Lexical Definition

‎עָשׂוֹר‎ ʻâsôwr (aw-sore') ten ^H:N-M
or עָשֹׂר ʻâsôr (aw-sore'); from ‎עֶשֶׂר‎

(instrument of) ten (strings, -th).

• ten
• by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord

1) ten, decade
1a) ten, tenth
1b) ten-stringed, harp

See Greek: δεκάτη · δέκατος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עָשׂוֺר‎, and (Exod 12:3) ‎עָשׂר‎ noun [masculine] a ten, decade; —

1. usually of days:
a. a period of ten days Gen 24:55 (J).
b. in phrase, ‎בֶּעָשׂוֺר (עָשׂר) לַחֹדֶשׁ‎ on the tenth of the month Lev 25:9 (H), Ezek 20:1; Ezek 24:1; Ezek 40:1; Exod 12:3; Lev 16:29; Lev 23:27; Num 29:7; Josh 4:19 (all P), 2Kgs 25:1 = Jer 52:4; Jer 52:12 (seventh day in || 2Kgs 25:8).

2. of strings of instrument: ‎׳‎‎נֵבֶל ע‎ harp, a ten (-stringed one) Ps 33:2; Ps 144:9 ‎׳‎‎ע‎ alone Ps 92:4* upon a ten (-stringed instrument).

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