ten
a.s.vor denotes ten, chiefly marking a day of the month, and also describing a ten-stringed instrument or a stated quantity.
The noun most often marks the tenth day within a month in dated events and ritual instructions. It also occurs with musical instruments described as having ten strings, and once in a request for a delay of “a few days, or ten.”
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Tenth day in a month · dominant
The singular absolute form occurs in date formulas that identify the day of a month. In Exodus 12:3 the APB renders the instruction as occurring “On the tenth of this month,” while Leviticus 23:27 places the day of atonement “on the tenth of this seventh month”; dated accounts likewise use it for the day when events occurred in Joshua 4:19 and Ezekiel 24:1.
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Ten strings of a musical instrument · occasional
In the psalms, the singular absolute form is associated with making music. Psalm 33:2 has the APB phrase “with the harp of ten make melody,” and Psalm 144:9 renders “with a ten-stringed harp I will make music”; Psalm 92:4 is also a song of joy, though its supplied APB wording does not isolate the term's contribution.
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A stated quantity in a delay · rare
In Genesis 24:55, the singular absolute form occurs in the request that the maiden remain “a few days, or ten” before departing. The clause presents it as a quantity alongside “a few days,” rather than as a calendar-date formula.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the date formulas, the APB commonly presents the term as “the tenth” or “the tenth day of the month.” In the psalms it supplies “ten-stringed” and “harp of ten,” while Psalm 92:4 does not visibly represent the term in the supplied translation.