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Strong's #6240 - עָשָׂר
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- ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)
- used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19
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2563) rxo (אהסר AhSR) AC: ? CO: Ten AB: ?
V) rxo (אהסר AhSR) - Tithe: To give a tenth. [df: rVe] KJV (9): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) tithe, tenth - Strongs: H6237 (עָשַׂר)
Nm/f ) rxo (אהסר AhSR) - Ten: [Hebrew and Aramaic; Also meaning sixty when written in the plural form - mirxaor nirxain Aramaic] [df: rVe] KJV (651): twenty, twentieth - Strongs: H6235 (עֲשָׂרָה), H6236 (עֲשְׂרָה), H6240 (עָשָׂר), H6242 (עֶשְׂרִים), H6243 (עֶשְׂרִין)
Nf1 ) erxo (אהסרה AhSRH) - Ten: KJV (181): ten - Strongs: H6235 (עֲשָׂרָה), H6236 (עֲשְׂרָה)
am) rxom (מאהסר MAhSR) - Tenth: [df: rVem] KJV (32): tithe, tenth, tithing - Strongs: H4643 (מַעַשְׂרָה)
cm ) rfxo (אהסור AhSWR) - Ten: [df: rwVe rVe] KJV (16): tenth, ten - Strongs: H6218 (עָשׂר)
jm ) nfrxo (אהסרונ AhSRWN) - Tenth: [df: NwrVe NrVe] KJV (28): tenth - Strongs: H6241 (עִשָּׂרֹן)
bfm ) irixo (אהסירי AhSYRY) - Tenth: [df: yryVe] KJV (29): tenth - Strongs: H6224 (עֲשִׂירִי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
noun ten, only after units to make Numbers 11-19, both cardinal and ordinal; עֶשְׂרֵה with
noun feminine, עָשָׂר with
noun masculine, thus:
1 eleven:
a.אַחַד עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Genesis 32:23 2t.
b. אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) 2 Kings 23:36 7t.; also = eleventh 1 Kings 6:38; 2 Kings 9:29.
c.עַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Numbers 29:20; ordinal Deuteronomy 1:3 7t.
d. עַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) Exodus 26:7 4t.; ordinal Jeremiah 1:3 4t.
2 twelve:
a.שְׁנֵי (ם) עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Genesis 35:22 80t. ordinal 1 Kings 19:19 12t.
b. שְׁתֵּי(ם) עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) Exodus 24:4 31t.; ordinal 2 Kings 8:25 6t.
3 thirteen:
a.שְׁלשָׁה עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Numbers 29:14 2t.; ordinal Esther 3:12 7t.
b. שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) 1 Kings 7:1 9t.; ordinal Genesis 14:4 2t.
4 fourteen:
a.אַרְכָּעָה עָשָׂר Genesis 46:22 13t.; ordinal Exodus 12:6 17t.
b. אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 31:41 5t.; ordinal 2 Kings 18:13 3t.
5 fifteen:
a.חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר Hosea 3:2 3t.; ordinal Exodus 16:1 14t.
b. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר Judges 8:10; 2 Samuel 19:18.
c.חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה 2 Kings 14:17 9t.; ordinal 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 15:10. — See also עֶשֶׂר
2d. 6. sixteen:
a.שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר Exodus 26:25 6t.; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:14 2t.
b. שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 46:18 13t.
7 seventeen:
a.שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר 1 Chronicles 7:11 2t.; ordinal Genesis 7:11 3t.
b. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 37:2 4t.; ordinal 1 Kings 22:52; 2 Kings 16:1. — See also עֶשֶׂר
3d. 8. eighteen:
a.שְׁמֹנָה (שְׂמֹנַת) עָשָׂר Genesis 14:4 10t.; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:15; 1 Chronicles 25:25.
b. שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה Judges 3:14 6t.; ordinal 1 Kings 15:1 8t.
9 nineteen:
a.תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר 2 Samuel 2:30; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:16; 1 Chronicles 25:26.
b. תְּשַׁעעֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 11:25; Joshua 19:38; ordinal 2 Kings 25:8 = Jeremiah 52:12. These numbers usually take singular of the nouns most often used, שָׁנָה, יוֺם, חֹדֶשׁ, compare (sometimes) אִישׁ, אַמָּךְ, etc.; otherwise plural; rarely (late usage) they follow noun, which is then usually plural, e.g. Numbers 29:30; Joshua 15:51 (P), Ezra 8:35 (twice in verse); Esther 3:13; Esther 8:5, etc. (even שָׁנִים שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Nah Esther 5:14), but שָׁנָה precedes ordinal 1 Kings 6:38, שְׁנַת 1 Kings 15:1 8t., so יוֺם (c. ordinal) 2 Chronicles 29:17 5t. Esther 9; also יוֺם and (שְׁנַת) שָׁנָה both precede and following ordinal Numbers 7:72,78; 2 Kings 8:25; 2 Kings 9:29; 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:1; Jeremiah 32:1; 2 Kings 25:8 = Jeremiah 52:12. — See also Kö ii. 1. 211ff. Da Synt. § 37 a, also R. 1,2. Ges§§ 92d, e, 134, and especially Herner Synt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT {1893}; on form in הֵ֯ (prob for יַ֯), Ol§ 110 Kö ii. 1,427 W SG 138.
עָשָׂר m. & עֶשְׂרֵה f. id., only used in numbers compounded with ten, as אַחַד עָשָׂר m. eleven; עָשָׂר אַרְבָּעָה m. fourteen; שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר sixteen, m.; also eleventh, fourteenth, sixteenth; fem. אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה eleven; שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה sixteen, also eleventh, sixteenth.
Pl. עֶשְׂרִים (from the sing. עֶשְׂרֵה)
(1) twenty, of both genders, with a sing. and pl. noun, Genesis 31:38; Leviticus 27:5.
(2) twentieth, Numbers 10:11; 1 Kings 15:9, 16:10.