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# thirteen

number (thirteen)

«thirteen» 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. Thirteen is the number 13. It is one more than twelve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirteen/#m1)
2. A baker's dozen is 13. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirteen/#m2)

### In the lessons

Maths: a number of things; 13 is a prime number. Everyday: ages (a thirteen-year-old is a teenager), «a baker's dozen». Stories and beliefs: some people think 13 is unlucky, but that is only a superstition.

### Examples

- She has thirteen marbles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirteen/#x1)
- Thirteen birds sat on the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirteen/#x2)
- He is thirteen years old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirteen/#x3)
- A baker's dozen is thirteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirteen/#x4)
- At thirteen you become a teenager. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirteen/#x5)
- Thirteen is a prime number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirteen/#x6)
- Some buildings skip floor thirteen because people think it is unlucky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirteen/#x7)
- Anyone would have taken her for thirteen at least! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirteen/#x8)

### Note

A number written in words; read it as 13. Trap: do not confuse thirteen (13) with thirty (30). Myth: 13 is not really unlucky.

## In Jewish tradition

Ishmael was thirteen when he was circumcised, and thirteen bullocks were offered at the festival of Sukkot.

**Interpretation.** Thirteen is the age a Jewish boy becomes bar mitzvah, and the 13 attributes of God's mercy are recited on fasts and holy days.

### Examples

- And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. (Torah GEN.17.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirteen/#x1)
- and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams, (Torah NUM.29.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirteen/#x2)
- And as for the redemption of the two hundred and three score and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, that are over and above the number of the Levites, (Torah NUM.3.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirteen/#x3)
- and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages: (Prophets JOS.19.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirteen/#x4)
- All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. (Writings 1CH.6.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirteen/#x5)
- And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. (Prophets 1KI.7.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirteen/#x6)

### Note

A number written in words; read it as 13. Trap: do not confuse thirteen (13) with thirty (30). Myth: 13 is not really unlucky.

## On Mova

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