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title: חוֹב — debt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חוֹב (2326), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: debt. BDB 1906: debt. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חוֹב

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«חוֹב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **debt** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2326 · **BDB:** חוֹב

### Glosses

a.debt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

debt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2326/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

debt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2326/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] debt (NH id.; Aramaic ܚܰܘܒܳܐ, חוֹבָא);—חֲבֹלָתוֹ ח׳ יָשִׁיב Ez 18:7 his pledge as to indebtedness he restores, v. Hi-Sm Ew§ 291 b Ges§ 131 R 5, b KöLgb. i. 497 f. and cf. Dr§ 193 (but constr. hard: Co שׁוֹב; dittogr. from חבל׳ Bev Dn 1:10, cf. v 12, 16).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חוֹב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2326/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 18:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.7/)

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וְאִישׁ֙ לֹ֣א יוֹנֶ֔ה חֲבֹלָת֥וֹ חוֹב֙ יָשִׁ֔יב גְּזֵלָ֖ה לֹ֣א יִגְזֹ֑ל לַחְמוֹ֙ לְרָעֵ֣ב יִתֵּ֔ן וְעֵירֹ֖ם יְכַסֶּה־בָּֽגֶד׃

*Word for word:* and anyone not he.oppressed pledge his a.debt he.returned robbery not he.robbed food his to.\[the\] hungry he.gave and.\[the\] naked he.covered clothing

*JPS 1917:* and hath not wronged any, but hath restored his pledge for a debt, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

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