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

Belonging to the root ע־ב־ד‎ (ʿ-b-d) pertaining to work. 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]

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 (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): [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

   ‏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