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Deuteronomy 23:20 — King James Version← Study notes

Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.


Deuteronomy 23:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 23:2012 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תַשִּׁיךְtašîḵəStrike
לְאָחִיךָləʾāḥîḵāTo brother
נֶשֶׁךְnešeḵəInterest
כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver
נֶשֶׁךְnešeḵəInterest
אֹכֶלʾōḵelFood
נֶשֶׁךְnešeḵəInterest
כָּלkālWhole
דָּבָרdāvārWord
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִשָּׁךְyišāḵəStrike
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תַשִּׁיךְtašîḵəStrike
לְאָחִיךָləʾāḥîḵāTo brother
נֶשֶׁךְnešeḵəInterest
כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver
נֶשֶׁךְnešeḵəInterest
אֹכֶלʾōḵelFood
נֶשֶׁךְnešeḵəInterest
כָּלkālWhole
דָּבָרdāvārWord
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִשָּׁךְyišāḵəStrike

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