עבודה

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ע־ב־ד (ʿ-b-d)

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עֲבוֹדָה (avodáf (plural indefinite עֲבוֹדוֹת, singular construct עֲבוֹדַת־, plural construct עֲבוֹדוֹת־) [pattern: קְטוֹלָה]

  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 ha-toráh v-al ha-avodah v-al g'milút ḥasadím
      Upon three things the world stands: upon the Torah, and upon worship, and upon deeds of loving kindness.
  1. 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 ḥayyeihém ba-avodáh kasháh b-ḥómer u-vi-l'vaním u-v-khol avodah ba-sadeh et kol avodatam asher avdu va-hem b-farekh.
      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.
  2. (physics) work

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 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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From Hebrew עֲבוֹדָה.

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עבודה (avoydef, plural עבֿודות (avoydes)

  1. worship, service, work

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