עובדיה

Hebrew

Root
ע־ב־ד (ʿ-b-d)
11 terms

Etymology

From עוֹבֵד (ovéd, “servant, worshipper”) +‎ יָהּ (Yah, “Jah”, one of the names of God), literally “servant of Yahweh”. Compare Arabic عَبْد الله (ʕabd allāh).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

עוֹבַדְיָה • (Ovadyá) m

  1. (biblical) Obadiah (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh)
  2. (biblical) Obadiah (a minor prophet)
  3. a male given name, equivalent to English Obadiah

Further reading

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