1948 תשח
The spring of 1948 falls in the Hebrew year 5708, written תשח. Isaiah has those letters as a plain word, bowed low in the dust.
- Found in the Torah
- 3,425,645
- Chance alone: 3,300,605
- Skips 2 to 152,424
- Found in the Tanakh
- 41,980,882
- Chance alone: 42,403,569
- Skips 2 to 598,520
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A Hebrew year is usually written in letters, without its thousands, so 5708 becomes תשח. Those are the letters that a person searches when looking for the State of Israel's first year. They turn out to be a word. Isaiah 29:4 has it once: thy speech shall be low out of the dust, ומעפר תשח אמרתך. Nobody assigned that meaning to the year. It comes from how the letters of the number happen to fall. A Gregorian year spans two Hebrew years, so 1948 also takes in the autumn of 5709, תשט, which is not a word. Both are three letters, and three letters come up very often at a skip, so these counts should be read with care. Any sequence you find, near any name, is to be expected.
- As a whole word
- 1
- First, with any prefix
- Isaiah 29:4
The measurement
Here is the temptation in numbers. The Torah holds 3,425,645 sequences of this year, 3.8 percent over the formula, and no letter shuffle reaches the real 46,074 at skips 2 to 1,000. Now the other family: 84 word shuffles in 100 reach it. A rank from one family, picked afterward, is not a result. And the two shortest sequences stand in one name, מתושלח, Methuselah, in Genesis 5:21 and 5:22.
| At every skip | Torah | Tanakh |
|---|---|---|
| Found | 3,425,645 | 41,980,882 |
| Chance alone | 3,300,605 | 42,403,569 |
| P (≥ found) | below 10⁻³⁰⁰ | 1.00 |
| Shortest skip | 2 | 2 |
| Longest skip | 152,293 | 598,381 |
Counted forward and backward on the written text, with final letters treated as ordinary ones. At the laboratory's opening setting, skips 2 to 5,000, the Torah gives 223,821 against 212,948 by chance. How these figures are made.
Other spellings
Each spelling is its own search. Every skip, both directions.
| Spelling | Torah | Tanakh |
|---|---|---|
| תשחone whole word | 3,425,645 chance 3,300,605 | 41,980,882 chance 42,403,569 |
| תשט0 as a word | 865,323 chance 828,250 | 9,602,659 chance 9,695,142 |
The sequences, letter by letter
Each letter is shown in the verse it happens to stand in, nothing more. Tap one to read it in the Tanakh, with the rest of the sequence marked.
In the Torah
Shortest skip 2, forward from Genesis 5:21
וַֽיְחִ֣י חֲנ֔וֹךְ חָמֵ֥שׁ וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.
Shortest skip 2, forward from Genesis 5:22
וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֨ךְ חֲנ֜וֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱ־לֹהִ֗ים אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃
And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Short skip 50, forward from Exodus 12:4
וְאִם־יִמְעַ֣ט הַבַּיִת֮ מִהְיֹ֣ת מִשֶּׂה֒ וְלָקַ֣ח ה֗וּא וּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹ הַקָּרֹ֥ב אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ בְּמִכְסַ֣ת נְפָשֹׁ֑ת אִ֚ישׁ לְפִ֣י אָכְל֔וֹ תָּכֹ֖סּוּ עַל־הַשֶּֽׂה׃
and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man’s eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.
שֶׂ֥ה תָמִ֛ים זָכָ֥ר בֶּן־שָׁנָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם מִן־הַכְּבָשִׂ֥ים וּמִן־הָעִזִּ֖ים תִּקָּֽחוּ׃
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats;
וְהָיָ֤ה לָכֶם֙ לְמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת עַ֣ד אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וְשָׁחֲט֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ כֹּ֛ל קְהַ֥ל עֲדַֽת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בֵּ֥ין הָעַרְבָּֽיִם׃
and ye shall keep it unto the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at dusk.
