נָשָׁה
na.shah
“to lend”
Definition
to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
a primitive root (rather identical with H5382 (נָשָׁה), in the sense of H5378 (נָשָׁא));
- to lend, be a creditor 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lend 1a2) creditor (participle) (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) to lend
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
נָשָׁה appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
people and priest alike, servant and master,maid and mistress, buyer and seller,lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
Woe to me, my mother,that you have borne me,a man of strife and conflictin all the land.I have neither lent nor borrowed,yet everyone curses me.
Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”
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