seventeen

number (seventeen)

«seventeen» 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

Seventeen is the number 17, one more than sixteen. tree →
Seventeen is ten and seven. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a number of things or an age; 17 is a prime number. Everyday: ages (a seventeen-year-old), prices, scores.

Examples

Seventeen birds sat on the wire. tree →
He is seventeen years old. tree →
She has seventeen dollars. tree →
How much are seventeen and five? tree →
Seventeen is a prime number. tree →
My sister is seventeen and learning to drive. tree →
There are seventeen pupils in our reading group. tree →
She was now seventeen, and he nineteen years old. tree →

Note

A number word; read it as 17. Trap: do not confuse seventeen (17) with seventy (70): «-teen» means plus ten, «-ty» means tens. Stress: sev-en-TEEN.

In Jewish tradition

Maths: a number of things or an age; 17 is a prime number. Everyday: ages (a seventeen-year-old), prices, scores.

Examples

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years. (Torah GEN.47.28, JPS 1917) tree →
The Arabic alphabet consisted originally of the following seventeen letters:") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
It was apparently originally invented to represent the Assyrian-Babylonian language, which consisted of seventeen or eighteen sounds. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. (Writings EZR.2.39, JPS 1917) tree →
And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. (Prophets JER.32.9, JPS 1917) tree →
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. (Prophets 2KI.13.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A number word; read it as 17. Trap: do not confuse seventeen (17) with seventy (70): «-teen» means plus ten, «-ty» means tens. Stress: sev-en-TEEN.

On Mova

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