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title: עָבַט — take a pledge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָבַט (5670), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: take a pledge. BDB 1906: vb. denom. take give pledge. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָבַט

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«עָבַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **take a 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5670 · **BDB:** עָבַט

### Glosses

generously.(lend) (1); take.as.pledge (1); you (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָבַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5670/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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