Hebrew edit

Root
ע־שׂ־ר (ʿ-ś-r)

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עָשׂוֹר (asórm (singular construct עֲשׂוֹר־)

  1. (archaic, Biblical Hebrew) A period of ten days.
    • Tanach, Genesis 24:55, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיֹּאמֶר אָחִיהָ וְאִמָּהּ תֵּשֵׁב הַנַּעֲרָ אִתָּנוּ יָמִים אֹו עָשֹׂור אַחַר תֵּלֵֽךְ׃
      And her brother and her mother said: 'Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.'
    • Tanach, Numbers 29:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּבֶעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם כָּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ׃
      And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls; ye shall do no manner of work;
  2. A decade, a period of ten years.

Noun edit

עישור / עִשּׂוּר (transliteration neededm

  1. defective spelling of עישור

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