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עֲבוֹט

avot · pledge

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5667 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

avot (עֲבוֹט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pledge”.

An object left as a guarantee for a loan.

How to say it

a·vot

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Something left as security for a loan.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Deuteronomy 24:10

    When you lend your neighbor a loan of any kind, you shall not go into his house to take his pledge.

  • Deuteronomy 24:11

    You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you are lending shall bring the pledge outside to you.

  • Deuteronomy 24:12

    And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

  • Deuteronomy 24:13

    You shall surely return the pledge to him when the sun goes down, so that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before YHWH your Elohim.