5:13; 16:4, 8, 13, but cf. 2 K. 2:17. (2) So before other Num. 1 S. 25:2 שְׁלשֶׁת אֲלָפִים three thousand. Jos. 8:12 חֲמֵשֶׁת אלפים five thousand. 1 K. 5:30 שְׁלשׁ מֵאוֹת three hundred, Jud. 4:13. — Jos. 1:11; 2:16; 3:2; 6:3; 7:3; 8:12, Jud. 3:29; 4:6; 15:11, 1 S. 26:2. Cf. Rem. 1.
(b) With noun determined by Art. or def. gen. the Num. is mostly in cons. with gen. of noun. Deu. 10:4 עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים the ten words. Jos. 10:16 חֲמֵשֶׁת הַמְּלָכִים the five kings. Jud. 3:3 חֲמֵשֶׁת סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים the five lords of the Ph. 1 S. 16:10 שִׁבְעַת בָּנָיו his seven sons. Gen. 40:12, 18, Nu. 23:4, Jud. 14:12; 18:7, 1 S. 17:13 (20:20?), 2 S. 21:22; 23:16, 1 K. 21:13, 2 K. 25:18. There are exceptions, cf. 1 S. 17:14. Cases like Am. 1:3, 6, 9, &c., are according to § 20, R. 2.
(c) The Num. may follow the noun in Appos. — mostly in later style. 1 Chr. 12:39 יָמִים שְׁלוֹשָׁה three days. Dan. 1:12. 1 Chr. 22:14; 25:5, 2 Chr. 3:12; 4:8, Neh. 2:11, Dan. 1:5, 15, Ezr. 8:15, cf. Jos. 21 pass. Ex. in earlier books are comparatively rare, Gen. 32:15, 16. In. 1 S. 1:24 rd בְּפַר מְשֻׁלָּשׁ.
Rem. 1. Additional ex. of a. Gen. 30:20; 45:23; 47:2, Deu. 16:9, 16; 17:6, Jos. 6:4, Jud. 9:34; 16:8, 1 S. 1:8; 25:5, 2 S. 21:6, 1 K. 5:28; 7:4, 30; 10:19; 17:12; 18:23; 21:10, 2 K. 2:24, Jer. 2:13. There are exceptions, 1 K. 11:16.
Rem. 2. The position of the Num. before the noun is almost exclusive in earlier writings, and is common at all times. This is true of all Num., whether units or higher numbers. The position after the noun occurs in Kings, is not unusual in P., and becomes very usual in Chr., Ezr., Neh., Dan., &c.[1]
- ↑ Sven Herner, Syntax der Zahlwoöurter im Alt. Test., Lund, 1893. This careful Treatise pays particular attention to the literary age of the various usages.
