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# עֲרֻבָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6161

**thing exchanged** — used 2 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

thing exchanged [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6161/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲרֻבָּה: n.f. thing exchanged, pledge, token [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6161/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. thing exchanged, pledge, token;—sf. עֲרֻבָּתָם 1 S 17:18 = a token from them, i.e. response, token of welfare, Th Dr al.; abs. as acc. cogn. עָרַב ע׳ Pr 17:18 give a pledge.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Proverbs 17:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.18/#tree)

אָדָ֣ם חֲסַר־לֵ֭ב תּוֹקֵ֣עַ כָּ֑ף עֹרֵ֥ב עֲ֝רֻבָּ֗ה לִפְנֵ֥י רֵעֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* a.person lacking of.heart \[he.is\].striking a.palm \[is\].pledging a.pledge before neighbor his

*JPS 1917:* A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.

[1 Samuel 17:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.18/#tree)

וְ֠אֵת עֲשֶׂ֜רֶת חֲרִצֵ֤י הֶֽחָלָב֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה תָּבִ֖יא לְשַׂר־הָאָ֑לֶף וְאֶת־אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ תִּפְקֹ֣ד לְשָׁל֔וֹם וְאֶת־עֲרֻבָּתָ֖ם תִּקָּֽח׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.ten the.portions of.(the) milk (the) these you.will.bring to the.commander of the.thousand and (et) brothers your you.will.pay.attention to welfare and (et) pledge their you.will.take

*JPS 1917:* And bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and to thy brethren shalt thou bring greetings, and take their pledge;

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6161/): 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).