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title: מַשָּׁאָה — loan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשָּׁאָה (4859), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: loan. BDB 1906: n.f. loan. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשָּׁאָה

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«מַשָּׁאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **loan** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4859 · **BDB:** מַשָּׁאָה

### Glosses

a.loan (1); debts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

loan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4859/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. loan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4859/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. loan (on pledge);—cstr. כִּי תַשֶּׁה בְרֵעֲךָ מַשַּׁאת מְאוּמָה Dt 24:10; pl. עֹרְבִים מַשָּׁאוֹת Pr 22:26 those pledging (giving security for) debts.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשָּׁאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4859/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 22:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.26/)

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אַל־תְּהִ֥י בְתֹֽקְעֵי־כָ֑ף בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* do.not be among \[those.who\].strike (of).a.palm among \[those who\].stand.surety.for debts

*JPS 1917:* Be thou not of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts;

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[Deuteronomy 24:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.24.10/)

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כִּֽי־תַשֶּׁ֥ה בְרֵֽעֲךָמַשַּׁ֣את מְא֑וּמָה לֹא־תָבֹ֥א אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ לַעֲבֹ֥ט עֲבֹטֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.will.lend to neighbor your a.loan of.anything not you.will.go into house his to take.as.pledge pledge his

*JPS 1917:* When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

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