Large Cardinal Numbers

I. מֵאָה583 n.f. hundred (NH id.; MI 20 מאתן (du.); SI5 מאת, מאתים (du.); Ph. מאת, מאתם (du.); Assyrian mê (prob., Dl§ 75), TelAm. me-at WklTelAm. 20; Arabic مِاىَٔةٌ; Sab. מאת, מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CIS iv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin. 457; Ethiopic ምእት:; Aramaic מְאָה, ܡܳܐܐ; Palm. תלת מאה 300 VogPalm. 6, 4; Nab. מאה EutNab 8, 9);—מ׳ Gn 6:3 + 144 times; cstr. מְאַת 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ec 8:12 v. 1 d infr.); pl. abs. מֵאוֹת Gn 5:9 + 324 times (מֵאֹת only 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 K 11:4 + 3 times 2 K 11; du. מָאתַיִם (-תָ֑יִם) Gn 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 S 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) 𝔊𝔊 We Dr Kit Bu HPS);��hundred:— 1. as simple number: a. abs. sg., (1) foll. by sg. of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Gn 33:19; Jos 24:32 (both E); מ׳ אִישׁ Ju 7:19; 1 K 18:13; 2 K 4:43; מ׳ אַמָּה 1 K 7:2; Ez 40:19 +; מ׳ כִּכָּר 2 K 23:33; 2 Ch 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezr 8:26; מ׳ אֶלֶף = 100,000 1 K 20:29 + 6 times K Ch; cf. also Gn 17:17 (P), 2 S 8:4; Is 65:20;(×2), and sq. n. coll. רֶכֶב 2 S 8:4 = 1 Ch 18:4, צֹאן 1 K 5:3; (2) less often sq. pl. מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Gn 26:12 (J), מ׳ פְּעָמִים 2 S 24:3 = 1 Ch 21:3, מ׳ נְבִיאִים 1 K 18:4, etc.; (3) seldom, and late, preceded by n.pl.: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Je 52:23, אַמּוֹת הַמֵּאָה Ez 42:2, cf. Ezr 2:69; 2 Ch 3:16; 4:8; 29:32; (4) exceptional is כְּלֵי כֶסֶף מֵאָה לְכִכָּרִים Ezr 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Dt 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 S 16:1 (i.e. cakes); (5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Ju 20:10(×2) Am 5:3(×2) Lv 26:8(×2) (H), 1 Ch 12:14; מ׳ Pr 17:10 = 100 (blows), Ec 6:3 = 100 (children), 8:12 = 100 (times).—On Ne 3:1; 12:39 v. infr. b. abs. du., (1) foll. by sg., מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 S 18:27; 30:10; 2 S 15:11, מ׳ לֶחֶם 1 S 25:18; 2 S 16:1, מ׳ צִנָּה 1 K 10:16 = 2 Ch 9:15, מ׳ אֶלֶף 1 S 15:4 +, מ׳ שָׁנָה Gn 11:23 (P); (2) less often sq. pl. מ׳ שְׁקָלִים Jos 7:21 (JE), 2 S 14:26, מ׳ דְּבֵלִים 1 S 25:18, מ׳ אֲנָשִׁים 1 S 30:21, cf. Ezr 8:4; (3) also preceded by n.pl.: עִזִּים מ׳ Gn 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ v 15 (E), הָרִמּוֹנִים מ׳ 1 K 7:20, cf. 1 Ch 15:8; 2 Ch 29:32; Ezr 2:65; (4) c. ellipsis מ׳ כֶּסֶף Ju 17:4; (5) as pred., רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Ch 12:32 (v 33 Van d. H.). c. abs. pl. מֵא(וֹ)ת:—(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֹת 1 S 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 S 18:4 (both + thousands); especially (הַ)מּ׳ שָׂרֵי captains of (the) hundreds Ex 18:21, 25 (E), 2 K 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +; (2) multiplied, sq. noun enumerated, in sg.: שְׁלשׁ מ׳ אִישׁ Ju 7:6 300 men, cf. v 7, 8, 16; 8:4 Ex 12:27 (E), etc.; אַרְבַּע מ׳ שָׁנָה Gn 15:13 (JE) 400 years; חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ אֶלֶף 2 S 24:9 500,000, cf. 2 Ch 13:17; שֵׁשׁ מ׳ רֶכֶב Ex 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; שְׁבַע מ׳ אִישׁ Ju 20:15, 16 700 men; שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ חָלָל 2 S 23:8 800 slain; תְּשַׁע מ׳ רֶכֶב Ju 4:3, 13 900 chariots; (3) less often sq. n.pl.: שְׁלשׁ מ׳ שׁוּעָלִים Ju 15:4 300 foxes; חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ מֲתוֹנוֹת Jb 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.; (4) rare, and chiefly late, after n.pl. פִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 K 11:3 300 concubines, cf. 7:42 = 2 Ch 4:13, 1 Ch 4:42; 2 Ch 14:8 etc.; after n.coll. בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Ch 35:9; (5) rare is חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ בַּשֶּׁקֶל Ex 30:24 (P); (6) ellipsis of n., שְׁלשׁ מ׳ כֶּסֶף Gn 45:22 (E), etc. d. cstr. sg., only sq. sg., and late: מְאַת־שָׁנָה Gn 11:10; 21:5; 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 2 Ch 25:9; Est 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also c. other numerals, v. 2 infr.); מְאַ֖ת Ec 8:12 = 100 times (מֵאָה פְּעָמִים), sc. פַּעַם, or perhaps only appar. cstr. (Köii. 228 cf. Ew§ 269 b. 279 e).—Ne 5:11 v. 3 infr. 2. as part of larger number: a. usually preceding tens and units, (1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually c. וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.); מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Ju 2:8; שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר 1 K 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Ne 7:24 and v 31); (2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים Gn 23:1 (P) (cf. ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI 5, 6 DaExpos. Times, May, 1898). b. less often, foll. tens and units, chiefly late, c. וְ repeated:—עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Nu 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Ex 6:16 (P), etc.; c. noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה Gn 5:23 (P), etc.—On these usages v., further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges§§ 97, 134 and especially Herner Synt. d. Zahlwörter im AT (1893). †3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Ne 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite poss. מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

