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Hebrew Numbers Chart ©2017 JTeach.org Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago’s Online Resource Center 21 ת ח ַםי ר ש ע 22 םי י ת שוַּםי ר ש ע 23 שולַֹ שַ ַםי ר ש ע 30 םי שולֹ ש 40 םיַ עַ בַ רַ 50 םיַ שיַ מֲַח 60 םיַ שיַ ש 70 םיַ עַ ַ ש 80 םיַ נומַ ש
Learning Hebrew: Numbers. Hebrew does not have a separate set of numerical symbols. The cardinal numbers are used for counting and the ordinal numbers are used to indicate position in a series. In Hebrew, twenty-one and similar numbers occur as twenty-and-one or one-and-twenty.
Hebrew Letters for Numbers. Hebrew traditionally (before the modern era) didn’t have a separate set of numerals. Instead, each letter of the alphabet was assigned a value, starting with (alef to yod), then (yod to qof), then (qof to tav).
Below is a picture for reference, and underneath is the chart for all Hebrew numbers from one to ten. Don’t worry too much about the pronunciation. The romanization versions will give you a good idea of how to say them. J u s t r e a d t h e r o m a ni z a t i o ns o u t - l o u d a nd t h e r e y o u h a v e i t , your Hebrew
The Hebrew language has names for common numbers that range from zero to one million. Letters of the Hebrew alphabet are used to represent numbers in a few traditional contexts, for example in calendars.
Biblical Hebrew does not have a separate set of numerical symbols (1, 2, 3, etc.) like we do in English. Rather, Hebrew numbers are written out. Cardinal numbers are used for counting (one, two, three, etc.). Ordinal numbers are used to indicate position in a series (first, second, third, etc.).
Why are certain numbers in the Bible so specific? In the Bible, there are no numerals, as we know them. Our numerals came to us via Arab traders. The numerals had been developed by mathematicians in India, about 400 years after Jesus. All numbers, small and large, are spelled out in the Hebrew of the OT and in the Greek of the NT.
