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1 K. 16:8, 15, 29, 2 K. 8:25; 14:23; 15:13, 17, 23, 27; 25:8. And with year understood: 1 K. 15:25, 28 בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם the year of two years (second year). 1 K. 16:10; 22:41, 2 K. 3:1; 15:30, 32; 18:10; 24:12, Zech. 7:1, Ezr. 5:13, Neh. 1:1, Dan. 1:21; 2:1.

Rem. 1. The adj. אחד one is very often used for first, Gen. 2:11 seq.; 4:19, Ex. 1:15, Nu. 11:26, 2 S. 4:2, Ru. 1:4.

Rem. 2. The word year is also construed with gen. of the def. Ordinal. 2 K. 17:6 בִּשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁיעִית in the year of the ninth year. 2 K. 25:1, Jer. 32:1, Ezr. 7:8, Neh. 2:1; 5:14. — In c the form בֶּֽעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ is used for on the tenth of the m. (spelling plenary except Ex. 12:3).

Rem. 3. The Art. seems used with the Num. in cases where the whole expression is def., as Lev. 25, 10, 11 the fiftieth year (of jubilee), Deu. 15:9 the seventh year (of manumission), 1 K. 19:19; but occasionally in other cases, Ex. 12:18, Nu. 33:38, 1 K. 6:38, 1 Chr. 24:16; 25:19; 27:15. Its place varies, 1 K. 19:19 שְׁנֵים הֶֽעָשָׂר with 1 Chr. 25:19 הַשּׁנים עשׂר.

Rem. 4. Distributives. — (a) These may be expressed by Card. with ל to: 1 K. 10:22 אחת לְשָׁלשׁ שׁנים once to = every three years. Ex. 16:22, 1 K. 5:2, Ez. 1:6. (b) By repeating the Num. Gen. 7:2, 3, 9, 15, Ex. 17:12, 1 K. 18:13, Ez. 40:10. § 29, R. 8. Very often the whole phrase is repeated, Is. 6:2 six wings, six wings to each, Jos. 3:12, Nu. 13:2; 34:18, Ex. 36:30.

Rem. 5. Multiplicatives are expressed variously. — Thus: as much as you, they, &c., by כָּכֶם, כָּהֵם, 2 S. 24:3, Jer. 36:32, Deu. 1:11. — double by מִשְׁנֶה, used in Appos. either before or after the noun, Gen. 43:12 (after), 15 (before), Ex. 16:5, 22. Also by שְׁנַיִם, Ex. 22:3, 6, 8, twofold. — By the du. fem. of Num., as 2 S. 12:6 אַרְבַּעְתַּיִם fourfold. Gen. 4:15 שִׁבְעָתַיִם sevenfold. Is. 30:26, Ps. 12:7. Or by simple Card. Lev. 26:21, 24, cf. Gen. 4:24. — By יָדוֹת (hands), Gen. 43:34 fivefold, Dan. 1:20 tenfold. Comp. Gen. 26:12 מאה שְׁעָרִים a hundredfold.