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מֶשְׁכָּן‏ n.m. #2 pledge

pledge, surety Palmyrene, Syr, LJLA. TgProv20:16 : נסיב לבושיה מטול דערב חילונאי ועל אפי נוכריתא משכניה‏ he takes his garments because a stranger has pledged it and his(!?) pledge in return for a foreign women.

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Derivatives:

mškn vb. to give/take as a pledge