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The ordinal numbers from 2 to 10 are formed from the corresponding cardinals by adding the termination, before which another  also is generally inserted between the second and third radicals. They are as follows:, , (like , , , without the prosthetic , which appears in , &c.),  or  (which, according to Strack, is always to be read for ), , , , ,. The ordinal is expressed by  (cf. ), from, with the termination. On the use of as an ordinal in numbering the days of the month, cf. ; in such cases as, , the meaning of is derived solely from the context.

The feminine forms have the termination, more rarely (and only in the case of 3 and 10). They are employed also to express fractions, e.g. or,  and. Side by side with these, in the same sense, there are also forms like and, , and with the afformative ,  (plur. ) ; these are to be regarded as abstracts, and are denominatives from the cardinal numbers. Cf. finally, ;  (of days), and also the.

On the expression of the other relations of number, for which the Hebrew has no special forms, see the Syntax, and r.