a little revision: numbers 0 to 20

numbers 0-20

So today I'll just repeat the numbers up to twenty because so far we've only done them one by one:

the numbers below are in the feminine form which is also used for counting.  The masculine numbers will follow at a later date. 

When it comes to 1-10 the numbers in Hebrew have to agree with the noun they accompany. In theory 11-19 should do this too, but in normal everyday language, everybody uses the feminine form.

(I am using a lot of double 's' today to indicate the sharp pronunciation of the 's' but it's a debatable way of transcribing it of course)


0='efess

1=achat

2=shta'im

3=shalosh

4=arba'

5=chamesh

6=shesh

7=sheva'

8=shmone

9=tesha'

10='esser

11=achat 'essreh,

12=shtem 'essreh,

13=shlosh 'essreh,

14=arba' 'essreh,

15=chamesh 'essreh,

16=shesh 'essreh,

17=shva' 'essreh

18=shmone 'essreh

19=tsha' 'essreh

20='essrim