עסרא

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Aramaic

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Aramaic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : עסרא (ʿăsrå)
    Ordinal : עשיראה (ʿăsiraah)

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ʿaśr-.

Numeral

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עסרא (ʿasrām (f עסר)

  1. ten (10)
    • c. 110 CE, Onkelos of Sinope, “דברים פרק ד [Deuteronomy Chapter 4]”, in תרגום אונקלוס דברים [Onkelos's Aramaic Translation of Deuteronomy]‎[1], Israel: Mechon Mamre, archived from the original on 12 November 2020, Deuteronomy 4:13:
      וְחַוִּי לְכוֹן יָת קְיָמֵיהּ דְּפַקֵּיד יָתְכוֹן לְמֶעֱבַד עַסְרָא פִּתְגָמִין; וּכְתַבִנּוּן עַל תְּרֵין לוּחֵי אַבְנַיָּא׃
      wəḥawwi ləkhon yåth qəyåmēh də-phaqēd yåthkhon lə-meʿebhad ʿasrå pithghamin; u-khtavinnun ʿal trēn luḥēi abhnayyå.
      And He taught you His covenant that He commanded with you to do ten commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of the stone.