The Torah Code Experiment
We formulate a few different Torah code experiments. The first one is centered around Iran going nuclear, which when discussed in Hebrew has a literal translation of Iran Atomic. The possibilities explored in the experiment are shown in the table below.
In our second experiment we explore the idea that Iran is the enemy of Israel. In Chronicles II, 20:29 the verse speaks of the enemies of Israel using the plural construct phrase אויבי ישראל
A dread of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Hashem was doing battle with the enemies of Israel. (Chronicles II 20:10)
As Iran is only one of these kingdoms, the corresponding singular construct form, appropriate for Iran, is אויב ישראל, or with the implied preposition אויב לישראל which are the phrases we use.
There is another term related to the phrase enemy of Israel, based on the root צרר. It is variously translated depending on interpretation as oppress, harass, be hostile, hate, treat as an enemy, or treat as a deadly foe. The context in which this root is used in a Torah verse is when God speaks to Moses after the Phinehas - Cozbi affair saying,In Nachmanides' commentary, צרור is translated as Harass. In the Hirsch commentary, it is translated as Oppress. Hirsch indicates that צרור literally means to press together, to oppress, to limit someone's strength. The Isaiah and Sharfman translation of Rashi's commentary translate צרור as Harass. Rashi comments that its grammatical form (the absolute infinitive) denotes the present tense, meaning it is incumbent (an obligation) to keep harassing, continually. The Miller translation in the Gutnick edition of Rashi's commentary, uses the translation Be hostile. The Milevsky commentary translates צרור by Hate.Oppress (צרור) the Midianites and kill them, for they oppressed you when they deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, daughter of a leader of Midian. (Numbers 25:17)
Perhaps we might think that the weakest translation of צרור is Harass. But it is easily seen that this translation cannot be taken literally as used in today's English. In ordinary modern English usage to harass is one thing, typically to continually vex, trouble, or annoy. To kill is another. And indeed, the first (and oldest) meaning of harass as given in the Merriam-Webster unabridged dictionary is to lay waste an enemy's country. This usage, which is quite consistent with the Torah verse, is certainly not today's common usage. That is why we prefer translating the biblical directive צרור by Oppress in the sense of limiting their strength and treating them as a deadly foe, for an enemy that one kills is not an ordinary enemy, but a deadly foe.
There is another possible meaning for a phrase such as צרור ישראל. It can also mean Oppressor of Israel.Supporting the understanding of צרור as oppress and treat as a deadly foe, there is the phrase in the Megilat Esther which speaks of Haman as צורר היהודים, or with the vav cholem taken care of by the vowel points, צרר היהודים, an enemy of the Jews, a deadly foe of the Jews. (see Megilat Esther 8:1, 9:10). This motivates us to use the phrase, צורר היהודים, or צרר היהודים, as one of our possible key word phrases in our second experiment.
The second experiment possibilities are determined from the table below. As indicated, in each category, either exactly one or at most one key word or key word phrase is chosen. The smallest number of key words that we allow for in any combination is four. Also note that the key word צרור is a transitive verb and for grammatical correctness must be followed by the direct object indicator את. We follow our usual practice and do not look for את either as a two letter ELS or as part of an ELS phrase where it can be a suffix on the verb or a prefix on the object of the verb.
The next table is perhaps interesting because there appears directly in the text of the table, in Genesis 42:35, צרור and צרר. These are of course from the same root as the corresponding terms we use as key words for Oppress, Harass and Deadly Foe, respectively. But in the verse the root has the meaning of bundle. The verse of Genesis 42:35 translated into English is
Then, as they were emptying their sacks, behold! -- every man's bundle, צרור, of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles, צררות of money they were terrified.
The association between this verse and the following table and other similar tables that we show are perhaps prophetic. What is a bundle? A bundle is a group of items tied or wrapped together for the convenience of handling or moving them. Existentially, the bundle limits the freedom of movement of the items tied together in the bundle. It is this fundamental idea of limitation inherrent in the root צרר that has given rise to its secondary meaning relating to enemy, for your enemy is one who attempts to limit your existence, strength, and freedom. It is related to oppressing or harassing because this is one of the ways in which the enemy operates to limit your existence, strength, and freedom. The following table and others similar to it, not only are telling us that Iran, and Iran with its atom bomb, is an enemy and deadly foe of Israel, that Iran is a country who wishes to oppress and harass the Jews, but that as well Iran is a country who is exporting their evil, abominal, and cancerous politics by giving propaganda directives to others to oppress and harass Israel and the Jews. One can view the actions of Iran as a bundle whose end purpose is to eventually make war on Israel, and to terrify and annihilate her Jewish population.
After setting up and doing the above experiment, we realized that there is another term that might be relevant and make sense: Nuclear. So we set up another experiment whose possibility table is below.
Iran wants its brand of Islam to dominate the world and it is on this concept that we base our fourth experiment.