מַשָּׁא
masha · loan, interest
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4855 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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masha (מַשָּׁא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “loan, interest”.
Loan at interest: what is lent demanding something more in return; the burden of a debt.
How to say it
ma·sha
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Money given demanding more back later.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- loan ×2
- interest ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Nehemiah 5:7
My heart deliberated within me, and I contended with the nobles and with the officials and said to them, “You are lending at interest, each to his brother.” And I convened against them a great assembly,
- Nehemiah 5:10
I too, my brothers, and my young men are lending them silver and grain. Let us give up, please, this loan at interest.
- Nehemiah 10:31
and as for the peoples of the land who bring the merchandise and any grain on the day of the Sabbath to sell, we will not take anything from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day; and we will leave the seventh year and the loan of every hand.