עֲשֶׂרֶת, constr. (b. h.; group of ten. Sabb. 86ᵇ ע׳ הדברות the ten words (commandments); a. fr.—Pl. עֲשָׂרוֹת, עֲשָׂרִיּוֹת. Snh. 18ᵃ שרי ע׳ ששת רבוא the number of the chiefs of ten (Ex. XVIII, 21) was sixty thousand; Mekh. Yithro, ʿĂmal., s. 2; Tanḥ. Mishp. 6. Tanḥ. Emor 24 (Chald. dict.) זיל כנוש עֲשָׂרִיּוֹתֶיךָ go and gather thy divisions of ten.