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# nine

number (nine); noun (a nine, nines)

«nine» 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. Nine is the number 9. It comes after eight and before ten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#m1)
2. A nine is the digit 9, or a playing card or score of nine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#m2)
3. «Nine o'clock» or «nine» is a time of day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths: a count written in words; 9 = 3 × 3, the biggest single digit; the 9 times table has a pattern (the digits of 9, 18, 27, 36 add up to 9). In everyday life: ages, times («school starts at nine»), sports (nine players in a baseball team). In stories: «nine lives» of a cat; «dressed up to the nines» means very smartly dressed.

### Examples

- She has nine apples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x1)
- Nine birds sat on a fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x2)
- He scored nine points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x3)
- Nine children are in the group. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x4)
- School starts at nine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x5)
- A baseball team has nine players on the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x6)
- Three times three is nine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x7)
- My little brother is nine years old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x8)
- People say a cat has nine lives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x9)

### Note

A number written in words; read it as 9. Odd number; a square number (3 × 3). A number can be divided by 9 exactly when its digits add up to a multiple of 9 (like 81: 8 + 1 = 9). Spelling: nine, ninth (no «e»), ninety, nineteen. Trap: «nine lives» is a saying, not a fact about cats.

## In Jewish tradition

Nine is often a count of years in the long life-spans of the early generations, such as "nine hundred and twelve years."

**Interpretation.** The long ages of the first people are read by tradition as a sign of how close they were to the world's creation. Nine also appears in the Sefer Yetzirah's counting of the numbers.

### Examples

- And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah. (Torah GEN.11.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nine/#x1)
- And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died. (Torah GEN.5.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nine/#x2)
- And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died. (Torah GEN.5.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nine/#x3)
- and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. (Writings 1CH.3.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nine/#x4)
- The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. (Writings EZR.2.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nine/#x5)
- The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. (Writings NEH.7.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nine/#x6)

### Note

A number written in words; read it as 9. Odd number; a square number (3 × 3). A number can be divided by 9 exactly when its digits add up to a multiple of 9 (like 81: 8 + 1 = 9). Spelling: nine, ninth (no «e»), ninety, nineteen. Trap: «nine lives» is a saying, not a fact about cats.

## On Mova

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