SPECIAL TOPIC: GIVING ONE'S HAND AS A PROMISE

Ezekiel 17:18
NASB, NJB  "He pledged"
NKJV, NRSV  "gave his hand"
Peshitta, TEV  "oath"
LXX  "oath-making"
JPSOA  "promise"

The imagery for giving an oath (BDB 46) was "he gave his hand" (BDB 678, KB 733), Qal PERFECT giving of one's hand denoted

  1. friendship, 2 Kgs. 10:15
  2. pledge/oath, 1 Chr. 29:24; 2 Chr. 30:8; Ezra 10:19; Lam. 5:6; Ezek. 17:18
  3. allowing one to do something, Exod. 10:25
  4. giving power to, 2 Sam. 16:8
  5. entrusting to, 2 Chr. 34:16
  6. giving authority to, Gen. 39:4,8,22

SPECIAL TOPIC: HAND

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