Deuteronomy 23:20:5Deut.23.20.W5TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:21
תַשִּׁיךְ
tashikh
“you may charge interest”
- Transliteration
- ta-SHIKH
- Extended
- tah-SHEEKH
- IPA
- /taˈʃiːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- you may charge interest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ta-SHIKH
- 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.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–shin–kaf
“to lend at interest”
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 23:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 23:20, so the Hebrew word תַשִּׁיךְ (tashikh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.20.W5.S1) and character.