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# sixteen

number (sixteen)

«sixteen» 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. Sixteen is the number 16, one more than fifteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#m1)
2. Sixteen is ten and six, or four fours. A pound has 16 ounces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#m2)

### In the lessons

Maths: a number of things or an age; 16 = 4 × 4 = 4 squared. Everyday: ages (sweet sixteen), ounces in a pound in the US and UK.

### Examples

- Sixteen children are in the class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x1)
- A pound has sixteen ounces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x2)
- She is sixteen years old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x3)
- Sixteen divided by four is four. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x4)
- Four squared is sixteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x5)
- The bus has sixteen seats on the top deck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x6)
- There are sixteen pieces of each colour in this game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x7)
- He had been the ruler of Rome for sixteen days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x8)

### Note

A number word; read it as 16. Trap: do not confuse sixteen (16) with sixty (60). Sixteen is even and a square number.

## In Jewish tradition

Maths: a number of things or an age; 16 = 4 × 4 = 4 squared. Everyday: ages (sweet sixteen), ounces in a pound in the US and UK.

### Examples

- And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons. (Torah NUM.31.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixteen/#x1)
- And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: under every board two sockets. (Torah EXO.36.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixteen/#x2)
- These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. (Torah NUM.26.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixteen/#x3)
- and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.15.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixteen/#x4)
- He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. (Writings 2CH.27.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixteen/#x5)
- But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begot twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. (Writings 2CH.13.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixteen/#x6)

### Note

A number word; read it as 16. Trap: do not confuse sixteen (16) with sixty (60). Sixteen is even and a square number.

## On Mova

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