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You shall notלֹאgiveתִתֵּןhimלוֹyour silverאֶת כַּסְפְּךָat interest,בְּנֶשֶׁךְand you shall notוּ לֹאgiveתִתֵּןyour foodאָכְלֶךָfor profit.בְמַרְבִּית
Leviticus 25:37
Study it in the app“You shall not give him your silver at interest, and you shall not give your food for profit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:37, word by word
- giveתִתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- your silverכַּסְפְּkasp
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kasp” appears- at interestנֶשֶׁךְneshech
interest
Interest: what is charged in addition on a loan.
Where else “neshech” appears- your foodאָכְלֶachle
food
Food, provisions.
Where else “achle” appears- for profitמַרְבִּיתmarbit
interest
What is added: the gain a loan yields, interest.
Where else “marbit” appears
The context
36Do not take from him interest or profit, but fear your Elohim, so that your brother may live with you.
37 · This verse (above)
38I am YHWH your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, to be your Elohim.