2038 תשצ״ח–תשצ״ט

2038 spans two Hebrew years: 5798 (תשצ״ח) until Rosh Hashanah and 5799 (תשצ״ט) after it. In the Torah codes, 2038 is found 28,238 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 4 (Exodus 28:26) — about what chance alone gives (about 28,597).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 28,238
Chance alone · every skip: 28,597
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.98
Shortest skip: 4
Longest skip found: 100,980

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,627 found · chance alone about 2,745 (probability of 2,627 or more by chance alone: 0.99).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 28,238 sequences of תשצ״ח across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 28,597).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — at Exodus 28:26, reading forward.

The longest skip at which תשצ״ח was found in the Torah is 100,980 — at Deuteronomy 33:4, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 6,009
Exodus 6,593
Leviticus 5,012
Numbers 5,399
Deuteronomy 5,225

Examples across the range

5 of the 28,238 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.

Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.

shortest skipExodus 28:26שמות כח:כוskip 4, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת ש צ חExodus 28:26
  … טַבְּעוֹת זָהָב וְשַׂמְתָּ אֹתָם עַל־שְׁנֵי קְצוֹת הַחֹשֶׁן עַל־שְׂפָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר …
  And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward …
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 119,532 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
a short skipExodus 26:16שמות כו:טזskip 7, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת ש צ חExodus 26:16
  עֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת אֹרֶךְ הַקָּרֶשׁ וְאַמָּה וַחֲצִי הָֽאַמָּה רֹחַב הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 116,071 of the TorahOpen at skip 7 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 48:1בראשית מח:אskip 108, backward
1. תGenesis 48:1
  … שְׁנֵי בָנָיו עִמּוֹ אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶת־אֶפְרָֽיִם
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שGenesis 47:30
  … בִּקְבֻרָתָם וַיֹּאמַר אָנֹכִי אֶֽעֱשֶׂה כִדְבָרֶֽךָ
2. צGenesis 47:29
  … לוֹ אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ שִֽׂים …
3. חGenesis 47:28
  וַיְחִי יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 108, width 108 — one row is 108 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 73,947 of the TorahOpen at skip 108 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 11:20במדבר יא:כskip 1,000, backward
1. תNumbers 11:20
  … לְזָרָא יַעַן כִּֽי־מְאַסְתֶּם אֶת־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שNumbers 11:3
  … כִּֽי־בָעֲרָה בָם אֵשׁ יְהוָֽה
2. צNumbers 10:16
  וְעַל־צְבָא מַטֵּה בְּנֵי זְבוּלֻן …
3. חNumbers 9:18
  … אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכֹּן הֶעָנָן עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן יַחֲנֽוּ
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 207,824 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 33:4דברים לג:דskip 100,980, backward
1. תDeuteronomy 33:4
  תּוֹרָה צִוָּה־לָנוּ מֹשֶׁה מוֹרָשָׁה קְהִלַּת יַעֲקֹֽב
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שNumbers 7:84
  … מִֽזְרְקֵי־כֶסֶף שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר כַּפּוֹת זָהָב שְׁתֵּים …
2. צExodus 15:26
  … הַמַּֽחֲלָה אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי בְמִצְרַיִם לֹא־אָשִׂים עָלֶיךָ …
3. חGenesis 1:2
  … תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 100,980, width 100,980 — one row is 100,980 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 303,009 of the TorahOpen at skip 100,980 in the laboratory →

Also searched: תשצ״ט

The Torah holds 6,854 sequences of תשצ״ט across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 7,176).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — at Exodus 30:15, reading backward.

The longest skip at which תשצ״ט was found in the Torah is 100,334 — at Deuteronomy 32:33, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

The whole Tanakh holds 81,391 sequences of תשצ״ט across every skip (2–399,013), 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 80,868); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.

