Lexical Definition

‎שְׁמֹנֶה‎ shᵉmôneh (shem-o-neh') eight ^H:N
or שְׁמוֹנֶה shᵉmôwneh (shemo-neh'); feminine שְׁמֹנָה shᵉmônâh (shem-o-naw'); or שְׁמוֹנָה shᵉmôwnâh (shem-o-naw'); apparently from ‎שָׁמֵן‎ through the idea of plumpness

eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.

• a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven)
• also (as ordinal) eighth

1) eight, eighth
1a) eight (as cardinal number)
1b) eighth (as ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁמֹנֶה‎ (less often ‎שְׁמוֺנֶה‎), ‎שְׁמֹנָה‎₁₀₉ noun masculine and feminine eight (on ‎ֶ֯‎ compare Ba^{NB 20, 200 and} (against him) Philippi^{BAS ii. 364}; Arabic , Sabean ‎תֿמני(תׅ‎ Hom^{chr 47, 122} DHM^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 369 f.}, 375; Aramaic ‎תְּמָנֵי‎, ‎תְּמַנְיָא‎, , ; Nabataean ‎תמונא‎, Palmyrene ‎תמניא‎, Lzb³⁸⁶; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician ‎שמן‎ Ethiopic on Assyrian equivalent see Dl^{§ 75}); —

masculine (c. noun feminine) always absolute ‎שְׁמֹנֶה‎ Judg 3:8 + 40:t.; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute ‎שְׁמֹנָה‎ 1Sam 17:12 + 34 t., construct ‎שְׁמֹנַת‎ Num 2:24 + 3 t. (cases of 8 + 10 = 18 are additional, see below); plural ‎שְׁמֹנִים‎, 80, see below: —

1. without other number:
a. ‎שְׁמֹנֶה‎ cardinal, before plural noun Judg 3:s 1Kgs 7:10 + 8 t.; before singular noun ‎שָׁנָךְ‎ 1Kgs 8:17 (Kt; Qr plural) 1Kgs 22:1 after plural noun Ezek 40:31 ordinal ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎בִּשְׁנַת שׁ‎ 2Kgs 24:12, ‎׳‎‎בִּשׁ‎ ‎שָׁנִים לְ‎ 2Chr 34:3.
b. ‎שְׁמנָה‎ cardinal, before plural noun 1Sam 17:12 + 3 t., + (noun omitted) Jer 14:15 + 2 t., also ‎אֵלֶּה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Gen 22:23 these 8 and, as round number, Mic 5:4* 7 and 8 (i.e. plenty); after plural noun Num 29:29; 2Chr 29:17 ordinal, ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּיוֺם שׁ‎ v2Chr 29:17.
c. feminine construct ‎שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים‎ Gen 17:12; Gen 21:4, ‎חַבָּקָר‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Num 7:8.

2. 8 + 10 = 8:
a. with noun feminine ‎שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה‎, cardinal: before singular ‎שָׁנָךְ‎ Judg 3:14 + 2 t., ‎אַמָּה‎ 1Kgs 7:15 + 2 t.; after plural noun 1Chr 26:9; 2Chr 11:21 noun omitted Ezra 8:18; Neh 7:11 ordinal, ‎בִּשְׁנַת‎ ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ 1Kgs 15:1 + 4 t.; ‎שָׁנָח לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎׳‎‎בִּשׁ‎ 2Kgs 22:3 + 2 t.; ‎שָׁנָה לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎׳‎‎הַשָּׁנָה שׁ‎ Jer 32:1.
b. with noun masculine ‎שְׁמֹנָח עָשָׂר‎ cardinal: before singular ‎אֶלֶף‎ Judg 20:44 + 4 t. + Ps 60:2* (title), so read for ‎׳‎‎שְׁנֵים ע‎, compare 2Sam 8:13 = 1Chr 18:12 before plural Ezra 8:9 noun omitted Gen 14:14 ordinal, noun omitted 1Chr 24:15; 1Chr 25:15 ‎שְׁמֹנַת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף‎ Judg 20:25.

3. with other numerals:
a. ‎שְׁמֹנֶח מֵאוֺת‎ 2Sam 23:8 (so read also || 1Chr 11:11 Kit Benz, compare Th We Dr and others), + 16 t.
b. ‎שְׁמֹנָח אֶלֶף‎ 1Chr 12:36* (35 van d. H.), 1Chr 23:3 ‎שְׁמֹנִת אֲלָפִים‎ Num 2:24 + 3 t.
c. ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎, cardinal, after tens 1Sam 4:15 + 20 t.; before ten, only ‎וְעֶשְׂרים בָּאַמָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Exod 26:2; Exod 36:9 ordinal, ‎בִּשְׁנַת‎ ‎שָׁנָח לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎שְׁלשִׁים וּשׁ‎ 1Kgs 16:29; 2Kgs 15:8.

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