Genesis 14:20:8Gen.14.20.W8TAB
מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר
maaser
“a tenth of”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-SER
- Extended
- mah-ah-SEHR
- IPA
- /ma.ʕă.ˈseːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a tenth of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ma-a-SER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-ten-LO ma-a-SER
- clause
va-yit-ten-LO ma-a-SER mi-KOL
- sentence
u-va-RUKH EL el-YON a-sher-mi-GEN tsa-RE-kha be-ya-DE-kha va-yit-ten-LO ma-a-SER mi-KOL
Exegesis
The partitive expression maaser mikol {מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר מִכֹּֽל | ma-ʿă-śēr mik-kōl} “tithe of everything” marks a worshipful offering drawn from the total spoil.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–shin–resh
“tenth part”
In context — Genesis 14:20
Blessed be God Most High , who has handed your foes over into your hand ; and Abram gave him a tithe of everything.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 14:20, so the Hebrew word מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר (maaser) 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 Gen.14.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.20.W8.S1) and character.