tenth
is.sa.ron denotes a tenth-based measure specified for fine flour in offerings and in the preparation of bread.
The attested use is a tenth-based measure, most often assigning amounts of fine flour for offerings: singular forms mark one unit, while plural forms occur where two or three such units are specified. The same measurement language also sets the amount of flour for each baked bun.
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A tenth-based measure for flour · dominant
The singular and plural noun forms occur in quantified flour instructions. In Exodus 29:40 the APB renders fine flour for one lamb as “a tenth”; in Numbers 15:6 and Numbers 15:9 it renders the flour assigned to a ram and a bull as “two tenths” and “three tenths.” Leviticus 24:5 applies the plural form to bread preparation, where the APB says each of twelve buns is “two tenths.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB presents the measurement with phrases such as “a tenth,” “one tenth,” “two tenths,” and “three tenths,” usually alongside fine flour and oil. These phrases show the verse-level presentation of the quantity rather than a mechanically fixed English equivalent.