shortest skipExodus 30:15שמות ל:טוskip 4, backward
Letter by letter
1. ת ש צ טExodus 30:15
  … יַרְבֶּה וְהַדַּל לֹא יַמְעִיט מִֽמַּחֲצִית הַשָּׁקֶל לָתֵת אֶת־תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה …
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 123,796 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
a short skipDeuteronomy 26:17דברים כו:יזskip 9, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת ש צ טDeuteronomy 26:17
  … לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵֽאלֹהִים וְלָלֶכֶת בִּדְרָכָיו וְלִשְׁמֹר חֻקָּיו וּמִצְוֺתָיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו וְלִשְׁמֹעַ בְּקֹלֽוֹ …
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 290,155 of the TorahOpen at skip 9 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 21:7בראשית כא:זskip 135, backward
1. תGenesis 21:7
  וַתֹּאמֶר מִי מִלֵּל לְאַבְרָהָם …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שGenesis 21:3
  וַיִּקְרָא אַבְרָהָם אֶֽת־שֶׁם־בְּנוֹ הַנּֽוֹלַד־לוֹ …
2. צGenesis 20:18
  כִּֽי־עָצֹר עָצַר יְהוָה בְּעַד כָּל …
3. טGenesis 20:15
  … הִנֵּה אַרְצִי לְפָנֶיךָ בַּטּוֹב בְּעֵינֶיךָ שֵֽׁב
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 135, width 135 — one row is 135 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 25,599 of the TorahOpen at skip 135 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 23:15ויקרא כג:טוskip 1,078, backward
1. תLeviticus 23:15
  … הַתְּנוּפָה שֶׁבַע שַׁבָּתוֹת תְּמִימֹת תִּהְיֶֽינָה
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שLeviticus 22:25
  … מִכָּל־אֵלֶּה כִּי מָשְׁחָתָם בָּהֶם מוּם בָּם …
2. צLeviticus 22:4
  … מִזֶּרַע אַהֲרֹן וְהוּא צָרוּעַ אוֹ זָב בַּקֳּדָשִׁים …
3. טLeviticus 21:5
  … יְגַלֵּחוּ וּבִבְשָׂרָם לֹא יִשְׂרְטוּ שָׂרָֽטֶת
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 1,078, width 1,078 — one row is 1,078 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 176,915 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,078 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 32:33דברים לב:לגskip 100,334, backward
1. תDeuteronomy 32:33
  חֲמַת תַּנִּינִם יֵינָם וְרֹאשׁ פְּתָנִים אַכְזָֽר
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שNumbers 7:73
  … שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת …
2. צExodus 16:1
  … יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי לְצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
3. טGenesis 1:18
  … וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 100,334, width 100,334 — one row is 100,334 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 301,880 of the TorahOpen at skip 100,334 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 355,580 sequences of תשצ״ח across every skip (2–399,013), 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 353,692); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00076 by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 8,758 found · chance alone about 8,807 (probability of 8,758 or more by chance alone: 0.70).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 23,885
Exodus 24,862
Leviticus 17,736
Numbers 20,417
Deuteronomy 20,097
Joshua 11,269
Judges 11,201
Samuel 25,674
Kings 29,004
Isaiah 17,486
Jeremiah 25,176
Ezekiel 26,598
The Twelve 14,051
Psalms 19,975
Proverbs 7,956
Job 8,404
Song of Songs 1,608
Ruth 2,005
Lamentations 1,541
Ecclesiastes 2,971
Esther 3,597
Daniel 5,794
Ezra–Nehemiah 9,214
Chronicles 25,059

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahEcclesiastes 8:6קהלת ח:וskip 2, backward
Letter by letter
1. ת ש ץ חEcclesiastes 8:6
  כִּי לְכָל־חֵפֶץ יֵשׁ עֵת וּמִשְׁפָּט כִּֽי־רָעַת …
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 1,018,925 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipEzekiel 47:14יחזקאל מז:ידskip 101, backward
1. תEzekiel 47:14
  וּנְחַלְתֶּם אוֹתָהּ אִישׁ כְּאָחִיו אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתִי אֶת …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שEzekiel 47:12
  … כִּי מֵימָיו מִן־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הֵמָּה יֽוֹצְאִים והיו …
2. צEzekiel 47:11
  בצאתו וּגְבָאָיו וְלֹא יֵרָפְאוּ לְמֶלַח נִתָּֽנוּ
3. חEzekiel 47:9
  … הַמַּיִם הָאֵלֶּה וְיֵרָֽפְאוּ וָחָי כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יָבוֹא …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 799,219 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:10דברי הימים ב לו:יskip 398,164, backward
1. ת2 Chronicles 36:10
  וְלִתְשׁוּבַת הַשָּׁנָה שָׁלַח הַמֶּלֶךְ נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר וַיְבִאֵהוּ …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שEzekiel 46:17
  … שְׁנַת הַדְּרוֹר וְשָׁבַת לַנָּשִׂיא אַךְ נַחֲלָתוֹ בָּנָיו …
2. צ1 Samuel 12:5
  … הַזֶּה כִּי לֹא מְצָאתֶם בְּיָדִי מְאוּמָה וַיֹּאמֶר …
3. חGenesis 1:30
  וּֽלְכָל־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 398,164, width 398,164 — one row is 398,164 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,049 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,164 in the laboratory →

The spelling

תשצ״ח — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5798 (autumn 2037 to autumn 2038), in which 2038 begins. Searched as תשצח, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 798.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is 2038 in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 28,238 sequences of תשצ״ח across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 28,597).

What is the shortest skip for 2038 in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading forward from Exodus 28:26 — the shortest of 28,238 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 28,597.

How is 2038 spelled in Hebrew?

2038 is spelled תשצ״ח — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 798.

Is 2038 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

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2035 תשצ״הTorah · every skip: 109,594 (chance 111,601)
2036 תשצ״וTorah · every skip: 120,500 (chance 121,458)
2037 תשצ״זTorah · every skip: 8,613 (chance 8,744)
2039 תשצ״טTorah · every skip: 6,854 (chance 7,176)
2040 ה׳ת״תTorah · every skip: 15,367,141 (chance 14,825,674)
2041 תת״אTorah · every skip: 14,816,583 (chance 14,299,866)

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