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title: נֶשֶׁךְ — interest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֶשֶׁךְ (5392), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: interest. BDB 1906: interest, usury. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֶשֶׁךְ

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«נֶשֶׁךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 12 times · **Key:** 5392 · **BDB:** נֶ֫שֶׁךְ

### Glosses

interest (12)

### Meaning (OSHB)

interest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5392/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

interest, usury [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5392/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] interest, usury (lit. something bitten off);—נ׳ abs. Ex 22:24 +; cstr. Dt 23:20;—c. שִׂים עַל־ Ex 22:24 (E); c. לָקַח מִן Lv 25:36, הֵשִׁיב מִן Ez 18:17, לָקַח 22:12 (no prep.), בְּנֶשֶׁךְ Lv 25:37 at interest, so ψ 15:5 Ez 18:8, 13; בְּנ׳ Pr 28:8 by usury; as acc. cogn. Dt 23:20(×3).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֶשֶׁךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5392/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 28:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.8/)

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מַרְבֶּ֣ה ה֭וֹנוֹ בְּנֶ֣שֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּ֑ית לְחוֹנֵ֖ן דַּלִּ֣ים יִקְבְּצֶֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].increases wealth his by interest and usury for \[one.who\].shows.favor.to poor.\[people\] he gathers.it

*JPS 1917:* He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.

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[Deuteronomy 23:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.20/)

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לֹא־תַשִּׁ֣יךְ לְאָחִ֔יךָ נֶ֥שֶׁךְ כֶּ֖סֶף נֶ֣שֶׁךְ אֹ֑כֶל נֶ֕שֶׁךְ כָּל־דָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשָּֽׁךְ׃

*Word for word:* not you.will.charge.interest to countryman your interest of.money interest of.food interest of.any thing which someone.will.pay.interest

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest.

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