שְׁמִינִיshᵉmîynîy

eighth (Exodus 22:29; 1 Kings 6:38; 1 Chronicles 24:10; Leviticus 25:22; 1 Chronicles 15:21)

Pronunciation: shem-ee-nee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8066

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 28 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 22:30 “You must also give me the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. But leave the newborn animal with its mother for seven days; then give it to me on the eighth day.
  • Leviticus 9:1 After the ordination ceremony, on the eighth day, Moses called together Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
  • Leviticus 12:3 On the eighth day the boy’s foreskin must be circumcised.
  • Leviticus 14:10 “On the eighth day each person being purified must bring two male lambs and a one-year-old female lamb, all with no defects, along with a grain offering of six quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a cup of olive oil.
  • Leviticus 14:23 On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the Lord’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
  • Leviticus 15:14 On the eighth day he must get two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle and give his offerings to the priest.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).