נָשָׁא
nâshâʼ · H5378 · Hebrew · 17 occurrences
Meanings
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to lend
Action with which a person gives money or something of value to another person with the expectation that it will be paid back or returned, which can become a burden weighing heavily on the borrower
ExamplesExodus 22:25 “If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
Deuteronomy 15:2 “And this is the regulation for the release of debts: every creditor is to forgive what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not require it of his neighbor and his brother, because the LORD’S release has been proclaimed.
1 Samuel 22:2 Then everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him; and he became captain over them. Now there were about four hundred men with him.
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to oblige, to require
Causative action in which a person is forced or made to state a case or perform an action as if it were owed
Examples1 Kings 8:31 “If a person sins against his neighbor and is compelled to take an oath of innocence, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
11 occurrences in 7 groups
- אַתָּהyou 3
- Not stated: he, she or it 3
- אֲנִיI 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 6 groups
- דָּגָןgrain 1
- כֶּסֶףsilver 1
- אָלָהto utter a curse 1
- אָלָהoath 1
- מַשָּׁאdebt 1
- מַשָּׁאָהloan 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
9 occurrences in 5 groups
- בin/on/with+ וֹhim 4
- בin/on/with+ רֵעַneighbor, friend 2
- בin/on/with+ הֶםthem 2
- לto/for+ אָלָהto utter a curse 2
- בin/on/with+ נִיme 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- לֹאnot 2
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נִיme 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָכַרto sell 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- נָקַשׁto entrap 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- וֹhim 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִיwho? 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- כlike/as 4
- מִןfrom 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- δανειστής daneistḗs · G1157 · moneylender
- Greek δανειστής (lender) represents the nominal agent form corresponding to the creditor/usurer sense in Hebrew נָשָׁא, which encompasses the act of lending at interest.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Non-Possess002003002018
- נָשָׁה describes a creditor's claim over a debtor, illustrated at Exodus 22:24 (the surrounding law against usury) and 1 Samuel 22:2 ("everyone who was in debt... gathered to him").
- Act002002002001
- This entry carries no independent "Act" sense of its own distinct from ordinary lending/debt; every genuine tagged occurrence concerns lending or being in debt, not a generalized act. The domain is bundle-shared with the lexeme's own broader sense range.
- Foolish002001002010
- The word shares its root with the deceiving-sense homograph of this verb, an association not directly attested by citations specific to its exacting/usury sense.
Word family 1 word
This word has no family of its own: these words share its root.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5378. nasha I. [נָשָׁא] verb lend on interest, or usury, be a creditor (compare Arabic…
I. [נָשָׁא] verb lend on interest, or usury, be a creditor (compare Arabic postpone, delay; sell on credit; || form of I. נָשָׁה, see Ges§ 75oo); —
Qal Participle active נשֶׁא (analogous ׳ל ה) 1Sa 22:2 every man that had a creditor; בוֺ נשֶׁא אֲשֶׁר Isa 24:2 against whom is a ceditor, and plural נשְׁאִים Neh 5:7 Kt (נשִׁים Qr, from נָשָׁה), + accusative of congnate meaning with verb מַשָּׁא.
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular בּוֺ אוֺיֵב לֹאיַֿשִּׁיא Psa 89:23 an enemy shall not act the creditor against him, make exactions of him (|| יְעַנֶּנּוּ). — 1Ki 8:31; 2Ch 6:22 see נשׂא Qal 1 b (5).
I. נָשָׁה verb lend, become a creditor (compare I. נשׁא); —
Qal Perfect1singular נָשִׁ֫יתִי Jer 15:10; Jer 15:3plural נָשׁוּ Jer 15:10; Participle נשֶׁה Exo 22:24 Exo 22:4t.; plural נשִׁים Neh 5:10-11, + Neh 5:7 Qr (Kt נשְׁאִים, see I. נשׁא), suffix נוֺשַׁי Isa 50:1; — lend, usually with ב person: וְלֹאנָֿשׁוּבִֿי לֹאנָֿשִׁיתִי Jer 15:10 I have not lent, and they have not lent to me, Deu 24:11; Neh 5:7 (Qr; + accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Neh 5:10; Neh 5:11 (both + accusative of thing); participle as substantive creditor, usurer Exo 22:24 (E), 2Ki 4:1; Isa 24:2; Isa 50:1; Psa 109:11.
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular בְּ יַשֶּׁה Deu 15:2 who lendeth to his neighbour; 2 masculine singular בְּ תַּשֶּׁה Deu 24:10 when thou lendest to thy neighbour (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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