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Neither Biblical Hebrew nor Biblical Aramaic contains numerals ("1", "2", "3", etc.) but
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rather uses words to express numbers ("one", "two", "three", etc.).
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There are two different kinds of numbers: cardinal numbers and :ref:`ordinal numbers<adjective_ordinal_number>`.
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Cardinal numbers are used either to express the name of a number itself
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or to express the quantity of a thing ("one", "two", "three", etc.).
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Cardinal numbers function as :ref:`attributive adjectives<adjective-attributive>`,
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but they do not always follow the same grammatical rules. They may
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appear either before or after the noun they describe, and they may not
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always have the same grammatical form (gender, number, :ref:`definiteness<definiteness>`) as
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the noun they describe. As with other adjectives, a
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cardinal number can function as a noun and can appear in either the :ref:`absolute<state_absolute>`
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the :ref:`construct<state_construct>` state.
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.. note:: Sometimes a cardinal form ("one", "two", "three", etc.) is used,
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but an ordinal meaning ("first", "second", "third", etc.) is clearly
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indicated from the context. |