שמונה

From Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy-.

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃa.moː.ˈnaː/
• (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃɒ.mɒ.na/, [ʃɒːˈmɒː.næˑ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃmoːˈnɔː/, [ʃa.moˑˈnɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃə.møˈnɔ/, [ʃæ.mø(ː)ˈnɔː], [ʃæ.me(ː)ˈnɔː]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃe.moˈnɒ/
• (Iraqi Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃe.moˈna/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃmojˈnɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃmoˈna/

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שְׁמוֹנָה • (sh'moná) m (construct שְׁמוֹנַת (sh'monát), feminine שְׁמוֹנֶה (sh'moné))

1. eight

• In Modern Hebrew, when the numbers three through ten modify a definite masculine noun and are directly preceding it, the construct form is used:

  שְׁמוֹנָה סְפָרִים ― sh'moná s'farím ― eight books

  שְׁמוֹנַת הַסְּפָרִים ― sh'monát has'farím ― the eight books

• The construct form is not used for higher numbers ending in eight, such as twenty-eight:

  עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמוֹנָה הַסְּפָרִים ― 'esrím ush'moná has'farím ― the twenty-eight books

• In colloquial Modern Hebrew, the form שְׁמוֹנֶה (shmóne) is often used regardless of gender.

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