עבוט
Hebrew
[edit]| Root |
|---|
| ע־ב־ט (ʿ-b-ṭ) |
Noun
[edit]עֲבוֹט • (avót) m
- (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
[edit]- In the Hebrew Bible the word only occurs four times, in Deuteronomy 24.
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- בֵּית עֲבוֹט (bét avót)