אַרְבָּעִים136 n.pl. indecl. a forty;— 1. sine num. al.: a. usually appos. bef. n., especially שָׁנָה, יוֹם (sing.): אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה Ju 3:11; 1 S 4:18; Am 2:10; 5:25 + 29 times; א׳ יוֹם Gn 7:17; 1 K 19:8; Jon 3:4 + 6 times, א׳ יוֹם וְא׳ לַיְלָה Gn 7:4, 12; Ex 24:18 + 7 times; also א׳ בַּת †1 K 7:38, א׳ גָּמָל †2 K 8:9, א׳ אַמָּה †Ez 41:2 and (אַמָּה om.) 46:22, but א׳ בָּאַמָּה †1 K 6:17 (v. אַמָּה); א׳ אֶלֶף Nu 1:33; 2:19; 26:18; Jos 4:13; Ju 5:8; 2 S 10:18; 1 K 5:6; 1 Ch 12:37 (van d. H. v 36), 19:18 (v. also infr.); rarely sq. n.pl., א׳ בָּנִים Ju 12:14, א׳ אֲדָנִים Ex 26:19, 21; 36:24, 26 (P).—(As round no. Gn 7:17; Ju 3:11; 5:31; 8:28; 1 S 4:18 +). b. after n. pl., פָּרוֹת א׳ Gn 32:16 (E), שְׁקָלִים א׳ Ne 5:15. c. n. om. Gn 18:29, הָא׳ v 29; א׳ יַכֶּנּוּ Dt 25:3 forty (blows) may he smite him. 2. c. num. al.: a. before unit, + n. s., 40 + 1 שָׁנָה 1 K 14:21; 15:10; 2 K 14:23; 40 + 2 שָׁנָה 2 Ch 22:2, אִישׁ 2 K 10:14, עִיר Nu 35:6, אֶלֶף Ju 12:6; 40 + 5 שָׁנָה Jos 14:10 (JE), etc. (12 times); + n. pl. יְלָדִים 2 K 2:24; after n. pl. הָעַמּוּדִים + 40 + 5 1 K 7:3; n. om. 40 + 5 Gn 18:28, cf. Ezr 2:24 = Ne 7:28. b. after unit, 9 + 40 שָׁנָה Lv 25:8 (H); 1 + 40 אֶלֶף Nu 1:41; 2:28, etc. (9 times Nu, P). c. c. hundreds, 40 שָׁנָה + 800 שָׁנָה Gn 5:13 (P); 100 + 40 שָׁנָה Jb 42:16; + units, 7 שָׁנִים + 40 + 100 שָׁנָה Gn 47:28 (P); but (Ezr Ne, mostly pred., without n.), 900 + 40 + 5 Ezr 2:8, cf. v 25 Ne 7:62, and (א׳ without וְ) 600, 40 + 2 Ezr 2:10, v. also ‖ Ne 7:15; Ezr 2:34 = Ne 7:36; Ezr 2:66 = Ne 7:68 (ver. om. Baer Gi), Ne 7:13, 29, 44; 1000, 200, 40 + 7 Ezr 2:38 = Ne 7:41; n.pl. 200 + 40 + 5 Ne 7:67, n.pl. 200, 40 + 2 11:13; also n. s. נֶפֶשׁ 700, 40 + 5 Je 52:30. 3. as ordinal, בְּא׳ שָׁנָה Dt 1:3 in the fortieth year; also בִּשְׁנַת הָא׳ Nu 33:38; 1 Ch 26:31; בִּשְׁנַ�� א׳ וְאַחַת 2 Ch 16:13 in the forty-first year.

