You shall notלֹאcharge interestתַשִּׁיךְto your brother,לְאָחִיךָinterestנֶשֶׁךְon silver,כֶּסֶףinterestנֶשֶׁךְon food,אֹכֶלinterestנֶשֶׁךְon anyכָּלthingדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרis lent at interest.יִשָּׁךְ
Deuteronomy 23:19
Study it in the app“You shall not charge interest to your brother, interest on silver, interest on food, interest on any thing that is lent at interest.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:19, word by word
- charge interestתַשִּׁיךְtashich
charge interest
To demand extra from someone who receives a loan, beyond what was lent.
Where else “tashich” appears- to your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- interestנֶשֶׁךְneshech
interest
Interest: what is charged in addition on a loan.
Where else “neshech” appears- on silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- on foodאֹכֶלochel
food
Food, provisions.
Where else “ochel” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears
The context
18You shall not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog into the house of YHWH your Elohim for any vow, for an abomination to YHWH your Elohim are both of them.
19 · This verse (above)
20To the foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, so that YHWH your Elohim may bless you in every undertaking of your hand in the land that you are going into to possess it.