Tisha B'Av תשעה באב
Tisha B'Av — in Hebrew תשעה באב — the ninth of Av, day of mourning for the Temples. In the Torah codes, תשעה (from Tisha B'Av) is found 334,320 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 9:24) — 5.5% above the 316,888 chance alone would give (probability of 334,320 or more by chance alone: 4.1 × 10⁻²⁰⁷).
- Found in the Torah (תשעה) · every skip
- 334,320
- Chance alone · every skip
- 316,888
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 4.1 × 10⁻²⁰⁷
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,184
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: 31,522 found · chance alone about 30,412 (probability of 31,522 or more by chance alone: 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁰).
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for תשעה, and באב has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 334,320 sequences of תשעה across every skip (2–101,616), 5.5% above what chance alone gives (about 316,888); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.1 × 10⁻²⁰⁷ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 9:24, reading forward.
The longest skip at which תשעה was found in the Torah is 101,184 — at Genesis 1:25, 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 69,833
- Exodus 79,905
- Leviticus 58,063
- Numbers 65,025
- Deuteronomy 61,494
Examples across the range
5 of the 334,320 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 ע הGenesis 9:24
וַיִּיקֶץ נֹחַ מִיֵּינוֹ וַיֵּדַע אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה־לוֹ בְּנוֹ הַקָּטָֽן
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,384 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש ע הGenesis 9:24
Letter by letter
- ת ש ע הExodus 27:21
בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד מִחוּץ לַפָּרֹכֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָעֵדֻת יַעֲרֹךְ אֹתוֹ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו מֵעֶרֶב …
In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 118,207 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש ע הExodus 27:21
- תExodus 10:29
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה כֵּן דִּבַּרְתָּ לֹא־אֹסִף עוֹד רְאוֹת פָּנֶֽיךָ
And Moses said: ‘Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שExodus 11:2
דַּבֶּר־נָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וְיִשְׁאֲלוּ אִישׁ מֵאֵת רֵעֵהוּ וְאִשָּׁה מֵאֵת …
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.’
- עExodus 11:3
… מְאֹד בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּעֵינֵי עַבְדֵֽי־פַרְעֹה וּבְעֵינֵי הָעָֽם
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
- הExodus 11:5
… הַיֹּשֵׁב עַל־כִּסְאוֹ עַד בְּכוֹר הַשִּׁפְחָה אֲשֶׁר אַחַר הָרֵחָיִם וְכֹל בְּכוֹר …
and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of cattle.
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 93,322 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- תExodus 10:29
- תDeuteronomy 14:6
וְכָל־בְּהֵמָה מַפְרֶסֶת פַּרְסָה וְשֹׁסַעַת שֶׁסַע שְׁתֵּי פְרָסוֹת מַעֲלַת גֵּרָה בַּבְּהֵמָה אֹתָהּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof wholly cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye may eat.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שDeuteronomy 13:7
… אוֹ אֵשֶׁת חֵיקֶךָ אוֹ רֵֽעֲךָ אֲשֶׁר כְּנַפְשְׁךָ בַּסֵּתֶר לֵאמֹר נֵֽלְכָה וְנַֽעַבְדָה …
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
- עDeuteronomy 12:24
לֹא תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ עַל־הָאָרֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶנּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
- הDeuteronomy 12:9
כִּי לֹא־בָּאתֶם עַד־עָתָּה אֶל־הַמְּנוּחָה וְאֶל־הַֽנַּחֲלָה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָֽךְ
for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth thee.
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 up the middle column. letter 274,099 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- תDeuteronomy 14:6
- תGenesis 1:25
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ …
And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שExodus 16:21
וַיִּלְקְטוּ אֹתוֹ בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר אִישׁ כְּפִי אָכְלוֹ וְחַם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְנָמָֽס
And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted.
