Adjective Cardinal Number

Summary

Article

“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