Lexical Definition

‎תֵּשַׁע‎ têshaʻ (tay'-shah) nine ^H:N
or (masculine) תִּשְׁעָה tishʻâh (tishaw'); perhaps from ‎שָׁעָה‎ through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten

nine ([phrase] -teen, [phrase] -teenth, -th).

• nine or (ordinal) ninth

1) nine, nonad
1a) nine (as cardinal number)
1b) ninth (as ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תֵּ֫שַׁע‎, ‎תִּשְׁעָה‎₅₈ noun masculine and feminine a nine, nonad (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian tišit (feminine), nine, tešû, ninth; Sabean ‎תסעת‎ nine, ‎תסעי‎ ninety Hom^{Chr 48}; Lihyanian ‎תסע‎ DHM^{Ep. Denkm. Ar. 52}, Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic ‎תְּשַׁע‎ , Nabataean, Palmyrene ‎תשע‎ Lzb³⁸⁸, Mandean (‎א‎ for ‎ע‎; sometimes ‎ע‎ prefixed) ‎תשא‎, ‎עשתא‎ Nö^{M 188}, all nine); —

masculine with feminine noun absolute ‎תֵּ֫שַׁע‎ Deut 3:11 + 20 t., construct ‎תְּשַׁע‎ Judg 4:3 + 18 t.; feminine with masculine noun absolute ‎תִּשְׁעָה‎ 2Sam 14:8 + 13 t., construct ‎תִּשְׁעַת‎ Josh 13:7 + 2 t. (these include 9 + 10 = 19); — nine (Hexateuch chiefly P);

1. no other number:
a. before plural noun ‎תֵּשַׁע אַמּוֺת‎ Deut 3:11, ‎שָׁנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ 2Kgs 17:1; Gen 11:19, ‎הַיָּדוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Neh 11:1, ‎חֳדָשִׁים‎ 2Sam 24:8, ‎תִּשְּׁבָטִים‎ Josh 13:7 (J E?), compare Josh 14:2; Num 34:13 (both P); after plural noun ‎עָרִים תֵּ֫שַׁע‎ Josh 15:44; Josh 15:51; Josh 21:16 (all P), ‎פָּרִים תִּשְׁעָה‎ Num 29:26 (P); noun omitted 1Chr 3:8.
b. = ordinal ‎לַחֹדֶשׁ‎ 2Kgs 25:3 + 3 t. on the ninth (day) of the month; ‎שְׁנַתתֵּֿשַׁע לְ‎ 2Kgs 18:10 the ninth year of.

2. 9 + 10 = 19, with feminine noun ‎תְּשַׁעעֶֿשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה‎ Gen 11:25, ‎עָרִים תְּשַׁעֿ‎ ‎עֶשְׂרֵה‎Josh 19:38 (both P), as ordinal ‎שְׁנַת תְּשַׁעֿ‎ ‎עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה לְ‎ 2Kgs 25:8 || Jer 52:12 with masculine noun ‎תִּשְׁעָה‎ ‎עָשָׂר אִישׁ‎ 2Sam 2:30, compare (as ordinal, ‎גּוֺרָל‎ omitted) 1Chr 24:16; 1Chr 25:26.

3. 900 = ‎תְשַׁע מֵאוֺת‎ Judg 4:3 + 14 t.

4. with tens (20, 30, etc.): ‎׳‎‎ת‎ following 2Kgs 14:2 + 10 t., precedes Gen 11:24 + 6 t., compare Kö^{ii. 1. 215 ff}.

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