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עָבַט — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: עָבַט

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עָבַט

ʿābaṭ

take a pledge

[עָבַט] vb. denom. take or give a pledge

Qal to take possession of a thing pledged

Hiph. and thou shalt cause many nations to give pledges

Pi. hardly makes sense (lend on pledge = interchange ?)

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.