Deuteronomy 23:21
{ "verseID": "Deuteronomy.23.21", "source": "לַנָּכְרִ֣י תַשִּׁ֔יךְ וּלְאָחִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תַשִּׁ֑יךְ לְמַ֨עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֜ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בְּכֹל֙ מִשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֔ךָ עַל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ ס", "text": "To-the-*nākrî* *taššîk* and-to-*ʾāḥîkā* not *taššîk* so-that *yəbārekəkā* *YHWH* *ʾĕlōheykā* in-all *mišlaḥ* *yādekā* on-the-*ʾāreṣ* which-you *bāʾ*-there to-*rištāh*", "grammar": { "*la*": "preposition with definite article - to the", "*nākrî*": "adjective, masculine singular - foreigner", "*taššîk*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you may lend at interest", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*lə*": "preposition - to", "*ʾāḥîkā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your brother", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*taššîk*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall lend at interest", "*ləmaʿan*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*yəbārekəkā*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - he will bless you", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/the LORD", "*ʾĕlōheykā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God", "*bə*": "preposition - in", "*kōl*": "masculine singular construct - all/every", "*mišlaḥ*": "masculine singular construct - undertaking/sending forth of", "*yādekā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand", "*ʿal*": "preposition - on/upon", "*ha*": "definite article - the", "*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - land", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*ʾattâ*": "2nd masculine singular independent pronoun - you", "*bāʾ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - entering/going", "*šāmmâ*": "adverb - there/to there", "*lə*": "preposition - to", "*rištāh*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - possess it" }, "variants": { "*nākrî*": "foreigner/stranger/non-Israelite", "*taššîk*": "lend at interest/charge interest", "*ʾāḥîkā*": "your brother/fellow Israelite/compatriot", "*yəbārekəkā*": "bless you/favor you/prosper you", "*mišlaḥ* *yādekā*": "undertaking of your hand/enterprise/venture", "*rištāh*": "possess it/take possession of it/inherit it" } }