תַּעֲרֻבָה
taaruva · pledge; hostages
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8594 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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taaruva (תַּעֲרֻבָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pledge; hostages”.
Pledge, surety. In the phrase "sons of the pledges" it means hostages: people the victor takes to make sure the defeated will keep his word (2 Kings 14:14).
How to say it
ta·a·ru·va
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
- People the victor takes away to make the defeated keep their word.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 2 Kings 14:14
He took all the gold and the silver, and all the utensils that were found in the house of YHWH and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 25:24
He took all the gold and the silver, and all the utensils that were found in the house of Elohim with Obed-edom, and the treasuries of the house of the king, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.