quasi-decimal alphabetic numeral system using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The system of Hebrew numerals is a quasi-decimal alphabetic numeral system using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Numeral systems by culture | |
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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 Coptic 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.
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 | |
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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 | He | ה | chamisha | chamesh |
6 | Vav | ו | shisha | shesh |
7 | Zayin | ז | shiv'a | sheva |
8 | Het | ח | shmonah | shmoneh |
9 | Tet | ט | tish'a | tayshah |
10 | Yod | י | assara | eser |
20 | Kaph | כ | esrim | |
30 | Lamed | ל | shloshim | |
40 | Mem | מ | arba'im | |
50 | Nun | נ | chamishim | |
60 | Samekh | ס | shishim | |
70 | Ayin | ע | shiv'im | |
80 | Pe | פ | shmonim | |
90 | Tsadi | צ | tish'im | |
100 | Qoph | ק | me'a | |
200 | Resh | ר | matayim | |
300 | Shin | ש | shlosh meot | |
400 | Tav | ת | arba meot | |
500 | Tav Qoph or Kaph Sophit | ת"ק or ך | chamesh meot | |
600 | Tav Resh or Mem Sophit | ת"ר or ם | shesh meot | |
700 | Tav Shin or Nun Sophit | ת"ש or ן | shva meot | |
800 | Tav Tav or Pe Sophit | ת"ת or ף | shmone meot | |
900 | Tav Tav Qoph or Tsadi Sophit | תת"ק or ץ | tsha meot |
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