5731 תשל״א
5731 (תשל״א) is the Hebrew year that runs from autumn 1970 to autumn 1971. 5731 appears 602,835 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 2.9% more than chance alone would give (about 586,032; probability 4.3 × 10⁻¹⁰⁶).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 602,835
- Chance alone · every skip
- 586,032
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 4.3 × 10⁻¹⁰⁶
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,485
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: 56,725 found · chance alone about 56,242 (probability of 56,725 or more by chance alone: 0.02).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), תשל״א appears 602,835 times in the Torah — 2.9% more than the 586,032 chance alone would give; the probability of 602,835 or more by chance alone is 4.3 × 10⁻¹⁰⁶.
The shortest skip at which תשל״א appears in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 34:17, reading forward.
The longest skip at which תשל״א was found in the Torah is 101,485 — 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 123,465
- Exodus 139,812
- Leviticus 105,945
- Numbers 118,277
- Deuteronomy 115,336
Examples across the range
5 of the 602,835 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 לExodus 34:17
אֱלֹהֵי מַסֵּכָה לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה־לָּֽךְ
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
- אExodus 34:18
אֶת־חַג הַמַּצּוֹת תִּשְׁמֹר שִׁבְעַת יָמִים …
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 129,995 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש לExodus 34:17
Letter by letter
- ת ש ל אExodus 35:16
אֵת מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה וְאֶת־מִכְבַּר הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ אֶת־בַּדָּיו וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו אֶת …
the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 131,642 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש ל אExodus 35:16
- תNumbers 11:5
… הָֽאֲבַטִּחִים וְאֶת־הֶחָצִיר וְאֶת־הַבְּצָלִים וְאֶת־הַשּׁוּמִֽים
We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שNumbers 11:8
… וְטָחֲנוּ בָרֵחַיִם אוֹ דָכוּ בַּמְּדֹכָה וּבִשְּׁלוּ בַּפָּרוּר וְעָשׂוּ אֹתוֹ עֻגוֹת וְהָיָה …
The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and seethed it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of a cake baked with oil.
- לNumbers 11:10
… הָעָם בֹּכֶה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָיו אִישׁ לְפֶתַח אָהֳלוֹ וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה מְאֹד וּבְעֵינֵי …
And Moses heard the people weeping, family by family, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
- אNumbers 11:12
הֶאָנֹכִי הָרִיתִי אֵת כָּל־הָעָם הַזֶּה אִם־אָנֹכִי …
Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that Thou shouldest say unto me: Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which Thou didst swear unto their fathers?
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 206,954 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- תNumbers 11:5
- תLeviticus 13:56
… הַנֶּגַע אַחֲרֵי הֻכַּבֵּס אֹתוֹ וְקָרַע אֹתוֹ מִן־הַבֶּגֶד אוֹ מִן־הָעוֹר …
And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שLeviticus 14:14
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מִדַּם הָאָשָׁם וְנָתַן הַכֹּהֵן עַל־תְּנוּךְ אֹזֶן …
And the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
- לLeviticus 14:31
… אֶת־הָאֶחָד חַטָּאת וְאֶת־הָאֶחָד עֹלָה עַל־הַמִּנְחָה וְכִפֶּר הַכֹּהֵן עַל …
even such as his means suffice for, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.
- אLeviticus 14:51
… וְאֶת־הָאֵזֹב וְאֵת שְׁנִי הַתּוֹלַעַת וְאֵת הַצִּפֹּר הַֽחַיָּה וְטָבַל אֹתָם בְּדַם …
And he shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
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 161,039 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- תLeviticus 13:56
- 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 16:6
… מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן אֶֽל־כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עֶרֶב וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּי יְהוָה הוֹצִיא …
And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel: ‘At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
- לNumbers 8:13
וְהַֽעֲמַדְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְלִפְנֵי בָנָיו וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לַֽיהוָֽה
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto the LORD.
- אDeuteronomy 34:6
וַיִּקְבֹּר אֹתוֹ בַגַּיְ בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב מוּל בֵּית פְּעוֹר וְלֹֽא־יָדַע …
And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
skip 101,485, width 101,485 — one row is 101,485 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 101,485 in the laboratory →
- תGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
7,198,103 sequences of תשל״א across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 7,229,986 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 181,463 found · chance alone about 180,026 (probability of 181,463 or more by chance alone: 0.00036).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 497,024
- Exodus 504,371
- Leviticus 354,996
- Numbers 409,296
- Deuteronomy 401,823
- Joshua 230,078
- Judges 227,711
- Samuel 520,733
- Kings 588,107
- Isaiah 348,005
- Jeremiah 500,000
- Ezekiel 530,401
- The Twelve 284,815
- Psalms 396,655
- Proverbs 159,457
- Job 168,234
- Song of Songs 32,549
- Ruth 39,892
- Lamentations 30,871
- Ecclesiastes 61,330
- Esther 75,932
- Daniel 119,269
- Ezra–Nehemiah 191,858
- Chronicles 524,696
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ת ש ל אJoshua 21:30
וּמִמַּטֵּה אָשֵׁר אֶת־מִשְׁאָל וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ אֶת־עַבְדּוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with the open land about it, Abdon with the open land about it;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 337,635 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש ל אJoshua 21:30
- תJudges 12:10
וַיָּמָת אִבְצָן וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּבֵית לָֽחֶם
and Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem. .
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שJudges 12:13
וַיִּשְׁפֹּט אַחֲרָיו אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדּוֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִֽי
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
- לJudges 12:15
וַיָּמָת עַבְדּוֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִי וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּפִרְעָתוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ אֶפְרַיִם בְּהַר הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.
- אJudges 13:2
וַיְהִי אִישׁ אֶחָד מִצָּרְעָה מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת הַדָּנִי וּשְׁמוֹ מָנוֹחַ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ עֲקָרָה וְלֹא יָלָֽדָה
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not.
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 367,528 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- תJudges 12:10
- ת2 Chronicles 36:22
… יְהוָה בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ הֵעִיר יְהוָה אֶת־רוּחַ כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שEzekiel 46:20
… הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־הָאָשָׁם וְאֶת־הַחַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר יֹאפוּ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה לְבִלְתִּי הוֹצִיא …
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.’
- ל1 Samuel 11:14
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־הָעָם לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה הַגִּלְגָּל וּנְחַדֵּשׁ שָׁם הַמְּלוּכָֽה
Then said Samuel to the people: ‘Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.’
- אGenesis 1:11
… לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 398,795, width 398,795 — one row is 398,795 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,892 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,795 in the laboratory →
- ת2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
תשל״א — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5731, from autumn 1970 to autumn 1971. Searched as תשלא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 731.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is 5731 in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–101,616), תשל״א appears 602,835 times in the Torah — 2.9% more than the 586,032 chance alone would give; the probability of 602,835 or more by chance alone is 4.3 × 10⁻¹⁰⁶.
What is the shortest skip for 5731 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 34:17 — the shortest of 602,835 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 586,032.
What is the gematria of 5731 in Hebrew?
5731 is spelled תשל״א — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 731.
How many times is 5731 found in the whole Tanakh?
7,198,103 sequences of תשל״א across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 7,229,986 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 586,032 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.