Nine Cardinal Ordinal

תֻּשִׁיָּה v. תּוּשִׁיָּה sub ישׁה.

תֵּ֫שַׁע, תִּשְׁעָה n.m. et. f. a nine, nonad (NH = BH; Assyrian tišit (fem.), nine, tešû, ninth; Sab. תסעת nine, תסעי ninety HomChr 48; Liḥy. תסע DHMEpigr. Denkm. Ar. 52, Arabic تِسْعٌ, Ethiopic ትስዑ Aramaic תְּשַׁע, ܬܫܰܥ, Nab. Palm. תשע Lzb388, Mand. (א for ע; sometimes ע pref.) תשא, עשתא NöM 188, all nine);—m. c. n.f. abs. תֵּ֫שַׁע Dt 3:11 + 20 times, cstr. תְּשַׁע Ju 4:3 + 18 times; f. c. n.m. abs. תִּשְׁעָה 2 S 14:8 + 13 times, cstr. תִּשְׁעַת Jos 13:7 + 2 times (these include 9 + 10 = 19);—nine (Hex chiefly P); 1. no other num.: a. before n.pl. תֵּ֫שַׁע אַמּוֹת Dt 3:11, ת׳ שָׁנִים 2 K 17:1 Gn 11:19, ת׳ הַיָּדוֹת Ne 11:1, תִּשְׁעָה חֳדָשִׁים 2 S 24:8, תִּשְׁעַת הַשְּׁבָטִים Jos 13:7 (JE?), cf.14:2 Nu 34:13 (both P); after n.pl. עָרִים תֵּ֫שַׁע Jos 15:44, 51; 21:16 (all P), פָּרִים תִּשְׁעָה Nu 29:26 (P); n. om. 1 Ch 3:8. b. = ordin. בְּתִשְׁעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ 2 K 25:3 + 3 times on the ninth (day) of the month; שְׁנַת־תֵּשַׁע לְ 18:10 the ninth year of. 2. 9 + 10 = 19, c. n.f. תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Gn 11:25, עָרִים תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה Jos 19:38 (both P), as ordinal שְׁנַת תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה לְ 2 K 25:8 ‖ Je 52:12; c. n.m. תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר אִישׂ 2 S 2:30, cf.(as ordin., גּוֹרָל om.) 1 Ch 24:16; 25:26. 3. 900 = תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת Ju 4:3 + 14 times 4. c. tens (20, 30, etc.): ת׳ foll. 2 K 14:2 + 10 times, precedes Gn 11:24 + 6 times, cf.Köii. 1. 215 ff.

ἔνᾰτος, η, ον, (ἐννέα) ninth, Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect εἴνατος Refs 8th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect ἔνοτος Refs 3rd c.BC+; τὰ ἔνατα (i.e. ἱερά), sacra novendialia, Refs 4th c.BC+

ἐννέᾰ, Doric dialect also ἐννῆ (which see), indeclinable, nine, Refs 8th c.BC+; τρὶς ἐννέα κλῶνας, in a religious ceremony, Refs 5th c.BC+; τρὶς ἐ. ἔτη Oracle texts cited in Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 as a round number for, many, τρὶς ἐννέα φῶτας ἔπεφνεν Refs 8th c.BC+. (Cf. Latin novem, Sanskrit náva, etc.)