Hebrew years

5749 תשמ״ט

5749 (תשמ״ט) is the Hebrew year that runs from autumn 1988 to autumn 1989. In the Torah codes, 5749 is found 4,559 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 30:38) — 4.5% above the 4,361 chance alone would give (probability of 4,559 or more by chance alone: 0.0015).

Found in the Torah
4,559
Chance alone
4,361
P (≥ found)
0.0015
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 4,559 sequences of תשמ״ט at skips 2–5,000, 4.5% above what chance alone gives (about 4,361); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0015 by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 30:38, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 47,769 sequences of תשמ״ט, against about 45,444 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 516
  • Exodus 1,263
  • Leviticus 1,104
  • Numbers 1,054
  • Deuteronomy 622

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 30:38בראשית ל:לחskip 2, backward

    וַיַּצֵּג אֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת אֲשֶׁר פִּצֵּל בָּרֳהָטִים בְּשִֽׁקֲתוֹת הַמָּיִם אֲשֶׁר תָּבֹאןָ הַצֹּאן לִשְׁתּוֹת לְנֹכַח הַצֹּאן וַיֵּחַמְנָה בְּבֹאָן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת

    And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

    תשמט at skip 2, backward from Genesis 30:38פצלברהיבקותהמיםאתשםט
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 43,300Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 21:1שמות כא:אskip 2, backward

    וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תָּשִׂים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם

    Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.

    תשמט at skip 2, backward from Exodus 21:1לההמשפיארשיםלפניתשםט
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 108,147Open in the laboratory →

  3. Deuteronomy 5:31דברים ה:לאskip 2, backward

    וְאַתָּה פֹּה עֲמֹד עִמָּדִי וַאֲדַבְּרָה אֵלֶיךָ אֵת כָּל־הַמִּצְוָה וְהַחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תְּלַמְּדֵם וְעָשׂוּ בָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לָהֶם לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ

    But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.’

    תשמט at skip 2, backward from Deuteronomy 5:31םוהמשפיארלמדםועשתשםט
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 261,106Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 12:1דברים יב:אskip 2, backward

    אֵלֶּה הַֽחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְרוּן לַעֲשׂוֹת בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֶיךָ לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ כָּל־הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם חַיִּים עַל־הָאֲדָמָֽה

    These are the statutes and the ordinances, which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

    תשמט at skip 2, backward from Deuteronomy 12:1םוהמשפיארשמרוןלעתשםט
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 270,571Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 23:7דברים כג:זskip 3, forward

    לֹא־תִדְרֹשׁ שְׁלֹמָם וְטֹבָתָם כָּל־יָמֶיךָ לְעוֹלָֽם

    Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

    תשמט at skip 3, forward from Deuteronomy 23:7קוקאלהיךלאדרשלםובתםכלימיךלתשמט
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 285,893Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 13,624 sequences of תשמ״ט at skips 2–5,000, 2.4% above what chance alone gives (about 13,301); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0026 by chance alone.

  • Genesis 516
  • Exodus 1,263
  • Leviticus 1,104
  • Numbers 1,054
  • Deuteronomy 646
  • Joshua 323
  • Judges 325
  • Samuel 597
  • Kings 962
  • Isaiah 609
  • Jeremiah 754
  • Ezekiel 990
  • The Twelve 619
  • Psalms 923
  • Proverbs 487
  • Job 411
  • Song of Songs 70
  • Ruth 102
  • Lamentations 81
  • Ecclesiastes 205
  • Esther 236
  • Daniel 206
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 395
  • Chronicles 746

Outside the Torah

  1. Ezekiel 5:3יחזקאל ה:גskip 2, forward

    וְלָקַחְתָּ מִשָּׁם מְעַט בְּמִסְפָּר וְצַרְתָּ אוֹתָם בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ

    Thou shalt also take thereof a few by number, and bind them in thy skirts.

    תשמט at skip 2, forward from Ezekiel 5:3הםולקחמםעבמספרוצתשמט
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 732,297Open in the laboratory →

  2. Ezekiel 33:14יחזקאל לג:ידskip 2, forward

    וּבְאָמְרִי לָֽרָשָׁע מוֹת תָּמוּת וְשָׁב מֵֽחַטָּאתוֹ וְעָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָֽה

    Again, when I say unto the wicked: Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

    תשמט at skip 2, forward from Ezekiel 33:14מותתמוובחאתוועשהתשמט
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 774,971Open in the laboratory →

  3. Song of Songs 3:6שיר השירים ג:וskip 2, forward

    מִי זֹאת עֹלָה מִן־הַמִּדְבָּר כְּתִֽימֲרוֹת עָשָׁן מְקֻטֶּרֶת מוֹר וּלְבוֹנָה מִכֹּל אַבְקַת רוֹכֵֽל

    Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?

    תשמט at skip 2, forward from Song of Songs 3:6כתימרועןקרתמורולתשמט
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 997,481Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

תשמ״ט — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5749, from autumn 1988 to autumn 1989. Searched as תשמט, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 749.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 15:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is 5749 in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 4,559 sequences of תשמ״ט at skips 2–5,000, 4.5% above what chance alone gives (about 4,361); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0015 by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for 5749 in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 30:38 — the shortest of 4,559 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,361.

How is 5749 spelled in Hebrew?

5749 is spelled תשמ״ט — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 749.

Is 5749 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 13,624 sequences of תשמ״ט at skips 2–5,000, 2.4% above what chance alone gives (about 13,301); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0026 by chance alone.

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