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/,
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕabd/

עֶבֶד • ('éved) m (plural indefinite עֲבָדִים, singular construct עֶבֶד־)

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

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

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

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈvad/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key):
• 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

   אני לא מאמין שהוא עבד עלי

   I can't believe he tricked me

עִבֵּד • (ibéd) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of עיבד

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