Ezekiel 18:17:4Ezek.18.17.W4TAB
נֶ֤שֶׁךְ
neshekh
“interest or usury”
- Transliteration
- NE-shekh
- Extended
- NEH-shehkh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛʃɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- interest or usury
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
NE-shekh
- phraseyour reading level
NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT
- clause
me-a-NI he-SHIV ya-DO NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT LO la-KHAKH mish-pa-TAI a-SA be-khu-kko-TAI ha-LAKH
- sentence
me-a-NI he-SHIV ya-DO NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT LO la-KHAKH mish-pa-TAI a-SA be-khu-kko-TAI ha-LAKH HU LO ya-MUT ba-a-VON a-VIV kha-YO yikh-YE
Exegesis
The coordinated nouns neshekh {נֶשֶׁךְ | ne-šek} and tarbit {תַרְבִּית | tar-bît} function as objects of the negated action lo lakach …
Root and etymology
נ־שׁ־ךְ
“interest, bite”
In context — Ezekiel 18:17
He withdrew his hand from oppressing the poor, did not take interest or increase, practiced my judgments, walked in my statutes; he will not die for his father’s iniquity, he will surely live.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 18:17, so the Hebrew word נֶ֤שֶׁךְ (neshekh) 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 Ezek.18.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.17.W4.S1) and character.