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Aramaic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʿaśr-.
Numeral
עסרא • (ʿasrā) m (f עסר)
- ten (10)
c. 110 CE, Onkelos of Sinope, “דברים פרק ד”, in תרגום אונקלוס דברים, 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.