ע־ב־ד

Hebrew

Etymology

A Central Semitic innovation; see the etymology at עֶבֶד for more. Cognate to Arabic ع ب د (ʕ b d, “related to working, serving”) and Classical Syriac ܥ-ܒ-ܕ (ʿ-b-d, “related to working, serving”).

Root

ע־ב־ד • (ʿ-b-d)

1. Forms words pertaining to work or servitude.

Derived terms

• העביד (“to put to work”)
• מעבדה (“laboratory”)
• עָבַד (“to work”)
• עֶבֶד (“slave, serf”)
• עבדות (“slavery”)
• עבודה (“work”)
• עבודה זרה (“idolatry”, literally “foreign work”)
• עובדיה (“Obadiah”)
• שעבוד (“slavery”)

See also

Hebrew terms belonging to the root ע־ב־ד (0 c, 11 e)

Further reading

• Klein, Ernest (1987), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 461
• A. Murtonen (1989), “&BD”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 308
• “עבד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “ע־ב־ד”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com