עבוט

Hebrew

Root
ע־ב־ט (ʿ-b-ṭ)
1 term

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

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	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