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Esther 9:10
“The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֶשֶׂרʻeser · eh'ser
H6235 · Hebrew
H6235 · Hebrew
- Definition
- ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
- Derivation
- masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה; from H6237 (עָשַׂר);
- KJV renderings
- ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.
- Grammar
- עֲ֠שֶׂרֶת — cardinal number, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 177 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:14Genesis 16:3Genesis 18:32Genesis 18:32Genesis 24:10
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 עֶשֶׂר here.
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.