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Shalom, ani Yana. Hi everybody! I’m Yana.
Welcome to HebrewPod101.com’s “Ivrit be-shalosh dakot”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Hebrew.
In the last lesson, we learned some words used when apologizing in Hebrew, including Sliha and Ani mitstaeret/mitstaer. In this lesson we are going to learn numbers in Hebrew.
Yes, numbers! Misparim! From one to ten. And you are going to learn them in only three minutes, be-shalosh dakot!
you already know the first number from last lesson and can make a full sentence!!
Do you remember kafe ehad bevakasha??
Ready? Let’s start!
Ehad
[slowly] Ehad.
Shtaim.
[slowly] Shtaim.
Shalosh.
[slowly] Shalosh.
Arba.
[slowly] Arba.
Hamesh.
[slowly] Hamesh.
Shesh.
[slowly] Shesh.
Sheva.
[slowly] Sheva.
Shmone.
[slowly] Shmone.
Tesha.
[slowly] Tesha.
Eser.
[slowly] Eser.
Okay, now repeat after me. I'll say the numbers and give you time to repeat each one.
1. Ehad
2. Shtaim
3. Shalosh
4. Arba
5. Hamesh
6. Shesh
7. Sheva
8. Shmone
9. Tesha
10. Eser
Great job!
What is before ehad? Do you know?
It’s Efes.
[slowly] Efes.
You don’t have any more excuses! You can give your friends your cell phone number in Hebrew!
Let’s try together.
We’ll use the phrase Ha-mispar sheli hu;, which means “my number is:”
[slowly] Ha-mispar sheli hu;
Ha-mispar sheli hu;
Shalosh, shalosh, sheva, ehad, shtaim, shtaim, arba, tesha, shesh, shmone.
Can you read it by yourself?
[short pause] 337 122 4968
Perfect!
Now it’s time for Yana’s Insights.
When you travel in Israel, its a good idea to start paying attention to the bus numbers, street numbers, dates, hours and the local money- the shekel. Its the best practice to remember! You can start now if you are at your home town to practice Hebrew numbers in your daily life!
Do you know the Hebrew word for a hundred? In the next lesson we are going to learn the numbers from eleven to one hundred in Hebrew. Your task now is to practice the numbers we studied in this lesson, from ehad till eser!!
Lehitraot ve-ad ha-paam ha-baa!!
Bye!!!

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HebrewPod101.com
2013-09-20 18:30:00

Hi listeners! Let's practice numbers together!

HebrewPod101.com
2023-07-06 12:24:39

Hi Amr,

Thank you for your comment!😄

It depends on the gender of thing, or noun that you are counting.

If you are counting a masculine noun that it would be in masculine form, if it would be a feminine noun then the number will be in feminine form.

Have a pleasant learning!

Yours,

Tal

Team Hebrewpod101.com

Amr
2023-07-04 03:44:53

Hi, how do we know that the number is masculine and feminine in the sentence?

HebrewPod101.com
2022-01-04 22:27:03

Hi Vicki,

Thank you for posting and sharing your questions ❤️️

As several series were written without Nikud, it seems that the Hebrew spelling is indeed missing from this lesson. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The ending 'esreh' is similar to '-teen' in "fourteen' - used for all numbers between 11 -19. Note that "asara" is the masculine form of the number 10.

We are be dealing with numbers and their different forms in several other lessons, I am sure it will be clearer once you continue your progress 😄

Please let us know, however, if you have any further questions - we're always happy to help 👍

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

Vicki
2021-12-29 10:00:45

what is esreh? as in akhat'esreh אחת-עשרה. is הרשע asara the same as esreh?

Vicki
2021-12-29 08:28:00

ight have been helpful to have the Hebrew spelling?

HebrewPod101.com
2019-11-23 20:12:50

Hi Monica,

Thanks for posting this question!

In Hebrew, all nouns have a gender, which is either feminine or masculine, both in the singular and in the plural forms (4 combinations in total). This topic is discussed advanced lessons... if you want to find more information about this, you can search for the word "masculine" of "feminine" and "nouns" in the search box and browse through the results in the different lessons...

Hope that helps :)

Best,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

Monica
2019-11-18 09:32:13

I'm confused... How do you know when something is feminine vs masculine? Is there lesson on this?

HebrewPod101.com
2019-10-19 03:17:19

Hi Maksim,

Thanks for posting!

You're correct, the number "one" is written here in the masculine form, but this is not a mistake, but rather a common way to count in Hebrew... While all the other numbers are counted in the feminine form (when not counting masculine objects specifically) the number 1 is often said in the singular as well...

That said - there's nothing wrong with counting 1 as "akhat" (אחת), of course.

Best,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

Maksim
2019-10-12 02:16:56

There is mistake with number 1, you've use it in male form as all other in female! Wy?

HebrewPod101.com
2019-04-12 00:53:17

Hi PedroO,

Thank you for posting.

Please also check out our Hebrew Dictionary, which also shows the word gender:

https://www.hebrewpod101.com/hebrew-dictionary/

In case of any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

Cristiane

Team HebrewPod101.com

PedroO
2019-04-08 16:14:02

I thought the female one was axat. It seems to me all of these are feminine numbers.

HebrewPod101.com
2019-02-06 06:01:58

Hi Alfred Crane,

Thanks for commenting!

This phrase means "and until next time" (written in Hebrew "ועד הפעם הבאה").

Happy to assist, enjoy learning Hebrew!

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

Alfred Crane
2019-02-01 19:58:38

Hi, what does ve-ad ha-paam ha-baa mean in English?

HebrewPod101.com
2019-01-09 19:06:42

Hi Lori and Stana,

Thanks for commenting!

Yes, when the Hebrew numbers are written as a digit rather than a word, are they written as normal English digits (1,2,100...)

In the past, in the Hebrew calendar, and in religious texts the system of Gematria was used to express numbers, using the Hebrew letters, but in modern Hebrew, it is not used very often.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria

Glad I could help 👍

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

Stana
2018-12-13 05:11:33

אחד, שתיים, שלוש, ארבע, חמש, שש, שבע, שמונה, תשע, עשר.

Lori
2018-12-01 03:43:06

Hello,

When the Hebrew numbers are written as a digit rather than a word, are they written as English digits: 1,2,3, and so on, or are they written in a different single digit/letter form that we will learn later?

Thank you!

HebrewPod101.com
2018-10-25 10:45:53

Hi Billy,

Thank you for posting.

Please, find a Numbers Vocabulary List here:

https://www.hebrewpod101.com/hebrew-vocabulary-lists/numbers

Let us know if you have questions.

Regards,

Laura

Team HebrewPod101.com

Billy
2018-10-20 02:24:31

I Need to be able to add those to my word bank.

HebrewPod101.com
2018-08-06 22:14:25

Hi JORGE LUIZ GONCALVES,

Thanks for posting!

All Hebrew numbers have both a feminine and a masculine form. Here, only 1 is written in it's masculine (echad), while all the rest are written in the feminine form. It is common to count this way in Hebrew. 2 in masculine is "shnayim".

This topic will be further discussed in future lessons, I hope it'll be clear after it.

Yours,

Roi

Team HebrewPod101.com

JORGE LUIZ GONCALVES
2018-07-31 06:18:55

Hi!!!

In this lesson the list of the numbers, one and two are masculine and other numbers are feminine? Is it wrong ou correct?

Please, help me.

Jorge

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