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Biblical Hebrew contains two sets of numbers: :ref:`cardinal numbers<adjective_cardinal_number>`
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and ordinal numbers. Ordinal numbers describe either a numeric
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rank/order or a portion of a whole. "First" through "tenth" have unique
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ordinal forms, but the cardinal forms are used from "eleventh" and
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higher. Ordinal numbers function as :ref:`attributive adjectives<adjective-attributive>`,
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but they may not always have the same grammatical form (gender, number,
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:ref:`definiteness<definiteness>`) as the noun they describe.
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.. note:: Sometimes a cardinal form is used, but an ordinal meaning is
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clearly indicated from the context (see examples below). |