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עשור

עשור

Hebrew

Root
ע־שׁ־ר

Noun

עָשׂוֹר (asór) m

  1. (archaic, Biblical Hebrew) A period of ten days.
    • 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.'
    • Numbers 29:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּבֶעָשֹׂור לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה מִֽקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם כָּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃
      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

עישור \ עִשּׂוּר (transliteration needed) m

  1. defective spelling of עישור