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ʿāšaq עָשַׁק ‘to oppress’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root, compare ʿāśaq עָשַׂק ‘to contend’

ʿāšaq v
1) to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to oppress, wrong, extort
  1a2) to oppress
 1b) (Pual) to be exploited, be crushed

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 5:23, 5:21, 19:13 Deuteronomy 24:14, 28:33, 28:29 1 Samuel 12:4, 12:3 Isaiah 52:4, 23:12 Jeremiah 7:6, 21:12, 50:33 Ezekiel 18:18, 22:29 Hosea 12:8 Amos 4:1 Micah 2:2 Zechariah 7:10 Malachi 3:5 Psalms 72:4, 105:14, 119:122, 146:7, 119:121, 103:6 Proverbs 14:31, 28:17, 28:3, 22:16 Job 40:23, 10:3 Ecclesiastes 4:1 1 Chronicles 16:21

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