שְׁמֹנֶה (less often שְׁמוֹנֶה), שְׁמֹנָה109 n.m. et f. eight (on—ֶ cf. BaNB 20, 200 and (against him) PhilippiBAS ii. 364; Arabic ثَمَانٍ, ثَمَانِيَةٌ, Sab. תֿמני(ת) HomChr 47, 122 DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 369 f., 375; Aramaic תְּמָנֵי, תְּמַנְיָא, ܬܡܳܢܶܐ, ܬܡܳܢܝܳܐ; Nab. תמונא, Palm. תמניא, Lzb 386; NH = BH; Ph. שמן; Ethiopic ሰመንቱ, ሰማኒቱ on Assyrian equiv. v. Dl§ 75);—m. (c. n.f.) always abs. שְׁמֹנֶה Ju 3:8; + 40 times; f. (c. n.m.) abs. שְׁמֹנָה 1 S 17:12 + 34 times, cstr. שְׁמֹנַת Nu 2:24 + 3 times (cases of 8 + 10 = 18 are additional, v. infr.); pl. שְׁמֹנִים, 80, v. infr.:— 1. without other num.: a. שְׁמֹנֶה card., before n.pl. Ju 3:8 1 K 7:10 + 8 times; before n.sg. שָׁנָה 1 K 8:17 (Kt; Qr pl.), 22:1; after n.pl. Ez 40:31; ordin. בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ לְ 2 K 24:12, בִּשׁ׳ שָׁנִים לְ 2 Ch 34:3. b. שְׁמֹנָה card., before n.pl. 1 S 17:12 + 3 times, + (n. om.) Je 14:15 + 2 times, also שׁ׳ אֵלֶּה Gn 22:23 these 8, and, as round no., Mi 5:4 7 and 8 (i.e. plenty); after n.pl. Nu 29:29; 2 Ch 29:17; ordin., בְּיוֹם שׁ׳ לְ v 17. c. f. cstr. שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים Gn 17:12; 21:4, שׁ׳ הַבָּקָר Nu 7:8. 2. 8 + 10 = 18: a. c. n.f. שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה, card.: bef. sg. שָׁנָה Ju 3:14 + 2 times, אַמָּה 1 K 7:15 + 2 times; after n.pl. 1 Ch 26:9; 2 Ch 11:21; n. om. Ezr 8:18; Ne 7:11; ordin., בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ ע׳ לְ 1 K 15:1 + 4 times; בִּשׁ׳ ע׳ שָׁנָה לְ 2 K 22:3 + 2 times; הַשָּׁנָה שׁ׳ ע׳ שָׁנָה לְ Je 32:1. b. c. n.m. שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר card.: bef. sg. אֶלֶף Ju 20:44 + 4 times + ψ 60:2 (title), so read for שְׁנֵים ע׳, cf. 2 S 8:13 = 1 Ch 18:12; before pl. Ezr 8:9; n. om. Gn 14:14; ordin., n. om. 1 Ch 24:15; 25:15; שְׁמֹנַת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף Ju 20:25. 3. c. other numerals: a. שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת 2 S 23:8 (so read also ‖ 1 Ch 11:11 Kit Benz, cf. Th We Dr al.), + 16 times. b. שְׁמֹנָה אֶלֶף 1 Ch 12:36 (v 35 van d. H.), 23:3; שְׁמֹנַת אֲלָפִים Nu 2:24 + 3 times. c. שׁ׳, card., after tens 1 S 4:15 + 20 times; before ten, only שׁ׳ וְעֶשְׂרִים בָּאַמָּה Ex 26:2; 36:9; ordin., בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלשִׁים וּשׁ׳ שָׁנָה לְ 1 K 16:29; 2 K 15:8.

