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title: עַשְׁתֵּי — one · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַשְׁתֵּי (6249), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: one. BDB 1906: n.num. one. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַשְׁתֵּי

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«עַשְׁתֵּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **one** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 6249 · **BDB:** עַשְׁתֵּי

### Glosses

one.plus (13); \[was\].one.plus (2); \[the\].one.plus (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6249/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.num. one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6249/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.num. one (Assyrian išten, one; išten ešrit, eleven; Dl § 75, TelAm. \[iš-\]tit, first time; v. Gie ZAW i (1881), 226 Ges§ 97 e Köii. 1, 212 and reff.);—only + עָשָׂר, עֶשְׂרֵה (q.v.) = eleven, eleventh, Je 1:3; 39:2 = 52:5 = 2 K 25:2, Ez 26:1; 40:9; Zc 1:7; Ex 26:7, 8; 36:14, 15; Nu 7:72; 29:20 (all P), Dt 1:3; 1 Ch 12:13; 24:12; 25:18; 27:14.

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַשְׁתֵּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6249/), 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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[1 Chronicles 24:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.24.12/)

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לְאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ עַשְׁתֵּ֣י עָשָׂ֔ר לְיָקִ֖ים שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָֽׂר׃

*Word for word:* to Eliashib one.plus ten to Jakim two.plus ten

*JPS 1917:* the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim;

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