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title: מַשָּׁא — lending on interest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשָּׁא (4855), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: lending on interest. BDB 1906: n.m. lending on interest usury. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשָּׁא

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«מַשָּׁא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lending on interest** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4855 · **BDB:** מַשָּׁא²

### Glosses

usury (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lending on interest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4855/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lending on interest usury [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4855/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ne 5:10 lending on interest, or usury;—Ne 5:7 (as acc. cogn.), v 10 10:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשָּׁא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4855/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.5.10/)

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וְגַם־אֲנִי֙ אַחַ֣י וּנְעָרַ֔י נֹשִׁ֥ים בָּהֶ֖ם כֶּ֣סֶף וְדָגָ֑ן נַֽעַזְבָה־נָּ֖א אֶת־הַמַּשָּׁ֥א הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and also I brothers my and servants my \[are\].lending to them money and grain let.us.abandon please (et) the usury (the) this

*JPS 1917:* And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, have lent them money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this exaction.

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[Nehemiah 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.5.7/)

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וַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְ לִבִּ֜י עָלַ֗י וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙ אֶת־הַחֹרִ֣ים וְאֶת־הַסְּגָנִ֔ים וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם מַשָּׁ֥אאִישׁ־בְּאָחִ֖יו אַתֶּ֣ם נשאיםוָאֶתֵּ֥ן עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם קְהִלָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.considered heart my with me and I contended with the nobles and with the officials and I said to them usury each on brother his you \[are\].lending and I.made on them an.assembly great

*JPS 1917:* Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them: 'Ye lend upon pledge, every one to his brother.' And I held a great assembly against them.

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