תֵּשַׁע têshaʻ (H8672)

nine or (ordinal) ninth

1) nine, nonad 1a) nine (as cardinal number) 1b) ninth (as ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers

or (masculine) תִּשְׁעָה; perhaps from שָׁעָה (H8159) through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten;