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title: עַבְטִיט — weight of pledges · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַבְטִיט (5671), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: weight of pledges. BDB 1906: intens. weight of pledges, heavy debts. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַבְטִיט

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«עַבְטִיט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weight of pledges** — 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:** 5671 · **BDB:** עַבְטִיט

### Glosses

pledge\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weight of pledges [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5671/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

intens. weight of pledges, heavy debts [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5671/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]intens. weight of pledges, heavy debts;—abs. מַכְבִּיד עָלָיו ע׳ Hb 2:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַבְטִיט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5671/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.6/)

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הֲלוֹא־אֵ֣לֶּה כֻלָּ֗ם עָלָיו֙ מָשָׁ֣ל יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּמְלִיצָ֖ה חִיד֣וֹת ל֑וֹ וְיֹאמַ֗ר ה֚וֹי הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔וֹ עַד־מָתַ֕י וּמַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖יו עַבְטִֽיט׃

*Word for word:* ? not these.\[nations\] of.them all on him a.saying will.they.lift.up and a.mocking.song riddles to him and will.someone.say? woe.to! the.\[one who\].increases \[that.which\].not \[belongs\].to him until when? and \[one.who\].makes.heavy on himself pledge\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say: 'Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with many pledges!'

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