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omission of יוֹם in all these cases see under n; only in late passages is יוֹם added, e.g. 2 Ch 2917 בְּיוֹם שְׁמוֹנָה לַחֹ֫דֶשׁ; Ezr 36 מִיּוֹם אֶחָד לַחֹ֫דֶשׁ.—Finally, when the year is stated by בִּשְׁנַת governing a determinate ordinal, viz. 2 K 176 בִּשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁיעִית in the ninth year; 2 K 251 (in Jer 524 בְּשָׁנָה), Jer 281 Keth., 32:1 Keth., 46:2, 51:59, Ezr 78; בִּשְׁנַת in such cases is again (see note 2 on o) to be explained according to § 128 k. This is supported by the fact that the Masora on Jer 281, 321 requires in the Qe בַּשָּׁנָה for בשנת.

 [q 5. Distributives are expressed either by repetition of the cardinal number, e.g. Gn 79, 15 שְׁנַ֫יִם שְׁנַ֫יִם two and two; 2 S 2120 שֵׁשׁ וָשֵׁשׁ six each; with the numbered object also repeated, e.g. Jos 312 אִישׁ אֶחָד אִישׁ אֶחָד לַשָּֽׁבֶט for every tribe a man; Nu 132, 3418 (אֶחָד מִן, as in Neh 111, one out of every ten); cf. § 123 d; or a periphrasis with אֶחָד לְ is used, Nu 1718, Dt 123, cf. Is 62 לְאֶחָד after six wings twice repeated; the simple distributive לְ is, however, sufficient (as in לַבְּקָרִים, § 123 c), e.g. לְמֵאוֹת וְלַֽאֲלָפִים by hundreds and by thousands.

 [r 6. The multiplicatives are expressed either (like the ordinals above 10, see under o) by the cardinals (in the feminine, probably owing to the omission of פַּ֫עַם, פְּעָמִים; so König, Lehrgeb., ii. 228), as שְׁתַּ֫יִם twice, Jb 405; שֶׁ֫בַע seven times, Lv 2621, 24, Pr 2416; cf. also אַחַת once, 2 K 610, Jb 405, for which in Jb 3314 בְּאַחַת[1] along with בִּשְׁתַּ֫יִם (the latter also in 1 S 1821); or by the dual of the numeral, thus שִׁבְעָתַ֫יִם Gn 415 (in verse 24 along with the cardinal 77 for 77 times); Is 3026, ψ 127, 7912; אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2 S 126;[2] or periphrastically by פַּ֫עַם a time (prop. a step, with the article, הַפַּ֫עַם this time; cf. also בַּפַּ֫עַם הַזֹּאת, with בְּ, like בְּאַחַת above), as פַּ֫עַם אַחַת once (Neh 1320 פַּ֫עַם וּשְׁתַּ֫יִם once and twice), נַּֽעֲמַ֫יִם twice, שָׁלשׁ פְּעָמִים (for which in Ex 2314, Nu 2228, 32 שָׁלשׁ רְגָלִים) three times; cf. Ez 416 thirty-three times; 2 S 243 an hundred times; Dt 111 a thousand times; 1 K 2216 עַד־כַּמֶּה פְעָמִים until how many times, i.e. how often. Cf. also עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת מֹנִים ten times, Gn 3117, 14, and רַבּוֹת עִתִּים many times, Neh 928.—In Gn 4334, five times is expressed by חָמֵשׁ יָדוֹת (prop. five hands),[3] and in Ex 165 the double is expressed by מִשְׁנֶה עַל־ (prop. a repetition over and above that which, &c.).—Of the ordinals שֵׁנִית is used as a numeral adverb, Gn 2215, &c., a second time, cf. the Latin tertium consul; בַּשְּׁלִישִׁת the third time, 1 S 38; פַּ֫עַם חֲמִישִׁית a fifth time, Neh 65; בַּשְּׁבִעִית at the seventh (time), 1 K 1844, and בַּפַּ֫עַם הַשּׁ׳ Jos 616.

  1. But בְּאַחַת Nu 104 is to be translated on one (trumpet).
  2. Probably also כִּפְלַ֫יִם Jb 116 (from כֶּ֫פֶל doubling) does not mean doubled but manifold.
  3. But אַרְבַּע הַיָּדוֹת Gn 4724 means the (other) four parts; cf. 2 K 117, Neh 111.