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# ten

number (ten)

«ten» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Ten is the number 10. It is one more than nine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#m1)
2. Ten is the base of our number system: 10 ones make 1 ten, and 10 tens make 100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#m2)
3. Ten out of ten means full marks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#m3)

### In the lessons

Maths: a number of things, or a place value (tens): 3 tens = 30; counting in tens; multiplying by 10 moves digits one place left. Everyday: ten fingers, ten toes, ten-pin bowling, a ten-dollar note.

### Examples

- She has ten pencils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#x1)
- Ten children are in the group. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#x2)
- He saves ten dollars a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#x3)
- Count by tens to 100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#x4)
- We have ten fingers and ten toes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#x5)
- She got ten out of ten on the spelling test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#x6)
- 4 tens and 7 ones make 47. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#x7)
- Ten times ten is one hundred. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#x8)
- Ten or twelve crippled-beggars had encamped outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/#x9)

### Note

A number written in words; read it as 10. «Tens» can mean groups of ten (3 tens = 30). Trap: do not confuse «ten» with «tenth» (10th or 1/10).

## In Jewish tradition

In Jewish tradition ten is a number of completeness, as in ten commandments and ten men for a prayer group.

**Interpretation.** Sefer Yetzirah speaks of ten sefirot, ten numbers on which the world was made. A minyan is ten adults needed for public prayer.

### Examples

- one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense; (Torah NUM.7.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/ten/#x1)
- And the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days. (Torah GEN.50.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/ten/#x2)
- So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. (Torah GEN.50.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/ten/#x3)
- Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.15.57, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/ten/#x4)
- 'My beloved is white and ruddy, pre-eminent above ten thousand. (Writings SNG.5.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/ten/#x5)
- and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases; (Prophets 1KI.7.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/ten/#x6)

### Note

A number written in words; read it as 10. «Tens» can mean groups of ten (3 tens = 30). Trap: do not confuse «ten» with «tenth» (10th or 1/10).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ten» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ten» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ten.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ten» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/ten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ten» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ten.html) on Mova free.