Echad or Echat | Imamother

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Smokey

Tue, Jan 26 2016, 5:14 pm

I am teaching my hebrew school students tomorrow to count from one to ten

Is is echat or echad? followed by shtayim, shalosh, arbah...

Please help! Smile

singleagain

Tue, Jan 26 2016, 5:44 pm

I'm 99% sure it depends on what is being counted... zcar v nekavah...

tigerwife

Tue, Jan 26 2016, 5:59 pm

It's spelled "״אחד״, so I would say "Echad", with a 'D' like 'daled'.

*looks like my reading comprehension needed some help... But I see other posters answered!

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joy613

Tue, Jan 26 2016, 6:02 pm

achat, shtayim, shalosh, arba...-

or

echad, shnayim, shlosha, arba'a...-for nekeiva (I think?)

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yogabird

Tue, Jan 26 2016, 6:02 pm

echad, shnayim, shlosha masculine, achat, shtayim, shalosh feminine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_numerals

amother

Smokey

Wed, Jan 27 2016, 6:32 am

I think im going with Echat (the feminine way)....
I am just giving each student a number (boys and girls) and playing a game with them.
Our objective is to have fun with Hebrew numbers.

thank you for all of your replies!

Sadie

Wed, Jan 27 2016, 6:38 am

The feminine way is more widely used. People will use it even when they are referring to something grammatically masculine. If you're going to teach just one form, teach the feminine.

As someone who is sick and tired of being referred to as "atem" or "hem" in all female groups, I am glad there is a grammatical form where the feminine wins out.

water_bear88

Wed, Jan 27 2016, 7:06 am

Just to clarify, I'm fairly certain it's "Achat", not "Echat". (I double-checked in the Yom Kippur Mussaf- the vowel there is a patach.)

Counting is always feminine in Hebrew. The masculine cardinals are only used to refer to masculine objects.