5687 תרפ״ז
5687 (תרפ״ז) is the Hebrew year that runs from autumn 1926 to autumn 1927. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,217 sequences of 5687, the shortest at skip 8 (Numbers 23:4); chance alone would give about 1,183.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,217
- Chance alone
- 1,183
- P (≥ found)
- 0.16
- Shortest skip
- 8
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, תרפ״ז appears 1,217 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,183, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which תרפ״ז appears in the Torah is 8 — the first at Numbers 23:4, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תרפ״ז is found 12,804 times; chance alone would give about 12,324.
- Genesis 232
- Exodus 336
- Leviticus 241
- Numbers 245
- Deuteronomy 163
The shortest skips
וַיִּקָּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־בִּלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֶת־שִׁבְעַת הַֽמִּזְבְּחֹת עָרַכְתִּי וָאַעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And God met Balaam; and he said unto Him: ‘I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 227,821Open in the laboratory →
לֵךְ וְאָֽסַפְתָּ אֶת־זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם נִרְאָה אֵלַי אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר פָּקֹד פָּקַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם וְאֶת־הֶעָשׂוּי לָכֶם בְּמִצְרָֽיִם
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying: I have surely remembered you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 81,382Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה כִּֽי־תִמְצֶאןָ אֹתוֹ רָעוֹת רַבּוֹת וְצָרוֹת וְעָנְתָה הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת לְפָנָיו לְעֵד כִּי לֹא תִשָּׁכַח מִפִּי זַרְעוֹ כִּי יָדַעְתִּי אֶת־יִצְרוֹ אֲשֶׁר הוּא עֹשֶׂה הַיּוֹם בְּטֶרֶם אֲבִיאֶנּוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבָּֽעְתִּי
then it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination how they do even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.’
skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 299,864Open in the laboratory →
וְיִרְכְּסוּ אֶת־הַחֹשֶׁן מטבעתו אֶל־טַבְּעֹת הָאֵפֹד בִּפְתִיל תְּכֵלֶת לִֽהְיוֹת עַל־חֵשֶׁב הָאֵפוֹד וְלֹֽא־יִזַּח הַחֹשֶׁן מֵעַל הָאֵפֽוֹד
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a thread of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 119,651Open in the laboratory →
וְכִפֶּר הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר־יִמְשַׁח אֹתוֹ וַאֲשֶׁר יְמַלֵּא אֶת־יָדוֹ לְכַהֵן תַּחַת אָבִיו וְלָבַשׁ אֶת־בִּגְדֵי הַבָּד בִּגְדֵי הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ
And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
skip 31, width 31 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 167,859Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תרפ״ז appears 4,300 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.7% more than the 4,146 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,300 or more by chance alone is 0.0087.
- Genesis 232
- Exodus 336
- Leviticus 241
- Numbers 245
- Deuteronomy 175
- Joshua 137
- Judges 108
- Samuel 185
- Kings 302
- Isaiah 315
- Jeremiah 215
- Ezekiel 326
- The Twelve 180
- Psalms 315
- Proverbs 164
- Job 175
- Song of Songs 34
- Ruth 22
- Lamentations 20
- Ecclesiastes 34
- Esther 51
- Daniel 68
- Ezra–Nehemiah 120
- Chronicles 300
Outside the Torah
וְעַכְבְּרֵי הַזָּהָב מִסְפַּר כָּל־עָרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים לַחֲמֵשֶׁת הַסְּרָנִים מֵעִיר מִבְצָר וְעַד כֹּפֶר הַפְּרָזִי וְעַד אָבֵל הַגְּדוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחוּ עָלֶיהָ אֵת אֲרוֹן יְהוָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה בִּשְׂדֵה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֵּֽית־הַשִּׁמְשִֽׁי
and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto Abel by the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 392,102Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־עֲבָדָיו הֲלוֹא תֵדְעוּ כִּי־שַׂר וְגָדוֹל נָפַל הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And the king said unto his servants: ‘Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 440,764Open in the laboratory →
כִּי־כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה לַסָּֽרִיסִים אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַי וּבָֽחֲרוּ בַּאֲשֶׁר חָפָצְתִּי וּמַחֲזִיקִים בִּבְרִיתִֽי
For thus saith the LORD Concerning the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths, And choose the things that please Me, And hold fast by My covenant:
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 631,890Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תרפ״ז — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5687, from autumn 1926 to autumn 1927. Searched as תרפז, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 687.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 5687 in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, תרפ״ז appears 1,217 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,183, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for 5687 in the Torah?
Skip 8, reading forward from Numbers 23:4 — the shortest of 1,217 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,183.
What is the gematria of 5687 in Hebrew?
5687 is spelled תרפ״ז — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 687.
How many times is 5687 found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תרפ״ז appears 4,300 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.7% more than the 4,146 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,300 or more by chance alone is 0.0087.
Search it yourself
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