Hebrew For Dummies. Jill Suzanne Jacobs

ah-sahr) שְׁלוֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֵה (shlosh-ehsreh) 14 ַ אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר (ahr-bah-ah ah-sahr) אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה (ahr-bah es-reh) 15 חֲמִשָּׁה עֶשֶׂר (ḥah-mee-shah ah-sahr) חָמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (ḥah-mesh es-reh) 16 שִׁשָּׁה עֶשֶׂר (shee-shah ah-sahr) שֶׁיֵּשׁ עֲשָׂרָה (shehsh ehs-reh) 17 שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר (sheev-ah ah-sahr) שְׁבַע עֲשָׂרָה (shvah es-reh) 18 שְׁמוֹנָה עֶשֶׂר (shmoh-nah ah-sahr) שְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה (shmoh-neh ehs-reh) 19 ש תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר (teesh-ah ah-sahr) תְּשַּׁע עֶשְׂרֵה (tshah-esreh)

TABLE 1-3 Counting Multiples of 10

Number	Hebrew	Pronunciation
20	עֶשְׂרִים	ehs-reem
30	שְׁלוֹשִׁים	shloh-sheem
40	אַרְבָּעִים	ahr-bah-eem
50	חֲמִשִּׁים	ḥah-mee-sheem
60	שִׁשִּׁים	shee-sheem
70	שִׁבְעִים	sheev-eem
80	שְׁמוֹנִים	shmoh-neem
90	תִּשְׁעִים	teesh-eem

If you want to say something like “21” or “47,” however, you have to pay attention to gender again. (See Table 1-4.) The pattern for making these numbers is to state the number in the tens, such as עֶשְׂרִים (ehs-reem; 20) and then add the word for and (וְ’; veh), followed by the single number, such as אֶחָד (eh-chad; one). So, 21 would be עֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָד (ehs-reem veh-eh-chad).

TABLE 1-4 Counting from 21 to 29

Number	Masculine	Feminine
21	עֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָד (ehs-reem veh-eh-ḥahd)	עֶשְׂרִים וְאַחַת (ehs-reem veh-ah-ḥat)
22	עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנַיִם (ehs-reem oosh-nah-yim)	עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם (ehs-reem ush-tah-yeem)
23	עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁלוֹשָׁה (ehs-reem oosh-loh-sah)	עֶשְׂרִים וְשָׁלוֹשׁ (ehs-reem veh-shah-lohsh)
24	עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה (ehs-reem veh-ahr-bah-ah)	עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע (ehs-reem veh-ahr-bah)
25	עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה (ehs-reem vah-ḥah-mee-shah)	עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ (ehs-reem veh-ḥah-mesh)
26	עֶשְׂרִים וְשִׂבַּע (ehs-reem veh-sheev- ah)	עֶשְׂרִים וְשֵׁשׁ (ehs-reem veh-shehsh)
27	עֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁבְעָה (ehs-reem veh-sheev- ah)	עֶשְׂרִים וְשֶׁבַע (ehs-reem veh-sheh-vah)
28	עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמוֹנָה (ehs-reem ush-moh-nah)	עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמוֹנֶה (ehs-reem ush-moh-neh)
29	עֶשְׂרִים וְתִשְׁעָה (ehs-reem veh-teesh-ah)	עֶשְׂרִים וְתֵשַׁע (ehs-reem veh-the-sha)

If you can count to 30, you can count to a million! For all the numbers, you follow the same pattern as in Table