they follow noun, which is then usually
pl.
, e.g.
Nu 29:30 Jos 15:51
(
P
),
Ezr 8:35
(×2) Est 3:1
3;
8:5
, etc. (even
שָׁנִים שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה
Na 5:1
4), but
שָׁנָה
precedes ordinal
1 K 6:38
,
שְׁנַת
15:1
+
8 times, so
יֹום
(
c.
ord.)
2 Ch 29:17
+
5 times
Est 9
; also
יֹום
and
שָׁנָה
(
שְׁנַת
) both precede and foll. ordinal
Nu 7:72
,
78 2 K 8:2
5;
9:29
;
14:23
;
16:1 Je 32:1 2 K 25:8
=
Je 52:1
2.
Vid.
also
Kö
ii
. 1, 211 ff.
Da
Synt. § 37 a, also R. 1, 2
Ges
§
§ 92 d, e, 134
, and especially Herner
Synt.
d. Zahlwörter im AT (1893)
; on form in
ה
ֵ
(prob for
י
ַ
),
Ol
§ 110 Kö
ii
. 1, 427
W
SG 138.
[ עָשַׂר S 6237 TWOT 1711c GK 6923 ] vb. denom. take the tenth of, tithe ; Qal Impf. 3 ms. יַעְשֹׂר 1 S 8:1 5, 17 ( c. acc. of thing tithed). Pi. Impf. + Inf. abs. give a tenth of , c. acc. re i: 2 ms. עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר Dt 14:2 2; 1 s. עַשֵּׂר אֲעַשְּׂרֶנּוּ לָךְ Gn 28:22 ( P ); Pt. taking the tenth , הַמְעַשְּׂרִים Ne 10:38 . Hiph. (so usually expl.) Inf. לַעְשֵׂר Dt 26:12 c. acc. cogn. i.e. taking, reckoning, tithe , but Inf. cstr. with ֵ improb., < read לְעַשֵּׂר Pi. ;
בַּעְשֵׂר
Ne 10:39
abs
., i.e.
receiving tithes
, but read prob.
בַּעְשֹׂר
Qal
(on anom. points, see
Ges
§ 53 k Dr
Dt 26:1
2).
עָשֹׂור S 6218 TWOT 1711d GK 6917 , and ( Ex 12:3 ) עָשֹׂר n. [ m. ] a ten, decade ; 1. usually of days: a. a period of ten days Gn 24:55 ( J ). b. in phr.,
לַחֹדֶשׁ ( עָשֹׂר ) בֶּעָשֹׂור on the tenth day of the month Lv 25:9 ( H ), Ez 20:1 ; 24:1 ; 40:1 Ex 12:3 Lv 16:2 9; 23:27 Nu 29:7 Jos 4:19 (all P ), 2 K 25:1 = Je 52:4 , Je 52:12 ( seventh day in || 2 K 25: 8). 2. of strings of instr.: נֵבֶל ע׳ harp, a ten (-stringed one) ψ 33:2 ; 144:9 ; ע׳ alone ψ 92:4 upon a ten (-stringed instrument).
עֶשְׂרִים S 6242 TWOT 1711e GK 6929315 n.pl .indecl. (a) twenty ( ancient pl. of עֶשֶׂר Prä BAS i. 376 ; NH = B H; Arabic عِشْرُونَ ( ˓išrūna ); Assyrian ešrâ ; Sab. עשרי Hom Chrest. 48; Ethiopic ( ˓əšrā ) Aramaic עשרין , ܥܶܣܪܺܝܢ ( ˓esrin ); Nab.
עשרין ) ; I. as cardinal: 1. without other num. : a. usually sq. n .s. (especially
שָׁנָה
,
אִישׁ
,
אַמָּה
, etc.)
Gn 31:38 1 S 14:14 Ex 38:18
+
64 times,
+
Kö E. König, Heb. Gram. Da A. B. Davidson, Hebrew Syntax. Ol J. Olshausen, Heb. Gram.
W
W. Wright,
Comp. Semit. Gram.
acc. rei
acc. of thing.
<
indicates that the following is to be preferred to the preceding.
Prä
F. Prätorius.
BAS Beiträge zur Assyriologie u. Semit. Sprachwissenschaft , edd. Dl. & Hpt.