eleven

Everyday

1. Eleven is the number 11, one more than ten. tree →
2. A team of eleven players is called an eleven, as in football and cricket. tree →

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 →
• She has eleven coins. tree →
• Eleven plus four is fifteen. tree →
• He is eleven years old. tree →
• We have lunch at eleven thirty. tree →
• Eleven is an odd number. tree →
• Eleven can only be divided by 1 and 11. tree →
• There were eleven of them altogether. tree →

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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →
• and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.15.51, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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 →
• 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 →

Note

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