عَشَرَةٍten

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ قَالَ ائِذْنْ لِعَشَرَةٍ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ،

  Then he said, "Allow ten," and he permitted them.

  لِعَشَرَةٍ — for ten. A 'for/to' preposition fused to the front of a number -- 'for ten', i.e. admit ten. The preposition marks the beneficiaries of the leave and governs the numeral into the genitive ending it assigns.

  From: The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty →

• ثُمَّ قَالَ ائْذَنْ لِعَشَرَةٍ فَأَذَنَ لَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا،

  Then he said, "Allow ten." He granted them permission, and they ate until they were full. Then they went out.

  لِعَشَرَةٍ — to ten people. A 'for/to' preposition fused to the number 'ten' -- admit ten more. It marks the beneficiaries and governs the numeral into the genitive ending it assigns.

  From: The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty →

• ثُمَّ قَالَ ائْذَنْ لِعَشَرَةٍ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا،

  Then he said, "Permit ten." He permitted them, and they ate until they were full, then they went out.

  لِعَشَرَةٍ — for ten. A 'for/to' preposition fused to 'ten' -- admit a further ten. It marks the beneficiaries and governs the numeral into the genitive ending it assigns.

  From: The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty →

• ثُمَّ أَذِنَ لِعَشَرَةٍ، فَأَكَلَ الْقَوْمُ كُلُّهُمْ وَشَبِعُوا،

  Then he permitted ten, and all the people ate and were satisfied.

  لِعَشَرَةٍ — to ten. A 'for/to' preposition fused to 'ten' -- he permitted ten. It marks the beneficiaries and governs the numeral into the genitive ending it assigns.

  From: The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty →