diff --git a/content/adjective_cardinal_number.rst b/content/adjective_cardinal_number.rst index 82f8b07..8f5006a 100644 --- a/content/adjective_cardinal_number.rst +++ b/content/adjective_cardinal_number.rst @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ Adjective Cardinal Number Summary ------- -In Biblical Hebrew, cardinal numbers are used to describe quantity or to +In Biblical Aramaic, cardinal numbers are used to describe quantity or to express the name of a number itself ("one", "two", "three", etc.). Article ------- -Biblical Hebrew does not contain numerals ("1", "2", "3", etc.) but +Biblical Aramaic does not contain numerals ("1", "2", "3", etc.) but rather uses words to express numbers ("one", "two", "three", etc.). There are two different kinds of numbers: cardinal numbers and :ref:`ordinal numbers`. Cardinal numbers are used either to express the name of a number itself @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Cardinal numbers function as :ref:`attributive adjectives but they do not always follow the same grammatical rules. They may appear either before or after the noun they describe, and they may not always have the same grammatical form (gender, number, :ref:`definiteness`) as -the noun they describe. As with other adjectives in Biblical Hebrew, a +the noun they describe. As with other adjectives in Biblical Aramaic, a cardinal number can function as a noun and can appear in either the :ref:`absolute` the :ref:`construct` state. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ the :ref:`construct` state. .. csv-table:: "One" Paradigm - Form,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss + Form,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss masculine singular absolute,אֶחָד,'ehad,one masculine singular construct,אַחַד,'ahad,one of feminine singular absolute,אַחַת,'ahath,one @@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ The following example is a cardinal number functioning as a noun. "Two" ----- -As would be expected, the number “two” in Biblical Hebrew always takes +As would be expected, the number “two” in Biblical Aramaic always takes the :ref:`dual` form. .. csv-table:: "Two" Paradigm - Form,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss + Form,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss masculine dual absolute,שְׁנַיִם,shenayim,two masculine dual construct,שְׁנֵי,shene,two of feminine dual absolute,שְׁתַּיִם,shetayim,two @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ The following example is a cardinal number with a :ref:`pronominal suffix