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 17:17, 1 K. 10:16. On om. of day, § 38c. The consn. Ex. 26:2 ארבע בָּֽאַמָּה  four by the cubit, four cubits, is common in later style. Ez. 40:5, Zech. 5:2, 1 Chr. 11:23.

Rem. 5. Numerals as independent nouns may take the Art. Gen. 18:29 הָֽאַרְבָּעִים  the forty. 2 K. 1:13 הַֽחֲמִשִּׁים הַשְּׁלִישִׁי  the third fifty; v. 14 the former (pl.) fifties; with suff. v. 10. Gen. 14:9, Nu. 3:46, Deu. 19:9, 2 S. 23:18 seq. In most other cases the Num. is without Art., though there are exceptions. Jos. 4:4 שְׁנֵים הֶֽעָשָׂר אישׁ  the twelve men, Nu. 16:35, Ex. 28:10.

Rem. 6. After eleven and upwards the sing. noun, particularly of material or commodity, is probably in acc. of specification. § 71.

§ 38. The Ordinals. — (a) The ordinals first — tenth are adj. and used regularly (Gr. § 48:2). Jud. 19:5 בַּיּוֹם הָֽרְבִיעִי  on the fourth day. 2 K. 18:9 בַּשָּׁנָה הָֽרְבִיעִית. So always in stating the number of the month (cf. c), 1 Chr. 27:2–13.

(b) From eleventh upwards the Card. numbers do duty for ordinals, and Art. is not generally used with the noun. Deu. 1:3 בְּאַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה  in the fortieth year. 2 K. 25:27 בִּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ  in the twelfth month. Ex. 16:1, Deu. 1:2, 3, 2 K. 25:27, Jer. 25:3, 1 Chr. 24:12–18; 25:18–31.

(c) In stating dates there are some peculiarities. 1. The gen. “of the month” is circumscribed by prep., לַחֹדַשׁ , and day is often omitted. Ex. 16:1 בַּֽחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׁר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ  on the fifteenth day of the month. 2 K. 25:27 בְּעֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ  on the 27th of the month. Even the Card. 1–10 are greatly used in this case, mostly with om. of day. 2 K. 25:8 בְּשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ  on the seventh. Deu. 1:3 בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ  on the first. Gen. 8:5, Lev. 23:32, Ez. 1:1, Zech. 7:1, cf. 2 Chr. 29:17, Ezr. 3:6.

2. The word year is very often put in cons. before the whole phrase, Num. and year. 2 K. 8:25 בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה  in the year of twelve years (the twelfth year),