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LEND/LOAN on INTEREST |
RASHIS COVERED: Dt23-20a TAKE BITE=TAKE Interest;CAUSE-BITE=PAY
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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The Torah coins the term BITE to refer to INTEREST on a loan.
It is Biblically prohibited to have interests on loans. The
Torah uses 2 verb forms--
-- NOUN FORM: Dont give BITES
-- ACTIVE (to bite) and
-- CAUSATIVE (to make someone else bite you).
Clearly
--TO BITE refers to the PERSON LENDING taking INTEREST
--To give BITES also refers to the PERSON LENDING taking interest
--To CAUSE/ALLOW A BITE refers to the LENDER paying the interest
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RASHI RULE USED: GRAMMARr
RASHI SUBRULE USED: 7 Conjugation Modes
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SEARCH QUERY
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All verses containing words with root Nun-Shin-Caph
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conjugation capacity)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE AND SUBRULE
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain Biblical grammar
the same way modern Grammar books explain Grammar.
STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rules-01.htm (Essay on 6 Rashi rules)
http://www.RashiYomi.com/grammar.htm (Rashiyomi Grammar page)
TODAYS LIST
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We review and contrast verses with the root Nun-SHin-Caph
We see 3 forms
- NOUN Form (Give a BITE)
- ACTIVE TENSE (To BITE a lender)
- CAUSATIVE TENSE (Make someone take a BITE (from you))
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| VERSE |
FORM |
TEXT OF VERSE |
| Ex22-24 |
NOUN |
When you loan dont give BITES*1 |
| Lv25-36 |
NOUN |
When helping the poor dont take BITES*1 |
| Ez18-37 |
NOUN |
He did not take BITES or EXTRA (Interest)*1 |
| Dt23-20 |
CAUSATIVE |
Dont CAUSE TO your brother BITINGS*2 |
| Dt23-20 |
ACTIVE |
...anything that can be BITEN*3 |
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COMMENTS |
*1 Clearly these verses refer to BITES of the LOANING PERSON
on the LENDER
*2 So we translate this as DONT ALLOW YOUR BROTHER TO BITE
YOU (That is, do NOT pay the interest to him as he then
has committed a Bite).
- Thus Dt23-20 prohibits interest on the lender
- WHile Lv25-36 prohibits interest on the loaning party
*3 BITEN by the LOANING PARTY
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