noun masculine and feminine a nine, nonad (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian tišit (feminine), nine, tešû, ninth; Sabean תסעת nine, תסעי ninety Hom^{Chr 48}; Lihyanian תסע DHM^{Ep. Denkm. Ar. 52}, Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic תְּשַׁע , Nabataean, Palmyrene תשע Lzb³⁸⁸, Mandean (א for ע; sometimes ע prefixed) תשא, עשתא Nö^{M 188}, all nine); — masculine with

feminine noun absolute תֵּ֫שַׁע Deuteronomy 3:11 20t., construct תְּשַׁע Judges 4:3 18t.; feminine with

masculine noun absolute תִּשְׁעָה 2 Samuel 14:8 13t., construct תִּשְׁעַת Joshua 13:7 2t. (these include 9 10= 19); — nine (Hexateuch chiefly P); 1 no other number:

a. before plural noun תֵּשַׁע אַמּוֺת Deuteronomy 3:11, שָׁנִים ׳ת 2 Kings 17:1; Genesis 11:19, הַיָּדוֺת ׳ת Nehemiah 11:1, חֳדָשִׁים 2 Samuel 24:8, תִּשְּׁבָטִים Joshua 13:7 (J E?), compare Joshua 14:2; Numbers 34:13 (both P); after plural noun עָרִים תֵּ֫שַׁע Joshua 15:44,51; Joshua 21:16 (all P), מָּרִים תִּשְׁעָה Numbers 29:26 (P); noun omitted 1 Chronicles 3:8.

b. = ordinal לַחֹדֶשׁ 2 Kings 25:3 3t. on the ninth (day) of the month; שְׁנַתתֵּֿשַׁע לְ 2 Kings 18:10 the ninth year of. 2910= 19, with

feminine noun תְּשַׁעעֶֿשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Genesis 11:25, עָרִים תְּשַׁעֿ עֶשְׂרֵהJoshua 19:38 (both P), as ordinal שְׁנַת תְּשַׁעֿ עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה לְ 2 Kings 25:8 "" Jeremiah 52:12; with

masculine noun תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר אִישׁ 2 Samuel 2:30, compare (as ordinal, גּוֺרָל omitted) 1 Chronicles 24:16; 1 Chronicles 25:26.

3900= תְשַׁע מֵאוֺת Judges 4:3 14t.

4 with tens (20, 30, etc.): ׳ת following 2 Kings 14:2 10t., precedes Genesis 11:24 6t., compare Kö^{ii. 1. 215 ff}.