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maššāʾ מַשָּׁא ‘interest’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from nāšā נָשָׁה ‘to lend’
Roots: נשׁה

maššāʾ n, m
1) lending on interest, usury
 1a) in Ne 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent

Mentioned in Nehemiah 5:10, 10:32

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