H6235. eser

or asarah עֲשָׂרָה עֶשֶׂר,‎₁₇₆

noun masculine and feminine ten (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps MI³³ עשרֿ‎; Phoenician עשרת עסר, עשר,‎, etc.; Arabic , ; Sabean עשר‎ SabDenkm^{No. 11 b, l. 5, 6,} עשרת‎ and compounds Hom^{Chrest. 48}; Ethiopic , ; Assyrian ešertu; עַסְרָא עֲסַר, ᵑ7‎; עַשְׂרָא עֲשַׂר,‎; Syriac , ; Nabataean עשר‎, all = ten; Palmyrene עשרתא‎ the Ten (rulers)); — masculine (with noun feminine) עֶ֫שֶׂר‎ 2 Samuel 15:16 53t. (absolute and construct usually indistinguishable); עָ֑שֶׁר‎ 1 Kings 7:43; 1 Chronicles 6:46; feminine (c. noun masculine): absolute עֲשָׂרָה‎ Genesis 24:10 69t.; construct (probably) עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת‎ 1 Samuel 17:18 46t.; feminine plural עֲשָׂרֹת‎ Exodus 18:21 2t.; — on plural עֶשְׂרִים‎, 20, see below; —

1 a ten, only feminine plural tens in phrase ע ׳שָׂרֵי‎ captains of tens Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), Deuteronomy 1:15.

2 ten, enumerating person or things, usually without other numbers:

a. עֶ֫שֶׂר‎ before feminine plural noun, Genesis 45:23 43t. after noun 1 Kings 7:27, 43 +? Joshua 15:57; 21:5, 26 (all P), 1 Chronicles 6:46; 2 Chronicles 4:7; before בָּאַמָּה‎ = ten cubits 1 Kings 6:3, 25, 26; 7:23-24,.

b. עֲשָׂרָה‎ before masculine plural noun, Genesis 45:23 25t. (including ׳ע אֲלָפִים‎ = 10, 000 2 Samuel 18:3; 2 Kings 24:14 Kt, עֲשֶׂרֶת‎ Qr); before n.collective בָּקָר‎ 1 Kings 5:3, רֶכֶב‎ 2 Kings 13:7; also ׳ע הַוֶּה לֶחֶם‎ 1 Samuel 17:17 these ten loaves, compare 1 Kings 14:3; ׳ע אֶלֶף‎ Ezekiel 45:1 read ᵐ5 א ׳עֶשְׂרִיס‎ Hi Co Berthol Toy; after masculine plural noun Genesis 32:16 (twice in verse); 43:3 (all E), Joshua 17:5 (JE), Numbers 29:23 (P), 1 Kings 7:43; 2 Chronicles 4:6, 8; Daniel 1:12, 14, 15 ; after n.collective צאֹן‎2 Chronicles 30:24; noun omitted, that is men, Genesis 18:32 (J) Amos 5:3; Ezra 8:4; that is shekels (weight) Genesis 24:22 (J) Numbers 7:14 13t. Numbers 7 (׳ע זָהָב‎); ׳ע כֶסֶף‎ (that is shekels, value) 2 Samuel 18:11; that is measures (of grain) Haggai 2:16; with article the ten Genesis 18:23 (J; that is men), Nehemiah 11:1 (id. = every ten); as predicate Exodus 27:12 (twice in verse) = 38:12 (twice in verse) (all P) .

c. עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת‎ before masculine plural noun Exodus 34:28 18t., + הַיָּמִים כַּעֲשֶׂרֶת‎ 1 Samuel 25:38 (on article compare Weir in Dr, but dubious; probably omitted, so ᵐ5‎ We Bu), + ׳ע אֲלָפִים‎ = 10, 000 Judges 1:4 26t.; noun omitted ׳ע כֶּסֶף‎ (that is shekels) 17:10.

3 rarely + other number:

a. עֶשֶׂר‎ after larger number, ׳וָע שָׁנִים מֵאָה‎ Genesis 50:22, 26; Joshua 24:29 (all E), Judges 2:8.

b. ׳ע‎ before larger number שָׁנָה מֵאוֺת וּתְשַׁע שָׁנִים עֶשֶׂר‎ Genesis 5:14 (P).

c. עֲשָׂרָה‎ after larger number, הַזְּכָרִים וַעֲשָׂרָה מֵאָה‎ Ezra 8:12, compare (noun preceding) 1:10.

d. עֲשָׂרָה‎ after smaller number, הַכָּ֑סֶף וַעֲשָׂרָה שְׁקָלִים שִׁבְעָה‎ Jeremiah 32:9 = seventeen shekels; before smaller number + singular noun שֶׁקֶל וַחֲמִשָּׁה עֲשָׂרָה‎ Ezekiel 45:12, but read חֲמִשִּׁים‎ joining עֲשָׂרָה‎ to preceding, ᵐ5‎^A Hi Co and others