--- title: שְׁמֹנֶה — eight · The Tanakh dictionary description: שְׁמֹנֶה (8084), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: eight. BDB 1906: n.m. et eight n.f. n.m. n.f. n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8084.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513-5.md)‎ / שְׁמֹנֶה‎ # שְׁמֹנֶה «שְׁמֹנֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **eight** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 38 times · **Key:** 8084 · **BDB:** שְׁמֹנֶה ### Glosses eighty (33); of.eighty (4); \[were\].eighty (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) eight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8084/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. et eight n.f. n.m. n.f. n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8084/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** (less often שְׁמוֹנֶה), שְׁמֹנָה109 n.m. et f. eight (on—ֶ cf. BaNB 20, 200 and (against him) PhilippiBAS ii. 364; Arabic ثَمَانٍ, ثَمَانِيَةٌ, Sab. תֿמני(ת) HomChr 47, 122 DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 369 f., 375; Aramaic תְּמָנֵי, תְּמַנְיָא, ܬܡܳܢܶܐ, ܬܡܳܢܝܳܐ; Nab. תמונא, Palm. תמניא, Lzb 386; NH = BH; Ph. שמן; Ethiopic ሰመንቱ, ሰማኒቱ on Assyrian equiv. v. Dl§ 75);—m. (c. n.f.) always abs. שְׁמֹנֶה Ju 3:8; + 40 times; f. (c. n.m.) abs. שְׁמֹנָה 1 S 17:12 + 34 times, cstr. שְׁמֹנַת Nu 2:24 + 3 times (cases of 8 + 10 = 18 are additional, v. infr.); pl. שְׁמֹנִים, 80, v. infr.:— without other num.: שְׁמֹנֶה card., before n.pl. Ju 3:8 1 K 7:10 + 8 times; before n.sg. שָׁנָה 1 K 8:17 (Kt; Qr pl.), 22:1; after n.pl. Ez 40:31; ordin. בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ לְ 2 K 24:12, בִּשׁ׳ שָׁנִים לְ 2 Ch 34:3. שְׁמֹנָה card., before n.pl. 1 S 17:12 + 3 times, + (n. om.) Je 14:15 + 2 times, also שׁ׳ אֵלֶּה Gn 22:23 these 8, and, as round no., Mi 5:4 7 and 8 (i.e. plenty); after n.pl. Nu 29:29; 2 Ch 29:17; ordin., בְּיוֹם שׁ׳ לְ v 17. f. cstr. שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים Gn 17:12; 21:4, שׁ׳ הַבָּקָר Nu 7:8. 8 + 10 = 18: c. n.f. שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה, card.: bef. sg. שָׁנָה Ju 3:14 + 2 times, אַמָּה 1 K 7:15 + 2 times; after n.pl. 1 Ch 26:9; 2 Ch 11:21; n. om. Ezr 8:18; Ne 7:11; ordin., בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ ע׳ לְ 1 K 15:1 + 4 times; בִּשׁ׳ ע׳ שָׁנָה לְ 2 K 22:3 + 2 times; הַשָּׁנָה שׁ׳ ע׳ שָׁנָה לְ Je 32:1. c. n.m. שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר card.: bef. sg. אֶלֶף Ju 20:44 + 4 times + ψ 60:2 (title), so read for שְׁנֵים ע׳, cf. 2 S 8:13 = 1 Ch 18:12; before pl. Ezr 8:9; n. om. Gn 14:14; ordin., n. om. 1 Ch 24:15; 25:15; שְׁמֹנַת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף Ju 20:25. c. other numerals: שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת 2 S 23:8 (so read also ‖ 1 Ch 11:11 Kit Benz, cf. Th We Dr al.), + 16 times. שְׁמֹנָה אֶלֶף 1 Ch 12:36 (v 35 van d. H.), 23:3; שְׁמֹנַת אֲלָפִים Nu 2:24 + 3 times. שׁ׳, card., after tens 1 S 4:15 + 20 times; before ten, only שׁ׳ וְעֶשְׂרִים בָּאַמָּה Ex 26:2; 36:9; ordin., בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלשִׁים וּשׁ׳ שָׁנָה לְ 1 K 16:29; 2 K 15:8. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שְׁמֹנֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8084/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Genesis 35:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.28/) וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ יְמֵ֣י יִצְחָ֑ק מְאַ֥ת שָׁנָ֖ה וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃ *Word for word:* and they.were the.days of.Isaac one.hundred year\[s\] and eighty year\[s\] *JPS 1917:* And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. [Nehemiah 7:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.26/) אַנְשֵׁ֤י בֵֽית־לֶ֙חֶם֙בֵֽית־לֶ֙חֶם֙ וּנְטֹפָ֔ה מֵאָ֖ה שְׁמֹנִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ס *Word for word:* the.men of Bethlehem and Netophah one.hundred eighty and eight *JPS 1917:* The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight. - ← previous: [שְׁמֹנֶה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8083.md) - next →: [שָׁמַע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8085.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513-5.md)