BDB6441 [H6235 H6242]
masculine (with noun feminine) עֶ֫שֶׂר 2Sam 15:16 + 53 t. (absolute and construct usually indistinguishable); עָ֑שֶׁר 1Kgs 7:43; 1Chr 6:46 feminine (c. noun masculine): absolute עֲשָׂרָה Gen 24:10 + 69 t.; construct (probably) עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת 1Sam 17:18 + 46 t.; feminine plural עֲשָׂרֹת Exod 18:21 + 2 t.; — on plural עֶשְׂרִים , 20, see below; —
1. a ten , only feminine plural tens in phrase ׳ שָׂרֵי ע captains of tens Exod 18:21; Exod 18:25 (E ), Deut 1:15.
2. ten , enumerating person or things, usually without other numbers:
\ \ a.עֶ֫שֶׂר before feminine plural noun, Gen 45:23 + 43 t. after noun 1Kgs 7:27; 1Kgs 7:43 + late passages Josh 15:57; Josh 21:5; Josh 21:26 (all P ), 1Chr 6:46; 2Chr 4:7 before בָּאַמָּה = ten cubits 1Kgs 6:3; 1Kgs 6:25; 1Kgs 6:26; 1Kgs 7:23; 1Kgs 7:24.
\ \ b.עֲשָׂרָה before masculine plural noun, Gen 45:23 + 25 t. (including אֲלָפִים ׳ ע = 10,000 2Sam 18:3; 2Kgs 24:14 Kt , עֲשֶׂרֶת Qr ); before n.collective בָּקָר 1Kgs 5:3, רֶכֶב 2Kgs 13:7 also לֶחֶם הַוֶּה ׳ ע 1Sam 17:17 these ten loaves , compare 1Kgs 14:3 אֶלֶף ׳ ע Ezek 45:1 read ׳ עֶשְׂרִיס א ᵐ5 Hi Co Berthol Toy; after masculine plural noun Gen 32:16 (twice in verse); Gen 43:3 (all E ), Josh 17:5 (J E ), Num 29:23 (P ), 1Kgs 7:43; 2Chr 4:6; 2Chr 4:8; Dan 1:12; Dan 1:14; Dan 1:15 ; after n.collective צאֹן 2Chr 30:24 noun omitted, that is men , Gen 18:32 (J ) Amos 5:3; Ezra 8:4 that is shekels (weight) Gen 24:22 (J ) Num 7:14 + 13 t. Num 7 (זָהָב ׳ ע ); כֶסֶף ׳ ע (that is shekels , value) 2Sam 18:11 that is measures (of grain) Hag 2:16 with article the ten Gen 18:23 (J ; that is men ), Neh 11:1 (id. = every ten ); as predicate Exod 27:12 (twice in verse) = Exod 38:12 (twice in verse) (all P ) .
\ \ c.עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת before masculine plural noun Exod 34:28 + 18 t., + כַּעֲשֶׂרֶת הַיָּמִים 1Sam 25:38 (on article compare Weir in Dr , but dubious; probably omitted, so ᵐ5 We Bu ), + אֲלָפִים ׳ ע = 10,000 Judg 1:4 + 26 t.; noun omitted כֶּסֶף ׳ ע (that is shekels ) Judg 17:10.
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3. rarely + other number:
\ \ a.עֶשֶׂר after larger number, מֵאָה שָׁנִים ׳ וָע Gen 50:22; Gen 50:26; Josh 24:29 (all E ), Judg 2:8.
\ \ b.׳ ע before larger number עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Gen 5:14 (P ).
\ \ c.עֲשָׂרָה after larger number, מֵאָה וַעֲשָׂרָה הַזְּכָרִים Ezra 8:12, compare (noun preceding) Ezra 1:10.
\ \ d.עֲשָׂרָה after smaller number, שִׁבְעָה שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכָּ֑סֶף Jer 32:9 = seventeen shekels ; before smaller number + singular noun עֲשָׂרָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה שֶׁקֶל Ezek 45:12, but read חֲמִשִּׁים joining עֲשָׂרָה to preceding, ᵐ5 A Hi Co and others
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The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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