אבנט

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־נ־ט (ʾ-b-n-ṭ)

Etymology

From Egyptian bndw (“(a sash or wrap)”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)avˈnet/

Noun

אַבְנֵט • (avnet) m (plural indefinite אַבְנֵטִים, singular construct אַבְנֵט־)

1. sash
   • Tanach, Exodus 28:4, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     […] וְאַבְנֵט תַּעֲשֶׂה מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵם׃

     […] and you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework.

   • 1970, Yoram Taharlev, The Ballad of Yoel Moshe Salomon 7–8:

     ויואל משה סלומון, עם חרב באבנט.

     And Yoel Moshe Salomon, with a sword in the sash.

References

• Noonan, B. J. (2019). Non-Semitic loanwords in the Hebrew Bible: A lexicon of language contact (Vol. 14). Penn State Press. 35-6.
• H73 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “אבנט” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• אבנט on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he