Nehemiah 13:12:3Neh.13.12.W3TAB
מַעְשַׂ֧ר
maesar
“tithe”
- Transliteration
- ma-e-SAR
- Extended
- mah-eh-SAHR
- IPA
- /ma.əˈsˤar/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-e-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
ma-e-SAR ha-da-GAN
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA he-vi-U ma-e-SAR ha-da-GAN ve-ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR la-o-tsa-ROT
Exegesis
The noun ma’asar {מַעְשַׂר | maʿ-sar} functions as the direct object with a list of items linked by vav-conjunctions: hadagan {הַדָּגָן | ha-dā-gān}, vehatirosh {וְהַתִּיר֥וֹשׁ | wə-hat-tî-rôš}, and vehayitshar {וְהַיִּצְהָ֖ר | wə-hay-yîṣ-ḥār}.
Root and etymology
ע־ש־ר
“to be ten, collect a tenth”
In context — Nehemiah 13:12
And all Judah brought the tithe of grain and the new wine and the oil to the storerooms .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Nehemiah 13:12, so the Hebrew word מַעְשַׂ֧ר (maesar) 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 Neh.13.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.12.W3.S1) and character.