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# עֲשָׂרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6235

**ten** — used 176 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

ten [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6235/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֶשֶׂר: n.m. n.f. n.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6235/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. and f. ten (NH = BH; perhaps MI 33 עשרֿ; Ph. עשר, עסר, עשרת, etc.; Arabic عَشْرٌ, عَشَرَةٌ; Sab. עשר SabDenkm No. 11 b, l, 5, 6, עשרת and cpds. HomChrest. 48; Ethiopic ዐሥሩ: ዐሠርቱ; Assyrian ešru; 𝔗 עֲסַר, עַסְרָא; עֲשַׂר, עַשְׂרָא; Syriac ܥܣܰܪ, ܥܶܣܪܳܐ; Nab. עשר, all = ten; Palm. עשרתא the Ten (rulers));—m. (c. n.f.) עֶ֫שֶׂר 2 S 15:16 + 53 times (abs. and cstr. usually indistinguishable); עָ֑שֶׂר 1 K 7:43; 1 Ch 6:46; f. (c. n.m.): abs. עֲשָׂרָה Gn 24:10 + 69 times; cstr. (prob.) עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת 1 S 17:18 + 46 times; f.pl. עֲשָׂרֹת Ex 18:21 + 2 times;—on pl. עֶשְׂרִים, 20, v. infr.;— a ten, only f.pl. tens in phr. שָׂרֵי ע׳ captains of tens Ex 18:21, 25 (E), Dt 1:15. ten, enumerating pers. or things, usually without other num.: עֶ֫שֶׂר bef. n.f.pl., Gn 45:23 + 43 times; after n. †1 K 7:27, 43 + late passages Jos 15:57; 21:5, 26 (all P), 1 Ch 6:46; 2 Ch 4:7; bef. בָּאַמָּה = ten cubits †1 K 6:3, 25, 26; 7:23, 24. עֲשָׂרָה bef. n.m.pl., Gn 45:23 + 25 times (incl. ע׳ אֲלָפִים = 10,000 2 S 18:3; 2 K 24:14 Kt, עֲשֶׂרֶת Qr); bef. n. coll. בָּקָר 1 K 5:3, רֶכֶב 2 K 13:7; also ע׳ לֶתֶם הַזֶּה 1 S 17:17 these ten loaves, cf. 1 K 14:3; ע׳ אֶלֶף Ez 45:1 read עֶשְׂרִים א׳ 𝔊 Hi Co Berthol Toy; after n.m.pl. †Gn 32:16(×2); 43:3 (all E), Jos 17:5 (JE), Nu 29:23 (P), 1 K 7:43; 2 Ch 4:6, 8; Dn 1:12, 14, 15 †; after n. coll. צֹאן 2 Ch 30:24; n. om., sc. men, †Gn 18:32 (J) Am 5:3; Ezr 8:4; sc. shekels (weight) Gn 24:22 (J) Nu 7:14 + 13 times Nu 7 (ע׳ זָהָב); ע׳ כֶסֶף (sc. shekels, value) 2 S 18:11; sc. measures (of grain) Hg 2:16; c. art. the ten Gn 18:32 (J; sc. men), Ne 11:1 (id. = every ten); as pred. Ex 27:12(×2) = 38:12(×2) (all P)†. עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת bef. n.m.pl. Ex 34:28 + 18 times, + כַּעֲשֶׂרֶת הַיָּמִים 1 S 25:38 (on art. cf. Weir in Dr, but dub.; prob. om., so 𝔊 We Bu), + ע׳ אֲלָפִים = 10,000 Ju 1:4 + 26 times; n. om. ע׳ כֶּסֶף (sc. shekels) Ju 17:10. rarely + other num.: עֶשֶׂר after larger num., מֵאָה וָע׳ שָׁנִים Gn 50:22, 26; Jos 24:29 (all E), Ju 2:8. ע׳ before larger num. עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה Gn 5:14 (P). עֲשָׂרָה after larger num., מֵאָה וַעֲשָׂרָה הַזְּכָרִים Ezr 8:12, cf. (n. preceding) 1:10. עֲשָׂרָה after smaller num., שִׁבְעָה שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכָּ֑סֶף Je 32:9 = seventeen shekels; before smaller num. + n. sg. עֲשָׂרָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה שֶׁקֶל Ez 45:12, but read חֲמִשִּׁים, joining עֲשָׂרָה to preceding, 𝔊A Hi Co al.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 57 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: ten (129); the ten (14); \[was\] ten (10).

## In the verses

[Numbers 7:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.14/#tree)

כַּ֥ף אַחַ֛ת עֲשָׂרָ֥ה זָהָ֖ב מְלֵאָ֥ה קְטֹֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* a.pan one ten gold full incense

*JPS 1917:* one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

[Numbers 7:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.20/#tree)

כַּ֥ף אַחַ֛ת עֲשָׂרָ֥ה זָהָ֖ב מְלֵאָ֥ה קְטֹֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* a.pan one ten gold full incense

*JPS 1917:* one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6235.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6235/): 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).