עָבַטʻâbaṭ
take or give a pledge
Pronunciation: aw-bat' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5670
Meanings
Qal: (i.e. borrow) (Deuteronomy 24:10; Deuteronomy 15:6)
Hiph`il: (i.e. lend to them) (Deuteronomy 15:6; Deuteronomy 15:8)
Pi`el: hardly makes sense (lend on pledge = interchange?); most read יְעַבְּתוּן (Joel 2:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 15:6 The Lord your God will bless you as he has promised. You will lend money to many nations but will never need to borrow. You will rule many nations, but they will not rule over you.
- Deuteronomy 15:8 Instead, be generous and lend them whatever they need.
- Deuteronomy 24:10 “If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to pick up the item he is giving as security.
- Joel 2:7 The attackers march like warriors and scale city walls like soldiers. Straight forward they march, never breaking rank.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).