עָרַבʻârab
take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange
Pronunciation: aw-rab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6148
Meanings
Qal
1. taken on pledge, i.e. go surety for (Genesis 43:9; Genesis 44:32; Proverbs 11:15)
2. give in pledge (Nehemiah 5:3; Jeremiah 30:21; Proverbs 17:18)
3. exchange, (in trade) (Ezekiel 27:9; Ezekiel 27:27)
Hithpa`el: exchange pledges, (make a bargain) (2 Kings 18:23; Isaiah 36:8)
2.
a. have fellowship (Ezra 9:2; Psalms 106:35; Proverbs 20:19)
b. share (Proverbs 14:10)
Same root
- מַעֲרָבmaʻărâb · H4627traffic; by implication, mercantile goods
- עָרֵבʻârêb · H6149to be agreeable
- עָרַבʻârab · H6150to grow dusky at sundown
- עֲרַבʻărab · H6151to commingle
- עֵרֶבʻêreb · H6154the web (or transverse threads of cloth); also a mixture, (or mongrel race)
- עָרָבʻârâb · H6155a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)
- עָרֹבʻârôb · H6157a mosquito (from its swarming)
- עֲרָבוֹןʻărâbôwn · H6162a pawn (given as security)
Where it appears
Appears 22 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 43:9 I personally guarantee his safety. You may hold me responsible if I don’t bring him back to you. Then let me bear the blame forever.
- Genesis 44:32 My lord, I guaranteed to my father that I would take care of the boy. I told him, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, I will bear the blame forever.’
- 2 Kings 18:23 “I’ll tell you what! Strike a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find that many men to ride on them!
- Ezra 9:2 For the men of Israel have married women from these people and have taken them as wives for their sons. So the holy race has become polluted by these mixed marriages. Worse yet, the leaders and officials have led the way in this outrage.”
- Nehemiah 5:3 Others said, “We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine.”
- Job 17:3 “You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.
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).