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title: עָשַׂר — tale the tenth of · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשַׂר (6237), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: tale the tenth of. BDB 1906: vb. denom. take the tenth of, tithe Pi. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָשַׂר

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«עָשַׂר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tale the tenth of** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 6237 · **BDB:** עָשַׂר

### Glosses

fully.(tithe) (2); he.will.take.a.tithe (2); I (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tale the tenth of [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6237/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. take the tenth of, tithe Pi. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6237/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. take the tenth of, tithe;— Impf. 3 ms. יַעְשֹׂר 1 S 8:15, 17 (c. acc. of thing tithed). Impf. + Inf. abs. give a tenth of, c. acc. rei: 2 ms. עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר Dt 14:22; 1 s. עַשֵּׂר אֲעַשְּׂרֶנּוּ לָ֑ךְ Gn 28:22 (P); Pt. taking the tenth, הַמְעַשְּׂרִים Ne 10:38. (so usually expl.) Inf. לַעְשֵׂר Dt 26:12 c. acc. cogn. i.e. taking, reckoning, tithe, but Inf. cstr. with—ֵ improb., לְעַשֵּׂר Pi.; בַּעְשֵׂר Ne 10:39 abs., i.e. receiving tithes, but read prob. בַּעְשֹׂר Qal (on anom. points, see Ges§ 53 k Dr Dt 26:12).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָשַׂר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6237/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.8.17/)

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צֹאנְכֶ֖ם יַעְשֹׂ֑ר וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּֽהְיוּ־ל֥וֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* flock\[s\] your he.will.take.a.tithe and you you.will.become his (into) servants

*JPS 1917:* He will take the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.

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[Job 40:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.23/)

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הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפּ֑וֹז יִבְטַ֓ח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃

*Word for word:* there! it.is.violent \[the\].river not it.makes.haste it.is.confident (dm) it.bursts.forth \[the\].Jordan to mouth its

*JPS 1917:* Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.

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