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title: עִשָּׂרוֹן — tenth part · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִשָּׂרוֹן (6241), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 33 times: tenth part. BDB 1906: n.m. tenth part. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִשָּׂרוֹן

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«עִשָּׂרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tenth part** — 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:** 33 times · **Key:** 6241 · **BDB:** עִשָּׂרוֹן

### Glosses

tenths.\[of.an.ephah\] (15); a.tenth (10); tenths (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tenth part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6241/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. tenth part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6241/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Lv 14:10 tenth part (of ephah; cf. 𝔊 δέκατον τοῦ οἰφί Nu 15:4, and עֲשִׂירִית הָאֵיפָה 28:5; i.e. = עֹמֶר, v. further BenzArch. 182 NowArch. i. 203);—abs. ע׳ Lv 14:21 +, עִשָּׂרֹן Ex 29:40; Nu 28:13; pl. עֶשְׂרֹנִים Nu 28:9 +;—only P (H), as measure of סֹלֶת used in meal-offering Ex 29:40 Lv 14:10 + 3 times Lv (H only 23:17); Nu 15:4 + 26 times Nu, incl. distributive עִשָּׂר(וֹ)ן עִשָּׂרוֹן 28:13 + 4 times.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִשָּׂרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6241/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 28:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.28.29/)

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עִשָּׂרוֹן֙ עִשָּׂר֔וֹן לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ הָאֶחָ֑ד לְשִׁבְעַ֖ת הַכְּבָשִֽׂים׃

*Word for word:* a.tenth a.tenth for the lamb (the) one for the.seven the lambs

*JPS 1917:* a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;

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[Numbers 29:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.29.10/)

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עִשָּׂרוֹן֙ עִשָּׂר֔וֹן לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ הָאֶחָ֑ד לְשִׁבְעַ֖ת הַכְּבָשִֽׂים׃

*Word for word:* a.tenth a.tenth for the lamb (the) one for the.seven the lambs

*JPS 1917:* a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;

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