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title: עֲשִׂירִי — tenth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲשִׂירִי (6224), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 29 times: tenth. BDB 1906: adj. num. ord. tenth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲשִׂירִי

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«עֲשִׂירִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tenth** — 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:** 29 times · **Key:** 6224 · **BDB:** עֲשִׂירִי

### Glosses

tenth (19); (the).tenth (3); \[month\] (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tenth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6224/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. num. ord. tenth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6224/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** m., עֲשִׂירִיָּה, and עֲשִׂירִית8 f. adj. num. ord. tenth;— דּוֹר עֲשִׂירִי Dt 23:3, 4; בַּיּוֹם הָע׳ Nu 7:66 (P); הַחֹדֶשׁ הָע׳ Gn 8:5 (P) Ez 24:1 + 5 times; בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂרִי Je 39:1; ח׳ om. הָעֲשִׂירִי Gn 8:5 (P), בָּעֲשִׂרִי Ez 29:1; 33:21; other nouns om. הָעֲשִׂירִי 1 Ch 12:13; 25:17; 27:13, הָעֲשִׂרִי 24:11; בַּשָּׁנָה הָעֲשִׂרִית Ez 29:1, בַּשּׁ׳ הָעֲשִׂרִית Je 32:1. as subst. a tenth part: f. abs. עֲשִׂרִיָּה Is 6:13; f. cstr. עֲשִׂירִית הָאֵיפָה Nu 28:5, עֲשִׂרִית Ex 16:36, עֲשִׂירִת Lv 5:11; 6:13; Nu 5:15; עֲשִׂירִת הַחֹמֶר Ez 45:11; m. abs. הָעֲשִׂירִי Lv 27:32 the tithe (i.e. of cattle, etc.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 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 «עֲשִׂירִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6224/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 12:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.14/)

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יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ הָעֲשִׂירִ֔יס מַכְבַּנַּ֖י עַשְׁתֵּ֥י עָשָֽׂר׃

*Word for word:* Jeremiah \[was\].the tenth Machbannai \[was.the\].one.plus ten

*JPS 1917:* Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.

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[Exodus 16:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.36/)

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וְהָעֹ֕מֶר עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה הֽוּא׃פ

*Word for word:* and the omer \[is\].the.tenth.\[part\] of the.ephah it

*JPS 1917:* Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

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