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title: עֵרָבוֹן — pledge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵרָבוֹן (6162), 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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# עֵרָבוֹן

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«עֵרָבוֹן» 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:** 6162 · **BDB:** עֵרָבוֹן

### Glosses

pledge (2); a.pledge (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6162/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6162/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pledge;—נָתַן ע׳ give a pledge Gn 38:17, 18, לָקַח ע׳ v 20 (all J), receive (back) a pledge (when condition is fulfilled).—Jb 17:3 read perhaps עֶרְבֹנִי (for MT עָרְבֵנִי), as obj. of שִׂימָה set my pledge (a surety for me), so Beer Bu al.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵרָבוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6162/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 38:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.17/)

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וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָנֹכִ֛י אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח גְּדִֽי־עִזִּ֖ים מִן־הַצֹּ֑אן וַתֹּ֕אמֶר אִם־תִּתֵּ֥ן עֵרָב֖וֹן עַ֥ד שָׁלְחֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said I I.will.send a.kid of.goats from the flock and she.said if you.will.give a.pledge until you send.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock.' And she said: 'Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?'

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[Genesis 38:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.20/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יְהוּדָ֜ה אֶת־גְּדִ֣י הָֽעִזִּ֗ים בְּיַד֙ רֵעֵ֣הוּ הָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔י לָקַ֥חַת הָעֵרָב֖וֹן מִיַּ֣ד הָאִשָּׁ֑ה וְלֹ֖א מְצָאָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Judah (et) the.kid of the.goats by the.hand his.friend his the Adullamite to take the pledge from the.hand of the.woman and not he found.her

*JPS 1917:* And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but he found her not.

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