שְׁמֹנֶה H8083
Eight (cardinal number); used independently and in compound numerals like eighteen and eighty
Shemoneh is the cardinal number eight in Hebrew, appearing in both masculine (שְׁמֹנָה) and feminine (שְׁמֹנֶה) forms according to the grammatical gender of the noun it modifies. It frequently occurs in genealogical records (Gen 5:4, 7, 10), measurements, and compound numbers such as eighteen (שְׁמֹנֶה עָשָׂר). The cognate form shemonim yields 'eighty.' Cross-linguistically, translations render it straightforwardly — Spanish 'ocho,' French 'huit,' German 'acht' — sometimes prefixed with 'and' in construct chains typical of Hebrew numerical syntax.
Senses
1. eight (cardinal number) — The cardinal number eight, used for counting, measuring, and dating across narrative, legal, and genealogical texts. Appears in the patriarchal age formulas of Genesis 5 (e.g., Gen 5:4, 'eight hundred years'), in compound numerals like eighteen, and in specifications of quantities (1 Sam 17:12, 'eight sons'). The masculine/feminine alternation follows standard Hebrew numeral agreement rules, with no semantic distinction between the forms. 109×
AR["وَ-ثَلَاثِينَ", "وَ-ثَمَانٍ", "وَ-ثَمَانِينَ", "وَ-ثَمَانِيَ", "وَ-ثَمَانِيَةً", "وَ-ثَمَانِيَةٌ", "وَثَلَاثُونَ", "وَثَلَاثِينَ", "وَثَمانِيَ", "وَثَمَانٍ", "وَثَمَانِمِئَة", "وَثَمَانِيَة", "وَثَمَانِيَةَ", "وَعِشرينَ"]·ben["-", "আর-আট", "এবং-আট", "ও-আট", "ও-ওবেদ-ইদোম"]·DE["und-acht"]·EN["and-eight", "and-eight-of"]·FR["et-huit"]·heb["ו-שמונה", "ו-שמנה"]·HI["उश्मोनेह", "और-आठ", "और-आथ", "जब-तक"]·ID["dan-anak-anak-perempuan", "dan-delapan", "delapan", "ribu"]·IT["e-otto"]·jav["lan-wolu", "lan-wolulas", "lan-wolulas-", "lan-wolung", "lan-wolung-atus"]·KO["그-와-여덟", "그리고-여덟", "그리고-팔", "그리고-팔천"]·PT["e-oito", "e-oitocentos"]·RU["восемь", "и-восемь", "и-восемьсот", "и-восьми"]·ES["y-ocho", "y-ocho-mil", "y-ochocientos"]·SW["na-mia-nane", "na-mia-nane-za", "na-minane", "na-nane"]·TR["sekiz", "ve-sekiz", "ve-sekizinci"]·urd["اور-آٹھ", "اور-آٹھ-سو", "اور-آٹھویں", "اور-اٹھانوے", "اٹھارہ"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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.…