Deuteronomy 23:20:1Deut.23.20.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:21
לַנָּכְרִי
lanokhri
“to a foreigner”
- Transliteration
- la-nokh-RI
- Extended
- lah-nokh-REE
- IPA
- /la.nːɔxˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a foreigner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
la-nokh-RI
- sentence
la-nokh-RI ta-SHIKH ve-le-a-KHI-kha LO ta-SHIKH le-MA-an ye-va-re-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-KHOL mish-la-KHAT ya-DE-kha al-ha-A-retz a-SHER-a-TA ba-SHA-ma le-rish-TAH
Exegesis
This verse presents a parallel structure contrasting lanokhri {לַנָּכְרִּי | la·naḵ·rî} ‘to the foreigner’ with uleakhikha {וּלְאָחִיךָ | û·lə·’aḥî·ḵā} ‘to your brother,’ where the Hiphil imperfect tashikh {תַּשִּׁיךְ | taš·šîḵ} ‘you may lend at interest’ permits lending at interest initially, and lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ negates the second occurrence to forbid it.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:20
You may lend to a foreigner at interest, but you shall not lend to your brother at interest, so that the LORD your God may bless you in every undertaking of your hand in the land you are entering to possess.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 23:20, so the Hebrew word לַנָּכְרִי (lanokhri) 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.23.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.20.W1.S1) and character.