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Ecclesiastes 10:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H2658 He that diggeth חפר

H1475 a pit גומץ

H5307 shall fall בו יפול

H6555 into it and whoso breaketh ופרץ

H1447 an hedge גדר

H5391 shall bite ישׁכנו

H5175 a serpent נחשׁ׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

that

H2658 diggeth

H1475 pit

shall

H5307 fall

into

and

whoso

H6555 breaketh

H1447 hedge

H5175 serpent

shall

H5391 bite

him

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H5391

Hebrew: נָשַׁךְ

Transliteration: nâshak

Pronunciation: naw-shak'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {bite} lend upon usury.

Definition:

to strike with a sting (as a serpent); {figuratively} to oppress with interest on a loan

1. to bite

a. (Qal) to bite

b. (Piel) to bite

2. to pay, give interest, lend for interest or usury

a. (Qal) to give interest

b. (Hiphil) to make to give interest

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906