> > Just a quick hint to get you going: take the original macros and add > a *single blank* after *every* explicit number if not already there. > If that works, please report; I shall explain later. > Indeed this seems to work! Thus, the updated version is:

\def\hebmildelim{'} \def\@@gim#1{\@tempcnta=#1\divide\@tempcnta\@m \ifnum\@tempcnta>0\@@hebr\@tempcnta\hebmildelim\fi \multiply\@tempcnta\@m\@tempcntb=#1\advance\@tempcntb-\@tempcnta \ifnum\@tempcntb>799 \tav\tav \advance\@tempcntb-800 \fi \ifnum\@tempcntb>399 \tav \advance\@tempcntb-400 \fi% \ifnum\@tempcntb>299 \shin \advance\@tempcntb-300 \fi% \ifnum\@tempcntb>199 \resh \advance\@tempcntb-200 \fi% \ifnum\@tempcntb>99 \qof\advance\@tempcntb-100 \fi% \ifnum\@tempcntb>0 % \ifnum\@tempcntb=16 \tet\zayin% \else% \ifnum\@tempcntb=15 \tet\vav% \else\@tempcnta\@tempcntb \divide\@tempcntb 10 \ifnum\@tempcntb>0 % \advance\@tempcntb 9 \@@hebr\@tempcntb\advance\@tempcntb-9 % \fi \multiply\@tempcntb 10\advance\@tempcnta-\@tempcntb \ifnum\@tempcnta>0 \@@hebr\@tempcnta\fi \fi \fi \fi}

And there are two open question: - How can we call @@gim recursively, so it handles thousands correctly? - why can't we do \gim{counter} just like \Roman{counter} ?

Thanks,

Dan.