5721 תשכ״א
5721 (תשכ״א) is the Hebrew year that runs from autumn 1960 to autumn 1961. 5721 appears 316,510 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 325,157 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 316,510
- Chance alone · every skip
- 325,157
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,451
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: 31,594 found · chance alone about 31,205 (probability of 31,594 or more by chance alone: 0.01).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 316,510 sequences of תשכ״א across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 325,157).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 19:15, reading forward.
The longest skip at which תשכ״א was found in the Torah is 101,451 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 64,515
- Exodus 71,162
- Leviticus 53,584
- Numbers 63,335
- Deuteronomy 63,914
Examples across the range
5 of the 316,510 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.
Letter by letter
- ת ש ך אGenesis 19:15
… הַמַּלְאָכִים בְּלוֹט לֵאמֹר קוּם קַח אֶֽת־אִשְׁתְּךָ וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי בְנֹתֶיךָ הַנִּמְצָאֹת פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶה …
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying: ‘Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,071 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש ך אGenesis 19:15
Letter by letter
- ת ש ך אLeviticus 11:17
וְאֶת־הַכּוֹס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָךְ וְאֶת־הַיַּנְשֽׁוּף
and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 156,111 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש ך אLeviticus 11:17
- תNumbers 16:13
הַמְעַט כִּי הֶֽעֱלִיתָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ לַהֲמִיתֵנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּֽי־תִשְׂתָּרֵר עָלֵינוּ גַּם־הִשְׂתָּרֵֽר
is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שNumbers 16:14
… לָנוּ נַחֲלַת שָׂדֶה וָכָרֶם הַעֵינֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים הָהֵם תְּנַקֵּר לֹא נַעֲלֶֽה
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards; wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.’
- כNumbers 16:16
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־קֹרַח אַתָּה וְכָל־עֲדָתְךָ הֱיוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אַתָּה וָהֵם וְאַהֲרֹן מָחָֽר
And Moses said unto Korah: ‘Be thou and all thy congregation before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow;
- אNumbers 16:17
… מַחְתָּתוֹ חֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתַיִם מַחְתֹּת וְאַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן אִישׁ מַחְתָּתֽוֹ
and take ye every man his fire-pan, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his fire-pan, two hundred and fifty fire-pans; thou also, and Aaron, each his fire-pan.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 215,942 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- תNumbers 16:13
- תDeuteronomy 4:1
… לַעֲשׂוֹת לְמַעַן תִּֽחְיוּ וּבָאתֶם וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵיכֶם …
And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, giveth you.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שDeuteronomy 4:16
פֶּן־תַּשְׁחִתוּן וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם פֶּסֶל תְּמוּנַת כָּל־סָמֶל תַּבְנִית זָכָר אוֹ נְקֵבָֽה
lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
- כDeuteronomy 4:32
כִּי שְׁאַל־נָא לְיָמִים רִֽאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר …
For ask now of the days past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
- אDeuteronomy 4:47
… עוֹג מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁן שְׁנֵי מַלְכֵי הָֽאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרַח שָֽׁמֶשׁ …
and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 256,358 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- תDeuteronomy 4:1
- תGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שExodus 16:5
וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי וְהֵכִינוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יָבִיאוּ וְהָיָה מִשְׁנֶה עַל אֲשֶֽׁר־יִלְקְטוּ יוֹם יֽוֹם
And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.’
- כNumbers 8:12
וְהַלְוִיִּם יִסְמְכוּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל רֹאשׁ הַפָּרִים …
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks; and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
- אDeuteronomy 34:4
… אֵלָיו זֹאת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה …
And the LORD said unto him: ‘This is the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying: I will give it unto thy seed; I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.’
skip 101,451, width 101,451 — one row is 101,451 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 36 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,451 in the laboratory →
- תGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,944,086 sequences of תשכ״א across every skip (2–399,013), 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 3,886,582); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.0 × 10⁻¹⁸⁶ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 98,154 found · chance alone about 96,776 (probability of 98,154 or more by chance alone: 4.9 × 10⁻⁶).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 267,065
- Exodus 273,820
- Leviticus 191,257
- Numbers 222,894
- Deuteronomy 218,768
- Joshua 125,436
- Judges 125,134
- Samuel 285,728
- Kings 324,901
- Isaiah 191,357
- Jeremiah 281,465
- Ezekiel 301,266
- The Twelve 159,475
- Psalms 217,404
- Proverbs 85,769
- Job 90,846
- Song of Songs 17,853
- Ruth 21,723
- Lamentations 16,768
- Ecclesiastes 33,184
- Esther 41,228
- Daniel 63,686
- Ezra–Nehemiah 103,317
- Chronicles 283,742
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ת ש כ אJudges 8:7
… זֶבַח וְאֶת־צַלְמֻנָּע בְּיָדִי וְדַשְׁתִּי אֶת־בְּשַׂרְכֶם אֶת־קוֹצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶת־הַֽבַּרְקֳנִֽים …
And Gideon said: ‘Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 358,147 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש כ אJudges 8:7
- ת2 Samuel 16:11
… בְנִי אֲשֶׁר־יָצָא מִמֵּעַי מְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־נַפְשִׁי וְאַף כִּֽי־עַתָּה בֶּן …
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants: ‘Behold, my son, who came forth of my body, seeketh my life; how much more this Benjamite now? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ש2 Samuel 16:13
וַיֵּלֶךְ דָּוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו בַּדָּרֶךְ וְשִׁמְעִי הֹלֵךְ בְּצֵלַע הָהָר …
So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hill-side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
- כ2 Samuel 16:15
וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם וְכָל־הָעָם אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָם וַאֲחִיתֹפֶל אִתּֽוֹ
And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
- א2 Samuel 16:17
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶל־חוּשַׁי זֶה חַסְדְּךָ אֶת־רֵעֶךָ לָמָּה לֹֽא־הָלַכְתָּ אֶת־רֵעֶֽךָ
And Absalom said to Hushai: ‘Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 460,890 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ת2 Samuel 16:11
- ת2 Chronicles 36:19
וַֽיִּשְׂרְפוּ אֶת־בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים וַֽיְנַתְּצוּ אֵת חוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְכָל־אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ …
And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שEzekiel 46:20
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי זֶה הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יְבַשְּׁלוּ־שָׁם הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־הָאָשָׁם וְאֶת …
And he said unto me: ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt-offering and the sin-offering, where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.’
- ך1 Samuel 12:2
וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה הַמֶּלֶךְ מִתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵיכֶם וַאֲנִי זָקַנְתִּי וָשַׂבְתִּי …
And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.
- אGenesis 1:18
וְלִמְשֹׁל בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה וּֽלֲהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
skip 398,600, width 398,600 — one row is 398,600 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,671 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,600 in the laboratory →
- ת2 Chronicles 36:19
The spelling
תשכ״א — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5721, from autumn 1960 to autumn 1961. Searched as תשכא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 721.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does 5721 appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 316,510 sequences of תשכ״א across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 325,157).
What is the shortest skip for 5721 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:15 — the shortest of 316,510 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 325,157.
How is 5721 spelled in Hebrew?
5721 is spelled תשכ״א — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 721.
Is 5721 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,944,086 sequences of תשכ״א across every skip (2–399,013), 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 3,886,582); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.0 × 10⁻¹⁸⁶ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 325,157 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.