עבד

Belonging to the root ע־ב־ד (`-b-d) pertaining to work. A Central Semitic innovation, cognate with Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd), Phoenician 𐤏𐤁𐤃 (ʿbd), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎁𐎄 (ʿbd), Hebrew עֶבֶד ('éved), Minaean 𐩲𐩨𐩵 (ʿbd).

• IPA^(key): /ʕbæd/

עבד • (transliteration needed)

1. to do, to make
2. to serve, to slave

A Central Semitic innovation, cognate with Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd), Phoenician 𐤏𐤁𐤃 (ʿbd), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎁𐎄 (ʿbd), Classical Syriac ܥܒܕܐ (ʿaḇdā), Minaean 𐩲𐩨𐩵 (ʿbd).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈeved/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʕɛ.vɛð/, [ˈʕɛː.vɛð]
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕabd/

עֶבֶד • (éved) m (plural indefinite עֲבָדִים, singular construct עֶבֶד־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. A slave, a serf.
2. (archaic) A servant, a worshipper (of God).

• אָמָה (amá) (female counterpart)
• שִׁפְחָה (shifkhá) (female counterpart)

• H5650 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈvad/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [ʕɔːˈväː.äð]
• Homophone: אבד

עָבַד • (avád) (pa'al construction)

1. to work, labor
2. to work, operate, function

   הַטֶּלֶוִיזְיָה הַזּאֹת עוֹבֶדֶת?

   Does this TV work?

3. to work on, convince, improve
4. to worship
5. to dupe, deceive, trick, bullshit, mess with, be played [with עַל (ál) ‘on’]

   אני לא מאמין שהוא עבד עלי

   I can't believe he tricked me

   אני חושבת שהחברים שלך עובדים עלינו.

   I think your friends are messing with us.

עִבֵּד • (ibéd) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of עיבד

• H5647 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible