תֵּשַׁע f., תִּשְׁעָה m. (b. h.) nine; ninth. Ber. 8ᵃ תְּשַׁע מאות וכ׳ nine-hundred and thirty modes of death &c. Taan. IV, 5 זמן … ת׳ nine days in the year were designated for the offering of wood (for the Temple) by priests and the people. Ib. 6 בת׳ באב on the ninth of Ab; a. v. fr.—תְּשַׁע עֶשְׂרֵה, תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר nineteen.—Pl. תִּשְׁעִים, תִּשְׁעִין ninety. Ab. V, 21, v. שׁוּחַ I. Gen. R. s. 47 בת ת׳ שנה at the age of ninety years. Lev. R. s. 16 וכ׳ (מתים) ת׳ ותשעה ninety-nine people die of … against one of &c.; a. fr.