Ch. 11: Numbers

Question 1

שָׁלֹשׁ

Answer 1

three

Question 2

What are the two spelling options for the number one (ms and fs)?

Answer 2

אֶחָד

אַחת

Question 3

אַרְבַּע

Answer 3

four

Question 4

What about ordinal numbers greater than tenth?

Answer 4

Cardinal numbers are used

Question 5

How is twenty thousand formed?

Answer 5

The dual form of ten thousand

Question 6

תֵּ֫שַׁע

Answer 6

nine

Question 7

מֵאָה

Answer 7

100

Question 8

How do the other numerical sequences proceed?

Answer 8

In a same pattern of three hundred, three thousand, and thirty thousand
שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת
שְׁלֹ֫שֶׁת אֲלָפִים
שְׁלֹשׁ רִבּוֹת

Question 9

If a number takes a pronominal suffix, what form of the word does it occur?

Answer 9

construct form

Question 10

שְׁנַ֫יִם

Answer 10

two

Question 11

שְׁמֹנֶה

Answer 11

eight

Question 12

אֶ֫לֶף

Answer 12

1,000

Question 13

How is 30-90 formed?

Answer 13

By the masculine plural forms of 3-9

Question 14

עֶשְׁרִים

Answer 14

twenty

Question 15

Can plural numbers appear with singular nouns? And if so how do you translate it?

Answer 15

1. yes

2. translate as a plural noun

Question 16

רְבָבָה

Answer 16

10,000

Question 17

How is the number one used in the construct state?

Answer 17

1. It will precede an absolute noun that is usually plural

Question 18

How are numbers 11-19 formed?

Answer 18

with a combination of ten and one-nine

Question 19

How is two thousand formed?

Answer 19

The dual form of one thousand

Question 20

How are the ordinal numbers 2-10 formed?

Answer 20

From a common root from their corresponding cardinal number (the first ordinal is derived from head, top, chief)

Question 21

What are the two different types of numbers in Hebrew?

Answer 21

1. Cardinal: for counting (1, 2, 3, etc.)

2. Ordinal: indicate position (first, second, third, etc.)

Question 22

What distinguishes the masculine and feminine ordinal numbers for 2-10?

Answer 22

1. the masculine end in Hireq Yod

2. The feminine end in a Hireq Yod Taw

Question 23

חָמֵשׁ

Answer 23

five

Question 24

How are ordinal numbers classified?

Answer 24

As adjectives (when attributive they follow the noun they modify and usually agree in gender and definiteness)

Question 25

How is two hundred formed?

Answer 25

The dual form of one hundred

Question 26

שֵׁשׁ

Answer 26

six

Question 27

שֶׁ֫בַע

Answer 27

seven

Question 28

What are the different forms that an ordinal number can take?

Answer 28

masculine or feminine

Question 29

How are the numbers 2-10 classified? But what is unique about this classification as it relates to these numbers?

Answer 29

1. as nouns
2. They do not agree in gender with the other nouns to which they are related (masculine numbers can be used with feminine nouns and feminine numbers can be used with masculine nouns)
3. While the numbers are singular in form the nouns are plural

Question 30

רִאשׁוֹן

Answer 30

first, former

Question 31

In what way is the number one used?

Answer 31

1. Like an adjective (so it will follow the noun it modifies and agree in gender and definiteness

Question 32

How is 20 formed?

Answer 32

With the masculine plural form of ten

Question 33

אֶחָד

Answer 33

one

Question 34

What are the spelling difference between the masculine two and the feminine two?

Answer 34

נ/תּ
שְׁנַ֫יִם
שְׁתַּ֫יִם

Question 35

עֶ֫שֶׁר

Answer 35

ten