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title: נשׁא — lend on interest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נשׁא (5378), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: lend on interest. BDB 1906: vb. lend, become creditor. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נשׁא

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«נשׁא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lend 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 5378 · **BDB:** נָשָׁה

### Glosses

\[are\].lending (4); a.creditor (4); creditor (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lend on interest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5378/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. lend, become creditor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5378/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lend, become a creditor (cf. I. נשׁא);— Pf. 1 s. נָשִׁ֫יתִי Je 15:10; 3 pl. נָשׁוּ v 10; Pt. נֹשֶׁה Ex 22:24 + 4 times; pl. נֹשִׁים Ne 5:10, 11 + v 7 Qr (Kt נֹשְׁאִים, v. I. נשׁא), sf. נוֹשַׁי Is 50:1;—lend, usually c. ב pers.: לֹא־נָשִׁיתִי וְלֹא־נָשׁוּ־בִי Je 15:10 I have not lent, and they have not lent to me, Dt 24:11 Ne 5:7 (Qr; + acc. cogn.), v 10, 11 (both + acc. rei); pt. as subst. creditor, usurer Ex 22:24 (E), 2 K 4:1 Is 24:2; 50:1 ψ 109:11. Impf. 3 ms. יַשֶּׁה בְּ Dt 15:2 who lendeth to his neighbour; 2 ms. תַּשֶּׁה בְּ 24:10 when thou lendest to thy neighbour (+ acc. cogn.).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נשׁא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5378/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 109:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.109.11/)

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יְנַקֵּ֣שׁ נ֭וֹשֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ וְיָבֹ֖זּוּ זָרִ֣ים יְגִיעֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* may.he.strike a.creditor to all that \[belongs\].to him and may.they.plunder strangers property his

*JPS 1917:* Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.

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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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