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title: עֲבוֹט — pledge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲבוֹט (5667), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: pledge. BDB 1906: pledge, article pledged. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲבוֹט

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«עֲבוֹט» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5667 · **BDB:** עֲבוֹט

### Glosses

pledge (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5667/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pledge, article pledged [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5667/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pledge, article pledged as security for debt;—abs. ע׳ Dt 24:11, 13; sf. עֲבֹטוֹ v 10 (as acc. cogn.), v 12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲבוֹט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5667/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 24:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.24.12/)

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וְאִם־אִ֥ישׁ עָנִ֖י ה֑וּא לֹ֥א תִשְׁכַּ֖ב בַּעֲבֹטֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and if \[is\].a.person poor he not you.will.lie.down in pledge his

*JPS 1917:* And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

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

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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.

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