Lexical Definition

‎עֲשִׂירִי‎ ʻăsîyrîy (as-ee-ree') tenth ^H:A
from ‎עֶשֶׂר‎

tenth (part).

• tenth
• by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part

1) ordinal number
1a) a tenth

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲשִׂירִי‎₂₀ masculine, ‎עֲשִׂירִיָּה‎, and ‎עֲשִׂירִית‎₈ feminine adjective ordinal number tenth; —

1. ‎דּוֺר עֲשִׂירִי‎ Deut 23:3*; Deut 23:4* ‎׳‎‎בַּיּוֺם הָע‎ Num 7:66 (P); ‎׳‎‎הַחֹדֶשׁ הָע‎ Gen 8:5 (P) Ezek 24:1 + 5 t.; ‎בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂרִי‎ Jer 39:1 ‎׳‎‎ח‎ omitted ‎הָעֲשִׂירִי‎ Gen 8:5 (P), ‎בָּעֲשִׂרִי‎ Ezek 29:1; Ezek 33:21 other nouns omitted ‎הָעֲשִׂירִי‎ 1Chr 12:13*; 1Chr 25:17; 1Chr 27:13, ‎הָעֲשִׂרִי‎ 1Chr 24:11 ‎בַּשָּׁנָה הָעֲשִׂרִית‎ Ezek 29:1, ‎הָעֲשִׂרִית‎ ‎׳‎‎בַּשּׁ‎ Jer 32:1.

2. as substantive a tenth part: f. absolute ‎עֲשִׂרִיָּה‎ Isa 6:13 feminine construct ‎עֲשִׂירִית‎ ‎הָאֵיפָה‎ Num 28:5, ‎עֲשִׂרִית‎ Exod 16:36, ‎עֲשִׂירִת‎ Lev 5:11; Lev 6:13*; Num 5:15 ‎עֲשִׂירִת הַחֹמֶר‎ Ezek 45:11 masculine absolute ‎הָעֲשִׂירִי‎ Lev 27:32 the tithe (i.e. of cattle, etc.).

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