עֲשִׂירִיʻăsîyrîy

tenth

Pronunciation: as-ee-ree' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6224

Meanings

2. as substantive a tenth part (Isaiah 6:13; Numbers 28:5; Exodus 16:36)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 29 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 8:5 Two and a half months later, as the waters continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible.
  • Exodus 16:36 The container used to measure the manna was an omer, which was one-tenth of an ephah; it held about two quarts.
  • Leviticus 5:11 “If you cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, you may bring two quarts of choice flour for your sin offering. Since it is an offering for sin, you must not moisten it with olive oil or put any frankincense on it.
  • Leviticus 6:20 “On the day Aaron and his sons are anointed, they must present to the Lord the standard grain offering of two quarts of choice flour, half to be offered in the morning and half to be offered in the evening.
  • Leviticus 27:32 Count off every tenth animal from your herds and flocks and set them apart for the Lord as holy.
  • Numbers 5:15 the husband must bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring an offering of two quarts of barley flour to be presented on her behalf. Do not mix it with olive oil or frankincense, for it is a jealousy offering—an offering to prove whether or not she is guilty.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).