Lexical Summary maaser or maasar or maasrah: tenth part, tithe Original Word: מַעֲשֵׂרTransliteration: maaser or maasar or maasrah Phonetic Spelling: (mah-as-ayr') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: tenth part, tithe Meaning: tenth part, tithe Strong's Concordance tenth part, titheing Or maasar {mah-as-ar'}; and (in plural) feminine maasrah {mah-as-raw'}; from asar; a tenth; especially a tithe -- tenth (part), tithe(-ing). see HEBREW asar Brown-Driver-Briggs H4643. maaser or maasar or maasrah מַעֲשֵׂר noun masculineNumbers 18:28 tenth part, tithe; — absolute ׳מ 18:26 +; construct מַעְשַׂר Leviticus 27:30 +, מַעֲשַׂר Nehemiah 10:39 (before הַמַּעֲשֵׂר); suffix מַעַשְׂרוֺ Leviticus 27:31; plural absolute מַעַשְׂרוֺת Nehemiah 12:44; suffix מַעְשְׂרֹתֵידֶם Amos 4:4 3t.; — 1 tenth part of homer Ezekiel 45:11, of bath 45:14. 2 tithe, payment of tenth part: with מִן of thing Genesis 14:20; Numbers 18:26; usually construct before noun of thing Deuteronomy 12:17; 14:23, 28; 26:12; Leviticus 27:30, 32; 2 Chronicles 31:5-6, (twice in verse); Nehemiah 10:38; 10:39; 13:5, 12; absolute Numbers 18:21, 26 (twice in verse); Malachi 3:8, 10; 2 Chronicles 31:12; Nehemiah 10:39; 12:44; הַמּ ׳שְׁנַת Deuteronomy 26:12 the year of the tithe (i.e. of tithing); with Genitive person paying tithe Amos 4:4; Deuteronomy 12:6, 11; Leviticus 27:31; Numbers 18:24, 28. — compare RSSem.i. 228 ff.; 2nd ed. 245 ff.; Proph. Lect. ii. N. NowArchaeology i. 313; ii. 257 f. BenzArchaeology 309, 460 f. DrDt. 168 ff. I. עָשׁ Job 9:9 probably error for עישׁ, see עַ֫יִשׁ p. 747. II. עָשׁ see עשׁשׁ. p. 799. |
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