Deuteronomy 23:19:1Deut.23.19.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:20
לֹא־תַשִּׁיךְ
lotashikh
“You shall not charge interest”
- Transliteration
- lo-ta-SHIKH
- Extended
- loh-tah-SHIHKH
- IPA
- /loː.taˈʃiːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- You shall not charge interest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-ta-SHIKH
- sentence
lo-ta-SHIKH le-a-KHI-kha NE-shekh KE-sef NE-shekh O-khel NE-shekh kol-da-VAR a-SHER yi-SHAKH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the negation particle lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’, introducing a prohibition.
The Hiphil imperfect tashikh {תַּשִּׁיךְ | tāšîḵ} ‘you shall charge’ plus the noun neshekh {נֶשֶׁךְ | nĕšēḵ} ‘interest’ expresses the act of imposing a fee.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–shin–kaf
“to lend at interest”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:19
You shall not charge interest to your brother on silver, on food, or on anything that can be lent with interest.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 23:19, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תַשִּׁיךְ (lotashikh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.23.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.19.W1.S1) and character.