nineteenth

Everyday

1. Nineteenth tells the place number 19 in order, like the nineteenth runner to finish. tree →
2. A nineteenth is one of nineteen equal parts of something (1/19). tree →
3. «The nineteenth century» is the hundred years we call the 1800s. tree →

In the lessons

In maths: a position in an order or a line, not an amount; written 19th; as a fraction, 1/19. In everyday life: birthdays and floors («the nineteenth floor»). In history and stories: «the nineteenth century», the time of steam trains and Queen Victoria.

Examples

• She was the nineteenth in line. tree →
• On the nineteenth page there is a map. tree →
• He finished nineteenth in the race. tree →
• They live on the nineteenth floor. tree →
• Steam trains spread in the nineteenth century. tree →
• Each pupil got one nineteenth of the cake. tree →
• Today is her nineteenth birthday. tree →
• The nineteenth question was the hardest. tree →
• It has been preserved in no less than five versions (or six, including Macpherson's "Darthula") ranging from the twelfth to the nineteenth century. tree →

Note

A place in order, not a count of things. Trap: «the nineteenth in line» means 18 are in front. Written 19th. Trap: «the nineteenth century» is the 1800s, not the 1900s (century number = first two digits + 1). «A nineteenth of» means divide by 19.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it names the nineteenth "path" of wisdom, one of the thirty-two paths.

Interpretation. The paths are read as steps by which God shaped the world, each linked to a number or a letter. The nineteenth is described as the source of blessing and glory.

Examples

• The Nineteenth Path is the Intelligence of all the activities of the spiritual beings, and is so called because of the affluence diffused by it from the most high blessing and most exalted sublime glory. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• The Nineteenth Path is the Intelligence of all the activities of the spiritual beings, and is so called because of the aflluence diffused by it from the most high blessing and most exalted sublime glory. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel; (Writings 1CH.24.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• For the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem. (Prophets 2KI.25.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A place in order, not a count of things. Trap: «the nineteenth in line» means 18 are in front. Written 19th. Trap: «the nineteenth century» is the 1800s, not the 1900s (century number = first two digits + 1). «A nineteenth of» means divide by 19.