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# חֲבֹל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2258

**pledge** — used 3 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

pledge [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2258/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֲבֹל: pledge [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2258/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pledge (as binding)—יָשִׁיב ח׳ Ez 18:12; 33:15; as cogn. acc. c. חָבַל Ez 18:16.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a pledge (3).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 18:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.12/#tree)

עָנִ֤י וְאֶבְיוֹן֙ הוֹנָ֔ה גְּזֵל֣וֹת גָּזָ֔ל חֲבֹ֖ל לֹ֣א יָשִׁ֑יב וְאֶל־הַגִּלּוּלִים֙ נָשָׂ֣א עֵינָ֔יו תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה עָשָֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].poor and.\[the\] needy he.has.oppressed robberies he.has.robbed a.pledge not he.returned and to the idols he.has.lifted.up eyes his abomination he.has.done

*JPS 1917:* hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

[Ezekiel 33:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.15/#tree)

חֲבֹ֨ל יָשִׁ֤יב רָשָׁע֙ גְּזֵלָ֣ה יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם בְּחֻקּ֤וֹת הַֽחַיִּים֙ הָלַ֔ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י עֲשׂ֣וֹת עָ֑וֶל חָי֥וֹ יִֽחְיֶ֖ה לֹ֥א יָמֽוּת׃

*Word for word:* a.pledge he.will.return a.wicked.\[person\] robbery he.will.repay in the.statutes of.(the) life he.walks to not to.do unrighteousness certainly.(live) he.will.live not he.will.die

*JPS 1917:* if the wicked restore the pledge, give back that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2258.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2258/): 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).