Year שנה
Year is written שנה in Hebrew. In the Torah codes, Year is found 657,938 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 27:28) — 0.6% above the 653,989 chance alone would give (probability of 657,938 or more by chance alone: 5.4 × 10⁻⁷).
- Found in the Torah
- 657,938
- Chance alone
- 653,989
- P (≥ found)
- 5.4 × 10⁻⁷
- 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 657,938 sequences of שנה at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 653,989); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 5.4 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 27:28, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 10,247,487 sequences of שנה, against about 10,136,549 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 653,989 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 137,030
- Exodus 143,826
- Leviticus 103,009
- Numbers 173,458
- Deuteronomy 100,615
The shortest skips
וְיִֽתֶּן־לְךָ הָאֱלֹהִים מִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם וּמִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ וְרֹב דָּגָן וְתִירֹֽשׁ
So God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fat places of the earth, And plenty of corn and wine.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,502Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן יִצְחָק אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הִנֵּה מִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ יִהְיֶה מֽוֹשָׁבֶךָ וּמִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם מֵעָֽל
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him: Behold, of the fat places of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,173Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקֶן אֶת־חֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר נָֽטָה־שָׁם אָהֳלוֹ מִיַּד בְּנֵֽי־חֲמוֹר אֲבִי שְׁכֶם בְּמֵאָה קְשִׂיטָֽה
And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,128Open in the laboratory →
לְכוּ וְנִמְכְּרֶנּוּ לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִים וְיָדֵנוּ אַל־תְּהִי־בוֹ כִּֽי־אָחִינוּ בְשָׂרֵנוּ הוּא וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶחָֽיו
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh.’ And his brethren hearkened unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 55,521Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲבִיהֶם אִם־כֵּן אֵפוֹא זֹאת עֲשׂוּ קְחוּ מִזִּמְרַת הָאָרֶץ בִּכְלֵיכֶם וְהוֹרִידוּ לָאִישׁ מִנְחָה מְעַט צֳרִי וּמְעַט דְּבַשׁ נְכֹאת וָלֹט בָּטְנִים וּשְׁקֵדִֽים
And their father Israel said unto them: ‘If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 65,626Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,256,926 sequences of שנה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,271,531).
- Genesis 137,030
- Exodus 143,826
- Leviticus 103,009
- Numbers 173,458
- Deuteronomy 106,135
- Joshua 94,521
- Judges 77,406
- Samuel 160,280
- Kings 177,312
- Isaiah 107,221
- Jeremiah 156,245
- Ezekiel 130,644
- The Twelve 96,470
- Psalms 116,058
- Proverbs 35,029
- Job 37,684
- Song of Songs 9,729
- Ruth 9,140
- Lamentations 10,924
- Ecclesiastes 20,925
- Esther 25,222
- Daniel 42,967
- Ezra–Nehemiah 99,797
- Chronicles 185,894
Outside the Torah
ואראה בַשָּׁלָל אַדֶּרֶת שִׁנְעָר אַחַת טוֹבָה וּמָאתַיִם שְׁקָלִים כֶּסֶף וּלְשׁוֹן זָהָב אֶחָד חֲמִשִּׁים שְׁקָלִים מִשְׁקָלוֹ וָֽאֶחְמְדֵם וָֽאֶקָּחֵם וְהִנָּם טְמוּנִים בָּאָרֶץ בְּתוֹךְ הָאָֽהֳלִי וְהַכֶּסֶף תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ
When I saw among the spoil a goodly Shinar mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,817Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ נְטֵה בַּכִּידוֹן אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָֽדְךָ אֶל־הָעַי כִּי בְיָדְךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה וַיֵּט יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּכִּידוֹן אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדוֹ אֶל־הָעִֽיר
And the LORD said unto Joshua: ‘Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand.’ And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,396Open in the laboratory →
וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ לֹֽא־הֵשִׁיב יָדוֹ אֲשֶׁר נָטָה בַּכִּידוֹן עַד אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱרִים אֵת כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָעָֽי
For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,948Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שנה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שנה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 355.
As a plain word it stands 425 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 5:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Year in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 657,938 sequences of שנה at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 653,989); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 5.4 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Year in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 27:28 — the shortest of 657,938 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 653,989.
How is Year spelled in Hebrew?
Year is spelled שנה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 355.
Is Year in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,256,926 sequences of שנה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,271,531).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 653,989 here) beside the count.