H4643

מַעֲשֵׂר

ma.a.serH:N-M

tithe

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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.

25 occurrences

Genesis (1), Leviticus (3), Numbers (4), Deuteronomy (6), II Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (3), Ezekiel (2), Amos (1), Malachi (2)