STRONGS NUMBER H4643

H4643. maaser

or maasar or maasrah מַעֲשֵׂר‎ noun masculine^{Numbers 18:28} tenth part, tithe; — absolute ׳מ‎ 18:26 +; construct מַעְשַׂר‎ Leviticus 27:30 +, מַעֲשַׂר‎ Nehemiah 10:39 (before הַמַּעֲשֵׂר‎); suffix מַעַשְׂרוֺ‎ Leviticus 27:31; plural absolute מַעַשְׂרוֺת‎ Nehemiah 12:44; suffix מַעְשְׂרֹתֵידֶם‎ Amos 4:4 3t.; —

1 tenth part of homer Ezekiel 45:11, of bath 45:14.

2 tithe, payment of tenth part: with מִן‎ of thing Genesis 14:20; Numbers 18:26; usually construct before noun of thing Deuteronomy 12:17; 14:23, 28; 26:12; Leviticus 27:30, 32; 2 Chronicles 31:5-6, (twice in verse); Nehemiah 10:38; 10:39; 13:5, 12; absolute Numbers 18:21, 26 (twice in verse); Malachi 3:8, 10; 2 Chronicles 31:12; Nehemiah 10:39; 12:44; הַמּ ׳שְׁנַת‎ Deuteronomy 26:12 the year of the tithe (i.e. of tithing); with Genitive person paying tithe Amos 4:4; Deuteronomy 12:6, 11; Leviticus 27:31; Numbers 18:24, 28. — compare RS^{Sem.i. 228 ff.; 2nd ed. 245 ff.; Proph. Lect. ii. N.} Now^{Archaeology i. 313; ii. 257 f.} Benz^{Archaeology 309, 460 f.} Dr^{Dt. 168 ff}.

I. עָשׁ‎ Job 9:9 probably error for עישׁ‎, see עַ֫יִשׁ‎ p. 747.

II. עָשׁ‎ see עשׁשׁ‎. p. 799.