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--- numeric [2025/05/16 19:02] – [Counting] ken
+++ numeric [2025/05/16 19:30] (current) – [Number System] ken
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 ^Hebrew Word^Probable Value^Note|
 |[[ahed]]|1 |
-| [[seti]], [[seni]], [[hex]], [[ter]]|2 |this is a bit tricky, we'll come back to it|
+| [[seti]], [[seni]], [[hex]], [[ter]]|2 |FIXME this is a bit tricky, we'll come back to it|
 |[[seles]]|3|
 |[[arebey]]|4|
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 ====Number System====
-By now you may have noticed a pattern:
+We can now consolidate the above information into a system:
 ^Root^Root Value^With 'im'^With 'it'|
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 |[[tesey]]|9| [[teseyim]] = 90 |[[teseyit]] (or teseyi) = 1/9 |
 |[[yeser]]|10 |[[yeserim]] = 100 |[[yeserit]] = 1/10 |
+|[[mah]]|100| not used | mahit = 1/100 (theoretical) |
+|[[alep]]|1,000 |[[alepim]] = 10,000| alepit = 1/1000 (theoretical) |
+====Checking the System=====
+If this system is correct, we should theoretically be able to use the data in Numbers chapter 2 and add up the numbers in each verse to get the grand total in verse 32.
-|[[hexi]] |half | |
+The NIV lists the total number of the census as 603,550.
-|[[mah]]|100| |
-|[[alep]]|1000 or "a lot" | |
+We disagree. Based on our rendering, the number given in Numbers 2:32 is:
+//ses mah alep seles alepim hemes mah hemesim// which transliterates to "six hundred thousand, three [x] ten-thousand, five hundred fifty". Clearly there is a three with a ten-thousand in our rendering. This results in a total of 630,550.
+FIXME - cool now do all the other verse and add them!
 ====More Math====