Ezekiel 18:8:1Ezek.18.8.W1TAB
בַּנֶּ֣שֶׁךְ
baneshekh
“at interest”
- Transliteration
- ba-NE-shekh
- Extended
- bah-NEH-shehkh
- IPA
- /banˈnɛʃɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- at interest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-NE-shekh
- phraseyour reading level
ba-NE-shekh lo-YI-ten
- clause
ba-NE-shekh lo-YI-ten ve-tar-BIT LO yik-KAKH me-O-vel ya-SHIV YA-do
- sentence
ba-NE-shekh lo-YI-ten ve-tar-BIT LO yik-KAKH me-O-vel ya-SHIV YA-do mish-PAT e-MET ya-a-SE BEN ISH le-ISH
Exegesis
This verse employs a parallel negative construction using lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ with both bannešekh {בַּנֶּשֶׁךְ | bannešeḵ} ‘interest’ and tarbîṯ {תַרְבִּית | tarbîṯ} ‘profit’, creating balanced prohibitions. The verbs yittēn (Qal imperfect) and yiqqāḥ (Qal imperfect) highlight giving and taking in economic transactions.
Root and etymology
n-š-knun–shin–kaf
“to bite, charge interest”
In context — Ezekiel 18:8
He does not lend at interest nor take a profit; from injustice he withdraws his hand; he executes true judgment between one person and another.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:8, so the Hebrew word בַּנֶּ֣שֶׁךְ (baneshekh) 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.18.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.8.W1.S1) and character.