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title: עָבַט — take a pledge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָבַט (lemma:עָבַט), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: take a pledge. BDB 1906: vb. denom. take give pledge. With 1 verse 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:עָבַט · **BDB:** עָבַט

### Glosses

they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

take a pledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d1_5b7_5d8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. take give pledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d1_5b7_5d8/#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, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d1_5b7_5d8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.7/)

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כְּגִבּוֹרִ֣ים יְרֻצ֔וּן כְּאַנְשֵׁ֥י מִלְחָמָ֖ה יַעֲל֣וּ חוֹמָ֑ה וְאִ֤ישׁ בִּדְרָכָיו֙ יֵֽלֵכ֔וּן וְלֹ֥א יְעַבְּט֖וּן אֹרְחוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* like warriors they run like men of.war they.go.up a.wall and each on ways its they go and not they exchange paths their

*JPS 1917:* They run like mighty men, they climb the wall like men of war; and they move on every one in his ways, and they entangle not their paths.

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