5778 תשע״ח

5778 (תשע״ח) is the Hebrew year that runs from autumn 2017 to autumn 2018. In the Torah codes, 5778 is found 85,591 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 39:8) — 5.4% above the 81,202 chance alone would give (probability of 85,591 or more by chance alone: 6.4 × 10⁻⁵³).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 85,591
Chance alone · every skip: 81,202
P (≥ found) · every skip: 6.4 × 10⁻⁵³
Shortest skip: 3
Longest skip found: 101,226

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: 8,315 found · chance alone about 7,793 (probability of 8,315 or more by chance alone: 2.5 × 10⁻⁹).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 85,591 sequences of תשע״ח across every skip (2–101,616), 5.4% above what chance alone gives (about 81,202); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.4 × 10⁻⁵³ by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — at Exodus 39:8, reading forward.

The longest skip at which תשע״ח was found in the Torah is 101,226 — 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 17,735
Exodus 20,218
Leviticus 14,954
Numbers 16,874
Deuteronomy 15,810

Examples across the range

5 of the 85,591 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.

the shortest skip, forwardExodus 39:8שמות לט:חskip 3, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת ש ע חExodus 39:8
  וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הַחֹשֶׁן מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אֵפֹד זָהָב תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָֽר
  And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 138,256 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
the shortest skip, backwardExodus 21:19שמות כא:יטskip 3, backward
Letter by letter
1. ת ש ע חExodus 21:19
  אִם־יָקוּם וְהִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּחוּץ עַל־מִשְׁעַנְתּוֹ וְנִקָּה הַמַּכֶּה רַק שִׁבְתּוֹ יִתֵּן וְרַפֹּא יְרַפֵּֽא
  if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 108,838 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 14:14ויקרא יד:ידskip 100, forward
1. תLeviticus 14:14
  … הַמִּטַּהֵר הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן יָדוֹ הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן רַגְלוֹ הַיְמָנִֽית
  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.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שLeviticus 14:16
  … עַל־כַּפּוֹ הַשְּׂמָאלִית וְהִזָּה מִן־הַשֶּׁמֶן בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה …
  And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
2. עLeviticus 14:17
  … הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן רַגְלוֹ הַיְמָנִית עַל דַּם הָאָשָֽׁם
  And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put 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, upon the blood of the guilt-offering.
3. חLeviticus 14:19
  וְעָשָׂה הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַחַטָּאת וְכִפֶּר עַל־הַמִּטַּהֵר מִטֻּמְאָתוֹ וְאַחַר יִשְׁחַט אֶת־הָעֹלָֽה
  And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering.
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 162,083 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 9:3במדבר ט:גskip 1,002, forward
1. תNumbers 9:3
  … בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה בֵּין הָֽעֲרְבַּיִם תַּעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ כְּכָל־חֻקֹּתָיו וּכְכָל־מִשְׁפָּטָיו …
  In the fourteenth day of this month, at dusk, ye shall keep it in its appointed season; according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שNumbers 9:20
  … יִהְיֶה הֶֽעָנָן יָמִים מִסְפָּר עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן עַל־פִּי יְהוָה יַחֲנוּ וְעַל …
  And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
2. עNumbers 10:18
  וְנָסַע דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה רְאוּבֵן לְצִבְאֹתָם וְעַל־צְבָאוֹ אֱלִיצוּר בֶּן־שְׁדֵיאֽוּר
  And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
3. חNumbers 11:5
  … אֶת־הַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַל בְּמִצְרַיִם חִנָּם אֵת הַקִּשֻּׁאִים וְאֵת הָֽאֲבַטִּחִים וְאֶת …
  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;
skip 1,002, width 1,002 — one row is 1,002 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 203,908 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,002 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 1:2בראשית א:בskip 101,226, forward
1. 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
1. שExodus 16:3
  … מוּתֵנוּ בְיַד־יְהוָה בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּשִׁבְתֵּנוּ עַל־סִיר הַבָּשָׂר בְּאָכְלֵנוּ לֶחֶם …
  and the children of Israel said unto them: ‘Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’
2. עNumbers 8:3
  וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּן אַהֲרֹן אֶל־מוּל פְּנֵי הַמְּנוֹרָה הֶעֱלָה נֵרֹתֶיהָ כַּֽאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
  And Aaron did so: he lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
3. חDeuteronomy 33:19
  עַמִּים הַר־יִקְרָאוּ שָׁם יִזְבְּחוּ זִבְחֵי־צֶדֶק כִּי שֶׁפַע יַמִּים יִינָקוּ וּשְׂפוּנֵי טְמוּנֵי חֽוֹל
  They shall call peoples unto the mountain; There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness; For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.
skip 101,226, width 101,226 — one row is 101,226 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 71 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,226 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–399,013), תשע״ח appears 1,042,052 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,058,243, so the count is in line with chance.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 26,918 found · chance alone about 26,350 (probability of 26,918 or more by chance alone: 0.00025).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 71,694
Exodus 73,338
Leviticus 51,300
Numbers 59,970
Deuteronomy 58,265
Joshua 33,038
Judges 32,864
Samuel 73,772
Kings 83,532
Isaiah 49,883
Jeremiah 72,687
Ezekiel 76,584
The Twelve 41,173
Psalms 58,606
Proverbs 23,537
Job 24,512
Song of Songs 4,856
Ruth 5,896
Lamentations 4,646
Ecclesiastes 9,058
Esther 11,053
Daniel 17,401
Ezra–Nehemiah 28,179
Chronicles 76,208

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahIsaiah 60:18ישעיהו ס:יחskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת ש ע חIsaiah 60:18
  לֹא־יִשָּׁמַע עוֹד חָמָס בְּאַרְצֵךְ שֹׁד וָשֶׁבֶר בִּגְבוּלָיִךְ וְקָרָאת יְשׁוּעָה חוֹמֹתַיִךְ וּשְׁעָרַיִךְ תְּהִלָּֽה
  Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, Desolation nor destruction within thy borders; But thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, And thy gates Praise.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 636,454 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJeremiah 18:6ירמיהו יח:וskip 100, forward
1. תJeremiah 18:6
  … הַזֶּה לֹא־אוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת לָכֶם בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם־יְהוָה הִנֵּה כַחֹמֶר …
  ’O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are ye in My hand, O house of Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שJeremiah 18:8
  וְשָׁב הַגּוֹי הַהוּא מֵרָעָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי עָלָיו וְנִֽחַמְתִּי עַל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר חָשַׁבְתִּי לַעֲשׂוֹת לֽוֹ
  but if that nation turn from their evil, because of which I have spoken against it, I repent of the evil that I thought to do unto it.
2. עJeremiah 18:10
  וְעָשָׂה הרעה בְּעֵינַי לְבִלְתִּי שְׁמֹעַ בְּקוֹלִי וְנִֽחַמְתִּי עַל־הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתִּי לְהֵיטִיב אוֹתֽוֹ
  but if it do evil in My sight, that it hearken not to My voice, then I repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit it.
3. חJeremiah 18:11
  … יוֹצֵר עֲלֵיכֶם רָעָה וְחֹשֵׁב עֲלֵיכֶם מַֽחֲשָׁבָה שׁוּבוּ נָא אִישׁ מִדַּרְכּוֹ הָֽרָעָה …
  Now therefore do thou speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you; return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
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 667,936 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:21דברי הימים ב לו:כאskip 397,962, backward
1. ת2 Chronicles 36:21
  … בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ עַד־רָצְתָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה שָׁבָתָה …
  to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. שEzekiel 47:9
  וְהָיָה כָל־נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֲֽשֶׁר־יִשְׁרֹץ אֶל כָּל …
  And it shall come to pass, that every living creature wherewith it swarmeth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, that all things be healed and may live whithersoever the river cometh.
2. ע1 Samuel 12:22
  … הוֹאִיל יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶתְכֶם לוֹ לְעָֽם
  For the LORD will not forsake His people for His great name’s sake; because it hath pleased the LORD to make you a people unto Himself.
3. חGenesis 3:1
  וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים …
  Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: ‘Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’
skip 397,962, width 397,962 — one row is 397,962 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,808 of the TanakhOpen at skip 397,962 in the laboratory →

The spelling

תשע״ח — a Hebrew numeral: the Hebrew year 5778, from autumn 2017 to autumn 2018. Searched as תשעח, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 778.

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

The year 5778

Questions

Is 5778 in the Torah codes?

What is the shortest skip for 5778 in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 39:8 — the shortest of 85,591 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 81,202.

How is 5778 spelled in Hebrew?

5778 is spelled תשע״ח — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 778.

Is 5778 in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

Across every skip (2–399,013), תשע״ח appears 1,042,052 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,058,243, so the count is in line with chance.

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5775 תשע״הTorah · every skip: 334,320 (chance 316,888)
5776 תשע״וTorah · every skip: 362,495 (chance 344,878)
5777 תשע״זTorah · every skip: 26,032 (chance 24,827)
5779 תשע״טTorah · every skip: 21,379 (chance 20,377)
5780 תש״פTorah · every skip: 2,293,746 (chance 2,206,066)
5781 תשפ״אTorah · every skip: 143,106 (chance 130,546)

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