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Summary
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In Biblical Hebrew, cardinal numbers are used to describe quantity or to
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In Biblical Aramaic, cardinal numbers are used to describe quantity or to
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express the name of a number itself ("one", "two", "three", etc.).
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Article
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Biblical Hebrew does not contain numerals ("1", "2", "3", etc.) but
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Biblical Aramaic does not contain numerals ("1", "2", "3", etc.) but
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rather uses words to express numbers ("one", "two", "three", etc.).
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There are two different kinds of numbers: cardinal numbers and :ref:`ordinal numbers<adjective_ordinal_number>`.
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Cardinal numbers are used either to express the name of a number itself
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but they do not always follow the same grammatical rules. They may
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appear either before or after the noun they describe, and they may not
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always have the same grammatical form (gender, number, :ref:`definiteness<definiteness>`) as
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the noun they describe. As with other adjectives in Biblical Hebrew, a
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the noun they describe. As with other adjectives in Biblical Aramaic, a
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cardinal number can function as a noun and can appear in either the :ref:`absolute<state_absolute>`
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the :ref:`construct<state_construct>` state.
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.. csv-table:: "One" Paradigm
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Form,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
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Form,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
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masculine singular absolute,אֶחָד,'ehad,one
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masculine singular construct,אַחַד,'ahad,one of
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feminine singular absolute,אַחַת,'ahath,one
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"Two"
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As would be expected, the number “two” in Biblical Hebrew always takes
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As would be expected, the number “two” in Biblical Aramaic always takes
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the :ref:`dual<number_dual>` form.
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.. csv-table:: "Two" Paradigm
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Form,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
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Form,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
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masculine dual absolute,שְׁנַיִם,shenayim,two
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masculine dual construct,שְׁנֵי,shene,two of
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feminine dual absolute,שְׁתַּיִם,shetayim,two
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.. csv-table:: 3-10 Paradigm
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Form,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
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Form,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
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masculine singular absolute,שָׁלֹשׁ,shalosh,three
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masculine singular construct,שְׁלֹשׁ,shelosh,three of
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feminine singular absolute,שְׁלֹשָׁה,sheloshah,three
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The numbers 11-19 are formed by writing the number 1-9 followed by the
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number 10. Thus, in Biblical Hebrew the number "eleven" is written as
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number 10. Thus, in Biblical Aramaic the number "eleven" is written as
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"one ten"; the number "seventeen" is written as "seven ten", etc.
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.. csv-table:: 11-19 Paradigm
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Form,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
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Form,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
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masculine,אַחַד עָשָׂר,'ahad 'asar,eleven
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feminine,אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה,'ahath 'esreh,eleven
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masculine,שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר,shenem 'asar,twelve
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.. csv-table:: Multiples of Ten Paradigm
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Form,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
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Form,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
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gender both,עֶשְׂרִים,'esrim,twenty
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gender both,שְׁלֹשִׁים,sheloshim,thirty
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gender both,אַרְבָּעִים,'arba'im,forty
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.. csv-table:: Multiples of 100, 1000, 10000, etc. Paradigm
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Form,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
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Form,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
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gender both singular absolute,מֵאָה,me'ah,hundred
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gender both singular construct,מְאַת,me'ath,hundred of
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gender both dual absolute,מָאתַיִם,mathayim,two hundred
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