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.. _adjective_ordinal_number:
Adjective Ordinal Number
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Summary
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In Biblical Aramaic, ordinal numbers are used to express a rank or order
of items in a series (first, second, third, etc.) or to express a part
of a whole (a third, a fourth, a fifth, etc.).
Article
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Biblical Aramaic contains two sets of numbers: :ref:`cardinal numbers<adjective_cardinal_number>`
and ordinal numbers. Ordinal numbers describe either a numeric
rank/order or a portion of a whole. "First" through "tenth" have unique
ordinal forms, but the cardinal forms are used from "eleventh" and
higher. Ordinal numbers function as :ref:`attributive adjectives<adjective-attributive>`,
but they may not always have the same grammatical form (gender, number,
:ref:`definiteness<definiteness>`) as the noun they describe.
.. note:: Sometimes a cardinal form is used, but an ordinal meaning is
clearly indicated from the context (see examples below).
"First" through "Tenth"
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.. csv-table:: "First" through "Tenth" Paradigm
word,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
masculine,רִאֹשׁוֹן,ri'oshon,first
masculine,שֵׁנִי,sheni,second
masculine,שְׁלִישִׁי,shelishi,third
masculine,רְבִיעִי,rebi'i,fourth
masculine,חֲמִישִׁי,hamishi,fifth
masculine,שִׁשִּׁי,shishi,sixth
masculine,שְׁבִיעִי,shevi'i,seventh
masculine,שְׁמִינִי,shemini,eighth
masculine,תְּשִׁיעִי,teshi'i,ninth
masculine,עֲשִׂירִי,'asiri,tenth
.. csv-table:: Example: GEN 47:18
בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית
bashanah **hashenith**
in-the-year **the-second**
in **the second** year
The following example is a :ref:`definite<definiteness>`
ordinal number describing an indefinite noun.
.. csv-table:: Example: DEU 5:14
וְי֙וֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י
weyom **hashevi'i**
and-day **the-seventh**
and **the seventh** day
The following examples show cardinal numbers functioning as ordinal numbers.
.. csv-table:: Example: 2KI 15:32
בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם
bishnath **shetayim**
in-year two
in **the second** year
.. csv-table:: Example: 2SA 4:2
שֵׁם֩ **הָאֶחָ֨ד** ... וְשֵׁ֧ם הַשֵּׁנִ֣י
ushene **'anashim** ... weshem **hasheni**
name-of **the-one** ... and-name-of **the-two**
the name of **the first** ... and the name of **the second**
"Eleventh" and higher
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The
:ref:`cardinal<adjective_cardinal_number>`
forms are used for ordinal numbers higher than ten ("eleventh",
"twelfth", etc.).
.. csv-table:: Example: GEN 7:11
בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר יֹ֖ום
**beshiv'ah-'asar** yowm
**in seven\_ten** day
**on the seventeenth** day
.. csv-table:: Example: 1KI 19:19
וְה֖וּא בִּשְׁנֵ֣ים הֶעָשָׂ֑ר
wehu **bishnem he'asar**
and-he **in-two the-ten**
and he was **with the twelfth**
Part of a whole
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.. csv-table:: Example: GEN 47:24
וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם **חֲמִישִׁ֖ית** לְפַרְעֹ֑ה
unethattem **hamishith** lefar'oh
and-you-must-give **a-fifth** to-Pharaoh
you must give **one fifth** of the crop to the king