Middle skip 500, forward from Leviticus 4:18
… יְקוָ֔ק אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְאֵ֣ת כָּל־הַדָּ֗ם יִשְׁפֹּךְ֙ אֶל־יְסוֹד֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח …
And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tent of meeting, and all the remaining blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
וְאִם־נֶ֧פֶשׁ אַחַ֛ת תֶּחֱטָ֥א בִשְׁגָגָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ בַּ֠עֲשֹׂתָהּ אַחַ֨ת מִמִּצְוֺ֧ת יְקוָ֛ק אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תֵעָשֶׂ֖ינָה וְאָשֵֽׁם׃
And if any one of the common people sin through error, in doing any of the things which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty:
… עָלָ֧יו הַכֹּהֵ֛ן עַל־חַטָּאת֥וֹ אֲשֶׁר־חָטָ֖א וְנִסְלַ֥ח לֽוֹ׃
And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make them smoke on the altar, upon the offerings of the LORD made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned…
Wide skip 5,000, forward from Numbers 2:31
כָּל־הַפְּקֻדִים֙ לְמַ֣חֲנֵה דָ֔ן מְאַ֣ת אֶ֗לֶף וְשִׁבְעָ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת לָאַחֲרֹנָ֥ה יִסְע֖וּ לְדִגְלֵיהֶֽם׃
all that were numbered of the camp of Dan being a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred; they shall set forth hindmost by their standards.’
כָּֽל־הַפְּקֻדִ֡ים אֲשֶׁר֩ פָּקַ֨ד מֹשֶׁ֧ה וְאַהֲרֹ֛ן וּנְשִׂיאֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֑ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם וּלְבֵ֥ית אֲבֹתָֽם׃
All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,
כַּ֥ף אַחַ֛ת עֲשָׂרָ֥ה זָהָ֖ב מְלֵאָ֥ה קְטֹֽרֶת׃
one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
Outside the Torah
Shortest skip 2, forward from Joshua 7:17
וַיַּקְרֵב֙ אֶת־מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיִּלְכֹּ֕ד אֵ֖ת מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת הַזַּרְחִ֑י וַיַּקְרֵ֞ב אֶת־מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת הַזַּרְחִי֙ לַגְּבָרִ֔ים וַיִּלָּכֵ֖ד זַבְדִּֽי׃
And he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites. And he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken.
Middle skip 500, forward from Judges 7:1
… ה֣וּא גִדְע֗וֹן וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ עַל־עֵ֣ין חֲרֹ֑ד וּמַחֲנֵ֤ה …
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside En-harod; and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by Gibeath-moreh, in the valley.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְקוָ֜ק אֶל־גִּדְע֗וֹן בִּשְׁלֹשׁ֩ מֵא֨וֹת הָאִ֤ישׁ הַֽמֲלַקְקִים֙ אוֹשִׁ֣יעַ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־מִדְיָ֖ן בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־הָעָ֔ם יֵלְכ֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃
And the LORD said unto Gideon: ‘By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the people go every man unto his place.’
וַיַּ֨עַן רֵעֵ֤הוּ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֵ֣ין זֹ֔את בִּלְתִּ֗י אִם־חֶ֛רֶב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל נָתַ֤ן הָֽאֱ־לֹהִים֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ אֶת־מִדְיָ֖ן וְאֶת־כָּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
And his fellow answered and said: ‘This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.’
By skip range, shuffled texts and book
| Skips, Torah | Found | Chance alone |
|---|---|---|
| 2 to 10 | 385 | 390 |
| 11 to 100 | 4,098 | 3,896 |
| 101 to 1,000 | 41,591 | 38,837 |
| 1,001 to 5,000 | 177,747 | 169,825 |
| 5,001 to 152,424 | 3,201,824 | 3,087,657 |
Shuffled Torahs
The Torah's own count at skips 2 to 1,000 is 46,074. Each family below rebuilt the text 100 times (seed 5787). What each family keeps.
| Control family | Runs at or above 46,074 | Median run | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter shuffle | 0/100 | 43,090 | 42,592 to 43,572 |
| Words within each verse | 84/100 | 46,282 | 45,805 to 46,880 |
Where the sequences start
| Torah | Found | Chance alone |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 743,859 | 845,252 |
| Exodus | 794,651 | 687,849 |
| Leviticus | 570,234 | 484,995 |
| Numbers | 678,978 | 688,001 |
| Deuteronomy | 637,923 | 594,510 |
| Tanakh | Found | Chance alone |
|---|---|---|
| Torah | 12,539,058 | 10,798,893 |
| Prophets | 18,744,042 | 19,617,073 |
| Writings | 10,697,782 | 11,987,603 |
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