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# לָוָה

Biblical Hebrew

**borrow** — used 14 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

borrow [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לָוָה²: vb. borrow Qal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. borrow (NH id.; cf. Arabic لَوَى delay payment of debt (cf. BAES 12));— Pf. 1 pl. לָוִי֫נוּ Ne 5:4; Impf. 2 ms. תִּלְוֶה Dt 28:12; Pt. לֹוֶה Pr 22:7 + 2 times;—borrow, עֶבֶד לֹוֶה לְאִישׁ מַלְוֶה Pr 22:7 a borrower is slave to a man who lends; abs. Dt 28:12 Is 24:2 ψ 37:21; sq. כֶּסֶף Ne 5:4. Pf. 2 ms. consec. וְהִלְוִיתָה Dt 28:12; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַלְוְךָ Dt 28:44; 2 ms. תַּלְוֶה Ex 22:24; sf. תַּלְוֶנּוּ Dt 28:44; Pt. מַלְוֶה ψ 37:26 + 3 times, cstr. מַלְוֵה Pr 19:17;—cause to borrow, i.e. lend to, c. acc. pers. + כֶּסֶף Ex 22:24 (E); c. acc. pers. Dt 28:12, 44(×2); abs. ψ 37:26; 112:5; אִישׁ מַלְוֶה Pr 22:7 (v. Qal supr.); as subst. Is 24:2; מַלְוֵה י׳ Pr 19:17 a lender to י׳ is one shewing favour to the poor.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: you will lend to (2); \[he is\] lending (1); \[is\] borrowing (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 37:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.21/#tree)

לֹוֶ֣ה רָ֭שָׁע וְלֹ֣א יְשַׁלֵּ֑ם וְ֝צַדִּ֗יק חוֹנֵ֥ן וְנוֹתֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].borrowing \[the\].wicked and not he.repays and.\[the\] righteous \[is\].showing.favor and \[he.is\].giving

*JPS 1917:* The wicked borroweth, and payeth not; but the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

[Psalms 112:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.112.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.112.5/#tree)

טֽוֹב־אִ֭ישׁ חוֹנֵ֣ן וּמַלְוֶ֑ה יְכַלְכֵּ֖ל דְּבָרָ֣יו בְּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good a.person \[who\].shows.favor and.\[who\] lends \[who\].he.maintains affairs his with justice

*JPS 1917:* Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth, that ordereth his affairs rightfully.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5d5_5b8_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5d5_5b8_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).