חָבַל
cha.val (H2254A)
to pledge
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "cha.val" (H2254A) primarily means "to pledge." This action involves making a commitment or promise, often with the expectation of future action or consequence. The word is associated with the semantic domain of Covenant & Promise, indicating its importance in relationships and agreements. The word "cha.val" is used 12 times in the Bible, suggesting its significance in various contexts. Its usage implies a sense of responsibility, obligation, or accountability, as one party makes a pledge to another. This can involve a mutual agreement, a vow, or a binding commitment. The frequency and context of "cha.val" in the Bible highlight its importance in relationships, agreements, and covenants. Its meaning and usage suggest that making a pledge or promise is a serious matter, with potential consequences for fulfilling or breaking it.
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If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.
You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;
For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
hasn’t wronged any, hasn’t taken anything to pledge, hasn’t taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.