עבודה

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Hebrew

FWOTD – 1 May 2022
Root
ע־ב־ד (ʿ-b-d)

Pronunciation

Noun

עֲבוֹדָה • (avodá) f (plural indefinite עֲבוֹדוֹת, singular construct עֲבוֹדַת־, plural construct עֲבוֹדוֹת־)

  1. worship, service
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 1:2:
      עַל שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד: עַל הַתּוֹרָה וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים
      al shloshá d'varím ha'olám oméd: al hatoráh v'al ha'avodah v'al g'milút khasadím
      Upon three things the world stands: upon the Torah, and upon worship, and upon deeds of loving kindness.
  2. work, job, labor
    • Tanach, Exodus 1:14, with translation of the New International Version:
      וַיְמָרְרוּ אֶת־חַיֵּיהֶם בַּעֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה בְּחֹמֶר וּבִלְבֵנִים וּבְכָל־עֲבֹדָה בַּשָּׂדֶה אֵת כָּל־עֲבֹדָתָם אֲשֶׁר־עָבְדוּ בָהֶם בְּפָרֶךְ׃
      vaymar'rú et khayehém ba'avodá kashá b'khómer uvil'vaním uv'khól avodá basadé et kol avodatám ashér avdú vahem b'fárekh.
      They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
  3. (physics) work

Declension

Declension of עֲבוֹדָה
Number Isolated forms With possessive pronouns
State Form Person singular plural
m. f. m. f.
singular indefinite עֲבוֹדָה first עֲבוֹדָתִי עֲבוֹדָתֵנוּ
definite הָעֲבוֹדָה second עֲבוֹדָתְךָ עֲבוֹדָתֵךְ עֲבוֹדַתְכֶם עֲבוֹדַתְכֶן
construct עֲבוֹדַת־ third עֲבוֹדָתוֹ עֲבוֹדָתָהּ עֲבוֹדָתָם עֲבוֹדָתָן
plural indefinite עֲבוֹדוֹת first עבודותיי / עֲבוֹדוֹתַי עֲבוֹדוֹתֵינוּ
definite הָעֲבוֹדוֹת second עֲבוֹדוֹתֶיךָ עבודותייך / עֲבוֹדוֹתַיִךְ עֲבוֹדוֹתֵיכֶם עֲבוֹדוֹתֵיכֶן
construct עֲבוֹדוֹת־ third עֲבוֹדוֹתָיו עֲבוֹדוֹתֶיהָ עֲבוֹדוֹתָם עֲבוֹדוֹתָן

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References

Proper noun

 Israeli Labor Party on Wikipedia

הָעֲבוֹדָה • (ha'avodá)

  1. (Politics) The Israeli Labor Party, a social-democratic and Zionist political party in Israel.

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew עֲבוֹדָה.

Noun

עבודה • (avoyde) f, plural עבֿודות (avoydes)

  1. worship, service, work

Derived terms

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