 spans two Hebrew years: 5780 (תש״פ) until Rosh Hashanah and 5781 (תשפ״א) after it. 2020 appears 146,590 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.0% more than chance alone would give (about 142,331; probability 1.4 × 10⁻²⁹).
- Found in the Torah
- 146,590
- Chance alone
- 142,331
- P (≥ found)
- 1.4 × 10⁻²⁹
- 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, תש״פ appears 146,590 times in the Torah — 3.0% more than the 142,331 chance alone would give; the probability of 146,590 or more by chance alone is 1.4 × 10⁻²⁹.
The shortest skip at which תש״פ appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 30:38, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), תש״פ is found 2,293,746 times; chance alone would give about 2,206,066.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 142,331 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 27,240
- Exodus 38,419
- Leviticus 24,809
- Numbers 36,473
- Deuteronomy 19,649
The shortest skips
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 down one column. letter 43,284Open in the laboratory →
מִֽי־כָמֹכָה בָּֽאֵלִם יְהוָה מִי כָּמֹכָה נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ נוֹרָא תְהִלֹּת עֹשֵׂה פֶֽלֶא
Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? Who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 100,335Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל־פִּי מֹשֶׁה עֲבֹדַת הַלְוִיִּם בְּיַד אִֽיתָמָר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵֽן
These are the accounts of the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were rendered according to the commandment of Moses, through the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 137,189Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וּלְאֶלְעָזָר וּלְאִֽיתָמָר בָּנָיו רָֽאשֵׁיכֶם אַל־תִּפְרָעוּ וּבִגְדֵיכֶם לֹֽא־תִפְרֹמוּ וְלֹא תָמֻתוּ וְעַל כָּל־הָעֵדָה יִקְצֹף וַאֲחֵיכֶם כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יִבְכּוּ אֶת־הַשְּׂרֵפָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂרַף יְהוָֽה
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons: ‘Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes, that ye die not, and that He be not wroth with all the congregation; but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 154,557Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת בַּת הַֽיַּעֲנָה וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁחַף וְאֶת־הַנֵּץ לְמִינֵֽהוּ
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 156,085Open in the laboratory →
Also searched: תשפ״א
At skips 2–5,000, תשפ״א appears 12,496 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 12,529, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which תשפ״א appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 15:11, reading forward.
37,101 sequences of תשפ״א at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 37,277 that chance alone would produce.
מִֽי־כָמֹכָה בָּֽאֵלִם יְהוָה מִי כָּמֹכָה נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ נוֹרָא תְהִלֹּת עֹשֵׂה פֶֽלֶא
Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? Who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 100,335Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וּלְאֶלְעָזָר וּלְאִֽיתָמָר בָּנָיו רָֽאשֵׁיכֶם אַל־תִּפְרָעוּ וּבִגְדֵיכֶם לֹֽא־תִפְרֹמוּ וְלֹא תָמֻתוּ וְעַל כָּל־הָעֵדָה יִקְצֹף וַאֲחֵיכֶם כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יִבְכּוּ אֶת־הַשְּׂרֵפָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂרַף יְהוָֽה
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons: ‘Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes, that ye die not, and that He be not wroth with all the congregation; but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 154,557Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת בַּת הַֽיַּעֲנָה וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁחַף וְאֶת־הַנֵּץ לְמִינֵֽהוּ
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 156,085Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת בַּת הַֽיַּעֲנָה וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁחַף וְאֶת־הַנֵּץ לְמִינֵֽהוּ
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 274,458Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־בְּשַׂר הַפָּר וְאֶת־עֹרוֹ וְאֶת־פִּרְשׁוֹ תִּשְׂרֹף בָּאֵשׁ מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה חַטָּאת הֽוּא
But the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp; it is a sin-offering.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 121,246Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תש״פ appears 471,997 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 467,319 chance alone would give; the probability of 471,997 or more by chance alone is 4.2 × 10⁻¹².
- Genesis 27,240
- Exodus 38,419
- Leviticus 24,809
- Numbers 36,473
- Deuteronomy 20,373
- Joshua 13,154
- Judges 14,303
- Samuel 29,444
- Kings 32,681
- Isaiah 23,788
- Jeremiah 24,676
- Ezekiel 36,226
- The Twelve 19,004
- Psalms 31,001
- Proverbs 17,385
- Job 16,331
- Song of Songs 2,769
- Ruth 3,261
- Lamentations 1,928
- Ecclesiastes 4,180
- Esther 5,193
- Daniel 6,711
- Ezra–Nehemiah 11,452
- Chronicles 31,196
Outside the Torah
וְהָיָה בְּמוֹת הַשּׁוֹפֵט יָשֻׁבוּ וְהִשְׁחִיתוּ מֵֽאֲבוֹתָם לָלֶכֶת אַֽחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים לְעָבְדָם וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לָהֶם לֹא הִפִּילוּ מִמַּעַלְלֵיהֶם וּמִדַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָֽׁה
But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to worship them; they left nothing undone of their practices, nor of their stubborn way.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 347,871Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּחַץ אֶת־שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת הָאִישׁ שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים וַיִּתֵּן שׁוֹפָרוֹת בְּיַד־כֻּלָּם וְכַדִּים רֵקִים וְלַפִּדִים בְּתוֹךְ הַכַּדִּֽים
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them horns, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 356,956Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת הַשּׁוֹפָרוֹת וַיָּשֶׂם יְהוָה אֵת חֶרֶב אִישׁ בְּרֵעֵהוּ וּבְכָל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיָּנָס הַֽמַּחֲנֶה עַד־בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה צְֽרֵרָתָה עַד שְׂפַת־אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה עַל־טַבָּֽת
And they blew the three hundred horns, and the LORD set every man’s sword a against his fellow, even throughout all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 357,381Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תש״פ — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5780 (autumn 2019 to autumn 2020), in which 2020 begins. Searched as תשפ, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 780.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 2020 in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, תש״פ appears 146,590 times in the Torah — 3.0% more than the 142,331 chance alone would give; the probability of 146,590 or more by chance alone is 1.4 × 10⁻²⁹.
What is the shortest skip for 2020 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 30:38 — the shortest of 146,590 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 142,331.
What is the gematria of 2020 in Hebrew?
2020 is spelled תש״פ — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 780.
How many times is 2020 found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תש״פ appears 471,997 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 467,319 chance alone would give; the probability of 471,997 or more by chance alone is 4.2 × 10⁻¹².
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 142,331 here) beside the count.