Etymology?: perhaps from šāʿā שָׁעָה ‘to gaze’ through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten
tēšaʿ n
1) nine, nonad
1a) nine (as cardinal number)
1b) ninth (as ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers
Mentioned in Genesis 17:24, 17:1, 5:5, 11:19, 11:25, 5:11, 11:24, 5:8, 5:14, 5:20, 5:27, 9:29 Exodus 38:24 Codex Leviticus 25:8, 23:32 Numbers 29:26, 1:23, 2:13, 34:13 Deuteronomy 3:11 Joshua 15:44, 21:16, 13:7, 14:2, 19:38, 15:54, 15:32 Judges 4:3, 4:13 2 Samuel 2:30, 24:8 2 Kings 18:2, 17:1, 14:2, 25:3, 25:8, 15:13, 15:17, 18:10 Jeremiah 52:6, 52:12, 39:2 Ezra 1:9, 2:42, 2:8, 2:36 Nehemiah 11:1, 11:8, 7:38, 7:39 1 Chronicles 9:9, 25:26, 3:8, 24:16 2 Chronicles 29:1, 25:1, 16:12