Learning Hebrew: Numbers - Becoming Jewish

[Pages:4]Learning Hebrew: Numbers

HEBREW NUMBERS Hebrew does not have a separate set of numerical symbols. The cardinal numbers are used for counting and the ordinal numbers are used to indicate position in a series.

CARDINAL NUMBERS

One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten

Masculine

Absolute

Construct

Feminine

Absolute

Construct

Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen

Masculine

Feminine

Twenty Thirty Forty Fifty Sixty Seventy Eighty Ninety

In Hebrew, twenty-one and similar numbers occur as twenty-and-one or one-and-twenty.

Example: (21)

One Hundred Two Hundred Three Hundred One Thousand Two Thousand Three Thousand Ten Thousand Twenty Thousand Thirty Thousand

Note that two hundred is a dual form of one hundred, two thousand is the dual form of one thousand, and twenty thousand is the dual form of ten thousand.

The remaining numerical sequences follow the same patterns exhibited by three hundred, three thousand, and thirty thousand.

ORDINAL NUMBERS

First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth

Masculine

Feminine

Ordinal numbers are classified as adjectives. When used as attributive adjectives, they follow the noun they modify and generally agree in gender and definiteness. For ordinal numbers greater than tenth, cardinal numbers are used.

Example: In the 40th year --

Sources: The First Hebrew Primer, Third Edition by Simon, Resnikoff, and Motzkin Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar by Pratico and Van Pelt

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