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title: עָשׂוֹר — a ten · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשׂוֹר (6218), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: a ten. BDB 1906: ten, decade. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָשׂוֹר

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«עָשׂוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a ten** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 6218 · **BDB:** עָשׂוֹר

### Glosses

ten (13); of.ten (2); a.ten (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָשׂוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6218/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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