תריסר

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Aramaic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contraction of תְּרֵי עֲשַׂר (tərē ʿăsar).

Numeral[edit]

תריסר (tərēsar)

  1. twelve

See also[edit]

Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Aramaic תְּרֵיסַר (tərēsar).

Noun[edit]

תְּרֵיסָר (t'resárm (plural indefinite תְּרֵיסָרִים, singular construct תְּרֵיסַר־, plural construct תְּרֵיסְרֵי־)

  1. dozen
  2. (religion) the twelve minor prophets, or their books as a unit

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