Cardinal numbers12/21/2023 ![]() They are translated as "one of something," "two of something" and so on. Construct forms that are spelled differently than the normal forms are shown in parentheses. Note this is true only for the numbers 3-10 after this, they work as expected.įor example, since Hebrew months (and seasons) are masculine in gender, we have Tish'ah B'Av for Av 9.Įach of these numbers has a construct form. Thus, masculine nouns are actually modified by numbers that appear feminine and conversely, feminine nouns are modified by numbers that appear masculine. In the masculine numbers (3-10), you will notice the characteristic "-ah" ending, but not so with the feminine numbers. The numbers 3-10 use "opposite" gender endings than you would expect. The following lists the first ten cardinal numbers for the masculine gender: The following lists the first ten cardinal numbers for the feminine gender: Construct numbers are translated as "one of something," "two of something" and so on (apart from the construct state of number 2, they are used rather inconsistently in the Tanakh). Cardinal numbers can occur in the construct state to indicate a link between the number and the noun it modifies.Masculine numbers modify masculine nouns, and feminine numbers modify feminine nouns. Cardinal numbers take both masculine and feminine forms. ![]() ![]() These are the numbers (misparim) we use for regular counting.Ĭardinal numbers have two properties that you will need to learn: A cardinal number (mispar) tells how many things there are (in a set), for example, one, two, three, and so on.
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