When counting use female forms.
In Hebrew numbers can also be expressed in letters. School classes are denoted with letters, not with numbers, often also the chapters of a book.
Note, that numbers of male gender have female endings – eg shloshah (three), shishah-asar (16) and vice versa. This even irritates Israelis; genders of numbers are often used wrongly in Hebrew.
| female | male | letter | 1st, 2nd | ten's | ||
| etc. | letter | |||||
| 0 | אפס | אפס | m / f | |||
| efes | efes | |||||
| 1 | אחת | אחד | 'א | ראשון, -ה | ||
| achat | echad | rishon / -a | ||||
| 2 | שתים / שתי | שנים / שני | 'ב | שני, -ה | כ' - 20 | עשרים |
| shtayim | shnayim | sheni / shniah | esrim | |||
| 3 | שלוש | שלושה | 'ג | שלישי, -ת | ל' – 30 | שלושים |
| shalosh | shloshah | shlishi / -t | shloshim | |||
| 4 | ארבע | ארבעה | 'ד | רבעי, -ת | מ' – 40 | ארבעים |
| arbah | arba’ah | revi’i / -t | arba’im | |||
| 5 | חמש | חמישה | 'ה | חמישי, -ת | נ' – 50 | חמישים |
| chamesh | chamishah | chamishi / -t | chamishim | |||
| 6 | שש | שישה | 'ו | שישי, -ת | ס' – 60 | שישים |
| shesh | shishah | shishi / -t | shishim | |||
| 7 | שבע | שבעה | 'ז | שביעי, -ת | ע' – 70 | שבעים |
| sheva | shiv’ah | shvi’i / -t | shiv’im | |||
| 8 | שמונה | שמונה | 'ח | שמיני, -ת | פ' – 80 | שמונים |
| shmone | shmonah | shmini / -t | shmonim | |||
| 9 | תשע | תשעה | 'ט | תשעי, -ת | צ' – 90 | תשעים |
| tesha | tish’ah | tish'i / -t | tish’im | |||
| 10 | עשר | עשרה | 'י | עשירי, -ת | ק' - 100 | מאה |
| eser | asarah | asiri/-t | me’a | |||
| 11 | אחת-עשרה | אחד-עשר | י"א | |||
| achat-esreh | echad-asar | |||||
| 12 | שתים-עשרה | שנים-עשר | י"ב | השתים עשרי השנים עשר | ||
| shtem-esreh | shnem-asar | ha-shtem-esre the 12th f | ||||
| 13 | שלוש-עשרה | שלושה-עשר | י"ג | ha-shnem-asar the 2th m | ||
| shlosh-esreh | shlosha-asar | |||||
| 14 | ארבע-עשרה | ארבע-עשר | י"ד | |||
| arbah-esreh | arba’ah-asar | |||||
| 15 | חמש-עשרה | חמישה-עשר | *ט"ו | |||
| chamesh-esreh | chamishah-asar | |||||
| 16 | שש-עשרה | שישה-עשר | *ט"ז | |||
| shesh-esreh | shishah-asar | |||||
| 17 | שבע-עשרה | שבעה-עשר | י"ז | |||
| shvah-esreh | shiv’ah-asar | |||||
| 18 | שמונה-עשרה | שמונה-עשר | י"ח | |||
| shmoneh-esreh | shmonah-asar | |||||
| 19 | תשע-עשרה | תשע-עשר | י"ט | |||
| tsha-esreh | tish’ah-asar | |||||
| 20 | עשרים | עשרים | 'כ | |||
| esrim | esrim | |||||
| 21 | עשרים ואחת | עשרים ואחד | כ"א | |||
| esrim ve’achat | esrim ve’echad | |||||
| 22 | עשרים ושתים | עשרים ושנים | כ"ב | |||
| esrim u-shtayim | esrim u-shnayim | |||||
| 100 | מאה | 'ק | ||||
| me’a | ||||||
| 200 | מאתיים | 'ר | ||||
| ma’atayim | ||||||
| 300 | שלוש-מאות | 'ש | ||||
| shlosh+me’ot | ||||||
| 400 | ארבע-מאות | 'ת | ||||
| arba+me’ot | ||||||
| 1000 | אלף | |||||
| elef | ||||||
*The numbers 15 and 16 are not shown as yud-he und yud-vav (10 + 5 and 10 + 6), but as tav-vav טו and tav-zayin טז (9 + 6 and 9 + 7), in order to avoid similarities with the name of G-d (tetragrammaton).
Also dates can be expressed in letters. According to Judaism, the world was created 3760 years BCE.
Thus the year 2001 CE is the jewish year 5761 (3760 + 2001).
The jewish date 5761 is rendered as 761, the initial 5 is omitted. 761 is depicted as 400 (ת) + 300 (ש)+60 (ס)+1(א) – ‘אתשס – pronounced as tashsah.
2008 (+3760) is 5768 – תשס”ח – tashsach.