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title: נָשַׁךְ — pay · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָשַׁךְ (lemma:נָשַׁךְ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: pay. BDB 1906: vb. denom. pay, give interest. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָשַׁךְ

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«נָשַׁךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pay** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:נָשַׁךְ · **BDB:** נָשַׁךְ²

### Glosses

you.will.charge.interest (3); \[those (1); someone.will.pay.interest (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. pay, give interest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5da_5b0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. pay, give interest (cf. GerberVerba. denom. 89);— Impf. 3 ms. יִשָּׁ֑ךְ Dt 23:20 interest of anything off which one giveth interest (cf. Dr). make one give interest; Impf. 2 ms. תָּשִּׁיךְ Dt 23:20 (+ acc. cogn.) v 21(×2), all c. לְ pers.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (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 «נָשַׁךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5da_5b0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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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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[Habakkuk 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.7/)

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הֲל֣וֹא פֶ֗תַע יָק֙וּמוּ֙ נֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָ וְיִקְצ֖וּ מְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ לִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹת לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* ? not suddenness will.they.arise \[those who\].pay.interest.to.you and will.they.awake? \[those who.will\].make.you.tremble and you.will.become (into) plunder(s) for them

*JPS 1917:* Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, and awake that shall violently shake thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

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