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# tenth

number, adjective, noun (tenth, tenths)

«tenth» 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. Tenth comes after ninth in order: number 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#m1)
2. A tenth is one of ten equal parts of a whole, written 1/10 or 0.1. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#m2)
3. The tenths place is the first digit after the decimal point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#m3)

### In the lessons

Maths: an order position (the tenth day) or a fraction (one tenth = 0.1); one tenth of a total means divide by 10; decimals: 0.3 is 3 tenths. Everyday: tenth birthday, tenth floor, «a tenth of a second» in races.

### Examples

- She came tenth in the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#x1)
- One tenth of the 50 apples were bad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#x2)
- On the tenth day he finished the book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#x3)
- 3 tenths is written 0.3. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#x4)
- He won by a tenth of a second. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#x5)
- In 4.7, the 7 is in the tenths place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#x6)
- My tenth birthday party was at the zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#x7)
- On the tenth day all is still, and he enters the castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/#x8)

### Note

Written 10th. As a fraction: one tenth of a total means divide by 10. As an order word it gives a position, not an amount. Trap: «tenths» (0.1) is not «tens» (10).

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah a tenth is the part given as a tithe, and a tenth of an ephah is a measure for flour offerings. In Chronicles it also means the tenth in order, as in lists of the priests, singers and soldiers.

**Interpretation.** The tithe, a tenth of produce, was set aside for priests, Levites and the poor, and the idea of giving a tenth is still part of Jewish giving. Tradition reads the lists in Chronicles as showing that each person's place in the Temple service was ordered and known.

### Examples

- Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. (Torah EXO.16.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenth/#x1)
- a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.28.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenth/#x2)
- and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.29.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenth/#x3)
- Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. (Writings 1CH.12.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenth/#x4)
- the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah; (Writings 1CH.24.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenth/#x5)
- The tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenth/#x6)

### Note

Written 10th. As a fraction: one tenth of a total means divide by 10. As an order word it gives a position, not an amount. Trap: «tenths» (0.1) is not «tens» (10).

## On Mova

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