תֻּשִׁיָּה H8672
Nine (cardinal numeral); in temporal formulas with בְּ, ninth (ordinal sense)
The Hebrew cardinal number nine, appearing throughout genealogies, censuses, measurements, and date formulas. It occurs in both masculine (תִּשְׁעָה) and feminine (תֵּשַׁע) forms and combines freely with tens and hundreds (nineteen, twenty-nine, nine hundred). When preceded by the preposition בְּ in date formulas, it functions as an ordinal, 'on the ninth.' The genealogies of Genesis 5 use it repeatedly for patriarchal lifespans, while the prophetic date formulas in Jeremiah and 2 Kings mark pivotal moments like the fall of Jerusalem.
Senses
1. nine (cardinal number) — The cardinal numeral 'nine,' attested 54 times across genealogies (Gen 5:5, 5:8, 5:11), censuses, and compound numbers. Translations uniformly render it as 'nine/nueve/neuf/neun,' with no semantic ambiguity. It appears in both independent and compound constructions (969 years in Gen 5:27, nineteen in various tallies), always carrying straightforward numerical value. 54×
AR["تِسعَةٌ", "تِسْع", "تِسْعًا", "تِسْعٌ", "تِسْعٍ", "تِسْعَ", "تِسْعَةً", "تِسْعَةٌ", "تِسْعَةِ", "تِسْعُ"]·ben["ঊনত্রিশ", "তিশআহ", "নয়", "নয়জন"]·DE["neun"]·EN["nine"]·FR["neuf"]·heb["תשע", "תשעה"]·HI["उनतीस", "उसकी-चौड़ाई", "नौ"]·ID["Sembilan", "dua-puluh-sembilan", "sembilan"]·IT["nove"]·jav["sanga", "sangalikur", "sangang", "sangang-atus"]·KO["아텉", "아홉", "아홉과", "아홉의", "아홉이라", "아홉째"]·PT["nove", "novecentos", "sessenta"]·RU["двадцать", "девяти", "девятый", "девять", "девятьсот"]·ES["novecientos", "nueve", "veintinueve"]·SW["mia", "mia-tisa", "mia-tisa-za", "miaka-ishirini-na-tisa", "miaka-mia-mbili-na-tisa", "miaka-sitini-na-tisa", "miaka-tisa", "miezi-tisa", "talanta-ishirini-na-tisa", "tisa", "wa-tisa"]·TR["dokuz"]·urd["انتیس", "انسٹھ", "نو", "نو-سو"]
2. ninth (ordinal/temporal) — An ordinal-temporal usage (4x) where בְּתִשְׁעָה means 'on the ninth (day/month)' in calendrical formulas. Lev 23:32 sets the Day of Atonement בְּתִשְׁעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ, and the siege dates in 2 Kgs 25:3, Jer 39:2, and Jer 52:6 mark the breaching of Jerusalem's walls. Multilingual evidence shows translators shifting to ordinal forms ('on-the-ninth/en-el-noveno-día/sur-neuvième'), confirming the functional distinction from pure cardinal use. 4×
AR["فِي-التَّاسِعِ", "فِي-تَاسِعِ"]·ben["-নয়", "নবম-দিনে", "নবম-দিনে-"]·DE["[בתשעה]", "auf-neun-von", "auf-neunter"]·EN["on-nine-of", "on-ninth", "on-the-ninth"]·FR["[בתשעה]", "sur-neuf-de", "sur-neuvième"]·heb["ב-תשעה"]·HI["नौवीं-तारीख-को", "नौवें", "ब-नौवें", "में-नौवें"]·ID["Pada-tanggal-sembilan", "pada-[tanggal]-sembilan", "pada-hari-kesembilan", "pada-sembilan"]·IT["nove", "su-nono", "su-nove-di"]·jav["Ing-tanggal-kaping-sanga", "ing-kaping-sanga", "ing-tanggal-kaping-sanga", "ing-tanggal-sanga"]·KO["에-아홉", "에-아홉째", "에-아홉째에"]·PT["No-nono", "no-nono", "no-nove"]·RU["в-девятый", "в-девятый-день"]·ES["En-nueve", "en-el-noveno-día", "en-el-nueve", "en-nueve"]·SW["katika-tisa", "siku-ya-tisa", "siku-ya-tisa-ya-"]·TR["-de-dokuzuncu-gununde", "-de-dokuzunda", "dokuzunda", "dokuzunda-"]·urd["-نو-تاریخ-کو", "میں-نویں", "نویں", "نویں-کو"]
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
תֻּשִׁיָּה v. תּוּשִׁיָּה sub ישׁה.