In Hebrew, numbers have their own gender. In the following
expression '' two boys'' (shney
yeladim), the number two is different than in ''two girls''
(shtey yeladot).
* The number one eh'ad
or ah'at
is
always placed after the noun it qualifies.*The
number shnayim or shtayim becomes shtey
or shney before the
noun it modifies. Print the lesson on numbers
(pdf format ).
Number |
Hebrew |
Phonetic and Translation |
1 |
![](ahat.gif) |
talmida ah'at* : a student (female) |
1 |
![](ehad.gif) |
talmid eh'ad* : a student (male) |
2 |
![](shtayim.gif) |
shtey* yeladote : two girls |
2 |
![](shnayim.gif) |
shney* yeladim : two boys |
3 |
![](shalosh.gif) |
shalosh kitot : three classes |
3 |
![](shlosha.gif) |
shlosha banim : three sons |
4 |
![](arba.gif) |
arba tmounote : four pictures |
4 |
![](arbaa.gif) |
arba'a h'averim : four friends |
5 |
![](hamesh.gif) |
h'amesh ah'ayote : five sisters |
5 |
![](hamisha.gif) |
h'amisha ah'im : five brothers |
6 |
![](shesh.gif) |
shesh shahote : six hours |
6 |
![](shisha.gif) |
shisha yamim : six days |
7 |
![](sheva.gif) |
shèva bah'ourote : seven young women |
7 |
![](shiva.gif) |
shiv'a bah'ourim : seven young men |
8 |
![](shmone.gif) |
shmone médinote : eight countries |
8 |
![](shmona.gif) |
shmona ganavim : eight thieves |
9 |
![](tesha.gif) |
tesha morote : nine teachers (women) |
9 |
![](tisha.gif) |
tish'a morim : nine teachers (men) |
10 |
![](eser.gif) |
esser agorote : ten agorot (dimes) |
10 |
![](asara.gif) |
assara shkalim : ten shekels |
20 |
![](esrim.gif) |
essrim talmidim : 20 students (male) |
30 |
![](shloshim.gif) |
shloshim sfarim : 30 books |
40 |
![](arbaim.gif) |
arbayim ganavim : 40 thieves |
50 |
![](hamishim.gif) |
h'amishim ah'ouz : 50 % |
60 |
![](shishim.gif) |
shishim elef : 60 000 |
70 |
![](shivim.gif) |
shiv'im shanim : 70 years |
80 |
![](shmonim.gif) |
shmonim kossote : 80 glasses |
90 |
![](tishim.gif) |
tish'im otoboussim : 90 busses |
100 |
![](mea.gif) |
mea dapim : 100 pages |
1000 |
![](elef.gif) |
elef dollarim : 1000 dollars |