שִׁבְעִים91 n.pl. seventy (irreg. pl. of שֶׁבַע Ges§ 97 f. R. 1);—not decl.:—seventy (often as round no., cf. KöHast.DB number, 563 a): 1. without other no.: a. before n. s. year Gn 5:12 + 12 times, man Ju 9:2 Nu 11:25 + 7 times, shekel 7:13 + 11 times, other n. 5 times b. before n.pl. kings Ju 1:7, sons 8:30; 9:24; 2 K 10:1, brothers Ju 9:56, asses 12:14, palms Ex 15:27; Nu 33:9, males Ezr 8:7,14. c. after n. coll. (בָּקָר) 2 Ch 29:32, n.pl. Dn 9:24. d. pred. Gn 46:27. e. n. om. Ex 24:1, 9 (man), Nu 7:85 (shekel), cf. Ju 9:4 2. שׁ׳ אֶלֶף = 70,000 2 S 24:15 + 6 times. 3. + other num.: a. + unit + n. s. Ju 8:14; n. om. 70 + 7 (times) Gn 4:24, cf. Ezr 2:40 = Ne 7:43, so 2 + 70 Nu 31:38; n.pl. + 70 + 7 Ezr 8:35; 5 years + 70 year Gn 12:4. b. 5 + 70 × 1000 (man) Est 9:16, cf. Nu 2:4; 3:43; 26:32; 2 + 70 × 1000 31:33 (בָּקָר precedes); 70 man, 50 × 1000 man 1 S 6:19; 7 + 70 year + 7 × 100 year Gn 5:31; n. om. 3 + 70 + 200 Nu 3:46. c. 70 foll. hundreds: 70 year + 5 years Gn 25:7, and (n. om.) 70 + 2 Ezr 2:3, 4 = Ne 7:8, 9, Ne 11:19; + 3 Ezr 2:36 Ne 7:39; 5 + 70 Ezr 2:5. d. 1000 + 7 × 100 + 5 + 70 shekel Ex 38:25 and (n. om.) v 28.

שְׁמֹנִים38 n.pl.indecl. an eighty;—without other num.: sq. sg. שָׁנָה ψ 90:10 + 4 times, אִישׁ 2 K 10:24; Je 41:5; sq. n.pl. 2 Ch 26:17; Ezr 8:8; Ct 6:8; n. om. 2 K 6:25; 1 Ch 15:9; c. other num., card.: שׁ׳ אֶלֶף Nu 2:9 + 6 times; שׁ׳ foll. units Gn 5:25 + 4 times; precedes, Gn 16:16 + 4 times; foll. 100, etc. 1 Ch 25:7 + 6 times; precedes, Gn 5:26 + 2 times; ordin., בִּשׁ׳ שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְ 1 K 6:1.

שְׁמִינִי, ית —ִ31 adj.num. eighth;—בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי Ex 22:29 + 16 times; הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשּׁ׳ 1 K 6:38 + 4 times; n.m. om. 1 Ch 24:10 + 4 times; הַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁמִנִת Lv 25:22; elsewhere only phr., עַל־הַשְּׁמִינִית 1 Ch 15:21, and titles ψ 6:1; 12:1, usually acc. to the eighth key, or on the octave, but wholly dubious.

