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 |
 |
talmida ah'at* : a student (female) |
1 |
 |
talmid eh'ad* : a student (male) |
2 |
 |
shtey* yeladote : two girls |
2 |
 |
shney* yeladim : two boys |
3 |
 |
shalosh kitot : three classes |
3 |
 |
shlosha banim : three sons |
4 |
 |
arba tmounote : four pictures |
4 |
 |
arba'a h'averim : four friends |
5 |
 |
h'amesh ah'ayote : five sisters |
5 |
 |
h'amisha ah'im : five brothers |
6 |
 |
shesh shahote : six hours |
6 |
 |
shisha yamim : six days |
7 |
 |
shèva bah'ourote : seven young women |
7 |
 |
shiv'a bah'ourim : seven young men |
8 |
 |
shmone médinote : eight countries |
8 |
 |
shmona ganavim : eight thieves |
9 |
 |
tesha morote : nine teachers (women) |
9 |
 |
tish'a morim : nine teachers (men) |
10 |
 |
esser agorote : ten agorot (dimes) |
10 |
 |
assara shkalim : ten shekels |
20 |
 |
essrim talmidim : 20 students (male) |
30 |
 |
shloshim sfarim : 30 books |
40 |
 |
arbayim ganavim : 40 thieves |
50 |
 |
h'amishim ah'ouz : 50 % |
60 |
 |
shishim elef : 60 000 |
70 |
 |
shiv'im shanim : 70 years |
80 |
 |
shmonim kossote : 80 glasses |
90 |
 |
tish'im otoboussim : 90 busses |
100 |
 |
mea dapim : 100 pages |
1000 |
 |
elef dollarim : 1000 dollars |