תלתעסר

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Aramaic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : תלתעסר (təlāṯaʿsar)
    Ordinal : תלתעסרי

Etymology

Compare Hebrew שְׁלֹשָׁה עָשָׂר (sh'loshá 'asár).

Numeral

תְּלָתַעְסַר • (təlāṯaʿsarm (feminine תְּלָתַעֵסְרֶא (təlāṯaʿesrē))

  1. thirteen (13)
    • c. 1001, Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 14:4:
      תַּרְתֵּא עַשְׂרֵי שְׁנִין פְּלָחוּ יָת כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר וּתְלָת עַשְׂרֵי שְׁנִין מְרָדוּ:
      tartē ʿasərē šənin pəlāḥu yāṯ kəḏārəlāʿomer uṯəlāṯ ʿasərē šənin mərāḏu.
      [For] twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer, and for thirteen years they rebelled.

Descendants

  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܸܠܬܲܥܣܲܪ (tiltaˁsar)

References

  • tlt ˁsr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “תְּלֵיסַר”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons