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title: תַּרְבִּית — increment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּרְבִּית (8636), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: increment. BDB 1906: n.f. increment, interest, usury. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּרְבִּית

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«תַּרְבִּית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **increment** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 8636 · **BDB:** תַּרְבִּית

### Glosses

usury (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

increment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8636/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. increment, interest, usury [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8636/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. increment, interest, usury (= מַרְבִּית 1 b; cf. (on both) Arabic رَبَا iv. take usury, رِبًا interest, usury, Syriac ܪܶܒܺܝܬܳܐ; SaalschützMos. Recht (ii. 1848), 859 HoelemannLetzte Bibelstud. (1885). 297 f. Di Lv 25:36 Benn Hast. DB debt);—alw. abs. ת׳: + נֶשֶׁךְ Lv 25:36 (H), Ez 18:17; 22:12; Pr 28:8; ‖ id. Ez 18:8, 13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּרְבִּית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8636/), 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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[Leviticus 25:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.36/)

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אַל־תִּקַּ֤ח מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙ נֶ֣שֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּ֔ית וְיָרֵ֖אתָ מֵֽאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְחֵ֥י אָחִ֖יךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* do.not take from with him interest and usury and you.will.fear from God your and he.will.live brother your with you

*JPS 1917:* Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

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