עבוט

Hebrew

Root
ע־ב־ט (ʿ-b-ṭ)

Noun

עֲבוֹט • (avót) m

1. (Biblical Hebrew) pledge, deposit, pawn (a thing given as security for a debt)
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 24:10, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     כִּי־תַשֶּׁה בְרֵעֲךָ מַשַּׁאת מְאוּמָה לֹא־תָבֹא אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ לַעֲבֹט עֲבֹטוֹ׃

     When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge.

Usage notes

• In the Hebrew Bible the word only occurs four times, in Deuteronomy 24.

Declension

Declension of עֲבוֹט

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	עֲבוֹט	first	עֲבוֹטִי		עֲבוֹטֵנוּ
	definite	הָעֲבוֹט	second	עֲבוֹטְךָ	עֲבוֹטֵךְ	עֲבוֹטְכֶם	עֲבוֹטְכֶן
	construct	עֲבוֹט־	third	עֲבוֹטוֹ	עֲבוֹטָהּ	עֲבוֹטָם	עֲבוֹטָן

Derived terms

• בֵּית עֲבוֹט (bét avót)

References

• H5667 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible