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Page 1: Hebrew Cardinal Numbers - · PDF fileHebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments 100 ה א ͔ Construct ַ͠אְ͔ Plural ֹ͠ וא ͔ 200 ִֹֹ͓י ֹ ַ͠א ͔ Dual 300 ֹ͠
Page 2: Hebrew Cardinal Numbers - · PDF fileHebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments 100 ה א ͔ Construct ַ͠אְ͔ Plural ֹ͠ וא ͔ 200 ִֹֹ͓י ֹ ַ͠א ͔ Dual 300 ֹ͠

Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Hebrew does not have numerical symbols (0, 1, 2, 3,

etc.) in the Hebrew text.

Hebrew numbers are written out as words.

Page 3: Hebrew Cardinal Numbers - · PDF fileHebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments 100 ה א ͔ Construct ַ͠אְ͔ Plural ֹ͠ וא ͔ 200 ִֹֹ͓י ֹ ַ͠א ͔ Dual 300 ֹ͠

Hebrew Cardinal Numbers There are cardinal numbers (for counting) and ordinal

numbers (to indicate position or order in a series).

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers The number 1 is used like an adjective; it follows the

noun it modifies.

It agrees in gender and definiteness with the noun it modifies.

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Exodus 12:49

א זר היהי ת חאה ר ו ת חל ר רולג ו בת הג ׃םככ

One law shall be for the native born and for the stranger who dwells among you.

Exodus 23:29

ש אג ר אל נ תח א ה נ ש ב ך ימפ נ ו

I will not drive them out from before you in one year

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Exodus 25:19

כרה ש וע ה מק צ הד ח א ב ו מז

Make one cherub at this end…

Exodus 29:3

דח א סל־על םת ו א ונ תת

And you shall put them into one basket…

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers The number one can be used in the construct state

where it usually precedes a plural absolute noun.

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Genesis 2:21

לע ת יות חא חויק מצ

And he took one of his ribs

2 Kings 17:28

ב א ד ח א וי הגלר ש א יםמ הכ הנ ןו מרש מ ו

Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came

Page 9: Hebrew Cardinal Numbers - · PDF fileHebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments 100 ה א ͔ Construct ַ͠אְ͔ Plural ֹ͠ וא ͔ 200 ִֹֹ͓י ֹ ַ͠א ͔ Dual 300 ֹ͠

Hebrew Cardinal Numbers The number 2 is dual in number and is used as a noun.

It agrees in gender with the noun it is related to.

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Numbers 2-10 also function as adjectives, but they are

classified as nouns.

Since that is the case, absolute and construct forms of numbers exist.

The absolute and construct forms of numbers can be used interchangeably.

Page 11: Hebrew Cardinal Numbers - · PDF fileHebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments 100 ה א ͔ Construct ַ͠אְ͔ Plural ֹ͠ וא ͔ 200 ִֹֹ͓י ֹ ַ͠א ͔ Dual 300 ֹ͠

Hebrew Cardinal Numbers The cardinal number 2 agrees in gender with the noun

it modifies.

The cardinal numbers 3-10 perform a gender flip:

When they follow masculine nouns, they have what appear to be feminine endings.

When they follow feminine nouns, they have what appear to be masculine endings.

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number

Masculine Absolute

Masculine Construct

Feminine Absolute

Feminine Construct

דח א 1 דחא תחא תח א

תחא

ש 2 נ םי נ יש ת ש םי ית ש

הש ל ש 3 תש ל ש ש ל ש ש ל ש

ארבע ארבע ארב עת ארב ע ה 4

הש מ ח 5 תש מ ח ש מ ח ש מ ח

Page 13: Hebrew Cardinal Numbers - · PDF fileHebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments 100 ה א ͔ Construct ַ͠אְ͔ Plural ֹ͠ וא ͔ 200 ִֹֹ͓י ֹ ַ͠א ͔ Dual 300 ֹ͠

Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number

Masculine Absolute

Masculine Construct

Feminine Absolute

Feminine Construct

הש ש 6 תש ש ש ש ש ש

בע הש 7 בעתש בעש בעש בעש

מ נ הש 8 מ נ ת ש מ נתש

נ ה ו מש מ נ הש

חמ נ ש

ע הש ת 9 עתש ת עש ת עש ת

ה 10 תש ע עש ר ר רע ש רע ש

Page 14: Hebrew Cardinal Numbers - · PDF fileHebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments 100 ה א ͔ Construct ַ͠אְ͔ Plural ֹ͠ וא ͔ 200 ִֹֹ͓י ֹ ַ͠א ͔ Dual 300 ֹ͠

Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Numbers Used with

Masculine Nouns Used with

Feminine Nouns

ת י ע ש רש ע 11 ד ע ש רחא

הת י ע ש ש ע ר הע ש תחא ר

נ י ע ש רש 12 ע ש ר םנ יש

הת י ע ש ש ר הע ש םת יש ר

ה ע ש רש ל ש 13 ה ע ש ש ל ש ר

ע ה ע ש ר 14 הע ע ש באר אר ר

ה ע ש רש המ 15 הש ע ש המ ר

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Numbers Used with

Masculine Nouns Used with

Feminine Nouns

רש ע הש ש 16 הש ע ש ש ר

רש בע ה ע ש 17 הש בע ע ש ר

רש מ נ ה ע ש 18 הש מ נ ה ע ש ר

רש ע ה ע ש ת 19 הש ע ע ש ת ר

Page 16: Hebrew Cardinal Numbers - · PDF fileHebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments 100 ה א ͔ Construct ַ͠אְ͔ Plural ֹ͠ וא ͔ 200 ִֹֹ͓י ֹ ַ͠א ͔ Dual 300 ֹ͠

Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number

Cardinal Number

יםרש ע 20 יםש ש 60

יםש ל ש 30 יםבעש 70

יםארב ע 40 ש 80 יםמ נ

יםש מח 50 יםעש ת 90

Twenty is the plural of ten; the tens for 30-90 are the masculine plural of 3-9. The tens can also be used as ordinals.

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers The numbers in between the tens are written:

Twenty and six (26) = ש ש יםרש ע OR

Less frequently, two and seventy (72) = ש י יםבעש םנ

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments

Construct מ א ה 100 מאת

Plural תו מ א

מ את 200 םי Dual

תו מ אש ל ש 300 Note masc. construct ש ל ש

תו ארבע מ א 400

תו מ אש המ 500

תו מ אש ש 600

תו בע מ אש 700

תו מ נ ה מ אש 800

תו ע מ אש ת 900

תו מ א can also be spelled מ א ת

Page 19: Hebrew Cardinal Numbers - · PDF fileHebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments 100 ה א ͔ Construct ַ͠אְ͔ Plural ֹ͠ וא ͔ 200 ִֹֹ͓י ֹ ַ͠א ͔ Dual 300 ֹ͠

Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Cardinal Number Comments

ףל א 1000 Masc.; Plural יםאל פ

אלפ 2000 םי Dual

יםת אל פש ל ש 3000

יםעת אל פארב 4000

יםת אל פש מ ח 5000

יםת אל פש ש 6000

יםבעת אל פש 7000

יםמ נת אל פש 8000

יםאל פ עתש ת 9000 Not attested

One Million יםאל פ ףא ל “A thousand thousand”

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Genesis 2:24

וה י דח א ר ש לב ו

And they shall become one flesh

Genesis 11:1

ת ח א ה פ ש ץר כ ל־ה א יויה ׃יםדח א יםדב ר ו

Now the whole earth was of one language and one speech.

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Genesis 44:27

נ ש יכ םידעת םאת ה םי לד ש א יל ־י ית

You know that my wife bore to me two (sons).

Ezekiel 23:2

ת ש ם־א ד ןב ה ית ח־אםא תו בנ םיש נ םי ׃ו

Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Genesis 30:36

םש וי ו ב ינ םי מי תש ל ש ךר ד בק יע ןיב ו

Then he put three days journey between himself and between Jacob…

Numbers 22:28

ש ע ־מ ה יהכ יכ ך ל יית ש ל ש ז ה יתנ ׃יםרג ל

What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Numbers 7:8

ר ילבנ ןנ ת הב ק רת מ נ ש וא ת ה עג ל ת עארב ת וא ימר

And four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari

Exodus 25:34

ה ו יםק דש מ יםגבע ארב ע הבמנ ר

And on the lampstand shall be four bowls made/shaped like almond blossoms

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Joshua 14:10

יה א נ כ הנ ש מ ח ־ןב םו הי הש יםנ ו מש ו ׃נ

Here I am today (son of) eighty-five years (old).

This is the construction used to state a person’s age: Son of or daughter of X years

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers 2 Kings 15:8

זכרי ה ךמ ל בע ןב ו ־על ם־י ר א לש י ה ש ש ןו מרש ב ר ד ח ׃יםש

Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.

Joshua 15:59

ח וש ש יםע ר יה ןצר

Six cities and their villages

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Joshua 6:4 הבע ש ו יםכ הנ אש י ת ו פר ו ש בע הש ו ילפנ יםבלו הי

ןו ה א ר And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of ram’s

horns before the ark.

Genesis 41:18 ה תו פ ר בעש ע ל ת היא ר־ןמ והנ And behold/Suddenly, seven cows came up out of the

river

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Exodus 26:25

וה י ףכ ס םואדנ יה יםש קר המ נ ש ו

So there shall be eight boards and their sockets of silver

Judges 12:14

א ת־ טפ ש וי א ש י ש ה מ נ ש לר יםנ

He judged Israel eight years

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers 2 Samuel 24:8

ב אוי ש ת המקצ ו יר םו י יםר ש וע יםש ד ח הע ש ו ׃םל

And they came in/to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Genesis 11:24

ה נ ש יםר ש ע וע ש ת ר ו חנ יח וי רא ת־ ל דו וי ׃חת

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Genesis 24:10

ה ש ע ע ב דה חויק ל אד נ יו י מגמל יםגמלר ךוי

Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed

Genesis 16:3

ש ר ש ע ץמק ןעכנ ץר בא םאבר ב ת ש ל יםנ

…after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Numbers 1:21

יה רא הלמט םפקד ש ןב ו ת׃ו מ אש מ חו ףל א םה וארב ע ש

Those that were numbered of the tribe of Reuben (were) forty six thousand five hundred.

Numbers 1:23

יה ש ת ןו מע ש הלמט םפקד ףל א יםש מחה וע ת׃ו מ אש ל ש ו

Those that were numbered of the tribe of Simeon (were) fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers Exodus 38:29

ו התנת ש ח נ ואלפ ר ככ יםבע ש ה פ ו ת ו וארבע־מ א םי ׃ק לש

And the bronze of the offering (was) seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.

1 Kings 10:26

כ ב תו וארבע־מ א ףל א ו ויהי־ל ר ר ףל ר א ש ־ע םנ יש ו יםש פ

…and he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen…

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers 2 Chronicles 7:5

יםר ש ע הב ק ר חבא ת־ז ל מ ה ש ךל המ חויזב ש ו י ףא ל םנAnd King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand bulls

ףל א יםר ש וע ה מ א ןוצ א

and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep.

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Hebrew Cardinal Numbers 1 Chronicles 21:5

יויה כ א ל ש ל־י יםאל פ ףל א ר ש יש א ףל א ה מ א ו ףל בח ר

And altogether all Israel had one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword,

היו הו ףל ש ש יא ףל א יםבע ש ו תו מ א ארבע ד ב׃ח ר

And Judah (had) four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew a sword.

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Particles Biblical Hebrew A Compact Guide, Miles Van Pelt,

Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, copyright 2012.

Biblical Hebrew An Introductory Grammar, Page H. Kelly, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, copyright 1992.

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Hebrew lessons compiled by: Beth C. Mehaffey

https://holyhiway.wordpress.com

Contact: betmeh2 at gmail.com

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