Hebrew years

5686 תרפ״ו

5686 (תרפ״ו) is the Hebrew year that runs from autumn 1925 to autumn 1926. In the Torah codes, 5686 is found 16,137 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Numbers 8:21) — about what chance alone gives (about 16,430).

Found in the Torah
16,137
Chance alone
16,430
P (≥ found)
0.99
Shortest skip
3

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

16,137 sequences of תרפ״ו at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 16,430 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Numbers 8:21, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 177,620 sequences of תרפ״ו, against about 171,198 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 3,967
  • Exodus 3,820
  • Leviticus 2,767
  • Numbers 3,175
  • Deuteronomy 2,408

The shortest skips

  1. Numbers 8:21במדבר ח:כאskip 3, backward

    וַיִּֽתְחַטְּאוּ הַלְוִיִּם וַֽיְכַבְּסוּ בִּגְדֵיהֶם וַיָּנֶף אַהֲרֹן אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם אַהֲרֹן לְטַהֲרָֽם

    And the Levites purified themselves, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a sacred gift before the LORD; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

    תרפו at skip 3, backward from Numbers 8:21כבסובגדיהםינאהןאםתנופהלפניתרףו
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 203,510Open in the laboratory →

  2. Deuteronomy 1:26דברים א:כוskip 4, forward

    וְלֹא אֲבִיתֶם לַעֲלֹת וַתַּמְרוּ אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם

    Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God;

    תרפו at skip 4, forward from Deuteronomy 1:26נוולאאביתםלעלותמואתייקקאלהיכםותרגנובתרפו
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 251,424Open in the laboratory →

  3. Deuteronomy 29:23דברים כט:כגskip 4, forward

    וְאָֽמְרוּ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם עַל־מֶה עָשָׂה יְהוָה כָּכָה לָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מֶה חֳרִי הָאַף הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּֽה

    even all the nations shall say ‘Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?’

    תרפו at skip 4, forward from Deuteronomy 29:23קוקככהלארץהזאמהחיהאהגדלהזהואמרועלאשרתרףו
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 296,805Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 11:3בראשית יא:גskip 4, backward

    וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ הָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים וְנִשְׂרְפָה לִשְׂרֵפָה וַתְּהִי לָהֶם הַלְּבֵנָה לְאָבֶן וְהַחֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַחֹֽמֶר

    And they said one to another: ‘Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.’ And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

    תרפו at skip 4, backward from Genesis 11:3הבהנלבנהלבניםנשרהלשפהוהילהםהלבנהלאבןתרפו
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 12,797Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 34:30בראשית לד:לskip 5, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל־שִׁמְעוֹן וְאֶל־לֵוִי עֲכַרְתֶּם אֹתִי לְהַבְאִישֵׁנִי בְּיֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִי וּבַפְּרִזִּי וַאֲנִי מְתֵי מִסְפָּר וְנֶאֶסְפוּ עָלַי וְהִכּוּנִי וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּי אֲנִי וּבֵיתִֽי

    And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: ‘Ye have troubled me, to make me odious unto the inhabitants of the land, even unto the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.’

    תרפו at skip 5, forward from Genesis 34:30בכנעניובפרזיואנימימספונאסועליהכוניונשמדתיאניובתרפו
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 50,719Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 58,347 sequences of תרפ״ו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 59,050).

  • Genesis 3,967
  • Exodus 3,820
  • Leviticus 2,767
  • Numbers 3,175
  • Deuteronomy 2,583
  • Joshua 2,004
  • Judges 1,811
  • Samuel 3,502
  • Kings 3,772
  • Isaiah 3,647
  • Jeremiah 3,492
  • Ezekiel 4,575
  • The Twelve 2,697
  • Psalms 4,095
  • Proverbs 2,302
  • Job 2,252
  • Song of Songs 317
  • Ruth 364
  • Lamentations 236
  • Ecclesiastes 406
  • Esther 551
  • Daniel 867
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,297
  • Chronicles 3,848

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 19:21שמואל ב יט:כאskip 2, backward

    כִּי יָדַע עַבְדְּךָ כִּי אֲנִי חָטָאתִי וְהִנֵּֽה־בָאתִי הַיּוֹם רִאשׁוֹן לְכָל־בֵּית יוֹסֵף לָרֶדֶת לִקְרַאת אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ

    For thy servant doth know that I have sinned; therefore, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.’

    תרפו at skip 2, backward from 2 Samuel 19:21כלביתיסלדלקראתאדתרףו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 467,297Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 17:8יהושע יז:חskip 3, forward

    לִמְנַשֶּׁה הָיְתָה אֶרֶץ תַּפּוּחַ וְתַפּוּחַ אֶל־גְּבוּל מְנַשֶּׁה לִבְנֵי אֶפְרָֽיִם

    The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.—

    תרפו at skip 3, forward from Joshua 17:8פוחלמנשההיהאץתוחתפוחאלגבולתרפו
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 331,024Open in the laboratory →

  3. Judges 6:20שופטים ו:כskip 3, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים קַח אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר וְאֶת־הַמַּצּוֹת וְהַנַּח אֶל־הַסֶּלַע הַלָּז וְאֶת־הַמָּרַק שְׁפוֹךְ וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּֽן

    And the angel of God said unto him: ‘Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth.’ And he did so.

    תרפו at skip 3, forward from Judges 6:20להסלעהלזואהמקשוךיעשכןוישלחתרפו
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 354,384Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

תרפ״ו — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5686, from autumn 1925 to autumn 1926. Searched as תרפו, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 686.

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

Questions

Does 5686 appear in the Torah codes?

16,137 sequences of תרפ״ו at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 16,430 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for 5686 in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading backward from Numbers 8:21 — the shortest of 16,137 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 16,430.

How is 5686 spelled in Hebrew?

5686 is spelled תרפ״ו — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 686.

Is 5686 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 58,347 sequences of תרפ״ו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 59,050).

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