Hebrew years

5734 תשל״ד

5734 (תשל״ד) is the Hebrew year that runs from autumn 1973 to autumn 1974. In the Torah codes, 5734 is found 14,889 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 31:29) — 1.9% above the 14,615 chance alone would give (probability of 14,889 or more by chance alone: 0.01).

Found in the Torah
14,889
Chance alone
14,615
P (≥ found)
0.01
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

The Torah holds 14,889 sequences of תשל״ד at skips 2–5,000, 1.9% above what chance alone gives (about 14,615); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 31:29, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 156,723 sequences of תשל״ד, against about 152,290 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 2,891
  • Exodus 3,632
  • Leviticus 2,343
  • Numbers 3,613
  • Deuteronomy 2,410

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 31:29בראשית לא:כטskip 2, backward

    יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדִי לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמָּכֶם רָע וֵֽאלֹהֵי אֲבִיכֶם אֶמֶשׁ אָמַר אֵלַי לֵאמֹר הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ מִדַּבֵּר עִֽם־יַעֲקֹב מִטּוֹב עַד־רָֽע

    It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke unto me yesternight, saying: Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

    תשלד at skip 2, backward from Genesis 31:29ישלאלייעועמכםרעותשלד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 45,018Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 9:13במדבר ט:יגskip 2, backward

    וְהָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־הוּא טָהוֹר וּבְדֶרֶךְ לֹא־הָיָה וְחָדַל לַעֲשׂוֹת הַפֶּסַח וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵֽעַמֶּיהָ כִּי קָרְבַּן יְהוָה לֹא הִקְרִיב בְּמֹעֲדוֹ חֶטְאוֹ יִשָּׂא הָאִישׁ הַהֽוּא

    But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he brought not the offering of the LORD in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

    תשלד at skip 2, backward from Numbers 9:13אהיהוחלעוהפסחונכתשלד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 204,466Open in the laboratory →

  3. Deuteronomy 24:8דברים כד:חskip 2, backward

    הִשָּׁמֶר בְּנֶֽגַע־הַצָּרַעַת לִשְׁמֹר מְאֹד וְלַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יוֹרוּ אֶתְכֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִם תִּשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת

    Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you, as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

    תשלד at skip 2, backward from Deuteronomy 24:8לשמרמאועוככלאשריתשלד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 287,291Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 26:25במדבר כו:כהskip 3, forward

    אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת יִשָּׂשכָר לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָה וְשִׁשִּׁים אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאֽוֹת

    These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.

    תשלד at skip 3, forward from Numbers 26:25רניאלהמשפחישכרפקיהםארבעהושתשלד
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 232,135Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 2:15במדבר ב:טוskip 4, forward

    וּצְבָאוֹ וּפְקֻדֵיהֶם חֲמִשָּׁה וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים

    and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty;

    תשלד at skip 4, forward from Numbers 2:15בעיםאלףוששמאווחמיםכהפקיםלמחנהראובןמאתשלד
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 189,414Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

60,449 sequences of תשל״ד at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 60,904 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 2,891
  • Exodus 3,632
  • Leviticus 2,343
  • Numbers 3,613
  • Deuteronomy 2,560
  • Joshua 1,542
  • Judges 1,678
  • Samuel 6,438
  • Kings 5,282
  • Isaiah 2,408
  • Jeremiah 3,881
  • Ezekiel 4,102
  • The Twelve 1,993
  • Psalms 3,735
  • Proverbs 1,501
  • Job 1,410
  • Song of Songs 265
  • Ruth 358
  • Lamentations 268
  • Ecclesiastes 697
  • Esther 1,164
  • Daniel 1,655
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,995
  • Chronicles 5,038

Outside the Torah

  1. Proverbs 27:14משלי כז:ידskip 2, forward

    מְבָרֵךְ רֵעֵהוּ בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל בַּבֹּקֶר הַשְׁכֵּים קְלָלָה תֵּחָשֶׁב לֽוֹ

    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

    תשלד at skip 2, forward from Proverbs 27:14יםקללהחבולףטורדבתשלד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 959,951Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Kings 21:16מלכים ב כא:טזskip 2, backward

    וְגַם דָּם נָקִי שָׁפַךְ מְנַשֶּׁה הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד עַד אֲשֶׁר־מִלֵּא אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַם פֶּה לָפֶה לְבַד מֵֽחַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִיא אֶת־יְהוּדָה לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָֽה

    Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

    תשלד at skip 2, backward from 2 Kings 21:16אאתיהוהעוהרעבעינתשלד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 567,406Open in the laboratory →

  3. Isaiah 47:6ישעיהו מז:וskip 2, backward

    קָצַפְתִּי עַל־עַמִּי חִלַּלְתִּי נַחֲלָתִי וָאֶתְּנֵם בְּיָדֵךְ לֹא־שַׂמְתְּ לָהֶם רַחֲמִים עַל־זָקֵן הִכְבַּדְתְּ עֻלֵּךְ מְאֹֽד

    I was wroth with My people, I profaned Mine inheritance, And gave them into thy hand; Thou didst show them no mercy; Upon the aged hast thou very heavily Laid thy yoke.

    תשלד at skip 2, backward from Isaiah 47:6אתנםביךאמלהםרחמיתשלד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 623,555Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

תשל״ד — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5734, from autumn 1973 to autumn 1974. Searched as תשלד, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 734.

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

Questions

Is 5734 in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 14,889 sequences of תשל״ד at skips 2–5,000, 1.9% above what chance alone gives (about 14,615); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.01 by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for 5734 in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 31:29 — the shortest of 14,889 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 14,615.

How is 5734 spelled in Hebrew?

5734 is spelled תשל״ד — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 734.

Is 5734 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

60,449 sequences of תשל״ד at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 60,904 that chance alone would produce.

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