Lexical Summary shemoneh or shemonah: eight (a cardinal number) Original Word: שְׁמֹנֶהTransliteration: shemoneh or shemonah Phonetic Spelling: (shem-o-neh') Part of Speech: Noun Short Definition: eight (a cardinal number) Meaning: a cardinal number, eight, eighth Strong's Concordance eighteen eighth Or shmowneh {shem-o-neh'}; feminine shmonah {shem-o-naw'}; or shmownah {shem-o-naw'}; apparently from shamen through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the "perfect" seven); also (as ordinal) eighth -- eight((-een, -eenth)), eighth. see HEBREW shamen Brown-Driver-Briggs H8083. shemoneh or shemonah שְׁמֹנֶה (less often שְׁמוֺנֶה), שְׁמֹנָה109 noun masculine and feminine eight (on ֶ֯ compare BaNB 20, 200 and (against him) PhilippiBAS ii. 364; Arabic , Sabean תֿמני(תׅ Homchr 47, 122 DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 369 f., 375; Aramaic תְּמַנְיָא תְּמָנֵי,, , ; 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 Judges 3:8 + 40:t.; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute שְׁמֹנָה 1 Samuel 17:12 34t., construct שְׁמֹנַת Numbers 2:24 3t. (cases of 8 1018are additional, see below); plural שְׁמֹנִים, 80, see below: — 1 without other number: a. שְׁמֹנֶה cardinal, before plural noun Judges 3: 1 Kings 7:10 8t.; before singular noun שָׁנָךְ 8:17 (Kt; Qr plural) 22:1; after plural noun Ezekiel 40:31; ordinal שׁ ׳בִּשְׁנַת לְ 2 Kings 24:12, לְ שָׁנִים ׳בִּשׁ2 Chronicles 34:3. b. שְׁמנָה cardinal, before plural noun 1 Samuel 17:12 3t., + (noun omitted) Jeremiah 14:15 2t., also ׳שׁ אֵלֶּה Genesis 22:23 these8and, as round number, Micah 5:4 7and8(i.e. plenty); after plural noun Numbers 29:29; 2 Chronicles 29:17; ordinal, שׁ ׳בְּיוֺם לְ 29:17. c. feminine construct יָמִים שְׁמֹנַת Genesis 17:12; 21:4, ׳שׁ חַבָּקָר Numbers 7:8. 2810= 8: a. with noun feminine עֶשְׂרֵה שְׁמֹנֶה, cardinal: before singular שָׁנָךְ Judges 3:14 2t., אַמָּה 1 Kings 7:15 2t.; after plural noun 1 Chronicles 26:9; 2 Chronicles 11:21; noun omitted Ezra 8:18; Nehemiah 7:11; ordinal, ׳שׁ ׳ע לְ בִּשְׁנַת 1 Kings 15:1 4t.; ׳בִּשׁ ׳ע לְ שָׁנָח 2 Kings 22:3 2t.; שׁ ׳הַשָּׁנָה ׳ע לְ שָׁנָה Jeremiah 32:1. b. with noun masculine עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנָח cardinal: before singular אֶלֶף Judges 20:44 4t. + Psalm 60:2 (title), so read for ע ׳שְׁנֵים, compare 2 Samuel 8:13 = 1 Chronicles 18:12; before plural Ezra 8:9; noun omitted Genesis 14:14; ordinal, noun omitted 1 Chronicles 24:15; 25:15; אֶלֶף עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנַת Judges 20:25. 3 with other numerals: a. מֵאוֺת שְׁמֹנֶח 2 Samuel 23:8 (so read also "" 1 Chronicles 11:11 Kit Benz, compare Th We Dr and others), + 16 t. b. אֶלֶף שְׁמֹנָח 1 Chronicles 12:36 (35 van d. H.), 23:3; אֲלָפִים שְׁמֹנִת Numbers 2:24 3t. c. ׳שׁ, cardinal, after tens 1 Samuel 4:15 20t.; before ten, only ׳שׁ בָּאַמָּה וְעֶשְׂרים Exodus 26:2; 36:9; ordinal, וּשׁ ׳שְׁלשִׁים לְ שָׁנָח בִּשְׁנַת 1 Kings 16:29; 2 Kings 15:8. |
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