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# מַעֲשֵׂר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4643

**tenth part** — used 32 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

tenth part [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4643/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַעֲשֵׂר²: n.m. tenth part, tithe [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4643/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Nu 18:28 tenth part, tithe;—abs. מ׳ Nu 18:26 +; cstr. מַעְשַׂר Lv 27:30 +, מַעֲשַׂר Ne 10:39 (bef. הַמַּעֲשֵׂר); sf. מַעַשְׂרוֹ Lv 27:31; pl. abs. מַעַשְׂרוֹת Ne 12:44; sf. מַעְשְׂרֹתֵיכֶם Am 4:4 + 3 times;— tenth part of ḥomer Ez 45:11, of bath v 14. tithe, payment of tenth part: c. מִן rei Gn 14:20 Nu 18:26; usually cstr. bef. n. rei Dt 12:17; 14:23, 28; 26:12; Lv 27:30, 32; 2 Ch 31:5, 6(×2;) Ne 10:38, 39; 13:5, 12; abs. Nu 18:21, 26(×2;) Mal 3:8, 10; 2 Ch 31:12; Ne 10:39; 12:44; שְׁנַת הַמּ׳ Dt 26:12 the year of the tithe (i.e. of tithing); c. genit. pers. paying tithe Am 4:4 Dt 12:6, 11; Lv 27:31; Nu 18:24, 28.—Cf. RSSem. i. 228 ff.; 2nd ed. 245 ff.; Proph. Lect. ii. N. NowArch. i. 313; ii. 257 f. BenzArch. 309, 460 f. DrDt.168 ff.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the tithe (12); tithe (6); tithes (5).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 27:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.31/#tree)

וְאִם־גָּאֹ֥ל יִגְאַ֛ל אִ֖ישׁ מִמַּֽעַשְׂר֑וֹ חֲמִשִׁית֖וֹ יֹסֵ֥ף עָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and if indeed.(redeem) he.will.redeem anyone any of his.tithe its fifth let.him.add to it

*JPS 1917:* And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.

[Nehemiah 13:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.12/#tree)

וְכָל־יְהוּדָ֗ה הֵבִ֜יאוּ מַעְשַׂ֧ר הַדָּגָ֛ן וְהַתִּיר֥וֹשׁ וְהַיִּצְהָ֖ר לָאוֹצָרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and all Judah they.brought the.tithe of the.grain and the.new wine and the.fresh oil to the storerooms

*JPS 1917:* Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the wine and the oil unto the treasuries.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4643.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4643/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).