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עבד
עבד
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
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| ע־ב־ד |
From Proto-Semitic *ʿabd-. Formed from the root ע־ב־ד (`-b-d).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈeved/
Noun
עֶבֶד • ('éved) m (plural indefinite עֲבָדִים, singular construct עֶבֶד־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- A slave, a serf.
- (archaic) A servant, a worshipper (of God).
- (BDSM) A slave, a submissive.
Declension
Declension of עֶבֶד
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | עֶבֶד | first | עַבְדִּי | עַבְדֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הָעֶבֶד | second | עַבְדְּךָ | עַבְדֵּךְ | עַבְדְּכֶם | עַבְדְּכֶן | |
| construct | עֶבֶד־ | third | עַבְדּוֹ | עַבְדָּהּ | עַבְדָּם | עַבְדָּן | |
| plural | indefinite | עֲבָדִים | first | עבדיי \ עֲבָדַי | עֲבָדֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָעֲבָדִים | second | עֲבָדֶיךָ | עבדייך \ עֲבָדַיִךְ | עַבְדֵיכֶם | עַבְדֵיכֶן | |
| construct | עַבְדֵי־ | third | עֲבָדָיו | עֲבָדֶיהָ | עַבְדֵיהֶם | עַבְדֵיהֶן | |
See Also
- אָמָה (amá) (female counterpart)
- שִׁפְחָה (shifḥá) (female counterpart)
Verb
עָבַד • (avád)
- to work, labor
- to work, operate, function
- הַטֶּלֶוִיזְיָה הַזּאֹת עוֹבֶדֶת?
- Does this TV work?
- הַטֶּלֶוִיזְיָה הַזּאֹת עוֹבֶדֶת?
- to work on, convince, improve
- to worship
Conjugation
Conjugation of עָבַד (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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| finite forms | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
| past | first | עָבַדְתִּי | עָבַדְנוּ | ||
| second | עָבַדְתָּ | עָבַדְתְּ | עֲבַדְתֶּם1 | עֲבַדְתֶּן1 | |
| third | עָבַד | עָבְדָה | עָבְדוּ | ||
| present | עוֹבֵד | עוֹבֶדֶת | עוֹבְדִים | עוֹבְדוֹת | |
| future | first | אעבוד \ אֶעֱבֹד | נעבוד \ נַעֲבֹד | ||
| second | תעבוד \ תַּעֲבֹד | תַּעַבְדִי | תַּעַבְדוּ | תעבודנה \ תַּעֲבֹדְנָה2 | |
| third | יעבוד \ יַעֲבֹד | תעבוד \ תַּעֲבֹד | יַעַבְדוּ | תעבודנה \ תַּעֲבֹדְנָה2 | |
| imperative | עבוד \ עֲבֹד | עִבְדִי | עִבְדוּ | עבודנה \ עֲבֹדְנָה2 | |
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References
- “H5647”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979