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Ifאִםyou ever take in pledgeחָבֹל תַּחְבֹּלthe cloakשַׂלְמַתof your neighbor,רֵעֶךָyou shall return itתְּשִׁיבֶנּוּto himלוֹbeforeעַדthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁgoes down,בֹּא
Exodus 22:26
Study it in the app“If you ever take in pledge the cloak of your neighbor, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 22:26, word by word
- you ever take in pledgeחָבֹלchavol
take in pledge
To hold something until a debt is paid.
Where else “chavol” appears- the cloakשַׂלְמַתsalmat
garment, cloak
Garment, cloak.
Where else “salmat” appears- of your neighborרֵעֶree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- you shall return itתְּשִׁיבֶteshive
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “teshive” appears- the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- goes downבֹּאbo
set
For the sun to set.
Where else “bo” appears
The context
25If you lend silver to my people, to the poor with you, you shall not be to him like a creditor; you shall not lay interest on him.
26 · This verse (above)
27for it is his only covering; it is his cloak for his skin. In what shall he sleep? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.