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Normal plurals - More than one of a thing. ECC 10:7 רָאִ֥יתִי עֲבָדִ֖ים עַל־סוּסִ֑ים I have seen servants on horses.
Plural of extension - Two of the most common examples are heaven and water, in some translations these are translated as "heavens" and "waters", while others opt for the singular "heaven" and "water". GEN 1:1 בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם In the beginning he created God the heaven(s). GEN 1:2 וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃ and the Spirit of God moving on the face of the water(s). - Smooth: The Spirit of God was moving on the surface of the waters.
Abstract plurals - In English abstract pluras are often singular and have endings like -ness, -hood, and -ship. GEN 19:11 הִכּוּ֙ בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֔ים they hit [them] with the blindness - sooth: "they struck them with blindness". GEN 21:7 כִּֽי־יָלַ֥דְתִּי בֵ֖ן לִזְקֻנָֽיו׃ yet I bore a son to his old age. - Smooth: yet I have borne him a son in his old age!
Summing up different parts of an action. GEN 50:3 כִּ֛י כֵּ֥ן יִמְלְא֖וּ יְמֵ֣י הַחֲנֻטִ֑ים for so are filled the days of embalming. - Smooth: for that was the full time for embalming. JER 13:27 נִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְ וּמִצְהֲלֹותַ֨יִךְ֙ ... רָאִ֖יתִי Your adulteries and your neighings ... I have seen - Smooth: I have seen your adultery and neighing.
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Some nouns are collective.
"Collectives are grammatically singular and are discussed there."
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Feminine plural nouns usually end in ות. Masculine plural nouns usually end in ים ִ with a hireq before the yod.
This should be under the heading "form".
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אֱלֹהִ֑ים can mean god, gods, or even God.
This is discussed under the singular.
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