What does נָשָׁה (nāšāh) mean in the Bible?
נָשָׁה (nāšāh): Lending or borrowing involving security and interest; often connotes exploitation or usury in covenant context.
Hebrew · H5383
נָשָׁה
To lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
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נָשָׁה H5383
Pronunciation nāšāh
What does נָשָׁה (nāšāh) mean in the Bible?
נָשָׁה (nāšāh): Lending or borrowing involving security and interest; often connotes exploitation or usury in covenant context.
Full entry for נָשָׁה (H5383) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5383?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), And now his creditor (1), as a creditor (1), borrowed (1), have been assessing (1).
Where does נָשָׁה (nāšāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 22:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (3), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Nehemiah (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 1× Isaiah 24:2
And now his creditor 1× 2 Kings 4:1
as a creditor 1× Exodus 22:25
borrowed 1× Jeremiah 15:10
have been assessing 1× Nehemiah 5:11
have been lending 1× Nehemiah 5:10
he has loaned 1× Deuteronomy 15:2
lent 1× Jeremiah 15:10
May the creditor 1× Psalms 109:11
of My creditors 1× Isaiah 50:1
you are lending 1× Deuteronomy 24:11
you lend 1× Deuteronomy 24:10
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 22:25 כְּנֹשֶׁ֑ה to as a creditor Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Deuteronomy 15:2 יַשֶּׁ֖ה to he has loaned Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Deuteronomy 24:10 תַשֶּׁ֥ה to you lend Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Deuteronomy 24:11 נֹשֶׁ֣ה to you are lending Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular 2 Kings 4:1 וְהַ֨נֹּשֶׁ֔ה to And now his creditor Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Nehemiah 5:10 נֹשִׁ֥ים to have been lending Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Nehemiah 5:11 נֹשִׁ֥ים to have been assessing Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Psalms 109:11 נ֭וֹשֶׁה to May the creditor Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Isaiah 24:2 כַּנֹּשֶׁ֕ה to . . . Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Isaiah 50:1 מִנּוֹשַׁ֔י to of My creditors Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 22:25
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 7
Exodus 1 Deuteronomy 3 2 Kings 1 Nehemiah 2 Psalms 1 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 2
Source forms
נֹשִׁ֥ים 2x nō·šîm Nehemiah 5:10, Nehemiah 5:11
וְהַ֨נֹּשֶׁ֔ה 1x wə·han·nō·šeh 2 Kings 4:1
יַשֶּׁ֖ה 1x yaš·šeh Deuteronomy 15:2
כְּנֹשֶׁ֑ה 1x kə·nō·šeh Exodus 22:25
כַּנֹּשֶׁ֕ה 1x kan·nō·šeh Isaiah 24:2
מִנּוֹשַׁ֔י 1x min·nō·wō·šay Isaiah 50:1
נ֭וֹשֶׁה 1x nō·wō·šeh Psalms 109:11
נֹשֶׁ֣ה 1x nō·šeh Deuteronomy 24:11
Parsing patterns
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural 2x Nehemiah 5:10, Nehemiah 5:11
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular 2x Deuteronomy 24:11, Psalms 109:11
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular 1x 2 Kings 4:1
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular 1x Exodus 22:25
Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 24:2
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular 1x Isaiah 50:1
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 1x Deuteronomy 24:10
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Deuteronomy 15:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Lending or borrowing involving security and interest; often connotes exploitation or usury in covenant context.
Source Gloss
to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Lending or borrowing involving security and interest; often connotes exploitation or usury in covenant context.
to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest BDB: lend Usage: creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer, lend on (taker on) usury.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 10
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 8×
Participle active Deut 24:11 · Neh 5:7 · Neh 5:10 · Neh 5:11 · Ps 109:11 6×
Perfect Jer 15:10 2×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 2×
Imperfect Deut 15:2 · Deut 24:10 2×
Word Origins
נָשָׁה is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain