moÌ‚r´gaÌ„Ìj ערב, ‛aÌ„rabh): To give or be security as a part of bartering, give pledges, become surety. In time of great need for food, “Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging (the King James Version “have mortgagedâ€) our fields,†etc. . See SURETY.