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1 Chronicles 25:18

“The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עַשְׁתֵּיʻashtêy · ash-tay'
H6249 · Hebrew

Definition: eleven or (ordinal) eleventh
Derivation: apparently masculine plural construction of H6247 (עֶשֶׁת) in the sense of an afterthought (used only in connection with H6240 (עָשָׂר) in lieu of H259 (אֶחָד))
KJV renderings: [phrase] eleven(-th).
Grammar: עַשְׁתֵּֽי — ordinal number, both genders, plural, construct
Code HAobpc
Usage: Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 26:7 Exodus 26:8 Exodus 36:14 Exodus 36:15 Numbers 7:72

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עַשְׁתֵּי here.

Verse 17 Verse 19

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.