The meaning of “שְׁמֹנֶה”
Understanding shᵉmôneh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or שְׁמוֹנֶה shᵉmôwneh (shemo-neh'); feminine שְׁמֹנָה shᵉmônâh (shem-o-naw'); or שְׁמוֹנָה shᵉmôwnâh (shem-o-naw'); app...
שְׁמֹנֶה
or שְׁמוֹנֶה shᵉmôwneh (shemo-neh'); feminine שְׁמֹנָה shᵉmônâh (shem-o-naw'); or שְׁמוֹנָה shᵉmôwnâh (shem-o-naw'); apparently from שָׁמֵן through the idea of plumpness eight(-een, -eenth), eighth. - a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven) - also (as ordinal) eighth 1) eight, eighth 1a) eight (as cardinal number) 1b) eighth (as ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 5:17 | “And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.” Word: שְׁמֹנֶה (shᵉmôneh) | |
| Deuteronomy 2:14 | “And the space in which we came from Kadesh–barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.” Word: שְׁמֹנֶה (shᵉmôneh) | |
| 1 Samuel 17:12 | “Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.” Word: שְׁמֹנֶה (shᵉmôneh) | |
| 2 Kings 22:3 | “And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying,” Word: שְׁמֹנֶה (shᵉmôneh) | |
| Ezra 2:41 | “The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.” Word: שְׁמֹנֶה (shᵉmôneh) |