5742 תשמ״ב
5742 (תשמ״ב) is the Hebrew year that runs from autumn 1981 to autumn 1982. 5742 appears 433,453 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 5.3% more than chance alone would give (about 411,746; probability 6.7 × 10⁻²⁴⁷).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 433,453
- Chance alone · every skip
- 411,746
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 6.7 × 10⁻²⁴⁷
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,479
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: 40,050 found · chance alone about 39,515 (probability of 40,050 or more by chance alone: 0.0037).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), תשמ״ב appears 433,453 times in the Torah — 5.3% more than the 411,746 chance alone would give; the probability of 433,453 or more by chance alone is 6.7 × 10⁻²⁴⁷.
The shortest skip at which תשמ״ב appears in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 35:23, reading forward.
The longest skip at which תשמ״ב was found in the Torah is 101,479 — at Deuteronomy 34:4, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 88,375
- Exodus 100,338
- Leviticus 77,982
- Numbers 86,306
- Deuteronomy 80,452
Examples across the range
5 of the 433,453 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 ם בExodus 35:23
… וְעִזִּים וְעֹרֹת אֵילִם מְאָדָּמִים וְעֹרֹת תְּחָשִׁים הֵבִֽיאוּ
And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’hair, and rams’skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 132,050 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש ם בExodus 35:23
Letter by letter
- ת ש מ בLeviticus 6:14
עַֽל־מַחֲבַת בַּשֶּׁמֶן תֵּעָשֶׂה מֻרְבֶּכֶת תְּבִיאֶנָּה תֻּפִינֵי מִנְחַת פִּתִּים תַּקְרִיב רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָֽה
On a griddle it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in; in broken pieces shalt thou offer the meal-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 148,546 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש מ בLeviticus 6:14
- תGenesis 12:16
וּלְאַבְרָם הֵיטִיב בַּעֲבוּרָהּ וַֽיְהִי־לוֹ צֹאן־וּבָקָר וַחֲמֹרִים וַעֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחֹת וַאֲתֹנֹת וּגְמַלִּֽים
And he dealt well with Abram for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שGenesis 12:18
… לָמָּה לֹא־הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי כִּי אִשְׁתְּךָ הִֽוא
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said: ‘What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
- מGenesis 13:1
וַיַּעַל אַבְרָם מִמִּצְרַיִם הוּא וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וְלוֹט עִמּוֹ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
- בGenesis 13:3
… הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה שָׁם אהלה בַּתְּחִלָּה בֵּין בֵּֽית־אֵל וּבֵין הָעָֽי …
And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai;
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 14,965 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- תGenesis 12:16
- תLeviticus 26:46
אֵלֶּה הַֽחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים וְהַתּוֹרֹת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין …
These are the statutes and ordinances and laws, which the LORD made between Him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שLeviticus 27:19
וְאִם־גָּאֹל יִגְאַל אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה הַמַּקְדִּישׁ אֹתוֹ וְיָסַף חֲמִשִׁית כֶּֽסֶף־עֶרְכְּךָ עָלָיו וְקָם לֽוֹ
And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
- מNumbers 1:6
לְשִׁמְעוֹן שְׁלֻמִיאֵל בֶּן־צוּרִֽישַׁדָּֽי
Of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
- בNumbers 1:31
פְּקֻדֵיהֶם לְמַטֵּה זְבוּלֻן שִׁבְעָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים אֶלֶף וְאַרְבַּע מֵאֽוֹת
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
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 184,660 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- תLeviticus 26:46
- תDeuteronomy 34:4
… אֶתְּנֶנָּה הֶרְאִיתִיךָ בְעֵינֶיךָ וְשָׁמָּה לֹא תַעֲבֹֽר
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.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שNumbers 8:12
… אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל רֹאשׁ הַפָּרִים וַעֲשֵׂה אֶת־הָאֶחָד חַטָּאת וְאֶת־הָאֶחָד …
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.
- מExodus 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.’
- בGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 101,479, width 101,479 — one row is 101,479 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,438 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,479 in the laboratory →
- תDeuteronomy 34:4
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 5,462,385 sequences of תשמ״ב across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 5,520,785).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 138,642 found · chance alone about 137,467 (probability of 138,642 or more by chance alone: 0.00078).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 379,967
- Exodus 385,716
- Leviticus 274,640
- Numbers 315,805
- Deuteronomy 307,502
- Joshua 174,787
- Judges 172,257
- Samuel 392,302
- Kings 442,486
- Isaiah 262,090
- Jeremiah 374,449
- Ezekiel 397,320
- The Twelve 214,112
- Psalms 301,470
- Proverbs 122,108
- Job 127,861
- Song of Songs 24,594
- Ruth 30,225
- Lamentations 23,329
- Ecclesiastes 46,381
- Esther 57,059
- Daniel 91,256
- Ezra–Nehemiah 146,299
- Chronicles 398,370
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ת ש מ בJoshua 8:31
… אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּכָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה מִזְבַּח אֲבָנִים שְׁלֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־הֵנִיף …
as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron; and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,260 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש מ בJoshua 8:31
- ת1 Samuel 22:4
וַיַּנְחֵם אֶת־פְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב וַיֵּשְׁבוּ עִמּוֹ כָּל־יְמֵי הֱיוֹת־דָּוִד בַּמְּצוּדָֽה
And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ש1 Samuel 22:6
וַיִּשְׁמַע שָׁאוּל כִּי נוֹדַע דָּוִד וַאֲנָשִׁים …
And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him; now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.
- ם1 Samuel 22:7
וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל לַֽעֲבָדָיו הַנִּצָּבִים עָלָיו שִׁמְעוּ־נָא בְּנֵי יְמִינִי …
And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him: ‘Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds;
- ב1 Samuel 22:8
… וְאֵין־גֹּלֶה אֶת־אָזְנִי בִּכְרָת־בְּנִי עִם־בֶּן־יִשַׁי וְאֵין־חֹלֶה …
that all of you have conspired against me, and there was none that disclosed it to me when my son made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?’
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 419,863 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ת1 Samuel 22:4
- ת2 Chronicles 36:22
וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר …
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 46:18
וְלֹא־יִקַּח הַנָּשִׂיא מִנַּחֲלַת הָעָם לְהֽוֹנֹתָם מֵאֲחֻזָּתָם מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ …
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that My people be not scattered every man from his possession.’
- מ1 Samuel 11:9
… מָחָר תִּהְיֶֽה־לָכֶם תְּשׁוּעָה בחם הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וַיָּבֹאוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיַּגִּידוּ לְאַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ …
And they said unto the messengers that came: ‘Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead: To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance.’ And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
- בGenesis 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.
skip 398,936, width 398,936 — one row is 398,936 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,850 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,936 in the laboratory →
- ת2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
תשמ״ב — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5742, from autumn 1981 to autumn 1982. Searched as תשמב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 742.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does 5742 appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), תשמ״ב appears 433,453 times in the Torah — 5.3% more than the 411,746 chance alone would give; the probability of 433,453 or more by chance alone is 6.7 × 10⁻²⁴⁷.
What is the shortest skip for 5742 in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 35:23 — the shortest of 433,453 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 411,746.
What is the gematria of 5742 in Hebrew?
5742 is spelled תשמ״ב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 742.
How many times is 5742 found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 5,462,385 sequences of תשמ״ב across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 5,520,785).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 411,746 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.