Hebrew word · H8672
תֵּ֫שַׁע
tesha'
nine
Appears 58 times in 57 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
1) nine, nonad
1a) nine (as cardinal number)
1b) ninth (as ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Genesis · 13
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Genesis 5:5 תְּשַׁ֤ע nine
So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
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Genesis 5:8 וּתְשַׁ֥ע and nine
So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
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Genesis 5:11 וּתְשַׁ֥ע and nine
So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
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Genesis 5:14 וּתְשַׁ֥ע and nine
So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
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Genesis 5:20 וּתְשַׁ֥ע and nine
So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
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Genesis 5:27 תֵּ֤שַׁע וּתְשַׁ֥ע nine, and nine
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
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Genesis 9:29 תְּשַׁ֤ע nine
So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
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Genesis 11:19 תֵּ֥שַׁע nine
And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 11:24 תֵּ֥שַׁע nine
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
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Genesis 11:25 תְּשַֽׁע־ nine-
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 17:1 וְתֵ֣שַׁע and nine
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
Here: The units part of his age. He is one year short of a hundred (compare 17:17).
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Genesis 17:24 וָתֵ֖שַׁע and nine
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
Exodus · 1
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Exodus 38:24 תֵּ֤שַׁע nine
All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
Leviticus · 2
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Leviticus 23:32 בְּתִשְׁעָ֤ה on [day] nine
It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”
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Leviticus 25:8 תֵּ֥שַׁע nine
And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.
Numbers · 4
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Numbers 1:23 תִּשְׁעָ֧ה [were] nine
those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.
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Numbers 2:13 תִּשְׁעָ֧ה [were] nine
and his division numbers 59,300.
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Numbers 29:26 תִּשְׁעָ֖ה nine
On the fifth day you are to present nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
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Numbers 34:13 לְתִשְׁעַ֥ת to [the] nine
So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
Deuteronomy · 1
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Deuteronomy 3:11 תֵּ֧שַׁע [was] nine
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
Here: First part of the measurement, given precisely as a checkable fact.
Joshua · 7
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Joshua 13:7 לְתִשְׁעַ֣ת to [the] nine
Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
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Joshua 14:2 לְתִשְׁעַ֥ת for [the] nine
Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
Here: 'For the nine of…' The lə- marks who receives. The count only works because Levi gets no land and Joseph counts as two tribes (vv.3–4).
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Joshua 15:32 וָתֵ֖שַׁע and nine
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
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Joshua 15:44 תֵּ֖שַׁע nine
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
Here: The total for this district. Counting from v. 42 (Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Achzib, Mareshah) gives exactly nine, so the Hebrew list and its total agree.
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Joshua 15:54 תֵּ֖שַׁע nine
Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
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Joshua 19:38 תְּשַֽׁע־ nine-
Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.
Here: First part of the compound number 'nineteen'.
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Joshua 21:16 תֵּ֔שַׁע nine
Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
Judges · 2
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Judges 4:3 תְּשַׁ֨ע nine
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
Here: Part of the number 'nine hundred'. It is placed first in its clause, so the size of the enemy force comes first.
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Judges 4:13 תְּשַׁ֤ע nine
he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
2 Samuel · 2
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2 Samuel 2:30 תִּשְׁעָֽה־ nine-
When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
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2 Samuel 24:8 תִשְׁעָ֧ה nine
At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
2 Kings · 8
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2 Kings 14:2 וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ and nine
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 15:13 וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ and nine
In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
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2 Kings 15:17 וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ and nine
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
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2 Kings 17:1 תֵּ֥שַׁע nine
In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
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2 Kings 18:2 וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ and nine
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
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2 Kings 18:10 תֵּ֗שַׁע nine
And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
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2 Kings 25:3 בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה on [day] nine
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
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2 Kings 25:8 תְּשַֽׁע־ nine-
On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles · 4
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1 Chronicles 3:8 תִּשְׁעָֽה׃ nine
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine in all.
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1 Chronicles 9:9 תְּשַׁ֥ע nine
and 956 of their relatives according to their genealogy. All these men were heads of their families.
Here: First element of the total: nine (hundreds).
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1 Chronicles 24:16 תִּשְׁעָ֣ה nine-
the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
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1 Chronicles 25:26 לְתִשְׁעָ֤ה for nine-
the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
2 Chronicles · 3
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2 Chronicles 16:12 וָתֵ֤שַׁע and nine
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his disease became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.
Here: 'And nine': thirty-nine. The disease runs about two years before Asa dies.
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2 Chronicles 25:1 וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ and nine
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 29:1 וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ and nine
Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
Ezra · 4
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Ezra 1:9 תִּשְׁעָ֥ה nine
This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,
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Ezra 2:8 תְּשַׁ֥ע nine
the descendants of Zattu, 945;
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Ezra 2:36 תְּשַׁ֥ע nine
The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
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Ezra 2:42 וְתִשְׁעָֽה׃ פ and nine
The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all.
Nehemiah · 4
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Nehemiah 7:38 תְּשַׁ֥ע nine
and the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.
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Nehemiah 7:39 תְּשַׁ֥ע nine
The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
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Nehemiah 11:1 וְתֵ֥שַׁע and nine
Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.
Here: "And nine": the other nine out of each ten.
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Nehemiah 11:8 תְּשַׁ֥ע nine
and his followers Gabbai and Sallai—928 men.
Jeremiah · 3
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Jeremiah 39:2 בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה on [day] nine
And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
Here: 'On the ninth (day)'. The word 'day' is left out, as is normal in Hebrew dates. Exact day-level dating is typical of the court and archive-style records behind this chapter and Jeremiah 52.
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Jeremiah 52:6 בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה on [day] nine
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
Here: "On nine," meaning the ninth day. The exact day shows that this is an archival record, a date people would remember and later mourn.
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Jeremiah 52:12 תְּשַֽׁע־ nine-
On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
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