עסרא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • עַשְׂרָא
Aramaic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : עסרא (ʿăsrā)
    Ordinal : עסירי (ʿsīrāy)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿaśr-.

Numeral

עַסְרָא • (ʿasrām (feminine עֲסַר (ʿăsar))

  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.

Descendants

  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܸܣܪܵܐ (ˁisrā)
  • Turoyo: ܥܰܣܪܐ (casro)
  • Western Neo-Aramaic: ܥܣܪܐ (ʿisrā)

References

  • ˁsr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “עֲשַׂר”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons