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 Rem. In  follows the construct state, but here as in   should be read. In  is in apposition to a substantive with a suffix (= one of you brethren; but verse 33 the one of you brethren). In  precedes the substantive in the Aramaic manner (= one each).—For  (, &c.) we find regularly in the Priestly Code (except in, )  (, &c.) an hundred years. On the connexion of abstract numerals with suffixes, as, i.e. they two, , &c. (also with a strengthening separate pronoun, as ), cf. .

2. The numerals from 2 to 10 take the object numbered in the plural, with very few exceptions, such as (where  = the double of an omer),, , cf. and 25:17 The numerals from 11 to 19 generally take the plural, but with certain substantives frequently used with numerals the singular is more common (see further, under f). The tens (from 20 to 90), when they precede, take the singular (in the accusative, cf. ) of certain nouns frequently used with numerals (,, , , , —but only in Ezekiel and the Priestly Code), otherwise the plural, as , , (but cf. also ), &c.; on the other hand, the plural is necessary when they follow the object numbered in apposition (e.g. ,  f.; with the exception of , only in late Books). After and  the substantive numbered may be used either in the singular or plural, see further under g.

Rem. 1. After the numerals from 11 to 19 the singular is used, as a rule, with, , , (person), ,  , sometimes with , , ,  (compare our four-year-old, ten pound), e.g.   (cf., however, such exceptions as , , &c.).—Substantives other than these are used in the plural with the numerals from 11 to 19, and the numeral may even follow the substantive, especially in later passages, as  f., ,.

2. After ( [so almost exclusively in the Priestly Code, e.g. always ],, ) and   the substantives , ,  (except in ), , ,  are regularly used in the singular, generally also , , ,  (with the exception of , , &c.); cf., moreover, ,  , , , , , .—Examples of the plural after  are , , , ; after  ; after  , , ,