Adjective Cardinal Number

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“One”

“One” Paradigm

Form	Aramaic	Transliteration	Gloss
masculine singular absolute	חַד	chadh	one
masculine singular construct	חַד	chadh	one of
masculine singular determined	חַדָא	chadha’	the one
feminine singular absolute	חֲדָה	chedhah	one
feminine singular construct	חֲדָת	chedhath	one of
feminine singular determined	חֲדָתָּא	chedhata’	the one

“Two”

“Two” Paradigm

Form	Aramaic	Transliteration	Gloss
masculine singular absolute	תְּרֵין	tereyn	two
masculine singular construct	תְּרֵי	terey	two of
masculine singular determined	תְּרֵיָא	tereya’	the two
feminine singular absolute	תַּרְתֵּין	tarteyn	two
feminine singular construct	תַּרְתֵּי	tartey	two of
feminine singular determined	תַּרְתֵּיָא	tarteya’	the two

3-10

3-10 Paradigm

Form	Aramaic	Transliteration	Gloss
masculine singular absolute	תְּלָתָה	telathah	three
feminine singular absolute	תְּלָת	telath	three
masculine singular absolute	אַרְבְּעָה	‘arbe’ah	four
feminine singular absolute	אַרְבַּע	‘arba’	four
masculine singular absolute	חַמְשָׁה	chamshah	five
feminine singular absolute	חֲמֵשׁ	chemesh	five
masculine singular absolute	שִׁתָּה	shittah	six
feminine singular absolute	שֵׁת	sheth	six
masculine singular absolute	שִׁבְעָה	shibh’ah	seven
feminine singular absolute	שְׁבַע	shebha’	seven
masculine singular absolute	תְּמָנִיָה	temaniyah	eight
feminine singular absolute	תְּמָנֵה	temaneh	eight
masculine singular absolute	תִּשְׁעָה	tish’ah	nine
feminine singular absolute	תֵּשַׁע	tesha’	nine
masculine singular absolute	עַשְׂרָה	‘asrah	ten
feminine singular absolute	עֲשַׂר	‘esar	ten

11-19

The numbers 11-19 are formed by writing the number 1-9 followed by the number 10. Thus, in Biblical Aramaic the number “eleven” is written as “one ten”; the number “seventeen” is written as “seven ten”, etc.

11-19 Paradigm

Form	Aramaic	Transliteration	Gloss
masculine	תְּרֵי עֲשַׂר	terey ‘esar	twelve

20-99

Multiples of ten (20, 30, 40, etc.)

Multiples of Ten Paradigm

Form	Aramaic	Transliteration	Gloss
gender both	עֶשְׂרִין	‘esriyn	twenty
gender both	תְּלָתִין	telathiyn	thirty
gender both	אַרְבְּעִין	‘arbe’iyn	forty
gender both	חַמְשִׁין	chameshiyn	fifty
gender both	שִׁתִּין	shittiyn	sixty
gender both	שִׁבְעִין	shibh’iyn	seventy
gender both	תְּמָנִין	temaniyn	eighty
gender both	תִּשְׁעִין	tish’iyn	ninety

Multiples of ten plus units (21, 32, 43, etc.)

These numbers are written following the same rules as the numbers 11-19. Thus, the number “twenty-one” is written as “one twenty”; the number “thirty-two” is written as “two thirty”; the number “forty-three” is writen as “three forty”, etc.

Multiples of 100, 1000, 10000, etc.

The nouns “hundred” (100) and “thousand” (1000) function the same as any other common noun with singular, dual, and plural forms. Although the number for “hundred” uses feminine endings and the number for “thousand” uses masculine endings, both numbers should be classified as “gender both” because the same form can be both grammatically-masculine and grammatically-feminine.

Multiples of 100, 1000, 10000, etc. Paradigm

Form	Aramaic	Transliteration	Gloss
gender both singular absolute	מְאָה	me’ah	hundred
gender both singular construct	מְאַת	me’ath	hundred of
gender both dual absolute	מָאתַיִן	ma’thayin	two hundred
gender both plural absolute	אַרְבַּע מְאָה	‘arba’ me’ah	four hundred
gender both singular absolute	אֲלַף	‘elaph	thousand
gender both singular determined	אַלְפָּא	‘alpa’	the thousand
gender both singular absolute	רִבּוֹ	ribbo	ten thousand