Lexical Definition

‎עָבַט‎ ʻâbaṭ (aw-bat') to lend ^H:V
a primitive root

borrow, break (ranks), fetch (a pledge), lend, [idiom] surely.

• to pawn
• causatively, to lend (on security)
• figuratively, to entangle

1) to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt)
1a) (Qal) to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt)
1b)(Piel) to interchange
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to give a pledge

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עָבַט‎] verb denominative take or give a pledge; —

Qal Infinitive construct ‎לַעֲבֹט‎ Deut 24:10 to take possession of a thing pledged (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); Imperfect 2 masculine singular give a pledge ‎תַּעֲבֹט‎ Deut 15:6 (i.e. borrow). Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎וְהַעֲבַטְתָּ֫ גּוֺיִם רַבִּים‎ vDeut 15:6 and thou shalt cause many nations to give pledges (i.e. lend to them); Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix + Infinitive absolute ‎הַעֲבֵט תַּעֲבִיטֶנּוּ‎ vDeut 15:8 thou shalt surely lend to him (literally as above). Pi`el Imperfect ‎יְעַבְּטוּן‎ Joel 2:7 hardly makes sense (lend on pledge = interchange ?); most read ‎יְעַבְּתוּן‎; ‎יְעַוְּתוּן‎ We, compare Now Dr GASm; Gr. ‎יַטוּן‎.

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