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 omission of  in all these cases see under n; only in late passages is  added, e.g.  ;  .—Finally, when the year is stated by  governing a determinate ordinal, viz. ; (in  ), , 32:1 , 46:2, 51:59, ;  in such cases is again (see note 2 on o) to be explained according to. This is supported by the fact that the Masora on, requires in the   for.

5. Distributives are expressed either by repetition of the cardinal number, e.g., 15 ; ; with the numbered object also repeated, e.g.  ; ,  (, as in , one out of every ten); cf. ; or a periphrasis with is used,, , cf. after six wings twice repeated; the simple distributive is, however, sufficient (as in, ), e.g..

6. The multiplicatives are expressed either (like the ordinals above 10, see under o) by the cardinals (in the feminine, probably owing to the omission of, ; so König, , ii. 228), as , ; , , 24, ; cf. also, , , for which in  along with  (the latter also in ); or by the dual of the numeral, thus   (in verse 24 along with the cardinal 77 for 77 times); , , ;  ; or periphrastically by  (prop. a step, with the article, ; cf. also , with , like  above), as  , ,  (for which in , , 32 ) three times; cf. thirty-three times; an hundred times;  a thousand times; , i.e. how often. Cf. also, , 14, and , .—In , five times is expressed by (prop. five hands), and in  the double is expressed by  (prop. a repetition over and above that which, &c.).—Of the ordinals  is used as a numeral adverb, , &c., a second time, cf. the Latin tertium consul;, ; , ; (time), , and.