עָשַׂר ʻâsar — to accumulate
Translated in the KJV as × surely, give the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), × truly.
a primitive root (identical with H6238); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from H6235; to tithe, i.e. to take or give a tenth.
ʻâsar in each stem
Pi'el
Infinitive absolute 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Infinitive construct 2Participle (active) 1
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›