BDB5783 [H5688]

עֲבֹת noun masculine^{Judg 15:13}+ and feminine^{Judg 15:14} + (twisted) cord, rope; cordage; interwoven foliage (?); — absolute ׳ע Exod 28:14 + 2 t.; construct עֲבוֺת Isa 5:18; Ps 129:4 suffix 3 masculine singular עֲבֹתוֺ Job 39:10, 3 masculine plural עֲבֹתֵ֑ימוֺ Ps 2:3 plural עֲבֹּתִים Judg 15:13 +, עֲבֹתֹת +, Exod 28:14 +, etc.; —

1. cord, rope:
\ \ a. as fetter, Judg 15:13; Judg 15:14; Judg 16:11; Judg 16:12; Ezek 3:25; Ezek 4:8; Job 39:10 (of wild ox), so also probably Ps 118:27 bind the festal victim (חַג) with cords Ew Ol De Hup-Now Dr and others; > with branches Che, compare Bae Du; figurative of authority Ps 2:3 (|| מוֺסְרוֺתֵימוֺ), Ps 129:4.
\ \ b. עֲבוֺת הָעֲגָלָה Isa 5:18 i.e. with which a cart is drawn (in simile; || חַבְלֵי הַשָּׁוְא); figurativeעֲבֹתוֺת אַהֲבָה Hos 11:4 with the cords of love, of ׳י's drawing Israel (|| חַבְלֵי אָדָם).
\ \ c. cordage, cord, of (twisted) golden chains on high priest's breast-piece (all P): מַעֲשֵׂה עֲבֹת, cordage-work Exod 28:14; Exod 28:22; Exod 39:15 שַׁרְשְׁרֹת הָעֲבֹתֹת Exod 28:14 the chains of cords (cordlike chains); שְׁתֵּי (הָ)עֲבֹתֹת the two cords vExod 28:24 vExod 28:25; Exod 39:17; Exod 39:18.

2. interwoven foliage (?) in phrase (עַלֿ)בֵּין עֲבֹתִים of top of a vine Ezek 19:11 (clouds Ew Hi-Sm Toy, read then עָבוֺת); of cedar, Ezek 31:3; Ezek 31:10; Ezek 31:14, but in these certainly clouds, so ᵐ5 Ew Hi-Sm Co and others

עֹג see עוֺג

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