An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

שׁדֶ ֹח֫ ַל םוֹי
9. םירִ ְשׂ ֶעו ְ דחָ אֶ ה ָ םוֹי ד ַע
שׁדֶ ֹח֫ ַל
10. םוֹי ר ָשׂ ָע ה ָשּׁ מִ חֲ ַבּ
ינִ ֵשּׁ ה ַ שׁדֶ ֹח֫ ַל
11. שׁדֶ ֹח ֫ ר ָשׂ ָע םינֵ ְשׁ ִבּ
ה ָע ְב ִשׁ ו ְ םירִ ְשׂ ֶע ְבּ
שׁדֶ ֹח֑ ַל
Exod 12:18
until the twenty-first day of the month
Exod 12:18
on the fifteenth day of the second month
Exod 16:1
in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh (day) of the
month
2 Kgs 25:27
The month is most often specified with the day.
c The formulas for the year alone are similar to those for the day alone: one is used
with the lower numbers and another for all the rest. In both, הנשׁ is used initially in
the construct. For the lower numbers, the cardinal numeral follows תנשׁ.
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16.
1 Kgs 15:25, 2 Kgs 15:32
שׁלֹ ָשׁ ת ַנ ְשׁ ִבּ in the third year
1 Kgs 15:28
תי ִעי ִשׁ תְּ ה ַ ת ַנ ְשׁ ִבּ in the ninth year
ֵ ֵ
2 Kgs 17:6
For high numbers, a framing construction is used: ת ַנ ְשׁ + numeral + ה ָנ ָשׁ.
15. הר ְשׂ ֶע־םיתּ ְשׁ ת ַנ ְשׁ ִבּ
ה ָנ ָשׁ
in the twelfth year
2 Kgs 8:25
ה ָנ ָשׁ תוֹא ֵמ־שׁ ֵשׁ ת ַנ ְשׁ ִבּ in the six-hundredth year
Gen 7:11
In full dates, the elements occur in order of decreasing size: year-month-day.
17. שׁו֫ ֶ ָירְ דָ ְל םִיתּ ַ֫
ְשׁ ת ַנ ְשׁ ִבּ
י ִשּׁ ִשּׁ ה ַ שׁדֶ ֹח֫ ַבּ ךְ ֶל ֶמּ ֫ הַ
שׁדֶ ֹח֑֫ ַל דחָ א ֶ םוֹיבְּ 15.4 Multiplicatives
in the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month,
on the first day
Hag 1:1