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# eleven

number (eleven, 11)

«eleven» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Eleven is the number 11, one more than ten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/#m1)
2. A team of eleven players is called an eleven, as in football and cricket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/#m2)

### In the lessons

maths: a number of things counted; 11 is a prime number; 11 × 11 = 121; everyday life: eleven o'clock, football and cricket teams have eleven players

### Examples

- Eleven players are on the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/#x1)
- She has eleven coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/#x2)
- Eleven plus four is fifteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/#x3)
- He is eleven years old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/#x4)
- We have lunch at eleven thirty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/#x5)
- Eleven is an odd number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/#x6)
- Eleven can only be divided by 1 and 11. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/#x7)
- There were eleven of them altogether. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/#x8)

### Note

A number written as a word: 11. Trap: none. Spelling: e-l-e-v-e-n.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Jewish tradition eleven curtains of goats' hair covered the Tabernacle, a tent that was a house for God. Later writers link eleven to the spices used in the incense. In the primary lessons: maths: a number of things counted; 11 is a prime number; 11 × 11 = 121; everyday life: eleven o'clock, football and cricket teams have eleven players

### Examples

- It is eleven days journey from Horeb unto Kadesh-barnea by the way of mount Seir. (Torah DEU.1.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x1)
- And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x2)
- And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains he made them. (Torah EXO.36.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x3)
- and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.15.51, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x4)
- Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; (Writings 2CH.36.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x5)
- Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (Prophets 2KI.23.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x6)

### Note

A number written as a word: 11. Trap: none. Spelling: e-l-e-v-e-n.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «eleven» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eleven/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eleven» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/eleven.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «eleven» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eleven» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/eleven.html) on Mova free.