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# עָבַט

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5670

**take a pledge** — used 5 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

take a pledge [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5670/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָבַט: vb. denom. take give pledge [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5670/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. take or give a pledge;— Inf. cstr. לַעֲבֹט Dt 24:10 to take possession of a thing pledged (c. acc. cogn.); Impf. 2 ms. give a pledge תַּעֲבֹט Dt 15:6 (i.e. borrow). Pf. 2 ms. וְהַעֲבַטְתָּ֫ גּוֹיִם רַבִּים v 6 and thou shalt cause many nations to give pledges (i.e. lend to them); Impf. 3 ms. sf. + Inf. abs. הַעֲבֵט תַּעֲבִיטֶנּוּ v 8 thou shalt surely lend to him (lit. as above). Impf. יְעַבְּטוּן Jo 2:7 hardly makes sense (lend on pledge = interchange?); most read יְעַבְּתוּן; יְעַוְּתוּן We, cf. Now Dr GASm; Gr יַטּוּן.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: generously (lend) (1); take as pledge (1); you (1).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 24:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.24.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.24.10/#tree)

כִּֽי־תַשֶּׁ֥ה בְרֵֽעֲךָמַשַּׁ֣את מְא֑וּמָה לֹא־תָבֹ֥א אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ לַעֲבֹ֥ט עֲבֹטֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.will.lend to neighbor your a.loan of.anything not you.will.go into house his to take.as.pledge pledge his

*JPS 1917:* When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

[Deuteronomy 15:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.8/#tree)

כִּֽי־פָתֹ֧חַ תִּפְתַּ֛ח אֶת־יָדְךָ֖ ל֑וֹ וְהַעֲבֵט֙ תַּעֲבִיטֶ֔נּוּ דֵּ֚י מַחְסֹר֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֶחְסַ֖ר לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) generously.(open) you.will.open (et) hand your to him and generously.(lend) you will.lend.to.him sufficiency his.lack his which it.will.be.lacking to him

*JPS 1917:* but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5670.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5670/): 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).