Nehemiah 13:5:12Neh.13.5.W12TAB
וּמַעְשַׂ֤ר
umasear
“and the tithe of”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-se-AR
- Extended
- oo-mah-seh-AHR
- IPA
- /uːmaʕˈśar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the tithe of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
u-ma-se-AR
- phraseyour reading level
u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN
- clause
va-ya-AS LO lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM no-te-NIM et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA ve-ha-ke-LIM u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR mits-VAT hal-ve-YIM ve-ha-me-sho-re-RIM ve-ha-sho-a-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-AS LO lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM no-te-NIM et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA ve-ha-ke-LIM u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR mits-VAT hal-ve-YIM ve-ha-me-sho-re-RIM ve-ha-sho-a-RIM u-te-ru-MAT ha-ko-ha-NIM
Exegesis
The series u-maʿśār haddāgān hattîrôš wə-hayyiṣḥār {וּמַעְשַׂ֤ר הַדָּגָן֙ הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְהַיִּצְהָ֔ר | u-maʿśār haddāgān hattîrôš wə-hayyiṣḥār} lists tithes in logical order.
Root and etymology
ayin–samekh–reshʿ–s–r
“tithe; tenth part”
In context — Nehemiah 13:5
And he made for him a large chamber , and there they formerly laid the grain offering, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of grain, the new wine, and the oil—the allotted share for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the contribution for the priests.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Nehemiah 13:5, so the Hebrew word וּמַעְשַׂ֤ר (umasear) 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.13.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.5.W12.S1) and character.