Shmone 'esre (שמונה עשרה) means eighteen in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה
shmone 'esre
word
In English
eighteen
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Shmone 'esre.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1המספר 18 – שמונה ועוד עשר; פעמיים תשע; המספר הקטן בשתיים מעשרים.
וַיַּעַבְדוּ בְנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-עֶגְלוֹן מֶלֶךְ-מוֹאָב שְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה.
- 2יהדותתפילת העמידה: התפילה העיקרית ביהדות, הנאמרת שלוש פעמים ביום.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shmone 'esre is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה
- Written without vowel points
- שמונה עשרה
- Said
- shmone 'esre
- Inflections
- ז' שְׁמוֹנָה עָשָׂר (1)
- Gematria
- 976
This is how Shmone 'esre is said in other languages.
- English
- eighteen
- Spanish
- dieciocho
These words come before and after Shmone 'esre in the dictionary.
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What does Shmone 'esre (שמונה עשרה) mean in Hebrew?
Shmone 'esre (שמונה עשרה) means eighteen. It is said shmone 'esre, with the stress on ne.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שמונה עשרה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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