- עNumbers 8:22
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן בָּאוּ הַלְוִיִּם לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹֽדָתָם בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לִפְנֵי …
And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
- הDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
skip 101,184, width 101,184 — one row is 101,184 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 1,192 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,184 in the laboratory →
- תGenesis 1:25
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,849,999 sequences of תשעה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 3,909,724).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 98,442 found · chance alone about 97,352 (probability of 98,442 or more by chance alone: 0.00024).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 265,726
- Exodus 272,398
- Leviticus 191,301
- Numbers 220,479
- Deuteronomy 215,417
- Joshua 122,835
- Judges 120,975
- Samuel 275,945
- Kings 312,017
- Isaiah 184,709
- Jeremiah 267,658
- Ezekiel 284,008
- The Twelve 152,536
- Psalms 214,031
- Proverbs 85,952
- Job 89,940
- Song of Songs 17,117
- Ruth 21,300
- Lamentations 16,529
- Ecclesiastes 32,513
- Esther 40,635
- Daniel 63,642
- Ezra–Nehemiah 102,583
- Chronicles 279,753
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ת ש ע הJoshua 8:32
וַיִּכְתָּב־שָׁם עַל־הָאֲבָנִים אֵת מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר כָּתַב לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote before the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,328 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש ע הJoshua 8:32
- תJudges 9:57
וְאֵת כָּל־רָעַת אַנְשֵׁי שְׁכֶם הֵשִׁיב אֱלֹהִים בְּרֹאשָׁם וַתָּבֹא אֲלֵיהֶם קִֽלֲלַת יוֹתָם בֶּן־יְרֻבָּֽעַל
and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads; and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שJudges 10:2
וַיִּשְׁפֹּט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל עֶשְׂרִים וְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּשָׁמִֽיר
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
- עJudges 10:4
… רֹֽכְבִים עַל־שְׁלֹשִׁים עֲיָרִים וּשְׁלֹשִׁים עֲיָרִים לָהֶם לָהֶם יִקְרְאוּ חַוֺּת יָאִיר …
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
- הJudges 10:6
… הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַיַּעַבְדוּ אֶת־הַבְּעָלִים וְאֶת־הָעַשְׁתָּרוֹת וְאֶת־אֱלֹהֵי אֲרָם …
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the LORD…
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 363,189 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- תJudges 9:57
- ת2 Chronicles 36:17
… מִקְדָּשָׁם וְלֹא חָמַל עַל־בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה זָקֵן וְיָשֵׁשׁ הַכֹּל נָתַן בְּיָדֽוֹ …
Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- שEzekiel 46:17
… וְהָיְתָה לּוֹ עַד־שְׁנַת הַדְּרוֹר וְשָׁבַת לַנָּשִׂיא אַךְ נַחֲלָתוֹ בָּנָיו לָהֶם …
But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.
- ע1 Samuel 11:12
וַיֹּאמֶר הָעָם אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל מִי הָאֹמֵר שָׁאוּל יִמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ תְּנוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וּנְמִיתֵֽם
And the people said unto Samuel: ‘Who is he that said: Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.’
- הGenesis 1:11
… אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 398,684, width 398,684 — one row is 398,684 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,564 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,684 in the laboratory →
- ת2 Chronicles 36:17
The spelling
תשעה באב — a Hebrew word: the ninth of Av, day of mourning for the Temples. Searched as תשעה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 775.
As a plain word it stands 9 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 1:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- באב — a Hebrew word Torah · every skip: 5,816,086 (chance 5,928,474)
Questions
Does Tisha B'Av appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 334,320 sequences of תשעה across every skip (2–101,616), 5.5% above what chance alone gives (about 316,888); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.1 × 10⁻²⁰⁷ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Tisha B'Av in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 9:24 — the shortest of 334,320 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 316,888.
How is Tisha B'Av spelled in Hebrew?
Tisha B'Av is spelled תשעה באב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 775; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Tisha B'Av in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,849,999 sequences of תשעה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 3,909,724).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 316,888 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.