Original: מַשָּׁא

Transliteration: mashshâʼ

Phonetic: mash-shaw'

Short Definition: Exaction

Original: משּׁא

Transliteration: mashshâ'

Phonetic: mash-shaw'

BDB Definition:

1. lending on interest, usury
   1. in Neh 5:11, the rate of " usury" was only one per cent

Origin: from H5383

TWOT entry: 1424a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

Cognate: H4859, H5378