Hebrew numerals
The system of Hebrew numerals is a quasi-decimal alphabetic numeral system using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
| Numeral systems by culture | |
|---|---|
| Hindu–Arabic numerals | |
| Western Arabic Eastern Arabic Khmer |
Indian family Brahmi Thai |
| East Asian numerals | |
| Chinese Suzhou Counting rods |
Japanese Korean |
| Alphabetic numerals | |
| Abjad Armenian Cyrillic Ge'ez |
Hebrew Greek (Ionian) Āryabhaṭa |
| Other systems | |
| Attic Babylonian Egyptian Etruscan |
Mayan Roman Urnfield |
| List of numeral system topics | |
| Positional systems by base | |
| Decimal (10) | |
| 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 | |
| 1, 3, 9, 12, 20, 24, 30, 36, 60, more… | |
In this system, zero does not have a place, and the number values for each letter are added together. Each unit (1, 2, ..., 9) is assigned a separate letter, each tens (10, 20, ..., 90) a separate letter, and each hundreds (100, 200, ..., 900) a separate letter.
Main table
Hebrew has masculine and feminine ways of saying the words. For just counting, feminine is used. Otherwise, the gender is used (ex. two boys, two girls).
| Decimal | Hebrew | Glyph | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | |||
| 0 | N/A | efes | ||
| 1 | Aleph | א | echad | achat |
| 2 | Bet | ב | shnayim | shtayim |
| 3 | Gimel | ג | shlosha | shalosh |
| 4 | Dalet | ד | arba'a | arbah |
| 5 | Hei | ה | chamisha | chamesh |
| 6 | Vav | ו | shisha | shesh |
| 7 | Zayin | ז | shiv'a | sheva |
| 8 | Heth | ח | shmonah | shmoneh |
| 9 | Teth | ט | tish'a | tayshah |
| 10 | Yud | י | assara | eser |
| 20 | Kaf | כ | esrim | |
| 30 | Lamed | ל | shloshim | |
| 40 | Mem | מ | arba'im | |
| 50 | Nun (letter) | נ | chamishim | |
| 60 | Samekh | ס | shishim | |
| 70 | Ayin | ע | shiv'im | |
| 80 | Pei | פ | shmonim | |
| 90 | Tsadi | צ | tish'im | |
| 100 | Kuf | ק | me'a | |
| 200 | Resh | ר | matayim | |
| 300 | Shin | ש | shlosh meot | |
| 400 | Tav | ת | arba meot | |
| 500 | Tav Kuf or Chaf Sofit | ת"ק or ך | chamesh meot | |
| 600 | Tav Resh or Mem Sofit | ת"ר or ם | shesh meot | |
| 700 | Tav Shin or Nun Sofit | ת"ש or ן | shva meot | |
| 800 | Tav Tav or Pei Sofit | ת"ת or ף | shmone meot | |
| 900 | Tav Tav Kuf or Tsadi Sofit | תת"ק or ץ | tsha meot | |
- The number is first, then the noun (ex. shlosha yeladim), except for number one where it is reversed (ex. yelad echad).
- The number two is special. Shnayim (m.) and shtayim (f.) become shney (m.), and shtey (f.) when describing the number of some noun.
- Mixed groups are always addressed as male, which is the case with all Hebrew.
- Objects are either male or female (ex. a book (sefer) is male).