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# עָשׂוֹר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6218

**a ten** — used 16 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

a ten [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6218/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָשׂוֹר: ten, decade [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6218/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** and (Ex 12:3) עָשֹׂר n.\[m.\] a ten, decade;— usually of days: a period of ten days Gn 24:55 (J). in phr., לַחֹדֶשׁ (עָשׂר) בֶּעָשׂוֹר on the tenth day of the month Lv 25:9 (H), Ez 20:1; 24:1; 40:1; Ex 12:3; Lv 16:29; 23:27; Nu 29:7; Jos 4:19 (all P), 2 K 25:1 = Je 52:4, Je 52:12 (seventh day in ‖ 2 K 25:8). of strings of instr.: נֵבֶל ע׳ harp, a ten (-stringed one) ψ 33:2; 144:9; ע׳ alone ψ 92:4 upon a ten (-stringed instrument).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: ten (13); of ten (2); a ten (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 92:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.92.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.92.4/#tree)

עֲ‍ֽלֵי־עָ֭שׂוֹר וַעֲלֵי־נָ֑בֶל עֲלֵ֖י הִגָּי֣וֹן בְּכִנּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* on a.ten and on a.lyre on a.melody with a.harp

*JPS 1917:* With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; with a solemn sound upon the harp.

[Psalms 33:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.2/#tree)

הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּכִנּ֑וֹר בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר זַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* give.thanks to Yahweh with harp with lyre of.ten make.music to him

*JPS 1917:* Give thanks unto the LORD with harp, sing praises unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6218.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6218/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).