BDB9261
תֵּ֫שַׁע, תִּשְׁעָה58
noun masculine and feminine
a nine, nonad (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian
tišit
(feminine), nine,
tešû
, ninth; Sabean תסעת
nine, תסעי
ninety
HomChr 48; Lihyanian תסע
DHMEp. Denkm. Ar. 52, Arabic
[untranscribed source text 5879], Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 5880] Aramaic תְּשַׁע
[untranscribed source text 5881], Nabataean, Palmyrene תשע
Lzb388, Mandean (א for ע;
sometimes ע prefixed) תשא, עשתא
NöM 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
עֶשְׂרֵה
Josh 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
Köii. 1. 215 ff.
