Lexical Definition

‎מַעֲשֵׂר‎ maʻăsêr (mah-as-ayr') tithe ^H:N-M
or מַעֲשַׂר maʻăsar (mah-as-ar'); and (in plural) feminine מַעַשְׂרָה maʻasrâh (mah-as-raw'); from ‎עָשָׂר‎

tenth (part), tithe(-ing).

• a tenth
• especially a tithe

1) tithe, tenth part
1a) tenth part
1b) tithe, payment of a tenth part

See Greek: ἀπαρχή · δεκάτη · δέκατος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַעֲשֵׂר‎ noun masculine^{Num 18:28} tenth part, tithe; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Num 18:26 +; construct ‎מַעְשַׂר‎ Lev 27:30 +, ‎מַעֲשַׂר‎ Neh 10:39* (before ‎הַמַּעֲשֵׂר‎); suffix ‎מַעַשְׂרוֺ‎ Lev 27:31 plural absolute ‎מַעַשְׂרוֺת‎ Neh 12:44 suffix ‎מַעְשְׂרֹתֵידֶם‎ Amos 4:4 + 3 t.; —

1. tenth part of homer Ezek 45:11, of bath vEzek 45:14.

2. tithe, payment of tenth part: with ‎מִן‎ of thing Gen 14:20; Num 18:26 usually construct before noun of thing Deut 12:17; Deut 14:23; Deut 14:28; Deut 26:12; Lev 27:30; Lev 27:32; 2Chr 31:5; 2Chr 31:6 (twice in verse); Neh 10:38*; Neh 10:39*; Neh 13:5; Neh 13:12 absolute Num 18:21; Num 18:26 (twice in verse); Mal 3:8; Mal 3:10; 2Chr 31:12; Neh 10:39*; Neh 12:44 ‎׳‎‎שְׁנַת הַמּ‎ Deut 26:12 the year of the tithe (i.e. of tithing); with genitive person paying tithe Amos 4:4; Deut 12:6; Deut 12:11; Lev 27:31; Num 18:24; Num 18:28. — compare RS^{Sem.i. 228 ff.; 2nd ed. 245 ff.; Proph. Lect. ii. N.} Now^{Archaeology i. 313; ii. 257 f.} Benz^{Archaeology 309, 460 f.} Dr^{Dt. 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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