ma.a.ser denotes a designated tenth, especially of produce or livestock brought, assigned, or set apart in worship-related settings.

The term most often denotes a designated tenth of produce, livestock, or goods that is brought, set apart, stored, or assigned to particular recipients; in two measurement clauses it denotes a tenth proportion used to state quantities.

1. Designated tenth brought or assigned · dominant

   The construct-form noun identifies a tenth connected with grain, wine, oil, land produce, or livestock: in Leviticus 27:30 the APB renders land produce as belonging to the LORD, and in Leviticus 27:32 it describes every tenth animal of herd or flock. The same item is brought to a chosen place, given to specified recipients, or placed in storage in Deuteronomy 12:6, Deuteronomy 26:12, Numbers 18:21, and Malachi 3:10.

   Leviticus 27:30Leviticus 27:32Deuteronomy 12:6Deuteronomy 26:12Numbers 18:21Malachi 3:10
2. A tenth as a stated measure · rare

   In Ezekiel 45:11 the construct form occurs in a quantity rule, where the APB renders a tenth of the homer from both the bath and the ephah. Ezekiel 45:14 likewise states a tenth proportion for oil in relation to the kor and homer.

   Ezekiel 45:11Ezekiel 45:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term as “tithe” or “tithes” in clauses about produce, animals, recipients, and storehouses. In Ezekiel 45:11 it renders the proportion as “a tenth”; these renderings reflect whole-verse translation.