עֵרָבוֺן noun [masculine] pledge; — ׳נָתַן ע give a pledge Gen 38:17; Gen 38:18, ׳לָקַח ע vGen 38:20 (all J), receive (back) a pledge (when condition is fulfilled). — Job 17:3 read perhaps עֶרְבֹנִי (for ᵑ0 עָרְבֵנִי), as object of שֹׂימָה set my pledge (a surety for me), so Beer Bu and others