ninth
te.shi.i marks an item, day, month, year, or assigned place as ninth in sequence.
The attested use consistently marks a ninth position within an ordered sequence: in dates it identifies a ninth year, month, or day, and in lists it identifies the ninth assigned person, division, or offering day.
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Ninth position in sequences and dates · dominant
The masculine singular forms occur in ordered assignments and time expressions: in 1 Chronicles 24:11 the APB renders the allocation as “The ninth fell to Jeshua,” while in Numbers 7:60 it introduces the leader presenting an offering “On the ninth day.” In 2 Kings 25:1 and Ezekiel 24:1, feminine singular forms occur in date clauses rendered “In the ninth year,” before the tenth month and day are specified.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly makes the ordinal explicit in phrases such as “the ninth year,” “the ninth month,” “the ninth day,” and “The ninth fell to Jeshua.” These render the clauses rather than establishing a separate English equivalent for each form.