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Strong's #4855 - מַשָּׁא
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- lending on interest, usury
- in Ne 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent
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1320) sn (נסה NSh) AC: Loan CO: Debt AB: Deception: The pictograph n is a picture of a seed representing continuance, the s is a picture of teeth representing pressure. Combined these mean "continual pressing". An imposition such as a debt or deception which causes oppression. (eng: gnash)
A) sn (נסה NSh) AC: ? CO: Debt AB: ?
fm ) isn (נסהי NShY) - Debt: KJV (1): debt - Strongs: H5386 (נְשִׁי)
E) asn (נסהא NShA) AC: ? CO: Debt AB: Deception
V) asn (נסהא NShA) - I. Deceive: II. Debt:KJV (20): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Participle) deceive, beguile, seize - Strongs: H5377 (נָשָׁא), H5378 (נָשָׁא)
am) asnm (מנסהא MNShA) - Interest: [df: asm] KJV (2): usury - Strongs: H4855 (מַשָּׁא)
af1 ) easnm (מנסהאה MNShAH) - Loan: [df: hasm] KJV (2): thing, debt - Strongs: H4859 (מַשָּׁאָה)
ajm ) nfasnm (מנסהאונ MNShAWN) - Loan: [df: Nwasm] KJV (1): deceit - Strongs: H4860 (מַשָּׁאוֹן)
H) esn (נסהה NShH) AC: Forget CO: ? AB: ?: The removal of a debt through payment, forgetting or forgiving.
V) esn (נסהה NShH) - I. Forget: II. Loan:KJV (19): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel, Participle) forget, deprive, exact, lend, creditor, extortioner, usury - Strongs: H5382 (נָשָׁה), H5383 (נָשָׁה)
Nm) esn (נסהה NShH) - Hip: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (2): shrank - Strongs: H5384 (נָשֶׁה)
am) esnm (מנסהה MNShH) - Loan: [df: hsm] KJV (1): credit - Strongs: H4874 (מַשֶּׁה)
ff1 ) eisn (נסהיה NShYH) - Forgetfulness: KJV (1): forgetfulness - Strongs: H5388 (נְשִׁיָּה)
J) sfn (נוסה NWSh) AC: Despair CO: ? AB: ?
V) sfn (נוסה NWSh) - Despair: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) heaviness - Strongs: H5136 (נוּשׁ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
מַשָּׁא m. (from the root נָשָׁא).
(1) usury, Nehemiah 5:7.
(2) a debt, i.q. מַשָּׁאָה. Nehemiah 10:32, מַשָּׁא כָל־יָד “the debts of every hand,” i.e. all debts, perhaps so called from the debtor’s promising, by giving his right hand, to pay back the borrowed money. Other MSS. and editions read מַשָּׂא the burden of every hand, which is less suitable.
