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Strong's #5391 - נָשַׁךְ
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- to bite
- (Qal) to bite
- (Piel) to bite
- to pay, give interest, lend for interest or usury
- (Qal) to give interest
- (Hiphil) to make to give interest
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2441) ksn (נסהכ NShK) AC: Bite CO: ? AB: Usury: A bite, also usury as a biting.
V) ksn (נסהכ NShK) - I. Bite: II. Usury:In the sense of biting. KJV (16): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) bite, usury - Strongs: H5391 (נָשַׁךְ)
Nm) ksn (נסהכ NShK) - Usury: KJV (12): usury - Strongs: H5392 (נֶשֶׁךְ)
ef1) eksin (ניסהכה NYShKH) - Chamber: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (3): chamber - Strongs: H5393 (נִשְׁכָּה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular נָשַׁךְ Numbers 21:9, suffix וּנְשָׁכוֺ consecutive Amos 5:19, וּנְשָׁכָם consecutive Amos 9:3; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשֹּׁךְ Ecclesiastes 10:11, יִשָּׁ֑ךְ Proverbs 23:32, suffix יִשְּׁכֶנּוּ Ecclesiastes 10:8; Participle active נשֵׁךְ Genesis 49:17; plural נשְׁכִים Micah 3:5, suffix נשְׁכֶיךָ Habakkuk 2:7; passive נָשׁוּךְ Numbers 21:8; — bite, chiefly of serpent, with accusative, Amos 5:19; Amos 9:3; Genesis 49:17 (poem in J), Numbers 21:8 (passive participle, absolute), Numbers 21:9, Ecclesiastes 10:8 also Ecclesiastes 10:11 (absolute), Proverbs 23:32 (simile of wine); figurative of prophets בְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם׳הַנּ Micah 3:5 who are biting with their teeth, and crying, Peace! figurative of oppression, etc., נשְׁכֶיךָ Habakkuk 2:7 (with play on sense thy debtors, those that give thee interest).
Pi`el Perfect 3 plural וְנִשְּׁכוּ אֶתְכֶם Jeremiah 8:17 and they shall bite you fatally (figurative); Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיְנַשְּׁכוּאֶתהָֿעָם Numbers 21:5 and they bit the people fatally(both of serpents).
[נָשַׁךְ] verb denominative pay, give interest (compare Gerber Verba denominative 89); —
Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשָּׁ֑ךְ Deuteronomy 23:20 interest of anything off which one giveth interest (compare Dr).
Hiph`il make one give interest; Imperfect 2 masculine singular תַּשִּׁיךְ Deuteronomy 23:20 ( + accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Deuteronomy 23:21; Deuteronomy 23:21, all with לְ person
נָשַׁךְ fut. יִשֹּׁךְ Ecclesiastes 10:11, and יִשַּׁךְ Proverbs 23:32, to bite, as a serpent, Genesis 49:17; Numbers 21:6, seq. [Piel]; as a man, Micah 3:5 (Eth. ነሰከ፡ id.; Syriac transp, ܢܟܬܰ); metaph.
(a) to vex, to oppress, Habakkuk 2:7.
(b) to lend on usury, Deuteronomy 23:20 since not only lending on usury, but even receiving interest was supposed to mark a sordid person and an oppressor of the weak (comp. Aram. נְכַת, ܢܟܬܰ to bite; whence נוֹכְתּא usury; Arab. قرض to gnaw; Conj. III. to lend on usury; Gr. δάκνεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν χρεῶν, Arist. Nub. i. 12; Lat. usura vorax, Lucan, i. 171).
Piel, i.q. Kal, to bite, Numbers 21:6; Jeremiah 8:17.
Hiphil הִשִּׁיךְ to take usury of any one, followed by a dat. of pers. Deuteronomy 23:21. Hence