τεσσᾰράκοντα [ρᾰ], Attic dialect τεττᾰράκοντα Refs; Ionic dialect τεσσεράκοντα (which see); Sicilian Ionic τετράϟοντα Refs 6th c.BC+; Doric dialect τετρώκοντα Refs 4th c.BC+ and see at {τεσσαρακοστός}; once Doric dialect τεταράκοντα Refs; Boeotian dialect πετταράκοντα (which see): οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable:—forty, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II οἱ τ. the Forty, a body of justices who went round the Attic demes to hear all causes up to ten drachmae, Refs 5th c.BC+; also cases of assault, Refs 4th c.BC+: changed from Thirty to “Forty” after the expulsion of the Thirty Tyrants, Refs 4th c.BC+

תְּשִׁיעִי, תְּשִׁעִי m. תְּשִׁיעִית f. adj. num. ord.18 ninth;—בַּיּוֹם הַתְּשִׁיעִי Nu 7:60, הַתּ׳ of series of men 1 Ch 12:12; 27:12, of lot 24:11; 25:16; הַחֹדֶשׁ הַתּ׳ Je 36:9, 32; Zc 7:1; 1 Ch 27:12; Ezr 10:9, ח׳ om. Hg 2:10, 18; הַשָּׁנָה הַתְּשִׁיעִית Lv 25:22 + 3 times, בִּשְׁנַת הַתּ׳ (Ges§ 134 p) 2 K 17:6 25:1.

ἑκᾰτόν, Refs 4th c.AD+ ἑκοτόν Refs 4th c.BC+, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable:— a hundred, Refs 8th c.BC+: in compounds frequently loosely for very many. (Dissim. from sém [kcirc]ṃtóm, compare εἷς and Latin centum, Lithuanian ši[mtilde]tas, etc.)

ὀκτώ, Boeotian dialect ὀκτό Refs 3rd c.BC+, Heraclean hοκτώ Refs, Elean ὀπτώ Refs 5th c.BC+:— indeclinable, eight, Refs 8th c.BC+ H. (Cf. Sanskrit a[snull][tnull]ā´ a[snull][tnull]áu, Latin octo, Gothic ahtau, etc.)

διᾱκόσι-οι, Ionic dialect διηκ-, αι, α, two hundred, Refs 5th c.BC+ two hundred horse, Refs 5th c.BC+; see at {διακάτιοι}.

† מְאָה n.f. hundred (v. BH);—abs. מ׳ after noun enum., Ezr 6:17; 7:22(×4), so אַרְבַּע מ׳ 6:17, מ׳ וְעֶשְׂרִין Dn 6:2, and du. מָאתַ֫יִן Ezr 6:17.

δίς [ῐ], adverb twice, doubly, with Nouns, δ. τόσσον twice as much, Refs 8th c.BC+twice over, Refs 5th c.BC+ = son and grandson of N., Refs; Αὐρήλιος Αὐξάνων δ. Refs; Αὐρ. Δοῦ[ρ]λος δ. Refs —In compounds δι-, but δισ- in δισμύριοι, δισχίλιοι, δισθανής, δίσαβος, δισάρπαγος, δίσευνος, etc. (Cf. Sanskrit dvis 'twice', Latin bis.)

ἑβδομήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable, seventy, Refs 5th c.BC+

ἐνενήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable, ninety, Refs 8th c.BC+; compare ἐνήκοντα, ἐννήκοντα. (ἐννεν- frequently in codices, but Inscrr. have ἐνεν- Refs

τετρᾰκόσι-οι, αι, α, Doric dialect τετρα-κάτιοι [κᾰ] Refs; poetry (once) tetrhkoϟsioi Refs:— four hundred, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II οἱ τ., at Athens, __II.1 the oligarchy established in Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 a more ancient Council, Refs 2nd c.AD+

ἑκᾰτοντα-πλᾰσίων, ον, genitive ονος, a hundred times as much or many, with genitive, Refs 5th c.BC+: without genitive, a hundredfold, LXX+NT

ἑξᾰκόσι-οι, αι, α, six hundred, Refs 5th c.BC+: Doric dialect ϝεξακάτιοι Refs

ὀγδο-ήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable, eighty, Refs 5th c.BC+: Ionic dialect and Doric dialect ὀγδώκοντα Refs 8th c.BC+; ὀδώκοντα Refs 2nd c.BC+

πεντᾰκόσιοι, Epic dialect πεντηκόσιοι, αι, α, five hundred, Refs 8th c.BC+ five hundred horse, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __II at Athens, οἱ π. the senate of Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ βουλὴ τῶν π. Refs 4th c.BC+

τρῐᾱκόσιοι, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τρῐηκ-, Doric dialect τριακάτιοι (which see), αι, α, three hundred, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II οἱ τ. at Athens, the richest members of the συμμορίαι, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.2 a judicial body at Megara, Refs

† II. מֵאָה n.f. used as n.pr. of tower on northern wall of Jerus., מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה Ne 3:1; 12:39.