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So common in the East that there are 15 distinct Hebrew words for them. Minchah, from an inferior to a superior (). Maseeth, vice versa (). Berakah, "a blessing," i.e. complimentary (). Shochad, a bribe (; ). Many were not voluntary, but a compulsory exaction: tribute (). "To bring presents" is to own submission (). That to a prophet was his consulting fee (), not a bribe (). To refuse a present was an insult; the wedding robe offered and slighted was the condemnation of the disrobed guest ().