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title: תֵּשַׁע — a nine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֵּשַׁע (8673), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: a nine. BDB 1906: n.m. et. n.f. n.m. n.f. n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֵּשַׁע

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«תֵּשַׁע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a nine** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 20 times · **Key:** 8673 · **BDB:** תֵּ֫שַׁע

### Glosses

ninety (15); of.ninety (4); \[was\].ninety (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a nine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8673/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. et. n.f. n.m. n.f. n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8673/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. et. f. a nine, nonad (NH = BH; Assyrian tišit (fem.), nine, tešû, ninth; Sab. תסעת nine, תסעי ninety HomChr 48; Liḥy. תסע DHMEpigr. Denkm. Ar. 52, Arabic تِسْعٌ, Ethiopic ትስዑ Aramaic תְּשַׁע, ܬܫܰܥ, Nab. Palm. תשע Lzb388, Mand. (א for ע; sometimes ע pref.) תשא, עשתא NöM 188, all nine);—m. c. n.f. abs. תֵּ֫שַׁע Dt 3:11 + 20 times, cstr. תְּשַׁע Ju 4:3 + 18 times; f. c. n.m. abs. תִּשְׁעָה 2 S 14:8 + 13 times, cstr. תִּשְׁעַת Jos 13:7 + 2 times (these include 9 + 10 = 19);—nine (Hex chiefly P); no other num.: before n.pl. תֵּ֫שַׁע אַמּוֹת Dt 3:11, ת׳ שָׁנִים 2 K 17:1 Gn 11:19, ת׳ הַיָּדוֹת Ne 11:1, תִּשְׁעָה חֳדָשִׁים 2 S 24:8, תִּשְׁעַת הַשְּׁבָטִים Jos 13:7 (JE?), cf.14:2 Nu 34:13 (both P); after n.pl. עָרִים תֵּ֫שַׁע Jos 15:44, 51; 21:16 (all P), פָּרִים תִּשְׁעָה Nu 29:26 (P); n. om. 1 Ch 3:8. = ordin. בְּתִשְׁעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ 2 K 25:3 + 3 times on the ninth (day) of the month; שְׁנַת־תֵּשַׁע לְ 18:10 the ninth year of. 9 + 10 = 19, c. n.f. תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Gn 11:25, עָרִים תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה Jos 19:38 (both P), as ordinal שְׁנַת תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה לְ 2 K 25:8 ‖ Je 52:12; c. n.m. תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר אִישׂ 2 S 2:30, cf.(as ordin., גּוֹרָל om.) 1 Ch 24:16; 25:26. 900 = תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת Ju 4:3 + 14 times c. tens (20, 30, etc.): ת׳ foll. 2 K 14:2 + 10 times, precedes Gn 11:24 + 6 times, cf.Köii. 1. 215 ff.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֵּשַׁע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8673/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.20/)

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בְּנֵ֥י גִבָּ֖ר תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Gibbar ninety and five

*JPS 1917:* The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.

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[Nehemiah 7:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.25/)

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בְּנֵ֥י גִבְע֖וֹןתִּשְׁעִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Gibeon ninety and five

*JPS 1917:* The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.

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