{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4855",
  "lemma": "מַשָּׁא",
  "transliteration": "mashshâʼ",
  "definition": "a loan; by implication, interest on adebt",
  "kjv": "exaction, usury.",
  "occurrences": 3,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5383",
      "lemma": "נָשָׁה",
      "transliteration": "nâshâh",
      "meaning": "to lend",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5383"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַשָּׁא n.m. lending on interest, or usury"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 5:7",
      "text": "Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/5?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 5:10",
      "text": "I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/5?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 10:32",
      "text": "and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy from them on…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/10?v=32"
    }
  ],
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