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title: חֲבֹל — pledge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲבֹל (2258), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: pledge. BDB 1906: pledge. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲבֹל

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«חֲבֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pledge** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 2258 · **BDB:** חֲבֹל

### Glosses

a.pledge (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲבֹל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2258/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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,

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

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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.

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