Hebrew years

5746 תשמ״ו

5746 (תשמ״ו) is the Hebrew year that runs from autumn 1985 to autumn 1986. 5746 appears 74,426 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% more than chance alone would give (about 73,816; probability 0.01).

Found in the Torah
74,426
Chance alone
73,816
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

At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ו appears 74,426 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 73,816 chance alone would give; the probability of 74,426 or more by chance alone is 0.01.

The shortest skip at which תשמ״ו appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:13, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תשמ״ו is found 806,642 times; chance alone would give about 769,154.

  • Genesis 15,350
  • Exodus 19,285
  • Leviticus 11,962
  • Numbers 16,039
  • Deuteronomy 11,790

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 8:13בראשית ח:יגskip 2, forward

    וַֽיְהִי בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ חָֽרְבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ וַיָּסַר נֹחַ אֶת־מִכְסֵה הַתֵּבָה וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה חָֽרְבוּ פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה

    And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried.

    תשמו at skip 2, forward from Genesis 8:13יהיבאחושאתשנהבראתשמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 9,753Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 2:32במדבר ב:לבskip 2, forward

    אֵלֶּה פְּקוּדֵי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם כָּל־פְּקוּדֵי הַֽמַּחֲנֹת לְצִבְאֹתָם שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים

    These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’houses; all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

    תשמו at skip 2, forward from Numbers 2:32נתלצבאםשאתאלףושלתשמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 190,133Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 26:31במדבר כו:לאskip 2, forward

    וְאַשְׂרִיאֵל מִשְׁפַּחַת הָֽאַשְׂרִֽאֵלִי וְשֶׁכֶם מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשִּׁכְמִֽי

    and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

    תשמו at skip 2, forward from Numbers 26:31כםמשפחהכישמידעמשתשמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 232,415Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 13:16בראשית יג:טזskip 2, backward

    וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אִם־יוּכַל אִישׁ לִמְנוֹת אֶת־עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ גַּֽם־זַרְעֲךָ יִמָּנֶֽה

    And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

    תשמו at skip 2, backward from Genesis 13:16רעךעדעלומיאתזרעךתשםו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 15,902Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 25:31שמות כה:לאskip 2, backward

    וְעָשִׂיתָ מְנֹרַת זָהָב טָהוֹר מִקְשָׁה תֵּעָשֶׂה הַמְּנוֹרָה יְרֵכָהּ וְקָנָהּ גְּבִיעֶיהָ כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ וּפְרָחֶיהָ מִמֶּנָּה יִהְיֽוּ

    And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

    תשמו at skip 2, backward from Exodus 25:31תזהבטהרקהעשההמנותשמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 114,734Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ו appears 272,649 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 273,191, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 15,350
  • Exodus 19,285
  • Leviticus 11,962
  • Numbers 16,039
  • Deuteronomy 12,726
  • Joshua 8,659
  • Judges 8,961
  • Samuel 21,086
  • Kings 23,592
  • Isaiah 12,872
  • Jeremiah 18,006
  • Ezekiel 19,387
  • The Twelve 11,397
  • Psalms 14,703
  • Proverbs 6,413
  • Job 6,078
  • Song of Songs 1,192
  • Ruth 1,476
  • Lamentations 1,119
  • Ecclesiastes 2,692
  • Esther 3,375
  • Daniel 3,413
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 9,075
  • Chronicles 23,791

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 21:14יהושע כא:ידskip 2, forward

    וְאֶת־יַתִּר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ וְאֶת־אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ

    and Jattir with the open land about it, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it;

    תשמו at skip 2, forward from Joshua 21:14גרשהואאתעאתמגרשהתשמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 336,918Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 17:7שמואל א יז:זskip 2, forward

    וחץ חֲנִיתוֹ כִּמְנוֹר אֹֽרְגִים וְלַהֶבֶת חֲנִיתוֹ שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שְׁקָלִים בַּרְזֶל וְנֹשֵׂא הַצִּנָּה הֹלֵךְ לְפָנָֽיו

    And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer went before him.

    תשמו at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 17:7הבתחניושאתשקליםבתשמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 409,525Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Kings 21:7מלכים א כא:זskip 2, forward

    וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אִיזֶבֶל אִשְׁתּוֹ אַתָּה עַתָּה תַּעֲשֶׂה מְלוּכָה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל קוּם אֱכָל־לֶחֶם וְיִטַב לִבֶּךָ אֲנִי אֶתֵּן לְךָ אֶת־כֶּרֶם נָבוֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִֽי

    And Jezebel his wife said unto him: ‘Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry; I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.’

    תשמו at skip 2, forward from 1 Kings 21:7אתהעתהעהלכהעלישרתשמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 523,256Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

תשמ״ו — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5746, from autumn 1985 to autumn 1986. Searched as תשמו, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 746.

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

Questions

Is 5746 in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ו appears 74,426 times in the Torah — 0.8% more than the 73,816 chance alone would give; the probability of 74,426 or more by chance alone is 0.01.

What is the shortest skip for 5746 in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:13 — the shortest of 74,426 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 73,816.

What is the gematria of 5746 in Hebrew?

5746 is spelled תשמ״ו — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 746.

How many times is 5746 found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, תשמ״ו appears 272,649 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 273,191, so the count is in line with chance.

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