Lexicon
עַבְטִיט
av.tit
H5671
H:N-M Hebrew

debt

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av.tit denotes a debt or burden of indebtedness incurred by loading oneself with what is not one's own.

The attested use describes debt as a burden a person loads upon himself while increasing what is not his.

Senses in use

  1. Debt incurred as a self-imposed burden · dominant

    In Habakkuk 2:6, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the saying against one who increases what is not his and loads himself with an obligation; the APB renders the clause "and loads himself with debt."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Habakkuk 2:6, the APB presents the term as "debt" in the clause about loading oneself with it.

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