Numbers 18:26:8Num.18.26.W8TAB
אֶת־הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֗ר
ethamaaseir
“the tithe”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ma-a-SEIR
- Extended
- EET-ha-mah-a-SEHR
- IPA
- /ʔet.ham.ˈma.ʕaˌseːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the tithe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-ma-a-SEIR
- clause
ve-EL-hal-le-vi-YIM te-da-BER ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-tik-KHU me-ET be-NEI-yis-ra-EL et-ha-ma-a-SEIR a-SHER na-ta-TI la-KHEM me-it-TAM be-na-cha-lat-KHEM
- sentence
ve-EL-hal-le-vi-YIM te-da-BER ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-tik-KHU me-ET be-NEI-yis-ra-EL et-ha-ma-a-SEIR a-SHER na-ta-TI la-KHEM me-it-TAM be-na-cha-lat-KHEM va-ha-re-mo-TEM mi-men-NU te-ru-MAT Ye-ho-VAH ma-a-SEIR min-ha-ma-a-SEIR
Exegesis
The conditional clause kî-tikḥû {כִּֽי־תִ֠קְחוּ | kî-tikḥû} ‘when you take’ governs the procedural context, followed by the construct chain of bənē-Yisrā’ēl {בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | bənē-Yisrā’ēl} ‘sons of Israel’ and ’et-hamma‘ăśēr {אֶת־הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֗ר | ’et-hamma‘ăśēr} ‘the tithe’ as direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin-shin-resh
“tenth”
In context — Numbers 18:26
And you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, “When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given to you from them as your inheritance, then you shall raise up from it an offering to the LORD, a tithe from the tithe.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 18:26, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֗ר (ethamaaseir) 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 Num.18.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.26.W8.S1) and character.