Deuteronomy 14:23:10Deut.14.23.W10TAB
מַעְשַׂ֤ר
maasar
“the tithe”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-SAR
- Extended
- mah-ah-SAHR
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the tithe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-a-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA
- clause
ve-a-KHAL-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha
- sentence
ve-a-KHAL-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The coordinated series maaser deganekha tiroshkha veyitzharekha {מַעְשַׂר דְּגָנְךָ תִּירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ | ma-ʿă-sar də-gā-nə-ḵā ṯî-rôš-ḵā wə-yit-ḥā-ré-ḵā} ‘tithe of your grain, your new wine and your oil’ and uvechorot bekorkha vetzonekha {וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ | u-və-ḵō-rōt bə-qār-ḵā wə-ṣō-ʾā-nə-ḵā} ‘and the firstborn of your herd and your flock’ displays a meristic accumulation.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-shin-resh
“tenth”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:23
And you shall eat before the LORD your God in the place that He will choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, your new wine and your oil and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God all the days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 14:23, so the Hebrew word מַעְשַׂ֤ר (maasar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.14.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.23.W10.S1) and character.