te.sah marks the number nine in counts, dates, durations, measurements, and grouped tribes or cities.

The term is used as a cardinal number in numerical statements: it marks nine within larger totals, dates and durations, measurements, and counted groups such as tribes and cities. The supplied forms include masculine and feminine singular cardinals, with construct forms in expressions for nine tribes.

1. Cardinal number in counts, dates, and groupings · dominant

   The forms mark a numerical quantity in varied clauses: in 2 Kings 17:1 the APB renders Hoshea as reigning “nine years”; in Deuteronomy 3:11 it renders the bed's length as “nine cubits”; and in Joshua 13:7 it renders the land division as involving “the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.” The same numerical use occurs within larger totals, as Genesis 5:27 renders Methuselah's lifespan “nine hundred and sixty-nine years” and Ezra 1:9 lists “twenty-nine knives.”

   2 Kings 17:1Deuteronomy 3:11Joshua 13:7Genesis 5:27Ezra 1:9Leviticus 23:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly presents the number directly in expressions such as “nine years,” “nine cubits,” “the ninth day,” and larger totals such as “twenty-nine” or “nine hundred.” Because the APB translates whole verses rather than aligning individual words, these renderings confirm the numerical clauses without assigning every English numeral to a particular form.