עִיסּוּרְיָתָא, עִיסֻּרְ׳, עִישּׂוֹרְ׳ f. pl. (עֲסַר) 1) divisions of ten. Targ. O. Deut. I, 15; Ex. XVIII, 21 ed. Berl. (oth. ed. a. Y. עִישּׂוֹ׳). —2) arrangement of tenth portions in succession. Ned. 39ᵇ כעיש׳ דבי רבי like the arrangement in the house of Rabbi (that the first daughter gets one-tenth of the estate, the second one-tenth of the remainder and so on). —3) (of coins) decades, groups of tens. B. Mets. 64ᵃ top בע׳ וחומשייתא (a reasonable mistake is) a mistake in decades or in fives (where you count by tens or fives).
עִיסּוּרְיָתָא
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עִיסּוּרְיָתָא , עִיסֻּרְ׳ , עִישּׂוֹרְ׳ f. pl. ( עֲסַר ) 1) divisions of ten . Targ. O. Deut. I, 15 ; Ex. XVIII, 21 ed. Berl. (oth. ed. a. Y.…
References
- Jastrow, עֲסַר 1
- Onkelos Deuteronomy 1:15
- Exodus 18:21
- Nedarim 39b:16
- Bava Metzia 64a